On Valentine’s Day 1940, Toni Jo Henry murdered traveling salesman Joseph Calloway in a Louisiana rice field. Desperate to free her husband, Claude “Cowboy” Henry, from a 50-year prison sentence, she and an accomplice robbed Calloway, stripped him, and shot him for his car and clothes. Instead of saving Cowboy, she became the only woman ever executed in Louisiana’s electric chair. This is a true story of obsessive love, deadly devotion, and a marriage that ended in murder.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping: What We Know, What We Still Debate. On the night of March 1, 1932, America’s most famous family suffered its...

Three Jolts to Justice: The Shocking Case of Michael G. Schiller A brutal backyard murder. A courtroom drama. And an electric chair that just wouldn’t finish the job. The Crime That Shocked Youngstown On June 19, 1903, the quiet neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio, was shattered by a crime so savage it still echoes through true crime history. Michael G. Schiller, a local saloon keeper with a taste for whiskey and rage, arrived at the home of his estranged wife, Mary Schiller.