Tag: Huntsville Item

• 22 July 1934 – The death of Dillinger and the Texas Death House escape.

  

  22 July 1934 is usually remembered for Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger, shot dead in an alley next to Chicago’s Biograph Theater. Betrayed by brothel-keeper Ana Cumpanas alias ‘Anna Sage,’ the notorious ‘woman in red’ whose dress that night was actually orange, Dillinger’s story finally ended in the traditional fashion. Betrayed, ambushed, cornered and…

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  August 6, 2020

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• On This Day in 1964 – Joseph Johnson, Jr., the night they drove Old Sparky down.

  

  “The crunch. The mounting whine and snarl of the generator. The man’s lips peel back, the throat strains for a last desperate cry, the body arches against the restraining straps as the generator whines and snarls again, the features purple, steam and smoke rise from the bald spots on head and leg while he sick-sweet…

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  July 30, 2020

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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