In 1833, when she was a child, the family of Cynthia Ann Parker and several other families came to Texas. One day when the men were in the fields working, a [ … ]
Month: May 2020
The Bender Tragedy: Family of Serial Killers
The Bender Tragedy, Mary E. York, Geo. W. Neff Books & Job Printer, 1875. Nonfiction, $12.99, Paperback. Photos. “Dedicated to the Memory of My Husband: Dr. William York, Murdered in [ … ]
Dark Folk Singer Emma Ruth Rundle
Roadburn Festival recently announced that dark folk singer Emma Ruth Rundle was one of two curators for the 2020 edition. Unfortunately that event has been postponed. Rundle’s third studio album, [ … ]
Duel in the Dark
May 29, 1890, The Daily Citizen, Albuquerque, New Mexico – Several remarkable duels have been fought in the dark. In 1800 Isaac Corry and Harry Grattan engaged in a fierce [ … ]