Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem

Discover the true stories behind the events that shocked and scandalized our ancestors. By mixing the resources and methods used in genealogy research with true crime accounts, Mindy Hudson pieces together interesting stories about the lives of ordinary people who were caught up in extraordinary circumstances.

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The Schoolmarm Murder: Louise Gerrish (1924)

July 01, 2023 • Mindy Hudson • Season 1 • Episode 7

On May 21, 1924, the rural town of Amherst, Maine was shocked to discover their 19-year-old school teacher was brutally murdered. The identity of the murderer and the ghastly details of the killing left the entire country asking "What is wrong with our young people?"

Sources used include:
Ancestry.com
Newspapers.com
Findagrave.com
Crime scene photographs from Woods Detective Agency, Boston - https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1816831#:~:text=Part%20of%20the,law.harvard.edu, ITEM — Box: 5, Folder: 7 Identifier: HOLLIS004386789, 5-1 to 5-73, 5-7.

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