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• On This Day in 1928: Very unlucky for some…

  

    Today it’s Friday July 13, 2018. July 13, 1928 was also a Friday, a Friday delivering the ultimate in bad luck to 11 men in three different States… In Mississippi’s Yazoo County murderer Will Burdo nervously awaited his date with the hangman. While Burdo pondered his fate in Yazoo County Jail, over in Smith…

  CrimeScribe

  July 13, 2018

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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