October 24, 1996Tulsa County, OklahomaTrisha Stemple (30) is killed on the side of the road, ostensibly after getting a flat tire According to Trisha’s husband, Timothy Shaun Stemple, the pair argued early on October 24 until Trisha announced she was going to leave to buy something for her headache. Trisha left around 2 a.m., and…
Three teens disappear; their bodies will be found 43 years later
November 20, 1970Sayre, OklahomaThree teens — Jimmy Allen Williams (16), Leah Gail Johnson (18), Thomas Michael Rios (18) — disappear; their bodies will be found 43 years later The trio of teenagers disappeared after heading toward a football game. They were last seen as they passed by a bowling alley in Williams’ 1969 Chevrolet Camaro,…
Man executed for killing co-worker and her son
February 20, 1998 McAlester, Oklahoma Michael Long is executed for the murder of his 24-year-old co-worker and her 5-year-old son Long (25) had worked with Sheryl Graber at a florist and often made his sexual attraction towards her known. Graber did not share the feelings and repeatedly told Long she was not interested. On April…
Robber killed during shootout, spends next 60 years as a carnival attraction and haunted house prop
October 7, 1911 Osage Hills, Oklahoma Bank robber Elmer McCurdy is killed during a shootout, his body eventually becoming a prop in a haunted house McCurdy and his gang intended to rob a train carrying a $400,000 (roughly $10.5 million in 2018) royalty payment to the Osage Nation, but they attacked the wrong train; the…
Man beats ex-girlfriend’s daughter and grandson to death with baseball bat
October 1, 1993 Tulsa County, Oklahoma Julius Ricardo Young kills his ex-girlfriend’s daughter and grandson Joyslon Edwards had ended her relationship with Young and asked for her apartment key back two days before the murders. On October 1, Young broke into the apartment of Joyland Morgan, Joyslon’s 20-year-old daughter. Morgan was struck with a baseball…
