These are the stories included in this blog. They are listed in order of latest to earliest added. You can either enter a search in the provided space or scroll to the bottom to find the earlier posts. I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I enjoy researching and writing about this aspect of our local history.
The Last Day of Martha Beck
Execution day at Sing Sing
The Blue Sink Murders
The senseless killing of two high school girls
Marianna's Day of Tragedy
Jail escapee kills three in escape
Mr. Mapoles, Mr. Pooley, and the FCC
Fine-tuning the Fairness Doctrine
Lester Pooley and George Wallace
Gold Gloves boxer from Bagdad defeated future Governor of Alabama
Death in a Turnip Field
Reckless Navy pilots kill a woman working her crops
The Killing of 2nd Lt. Allman
Father of The Allman Brothers, robbed and killed
The Sad Story of Evelyn Crutchfield
Navy WAVE killed in training
Death of a Hitchhiker
Still unsolved
The Gainer-Collins Murders
A very cold case
The Treachery of Mrs. Vann
Her husband believed her innocent
Some of our Area War Dead
One small portion of a much too-long list.
Killer on the Road
Robbery, kidnapping, and murder
Burden of Guilt
A solution to an old case in Ft. Walton Beach
A Killing, A Brothel and...
The Armantrouts of Pensacola
A Very Tragic Chain of Events
Such a sad story
Murder on South Palafox
Workplace violence in 1905
The Tragic Death of Big Ed Morris
Fight at a fatal fish fry
The Curious Killing of Charles Sudmall
Successful Russian businessman shot dead in Milton
Tale of a Lynching
Prisoner J.C. Evans was shot dead and left on the side of the road.
Sheriff McDaniel of Jackson County
Shootout in his driveway
The 1915 Wyman Murders
Home invasion and killing of an elderly couple
The Kidnapping of Mrs. Phelps
Holmes County 77-year-old widow kidnapped and beaten.
The Mulat Murders
The murders of Julian and Mae Edwards
The Jay Bank Robbery Part 2
Were the robbers Pensacola police officers?
The Jay Bank Robbery
Unsolved 1963 bank robbery
Unsolved 1963 bank robbery
A Killing in Crestview
Sheriff Ray Wilson arrests his father's killers.
The Phantom Ghoul of Whitmire
Grave desecration at the Roberts, and Whitmire cemeteries
Tragedy Near McClellan
The murder of Daisy Locklin Padgett
The Turpentine Feud of 1911
The Cooley family ambush and events leading up to it.
The Allen-Whitmire Shootout
Articles about the shootout at the L&N Depot in Milton
The Acreman Family Murder
The murders and arson of an entire family near Allentown
Retired School Teacher Kills Three Police Officers
Happened in Ocala, Florida
Unsolved Pensacola Axe Murder
Family attacked as they slept
Unsolved Murder of Henry Hicks Moore
Pensacola Lovers Lane murder
Unsolved Hinote/Byers Murder
Young couple killed
The Short Life and Fast Times of Frank Penton
Chief Deputy and local Gunslinger
The Fate of Judge Trueman
Killed in Ogden, Utah
The Killing of John Wesley Penton
Shot down in the street in Milton
The Trial of C. B. Penton
Suspected of killing S.G. "Babe" Collins
The 1931 Pursuit and Capture of Criminals Near Milton
Captured in Mulat swamp
