DEAD MEN DO TELL TALES: HISTORY & HAUNTINGS OF CRIME, MURDER & UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

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See the Black Dahlia Below and Discover the mystery and hauntings surrounding the Death of Superman, George Reeves!

This section of the website -- "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" -- takes its name from books by author Troy Taylor, the first of which arrived in 2006, entitled Bloody Chicago.

Some of the stories contained here will appear in the book.

See Whitechapel Press for more information about this new title and about other books by Troy Taylor!

Other titles about crime & unsolved mysteries by Troy Taylor include:

NO REST FOR THE WICKED (2001)

INTO THE SHADOWS (2002)

Welcome to our official site for "Dead Men Do Tell Tales", an unusual combination of history & hauntings associated with American Crime & Mystery. The reader will find all sorts of weird tales here, from horrible murders to mysterious vanishings. Not all of the stories will be ghostly tales but in every case, each of them was sufficiently strange to be included here anyway. I think you'll enjoy this macabre addition to our website and remember to keep checking back -- we'll be adding more gruesome tales in the future!

The Pearl Bryan Murder Ghosts of Bobby Mackey's Music World	The Greenbrier Ghost A Ghost Testifies of her Own Murder -- in Court!
St. Valentines Day Massacre The Most Infamous Event in Chicago's Mob History
Bloody Benders Tales of a Murderous Family from Kansas' past	Sausage Vat Murder What Really Happened in the infamous Luetgert Case?
	Lizzie Borden Did She Really Take an Ax? History & Hauntings of this Famous Case
Thrill Killers Leopold & Loeb -- The Shocking Crime and it's Aftermath	Bugsy Siegel The Life, Death & Haunting of Hollywood's Favorite Gangster
	The Murder Castle H.H. Holmes - America's First Serial Killer & His "Murder Castle"!
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Harry K. Thaw & His "Voices from Beyond"		Eastern State Penitentiary One of America's Most Haunted Places!

This section of the website is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Short -- The Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short (Corbis)

Discover the story behind one of history's great unsolved mysteries in this compelling feature about the life and brutal death of an American beauty -- and the chilling legacy left in her wake.

The Black Dahlia Murder

The Ghost Story

Farewell to the Grimes Sisters
One of Chicago's Most Tragic Crimes -- And the Haunting Left Behind!

Franklin Castle One of Ohio's Most Haunted Houses & the Tales of Murders that Made it that Way		Pemberton Hall A College Dorm Haunted by a Suicide & Murder from the early 1900's	The Lake Club The Haunted Gambling Club with a Ghost from the Past
	Goat Castle A former Mississippi Mansion Haunted by a Murder from Year's Past	Decatur Speakeasy A Secret Drinking Spot from Prohibition Days becomes haunted by a Murder Victim from the Past
St. Mary's College A Murderous Priest & The Events that Led to this Minnesota Haunting	Peace Church Cemetery The body of an executed spree killer was laid to rest here -- but he does not rest in peace!		House on Ridge Avenue "America's Most Haunted House?" or Was it Really?

Haunting of Al Capone
The Ghost that Followed America's Most Famous Gangster to the Grave

	John Wayne Gacy The Horrific Killings of the "Killer Clown" & the Supernatural Events Surrounding his Crimes	"Born to Raise Hell" The Dark Life & Deadly Crimes of Spree Killer Richard Speck	America's First "Public Enemy" The Life & Crimes of Samuel Green
Albert Fish America's Most Fiendish Killer -- whose crimes changed history forever!		Ed Gein The Life & Crimes of Wisconsin's "Psycho" - Model for "Silence of the Lambs"
	The "Dumb-Bell Murder" The Crime of Ruth Snyder & Judd Gray	The Woman Who "Could Predict Murder" The Strange Story of Waity Burgess	The Philadelphia Massacre The Murders of the Dearing Family
Chicago's Bluebeard Johann Otto Hoch -- slayer of as many as 50 Women	Roget House Horror Strange New York Tale of Murder & A Haunted House	"House of Weird Death" Chicago's Mysterious Wynekoop Mansion

Meriwether Lewis
Did one of America's Greatest Explorers commit Suicide -- or was he Murdered?

	Dillinger: Dead or Alive? The Mysterious death of Public Enemy No. 1	The Axeman's Jazz The Unsolved Murders of the New Orleans Axeman	Vanished? Was Judge Crater Murdered or did he simply vanish without a trace?
Hot Toddy Who Killed Beloved Screen Actress Thelma Todd?		The Death of Superman Mystery Surrounds the Death of popular TV Star George Reeves -- was it Suicide or Murder?	The Missing Teamster What Happened to Famous Union Leader Jimmy Hoffa?
Belle Gunness Was this Indiana Woman really a Prolific Serial Killer?	Whitechapel Murders Could Jack the Ripper Have been an American? See the Most Famous Suspects	The Torso Killer Who was this Mysterious Madman & How Did he Bring down "Untouchable" Eliot Ness?
	The Vanished Heiress What Happened to Dorothy Arnold & How did she Disappear Without a Trace?		Ambrose Small What Happened to the Flamboyant & Wealthy Theater Owner and does His Ghost Haunt the Grand Opera House?

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