In May of 1992, Betty Wilson and her twin sister, Peggy Lowe, were arrested and tried for hiring James White to kill Betty's wealthy, well-known husband, Dr. Jack Wilson, an eye surgeon in Huntsville, Alabama. She and her daughter, by then 11 years old, had been living in Vincennes, Ind., and had just heard of the trial. Later, the parents of the two little girls sued the insurance companies, saying they should have been suspicious of Dennison's reasons for taking policies on the children without the family's knowledge. But an angry mob took the four men and hung them from nearby trees. His ex-wife claimed he lit the fuse. "Alabama Scoundrels: Outlaws, Pirates, Bandits and Bushwhackers. Patricia Dianne Krenwinkel was born Dec. 3, 1947, in Los Angeles, Calif., but her parents divorced when she was 17 and her mother moved to Mobile, Ala. Krenwinkel moved to Mobile briefly to attend Spring Hill College but soon dropped out and returned to California. While pregnant, her life was turned upside-down. The latest on Gov. On his twenty-first birthday on May 26, 1874, notorious Texas outlaw John Wesley "Wes" Hardin committed the crime that forced him to take an alias and go into hiding for three years, 18 months of which were spent in Escambia County, Ala.: he shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in Brown County. The late Alabama author Kathryn Tucker Windham wrote about Teel in her book, "Alabama: One Big Front Porch," saying Teel was born with a caul, a membrane over her face that many people believed meant the child had a sixth sense. He and his brother, the notorious Jack, were mortally wounded by a party of officers Tuesday morning near Paine's saw mill, in Hale County." When federal appeals Judge Robert Vance opened the small brown parcel in the kitchen of his suburban Alabama home on December 16, 1989, it exploded, killing him instantly and . The Morrison sibling gang, which at one point included eight brothers, were friends of notorious outlaw Bart Thrasher. The monument was inscribed: Erected by Pink Parker in honor of John Wilkes Booth for killing Old Abe Lincoln. After town officials refused his gift, Pink placed the marker in the yard of his Madison S.y. The Chairman and Board are at Holman on death row. She is currently the longest-incarcerated female inmate in California. Aileen Wuornos (aka "That chick from Monster ), 1956-2002. In 2013, Gov. On Jan. 17, 1957, brothers Clarence, John and Alfred Anglin robbed the Bank of Columbia in Houston County. Because Richard was away on business a lot, Emma was left alone to tend to their daughters. He left his law office at 9 p.m. and was walking near the Elite Caf when an assailant shot him three times. The article, quoted on his entry on FindaGrave.com,says: ""Bill" Smith, the dead man, was a unique character and was known throughout all of this section as "Bell-Tree" Smith. Famous Alabama Murders Some of the most famous Alabama murders over the years include the 2005 murder of Charles Newman, who was killed on Halloween night by Andrew Lackey, later named the "Halloween Killer;" the 1941 Gibson Family Murders; and the 2001 unsolved murder of Shannon Paulk. According to a Journal of American History description of the book "Alabama's Outlaw Sheriff Stephen S. Renfroe," his two years as Sumter County sheriff were "followed by six years of bizarre activities as a fugitive from justice before being lynched in July 1886. . Guilford (or sometimes Gilford) Coleman, a respected black Republican leader, had just returned from the Republican State Convention when he was taken from his house by masked men and murdered, according to The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimesby Michael Newton. Jonathan Myrick Daniels pushed her to the ground and was shot and killed in her place. Bobby Frank Cherry, bomber, 1930-2004 Bobby Frank Cherry, born in Clanton, Ala., was a member of the Ku Klux Klan who was charged with murder in 2000, 37 years after a church bombing that killed. Drawing of bushwhackers from The Civil War Trust, Ham Carpenter, Civil War guerilla, dates unknown, According to a 1976 Journal-Register Newspaper, Ham Carpenter of Hamilton was one of the most notorious people of Marion County. Lewis Thornton Powell was born in Randolph County on April 22, 1844, to George Cader Powell, a Baptist minister, and Patience Caroline Powell. When the rumors began to swirl about her numerous dead husbands, Elizabeth left for Mississippi and was never heard from again. "Jacob" Armstrong. ", (Source: Kees Vandenberg via FindaGrave.com), Pink Parker, bitter Confederate rebel, 1839-1921, Joseph Pinkney "Pink" Parker, a Confederate veteran with a deep hatred for Abraham Lincoln, had a monument created to honor Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and tried to donate it to the city but the council refused to accept it. Why would he want to kill his family? "Hieroglyphics" Author:. Henry Wells, legendary prisoner, unknown birth-1876, The legend of the face etched in the Pickens County Courthouse window has been repeated for decades and appears in Kathryn Tucker Windham's