September 30, 1921 Chicago, Illinois Carl Wanderer is hanged for the murder of his pregnant wife and the vagrant he hired to pretend to rob them Wanderer, a decorated soldier during World War I, had been a closeted homosexual and married his wife for money. Allegedly, he planned to kill her after he was informed… Continue reading Man executed for extravagant murder scheme
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Pregnant woman and priest executed
August 18, 1848 San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina 8-months-pregnant Maria Camila O'Gorman Ximénez (20) and her priest lover Father Ladislao Gutiérrez (24) are executed by a firing squad Father Gutiérrez was a Jesuit priest and his church was the only one within Argentina's Catholic Church to condemn the police state the country was under at… Continue reading Pregnant woman and priest executed
