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ClaimStephen Stanko Executionon this day today
Stanko shot and killed Henry Lee Turner, a 74-year-old retired Air Force master sergeant, and subsequently cleaned out Turner's bank account.
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ClaimStephen Stanko Executionon this day today
Stanko received two separate death sentences in South Carolina — one for each murder — making him one of the few death row inmates in the state to carry dual capital sentences.
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ClaimStephen Stanko Executionon this day today
After killing Laura Ling in Murrells Inlet, Stanko raped and attempted to murder her 15-year-old daughter Christina Ling, who survived and became a key witness for the prosecution.
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ClaimStephen Stanko Executionon this day today
Defense experts diagnosed Stanko with brain damage attributed to multiple head injuries across his life, including birth trauma, a teenage head blow sustained while shielding a classmate, and repeated…
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
Mary Turner's refusal to stay silent about her husband's killing — vowing to seek warrants and court accountability — was the stated reason for her targeting by the mob
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
At least 13 Black residents were killed by white mobs in Brooks and Lowndes counties in the two weeks following Hampton Smith's killing
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
No one was ever convicted for the murders of Mary Turner, Hayes Turner, or the other victims of the May 1918 lynchings
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
Mary Turner was killed at Folsom Bridge over the Little River, approximately 16 miles north of Valdosta, Georgia
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ClaimThe Murder of James Byrd Jr.on this day Sep 1
Shawn Allen Berry cooperated with investigators and led them to the crime scene, aiding the rapid identification of all three perpetrators.
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ClaimThe Murder of James Byrd Jr.on this day Sep 1
The attackers chained James Byrd Jr.'s ankles to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for nearly three miles along a remote rural road outside Jasper, Texas.
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ClaimThe Murder of James Byrd Jr.on this day Sep 1
Before the dragging, the attackers beat Byrd severely with a wooden bat, fracturing his eye sockets and ribs.
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
NAACP investigator Walter F. White documented the lynchings and published findings in The Crisis, September 1918
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
A Georgia Historical Society marker was placed near the Folsom Bridge site in 2010 and rededicated in 2021 as part of the Georgia Civil Rights Trail
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
Mary Turner's case was cited by NAACP officials in their push for the 1922 Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which passed the House but was blocked in the Senate
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
Hazel Hayes Turner was lynched on May 18, 1918, after being pulled from a chain gang
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ClaimMary Turner Lynching (May 19, 1918)on this day Sep 1
Mary Turner was 19 years old and eight months pregnant at the time of her death on May 19, 1918
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ClaimFreedom Riders — Jackson, Mississippi arrests (May 24, 1961)on this day Sep 1
On May 24, 1961, 27 Freedom Riders were arrested at the Jackson Greyhound bus station for 'disturbing the peace' — testing a federal ruling against segregated interstate bus travel. The mass arrests f…
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ClaimThe Murder of James Byrd Jr.on this day Sep 1
Byrd's head and right arm became separated from his torso during the dragging; his remains were so badly damaged that identification required forensic analysis.
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ClaimThe Murder of James Byrd Jr.on this day Sep 1
John William King and Lawrence Russell Brewer were avowed white supremacists with affiliations to white power organizations at the time of the crime.
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ClaimRichard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murderson this day Sep 15
By age 25, Richard Speck had accumulated over 20 prior arrests, establishing a documented pattern of criminal behavior well before the 1966 murders.
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ClaimRichard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murderson this day Sep 15
Fingerprints recovered at the South Deering dormitory crime scene provided forensic evidence linking Richard Speck to the murders.
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ClaimRichard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murderson this day Sep 15
Corazon Amurao survived the attack by hiding under a bed throughout the night of July 13–14, 1966, remaining undetected by Speck because he lost count of his victims.
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ClaimRichard Speck: The Chicago Nurses Murderson this day Sep 15
Richard Speck was identified at a hospital when an emergency room physician noticed a tattoo on his arm reading 'Born to Raise Hell,' which matched the description provided by surviving witness Corazo…
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ClaimMurder of Betty Goreon this day Oct 1
Candace Lynn Montgomery confessed to killing Betty Gore but claimed Gore had attacked her first with the axe, framing the killing as self-defense.
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ClaimMurder of Betty Goreon this day Oct 1
Betty Gore's two-year-old daughter Bethany was present in the home during the murder, asleep in a crib in a separate room.
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ClaimMurder of Betty Goreon this day Oct 1
Candace Lynn Montgomery and Allan Gore had conducted an extramarital affair for approximately 18 months before the murder, which Allan had decided to end in order to focus on his marriage.
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ClaimMurder of Dee Dee Blanchardon this day Oct 1
Nicholas Godejohn stabbed Clauddine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard to death on June 14, 2015, in her Springfield, Missouri home, acting in conspiracy with Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
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ClaimMurder of Betty Goreon this day Oct 1
Betty Gore's body was found in the utility room of her home roughly 13 hours after her death, with Bethany awake, crying, and covered in her own feces in her crib.
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ClaimMurder of Betty Goreon this day Oct 1
Betty Gore sustained 41 blows from a woodcutter's axe during the June 13, 1980 attack at her Wylie, Texas home.
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ClaimBridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trialson this day Oct 1
A court-ordered physical examination of Bridget Bishop reported finding a so-called witch's mark on her body.
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ClaimBridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trialson this day Oct 1
The indictments against Bridget Bishop rested almost entirely on spectral evidence — testimony that her invisible specter had pinched, choked, and tormented her accusers while she stood before the cou…
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ClaimBridget Bishop: The First Hanging of the Salem Witch Trialson this day Oct 1
Workmen testified they discovered poppets — small cloth dolls stuck with pins — hidden inside the wall of Bishop's cellar.
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