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"Weile Weile Waile" - How an old Irish murder ballad became a children's song

IrishCentral
"Weile Weile Waile," sometimes spelled "Weile Weile Waila" or "Weile Weile Walya," is considered a child's ballad in Ireland while others...
5 months ago

A Black Man Killed by a White Mob in 1898 Finally Receives a Funeral (Published 2021)

The New York Times
The mob killed Joshua Halsey and up to 250 other people that day in the predominantly Black city of Wilmington, N.C. Last weekend,...
38 months ago

'Death by chocolate': Botkin-Dunning murder happened 125 years ago

Billy Penn at WHYY
The story of star-crossed lovers from the Delaware Valley, and perhaps the nation's first homicide by U.S. Postal Service.
16 months ago

100 year old murder case still haunts Dover, Delaware

WHYY
It's a case that brings new meaning to the phrase "don't take candy from a stranger." The creepy story of a cross country murder mystery in 1898.
123 months ago

Dover's infamous 'Chocolate Candy Murders' brought back to life on anniversary

The News Journal
In 1898, two Dover women were murdered by a poisoned box of candy sent through the mail. The 120-year-old murders are commemorated in a...
77 months ago

Hell on the border! Researcher considers frontier women charged with murder

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Mark Potter, a volunteer researcher with the historic site, knows these women and 28 others. He will present "Women and Murder in the Indian Territory (1870-...
105 months ago

Chocolate candy murders: A look back at Delaware's famous case

DelmarvaNow.com
Delaware was the scene of the crime, but the authorities decided that the murder trial would be held in California. On Oct. 8, 1898,...
64 months ago

'We live in the world lynching made': How communities face — or hide from — history

The Fayetteville Observer
Elijah Gaddis grew up in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. His family were new, but he felt welcomed.
24 months ago

Majority-Black Wilmington, N.C., fell to White mob’s coup 125 years ago

The Washington Post
The Nov. 10, 1898, Wilmington massacre overthrew the elected government in the majority-Black city, killed many Black residents and torched...
14 months ago

A Tale of Two Evas: Marriage, Deceit and the Underground Baby Trade

Bedford + Bowery
Robert Ray Hamilton was 37 years old when he met his daughter for the first time. A year and a half later, he would die more famous than he...
60 months ago