Hattie McCloud, a young widow, was returning home from her errands. As she climbed the steep hill, her thoughts were likely on her nine-year-old daughter. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her throat from behind and forced her into the woods. His grip was far too powerful for her to break away. Sadly, she never returned home to her daughter.

A twenty-six-year-old man was arrested for the crime. He was tried by a jury of twelve of his peers. He was found guilty and was sentenced to death. After his execution, people began to question if he actually did commit the crime that cost him his...

On August 7, 1897, two bodies were discovered in a small and cluttered home on a quiet lane in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Henry Reed was sleeping in his bed when he was bludgeoned with a carpenter's mallet. A gun was taken from under his pillow and used to murder his sister, Blanche.

The detectives were stumped because there were too many people with possible motives. It took three years for suspects to be arrested. A grand jury failed to indict the men.

A determined detective believed he had solved the baffling mystery, only to fall ill and pass away. On his deathbed...