Fifteen-year-old Eleanor “Nora” Fuller had been born in China but later lived in San Francisco with her mother and three siblings. The previous year had been a rough one for the Fullers, as Nora‘s parents had recently divorced. Money was tight, and Nora was obliged to quit school in 1902 and begin looking for work. … More Nora Fuller

In 1943, amid the bright lights and dark shadows of Hollywood, California, an actor who had been born into a world of privilege would meet a strange and rather ignominious end. Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr., who later changed his name to simply David Bacon, was the scion of a wealthy and politically influential family in … More David Bacon: The Masked Marvel Murder

Bella Wright was a twenty-one-year-old factory girl, the eldest daughter of a working-class family in the village of Little Stretton, near Leicester. She could often be seen riding her bicycle along the five-mile path that led between her family’s cottage and the factory where she worked. But on the early evening of July 5th, Bella … More Bella Wright: The Green Bicycle Case

Twenty-two-year old Rose Harsent was evidently a popular girl around Peasenhall, a small parish in the county of Suffolk. She worked as a domestic servant at Providence House, the residence of Baptist elder Deacon William Crisp and his family, and she apparently had no shortage of suitors, who would send her dirty poems and graphic … More Rose Harsent: The Peasenhall Murder