beloved book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey." Yvonne Coley - May 25, 1984. Who did I choose for your county? Peacock said legend states the brothers were so despised that they were buried facing west instead of the traditional east when they were cut down from the gallows., (A late-19th century photo of John Kirkham from Barbara Kim Thigpen), John K. McEwen, beloved businessman and reader, 1856-1939. Love Alabama? According to the CDC, the homicide rate in Alabama as of 2020 was around 12.8 per 100,000 residents. As soon as Sanderson touched it, exploding shrapnel ripped through his body, instantly killing him. Wallace is known for his pro-segregation stance in the 1960s, famously saying in his 1963 inaugural address he stood for "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." He also passed a state bank holiday in March 1933, eight days before Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a national bank holiday as his greatest achievement. Police caught up to Bundy near the Florida-Alabama state line on February 15. BhamWiki.com says: "The Hawes murders were a notorious and sensational crime discovered in December 1888 that produced a deadly riot and gained nationwide media attention for the young city of Birmingham." On December 7, 1888, Mayes Hawes admitted that Richard told her he was divorced and only had one son, Willie. George Washington Gayle, born in South Carolina in 1807, was an attorney who served in the Alabama Legislature, chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. (Guy Hunt with his pardon in 1998/AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Lloyd Gallman), Guy Hunt, Alabama governor convicted and pardoned, 1933-2009. In 1983, she began serving her sentence. There was no physical evidence that connected either sister to the crime. In November 1880 Garrett was elected Lincoln County Sheriff. 3. In December 1888, the famous Hawes murders took place in the earliest days of Birmingham, Alabama. According to the Clarke County Museum, sometime in the early 1800s, Hal, an "enormous" and strong slave, took his wife and several others to the southernmost portion of Clarke County. Its been said that if you stop on the bridge in your car and turn your lights off, one of the two people will enter your vehicle leaving behind a wet spot in its wake. In 2019, the Alabama murders rate was 12.9, according to state statistics, meaning that there are almost 13 homicides per 100,000 residents. Getty Each state has a connection to an infamous serial killer. Audrey Marie Hilley was an American murderer who was found guilty for poisoning her husband, Frank Hilley, with arsenic. Residents believed it to be folly that Pitts was building such a huge mansion when he already owned two other mansions, Rurill Hill and Kings. Alabama is the only state whose anti-death penalty organization (Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty) was founded by death row inmates in 1989. This report shows that there were around 43 homicides in 2019 alone in Montgomery County, Alabama. Kate died April 12, 1947, and is buried in Decatur City Cemetery. The Wilson's marriage was troubled. The homicide rate in Alabama, as of 2017, was 12.9, meaning that there are almost 13 homicides per 100,000 individuals living in Alabama. Hells Gate Bridge is located in Oxford, Alabama, and acquired its name from the legend involving a young couple who drove off the bridge into the water below. According to Tuskegee University the purpose of the "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male" was to find proven treatments for the disease. In 2006, Betty was remarried in prison to Bill Campbell - an Army contractor who became highly obsessed with Betty after seeing her story on TV. Click here to read more. He and Starr, also a famous outlaw, may have been romantically involved. Garrett tracked him to Fort Sumner on July 14 where he was shot and killed Garrett was murdered by Jesse Wayne Brazel on February 29, 1908. They took about $19,000 in cash but were later arrested. Kelsey Turner, 28, entered an Alford plea in the case which means she still insists she's innocent but agrees a conviction is highly . DALLAS COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - Jan. 21, 2015, Kirby Brown, all of 22 years old, was found lying on his back shot to death near his home in the Pine Glen Estates off Highway 80 near Selma. Burrow had been captured and taken to jail in Linden when he charmed the guards, asking for food. (Memorial to Selocta/Photo by Wrong Way Dave via FindaGrave.com), Selocta Chinnabee, Indian general, birth unknown-1835. (Source: ECJMartin1 via Wikimedia Commons), Sketoe's Hole is a legendary site where Methodist minister William "Bill" Sketoe Sr. was hanged during the Civil War. The most famous murder in Alabama history is the 1988 Hawes murders, which took place in the city of Birmingham. McEwen's rock store was also known as an Indian museum and drew visitors from miles around. He was one of three inmates killed after a failed escape attempt led to a two-day battle in which two guards