The Senseless Murder of Sara Porter

The Senseless Murder of Sara Porter

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Lizzie Halliday

Lizzie Halliday was known in the late nineteenth century as “the worst woman on earth” and ended up being the first woman EVER to be sentenced to die in the electric chair. ReferencesBrooklyn Citizen. 1893. "Mrs. Halliday guilty." Brooklyn Citizen, September 10: 4.Buffalo Conmmer ...  Show more

The Heaven’s Gate Tragedy

On the afternoon of March 26, 1997, the San Diego County Sherrif’s Department received an anonymous call through 911 reporting a mass suicide at an address in Rancho Santa Fe, California. A single sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to the address and knocked on the front door, but g ...  Show more

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