How Atlanta's most shocking rape-murder mystery at the time was eventually solved by the accused at the Southern trial of the century!
NBC plans Leo Frank miniseriesOn March 22, 1987, the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution by Monte Plott"We had a script in 1982, but there was a change in management at the network and they said people don't want historic things. They want [ed] contemporary realism, Stevens said. "Now, there is renewed interest in the historical …
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In 1988, ADL Attorney Dale Schwartz was interviewed by Howard Simmons, Jewish Times: Voices of the American Jewish Experience (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988), 24-25. Schwartz is interviewed about the case on pages 18-31): ADL Attorney Dale Schwartz stated: [In] the judge’s [Roan’s] charge to the jury...he said, “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard the …
In 1994, Marietta City Cemetery erected historical markers throughout the cemetery from research by Curt Ratledge of Atlanta. [From historic Old Midway Church to Marietta, in Georgia: 1778-1897, April 24, 1992]So what grave is the most visited?Mary Phagan's grave.The marker standing by the grave of Miss Phagan reads:"Celebrated in song as 'Little Mary Phagan' after …
'Will we ever know with complete certainty who killed Mary Phagan? Has the answer gone to the grave with all the participants in the tragedy?'" It has been 37 years since the first book was published in 1988. Unfortunately, Horizon Press chose not to publish the bibliography and index. This revision now includes the updated …