Tag: Tehachapi

• On This Day in 1955 – Barbara ‘Bloody Babs’ Graham, John ‘Jack’ Santo and Emmett ‘The Weasel’ Perkins.

  

  A free chapter from my latest book ‘Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in Southern California.’ “Why waste good food on me? Give it to someone who can enjoy it.” – Barbara Graham on her last meal.    The controversy around Barbara Graham’s case has long outlived Graham herself. Executed on June 3 1955 and California’s third…

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  June 3, 2021

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

  Baxter Shorter, Bloody Babs, Burbank, California, Californians, Caryl Chessman, Corona, death penalty, Donna Prow, Emmett Perkins, executed, execution, Federal Judge Marylin Hall Patel, gas chamber, Governor Gavin Newsom, Governor Gooddwin Knight, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, J. Miller Leavy, Jack Santo, John True, Judge Charles Fricke, Judge Clement Nye, LAPD, Los Angeles, Mabel MOnahan, Max Brice, Monahan Murder Mob, murder, perjury, robbery, Sam Sirianni, San Quentin, Seymour Ettmann, Spanish Civil War, Tehachapi, Tutor Scherer, unconstitutional, Ventura Reform School, Warden Harley Teets, Willie Upshaw

• On This Day in 1947 – Louise Peete, the ‘Belle of Bienville.’

  

  A free chapter from my forthcoming book ‘Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in Southern California.’ “I’m ready. I’ve been ready for a long time.” – Louise Peete minutes before she died.    Bienville Parish is in north-western Louisiana and its county seat is familiar from previous chapters, Arcadia. Bienville was the site of the ambush that…

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  April 11, 2021

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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