also died. Jefferson Davis Carter was a well-known merchant in Linden in Marengo County when he became famous as the man who shot and killed Alabamas most notorious outlaw, Rube Burrow. The Hawes trial began on April 22, 1889 at Jefferson County Courthouse. (The Varner's Cash Store building in 2013 by Richard Apple via Wikimedia Commons). Only the testimony of James White. Mize's family placed a memorial marker in Liberty Presbyterian Cemetery in Odenville. Newman's grandson had told Lackey his grandfather had a vault inside his home that held a lot of cash. The telegram also listed their train itinerary, so when cops caught up with Richard in Birmingham, they arrested him for murder. Listed below are 7 well-known homicides that occurred in Alabama and will never be forgotten. Uncovered is where the most passionate true crime enthusiasts can learn from and teach others. Injured were James Finney and Bob Patterson. She had also been poisoning her daughter, Carol, with large doses of arsenic after taking out a life insurance policy on her. Aileen Wuornos had a tragic childhood, having been abandoned by her mother and raised by her grandparents. For the next 125 years, people claimed the hole would always return no matter how many times it was filled. (A photo of John Samuel Barker contributed by TheRestorationMovement.com), Rev. In addition, the major was erroneously credited as the man who wrote the bugle call played at military funerals, "Taps. Reynolds was shot and killed the same day. . Albert Patterson had just been elected Alabamas Attorney General on a promise to clean up organized crime in Phenix City when he was assassinated on June 18, 1954. Some of the most famous Alabama murders over the years include the 2005 murder of Charles Newman, who was killed on Halloween night by Andrew Lackey, later named the Halloween Killer; the 1941 Gibson Family Murders; and the 2001 unsolved murder of Shannon Paulk. Engineer Richard Hawes, his wife, and two children were brutally murdered in an event that baffled people for years. Marshall Herff Applewhite, cult leader, 1931-1997. These Alabama unsolved murders and kidnappings date back to the 1970s, leaving their families little hope for current media attention. Emma's bruised and beaten body was soon discovered in the lake at Lake View Park, weighted down with iron. However, when May found out he was responsible for the death of her mother and sister, he knew he had to do something to keep her from telling. CNN Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a shooting that killed a 23-year-old woman last month, will be held without. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Murder of Judge Edward Aaron - Birmingham, Alabama 1957. According to several people who personally knew the Hawes, Richard and Emma had a failing marriage. In Lowndes County in the summer of 1965, where the Voting Rights Act was being violated, a group of black and white protestors were harassed by police in Hayneville. John Wylie was brought to trial for the murders of Emma and Irene, but the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence. She received life in prison for murdering her husband and 20 years for attempting to murder her daughter. (Carter's gravesite via Iris Plowman/FindaGrave.com), Jefferson Davis Carter, merchant and outlaw killer, 1860-1920. He was stabbed to death in North Carolina in 1941. She died in 2004 at the age of 97and was buried with much fanfare in New Ebenezer Cemetery in Coffee County. Cagle died of a heart attack in 1938 and was buried in a 3-foot-wide casket in Thrasher Cemetery. Her crimes were committed in four states from the 1920s-1953. An article in the Coosa River Newsat the time said he was killed by a man named Will Chandler, who used Smith's own gun against him, following a dispute of unknown origin. She was riding with her husband, H.C. Price Jr., when the lights on their car suddenly stopped working and it careened over an embankment. Richard Hawes was the only suspect and as he was taken to jail, he continued to claim his innocence. Engineer Richard Hawes, his wife, and two children were brutally murdered in the event that baffled people for years. Rhonda Bell Martin of Montgomery was executed in 1957 in Alabama's electric chair after confessing to killing her mother, two of her husbands and three of her children with arsenic, reportedly for the insurance money. Daniels was an Episcopal seminarian. John S. Barker, who advised his congregation that making whiskey was legal as long as it was sold to "non-believers," that a husband and wife of different religious beliefs should separate, and that his followers must "donate" to the church, although in reality he sent thugs to their homes to collect money, according to the 1973 book "A History of Limestone County" by Robert Henry Walker. By this time, even Lamar County residents were turning against Rube. Mathis, who had become known as the Voodoo Mayor after signing a proclamation proclaiming National Voodoo Week and allegedly sprinkling "voodoo powder" around City Hall, was impeached for pardoned more than 100 