January 23, 1974St. Augustine, FloridaAthalia Ponsell Lindsley (56) is murdered near her front door Shortly after 6 p.m., Lindsley’s 19-year-old neighbor heard screams and “a thumping sound” which he investigated. He found Lindsley “lying on her back with her nearly severed head resting on the bottom step of the front porch,” as well as a…
Woman dies in fire, possibly the victim of spontaneous human combustion
November 8, 1964Upper Darby, PennsylvaniaHelen Conway (51) dies in a fire in — what some have argued — a case of spontaneous human combustion At the time of her death, Conway was being visited by two of her grandchildren, ages 6 and 8. At some point, a neighbor noticed smoke coming from the home and…
Unsolved: Gangster killed in car by machine gun
February 17, 1943 St. Louis, Missouri Politician, plumber, and gangster William “Dinty” Colbeck is killed by machine gun fire Colbeck led a group of gangsters called “Egan’s Rats,” specializing in robberies, bootlegging, and pin-ball (at the time, pinball was illegal and used as a form of gambling). The group was founded by Constable William T.…
Woman kills lover when he tells her his plan to marry another woman
December 21, 1920 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia Dorothy Mort (32, pictured) shoots her paramour and doctor Claude Tozer (30) after he informs her he intends to marry another Tozer had been treating Mort for years for hysteria and nerves, and the pair eventually began an affair. Mort was married with two children while Tozer…
Gangster Harry Millman killed
November 25, 1937 Detroit, Michigan Gangster Harry Millman is killed Millman was shot ten times by two assassins, one carrying two .45 pistols and the other a .38 revolver. Four others were injured by the attackers as well, one of whom died. The murders were never officially solved.
