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The Harem Conspiracy
The royal court is never an easy place. Its full of intrigue and deception and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is true today as it was in ancient times. In Egypt, no one was more powerful than the Pharaoh. However, in the Twentieth Dynasty, Pharaoh Ramses III was getting old. He had ruled Egypt for a little over thirty years, and people were getting antsy. Since he wasn’t vacating the throne on his own power, perhaps it was time to help him along. Ramses had many wives like most pharaohs, however, unlike most pharaohs he did not name a Great Royal Wife. This left the harem open to scheming and…
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The Yosemite Killer and the Abducted Boy (Part Two)
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CRIMES OF A VIOLENT SEXUAL NATURE, AND WHICH SOME READERS MIGHT FIND TOO DISTRESSING. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF SUCH DETAILS MAY UPSET YOU. I HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THOSE DETAILS BRIEF AND NON-DESCRIPT AS POSSIBLE, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. So, in part one (http://www.historynaked.com/yosemite-killer-abducted-boy-part-one/), we looked at the horrific crimes of Cary Stayner, currently awaiting execution on California’s death row, pending a decision on Proposition 66, to move forward with the death penalty. In this second part we will be looking at the tragic twist in the tale. Cary Stayner was the child of Delbert and Kay Stayner. One of…
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The Yosemite Killer and the Abducted Boy (Part One)
Bit of a gruesome one today, one of a two-part series with a tragic twist. WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CRIMES OF A BOTH A BRUTAL AND OF A VIOLENT SEXUAL NATURE, AND WHICH SOME READERS MIGHT FIND TOO DISTRESSING. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF SUCH DETAILS MAY UPSET YOU. I HAVE MADE ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THOSE DETAILS BRIEF AND NON-DESCRIPT AS POSSIBLE, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. Sitting in a cell in San Quentin Penitentiary with a death penalty conviction, is 55-year-old Cary Stayner. Stayner was born in August 1961 in Merced, California, one of five children, to Delbert and Kay Stayner. He had three sisters and…
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Frances Glessner Lee- Dioramas of Death
In previous posts, we have discussed how Chuck Norris (no not that Chuck Norris) helped bring the New York Coroner’s Department into the 20th century and is partially responsible for all the CSI shows we know and love (Please see posts here: http://www.historynaked.com/chuck-norris-prohibition/ and http://www.historynaked.com/loony-gas-building/ ) However, Dr. Norris was not the only pioneer in this area. Frances Glessner Lee was born in 1878 to a wealthy Chicago family and was educated as a well bred lady of that time. She was home schooled and lived in a beautiful home in Chicago called the Glessner House, that almost looks like a fortress and is a well known Chicago landmark. How…
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The Green Bicycle Murder
It was July 5th 1919 and Annie Bella Wright, the eldest of seven children born to an illiterate farm labourer and his wife, lived in a small cottage in the village of Stoughton, just outside of Leicester. Annie was aged 21 at the time, and worked in a factory – Bates’ rubber mill, five miles away from home. Her transport was a bicycle. Bella, as she was known, was like many other young ladies of the time. Earning her own money, contributing to the family and enjoying a level of freedom previously frowned upon until the recently ended Great War had changed the role of women in society. Filling in…