traffic offenders, including 27 charged with driving under the influence. In June 1977, Maxwell's 16-year-old stepdaughter became the latest victim in the spree but no one had proved Maxwell's involvement. Burrow and his men eventually returned to Lamar County, Ala., and hiduntil Rube murdered a well-known and respected local postmaster, Mose Graves. Carpenter became renowned as he covered the countryside burning people out of their homes, destroying their life supporting crops, and worst of all, killing many innocent people. Read all the AL.com coverage of the Bentley scandal here. According to journalist Lee Peacock their story is included in "History of Conecuh County, Alabama" by B.F. Riley. These categories include assault, murder, rape, and robbery. Other famous murders in Alabama include mass murders, including the 2009 Geneva County Massacre and the 1963 Baptist Church Bombing. He not only was opposed to those of the Yankee team wishing to stay neutral, but to each and every one wanting to stay neutral on the general situation. The violent crime rate in Alabama has decreased from 5.2 incidents per 1,000 in 2020, to 5.1 per 1,000 in 2021. All nine were innocent it just took eight decades for Alabama to admit it. The outlaw brothers were executed on Nov. 18, 1859, for murder: Irvin and Stephen Ward were hung for the murder of Allen Page during a failed cotton wagon robbery near Brewer Creek in Conecuh County, Ala. A posse caught the brothers, who confessed." She was also accused of killing another niece, Shirley's older sister Polly. The victims were identified as Jerome Maurice. Many people take him seriously. With equity for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other underserved victims not prioritized in the true crime communitytogether we can do better. She also reputedly killed three other husbands, two children, her mother, her two sisters, a grandson and a mother-in-law. Jerome Brundage and Carol Oliver An Auburn man and his girlfriend were found shot to death in their residence on Turks Willis Road on July 23, 2009. Jackson honored Selocta by giving him the rank of general. A $25,000 reward is still being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. He had a reputation for frugality and shocked the people of Montgomery when he brought his own milk cow to the governors mansion. The creepiest place in Alabama is a haunted bridge known as Hells Gate Bridge. Also, read about another Calhoun County "notorious" killer, Audrey Marie Hilley, here, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund website. Let me know by emailingkkazek@al.com. ", Charles Kelley, birth unknown-1892; John Hipp, birth unknown-1892, On Dec. 17, 1892, two well-known outlaws gunned down local tax collector C.J. Edwin Collins "Alabama" PittsJr., born in Opelika, was a convicted felon who served time in Sing-Sing for armed robberies. Hal and three other slaves were killed and the others recaptured. Sadly, the following day, Emmas beaten body was discovered in Lakeview Park Lake. (Ethel Wright's headstone via FindaGrave.com), H.C. Price Jr., murdered his wife, unknown birth and death. As they searched Newman's house, they came across blood that matched Lackey's DNA. She is thought to have killed two other children but denied it. Yvonne Coley, a 28-year-old prostitute, was discovered hidden under a hedge on the edge of Cocks Moor Woods Golf Course at Warstock Lane, Kings Heath. Of those, 126 were African American, 27 were Caucasian. On April 22, 1889, the Hawes trial began at the Jefferson County Courthouse. In later life, he traveled Indian territories and had hopes of reuniting the Cherokee people. Reuben Houston Burrow was fascinated by tales of Jesse James and his gang of outlaws. In 1987, Hilley escaped from the prison after being given a 3-day pass to visit her new husband. They were wrong. He was captured a few days later and killed by Murdoch M. Fountain, who was named sheriff. The victims are Robert Lee Brown, 26; Chelsea Marie Reed, 22; Justin Kaleb Reed,. One article from 1894 said Bannister was wanted in Cleburne County for shooting off the leg of a "Mrs. Cotton," and brutally beating Old Man Cotton. Audrey Elaine Reed Ferguson, 1978 Audrey Elaine Reed Ferguson went to a coin laundry near her home in Prichard on the night of September 5, 1978. Charles Christopher Sheats was the Winston County representative at Alabama's 1861 secession convention leading up to the Civil War. Its not like notorious people are publicized like famous people or celebrities. He was buried in the Old Fellows Cemetery in Las Cruces, New Mexico. A riot soon broke out demanding Irene to be found. Jennifer is the Alabama staff writer for Only In Your State and has nearly 15 years of professional writing experience. A Confederate veteran, Sims returned home to resume farming in the Womack Hill community of Choctaw County and founded his own church. 