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Nov 5, 202410 min read
Death Comes to Corpsewood Manor
The tragic tale of Dr. Charles Scudder and Joseph Odom began in Chicago in the 1960s. Dr. Scudder was a pharmacologist at Loyola...
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Apr 5, 20247 min read
The Sundown Counties of Georgia
A history of violence used to protect tradition, and fighting against a centralized economy and power structure can be found in the...
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Mar 6, 20242 min read
North Georgia History Book Available (Digital and Print)
CLICK HERE TO BUY TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: A COMPENDIUM OF NORTH GEORGIA HISTORY After four years of research and countless hours and...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read
The Other Fugitive of Lee Cape's Murder
As with Lindsey Williams Evans, Carter Lee Smith, C.L. “Seal” (a pronunciation of the C and L together) Smith, was determined not to...
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Feb 16, 20233 min read
Staged Death at the Cove
Juan Contreras, Sr.'s grave marker - Pleasant Union Baptist Cemetery, Waleska This is the tragic story of the Contreras family of...
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Feb 6, 20233 min read
The National Forest Serial Killer, Huddle House, and the Dawsonville Wildlife Management Area
61-year-old Gary Michael Hilton, a.k.a. The National Forest Serial Killer, finally got caught in 2008 after committing a grizzly series...
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Feb 2, 20232 min read
The Murder and Exhumation of Chief James Vann
Chief Vann was a controversial figure. Born in the 1760s, the half Scotsman/half Cherokee, grew to become a wealthy businessman,...
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
The Griffeth Pendley Dogtrot Ax Murder
In 1877, a one-story dogtrot-style home was built off of the old Dawsonville-Jasper Road (present-day Cove Road). Over the hill and...
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Mar 6, 20223 min read
Crime, Luck and Redemption: The Life and Times of Wallace Hughes, Jr.
Pickens County has a history replete with convicts who escaped local authorities. This particular story took place near Sharptop Church...
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