Washington County Murder & Mayhem

Historic Crimes of Southwestern Pennsylvania

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  • Explore
  • the
  • chilling
  • history
  • behind
  • some
  • of
  • southwestern
  • Pennsylvania's
  • most
  • horrifying
  • murders.In
  • 1907,
  • a
  • young
  • girl
  • was
  • found
  • dead
  • in
  • the
  • Lyric
  • Theatre,
  • leaving
  • behind
  • an
  • unwanted
  • pregnancy
  • and
  • an
  • abusive
  • lover.
  • On
  • an
  • otherwise
  • quiet
  • morning
  • in
  • 1891,
  • a
  • cartful
  • of
  • nitroglycerin
  • exploded.
  • The
  • remains
  • of
  • the
  • driver
  • had
  • to
  • be
  • gathered
  • in
  • a
  • peck
  • basket.
  • The
  • Cannonball
  • Express
  • lived
  • up
  • to
  • its
  • name
  • in
  • 1888,
  • when
  • an
  • open
  • switch
  • caused
  • it
  • to
  • shoot
  • off
  • the
  • track,
  • sending
  • two
  • cars
  • flying.
  • Local
  • journalist
  • A.
  • Parker
  • Burroughs
  • resurrects
  • these
  • and
  • other
  • stories
  • from
  • southwestern
  • Pennsylvania's
  • shadowy
  • past.
  • From
  • foul
  • play
  • at
  • the
  • Burgettstown
  • Fair
  • to
  • the
  • tragic
  • murder
  • of
  • North
  • Franklin's
  • Thelma
  • Young,
  • follow
  • the
  • trail
  • with
  • Burroughs
  • as
  • he
  • uncovers
  • the
  • crimes
  • and
  • intrigues
  • of
  • Washington County.
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