1795-ca. The legend is printed on a historical marker outside the courthouse, which replaced the previous facility after a fire in 1876: "A freedman, Henry Wells, was accused of burning the second [courthouse] on Nov. 16, 1876. Robert Sanderson, a Birmingham police officer who worked off-duty at the clinic as a security guard, and nurse Emily Lyons, approached the package. Three city officials were indicted for Pattersons murder: Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller, Circuit SolicitorArch Ferrell and Attorney General Si Garrett. In October of 1870, an incident known as the Eutaw Riot in Greene County impacted the gubernatorial election. He was convicted of three murders and confessed to at least five. Richard Hawes was hanged in 1890 for the 1888 murders of his wife Emma and two daughters, May, 7 and Irene, 6. Nannie Doss, born in Blue Mountain in Calhoun County, died in an Oklahoma prison after being convicted of killing her husband Samuel Doss in 1953 in Oklahoma. In 1896 Railroad Bill met his demise in front of Wards General Store in Atmore. In recent news, there was a rise in the reward for the 1991 murder of Elizabeth Spence, who is one of the many unsolved murders Montgomery, Alabama. Patricia Dianne Krenwinkel , cult member, convicted murderer, 1947-? All were convicted, and all but one sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence and the fact that one of the women later recanted. He was convicted and resigned in 1993. John McEwen was born and died in Coosa County, and in between was a well-known businessman. But in between, he left his mark on Alabama. Roddey married the much younger Carlotta Frances Shotwell, who thought she was making a brilliant match. Emma was preparing to travel to Atlanta to pick up her son from Richards brothers house. Middleton was the son of Robert Middleton and Nancy Adeline Reed. ", (Source: Society for American Baseball Research), Edwin Alabama Pitts, pro baseball and football player, 1909-1941. Although she was never charged with the deaths of her husbands, she became known as the Black Widow of Hazel Green. After the blast in Birmingham, Rudolph immediately drove to North Carolina where he hid in the backwoods for 5 years. Lackey then stabbed Newman more than 70 times. Then suddenly the truth was revealed. (An Associated Press photo of Earle Dennison leaving the courtroom), Earle Dennison, black widow killer, ca. James K. McCollum was the son of Fayette County's first settlers. Kate opened her home on Bank Street in Decatur as a brothel. ", George Washington Gayle, threatened to assassinate Lincoln, 1807-1875. Finally, on Christmas day, the sherifftook Sims and his followers into custody. He was an escaped convict that had been on the run for 4 years, before being captured. In a6-6 vote, House Judiciary Committee members were split on whether toallow their legal counsel to continue investigating Gov. In 1870, in a period of political unrest during Reconstruction in the South, members of the Ku Klux Klan were busy in Alabama terrorizing those who supported black residents holding office. Men could come to Miss Kate's Place any night of the week to enjoy the company of women for a fee - except Thursdays. John Wesley Hardin, Texas outlaw with Alabama in-laws, 1853-1895. Then, while . (Source for photo of grave of Gassaway/TIW via FindaGrave.com), William Reynolds, mass murderer, ca. While some might assume the creepiest place is the site of a famous murder in Alabama, its actually much different. At some point he moved to Alabama. She enjoys discovering new places and currently calls North Alabama home. . . In 1867,Gayle received a full pardon from Andrew Johnson. Phillip Henry Pitts, builder of Pitts Folly, ca. Ethel's parents, overcome with the loss of their young daughter, buried her in Newville Baptist Church Cemetery in Henry County. Only Fuller was convicted. Sheats and many in Winston County opposed secession and declared the county neutral during the war. When I created this list, I tried to stick with more historical figures when dealing with violent crimes, to prevent highlighting any recent tragedies. Alberta Martin, last Confederate widow (contested), 1906-2004. (Photo from the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center). In 1847, Elizabeth's fifth husband, Absalom Brown, built her a mansion on a former Indian burial ground near Hazel Green, where she lived for several years. When the Manson family became suspects in the murders, Krenwinkel returned to Mobile to live with her mother, where she was arrested in December 1969. Wed love to hear from you in the comments section! Bill eluded them, hijacking a train car in the process. Knowing this, you might find yourself wondering, Why is Alabamas crime rate so high?. He was also Alabamas only first gentleman his wife Lurleen Wallace was governor from 1967-68. In June 1962, the two Anglin brothers, accompanied by Frank Morris, escapedthe island on a raft made of raincoats and their fates after that are unknown. On September 11, 2012, Bishop pleaded guilty to one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder in order to avoid the death penalty. In 1988, Hubert Mathis, the 85-year-old mayor of Florala was impeached and removed from office. 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