(This article was previously published in Snitch Magazine and the Clews historic true crime website.) She was an innocent blond child who got into the wind, snatched from her home in the dead of night and carried off into oblivion. He was a handsome stranger spinning a web, hiding a wicked serial killer who […]
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The Bricca Mystery… And Nobody Is Talking
49 years ago this month, the Gerald Bricca family was murdered in what would become the most notorious and obsessive cold case in Queen City history. Jerry Bricca, wife Linda, and daughter Debbie were found stabbed to death on Greenway Avenue in the Bridgetown neighborhood of Cincinnati. Going down between the 4th and 5th murders […]
JT’s True Crime Awards
Best Unsolved: Jack the Ripper… There are more books about the unknown fiend with the killer sobriquet than every United States president except Lincoln. Best Getting Away With Murder: Lizzie Borden and OJ Simpson… Both of their juries were biased in favor of the defendants and were not emotionally capable of convicting. Most Wrongly Convicted: […]
JT’s Top Ten Murder Cases
In chronological order: Jack the Ripper – 1888: First psycho-sexual serial killer came replete with the most evocative nickname ever and an unsolvable identity… Lizzie Borden – 1892: America’s first feminist eschewed poison and hacked her way to personal liberation via financial independence… Hall/Mills – 1922: The “Minister and the Choir Singer” was a juicy […]
JT’S Top 10 Lizzie Borden Case Mysteries
Even when you know Lizzie was the killer, plenty of mystery remains in the Borden case. I speculate about each item below – but the answers remain elusive. 1. What were John Morse and Andrew talking about Wednesday night? Morse didn’t coincidentally stumble into a double homicide – his presence and Emma’s absence set the […]