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Crime and Prison Songs: Jason’s Jail Mix

Thursday, April 15, 2010

My brother-in-law recently created a CD-mix of songs about jails, prisons, and crime for me. I enjoyed listening to it so much that I thought I would reproduce it for Early American Crime. “In The Jail House Now” – Soggy Bottom Boys “Jailhouse Rock” – Elvis Presley (See the video from Last.fm.) “I Shot the […]

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Early American Criminals: The Fate of Joseph Atwood, Levi Ames’s Accomplice

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Note: This post continues “Advice from a Condemned Burglar.” Joseph Atwood and Levi Ames both participated in the burglary of Martin Bicker’s house in 1773, although the extent to which each one was involved was a matter of debate. Both said that the other was the mastermind of the burglary, and Atwood claimed that he […]

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Early American Criminals: The Life of Levi Ames in Print

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Note: This post continues “The Stories of Levi Ames, Burglar.” After Levi Ames was sentenced to death for his part in the burglary of Martin Bicker in the early fall of 1773, he was held in prison to await his execution. At first, he hoped to find a means of escape, but he came to […]

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Early American Criminals: William Linsey and the Telltale Candle

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Even though William Linsey was orphaned at a young age, this rough start did not appear to have any negative impact on him. Linsey was originally born in Palmer, MA in 1746, but at the age of two he went to live with Phinehas Mixture in Dudley, MA. By Linsey’s own account, Mixture raised him […]

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In the Media: The Last Hanging in New York State

Monday, December 14, 2009

John Warren has just posted an article on his New York History blog about a new online exhibit by the New York Correction History Society. The exhibit chronicles the last execution to be carried out by hanging in the state of New York. The hanging of John Greenwall for murder and burglary took place on […]

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