Bad Actors

Uh oh. Lincoln conspiracy post. Well, one can’t be much of a crime history professor without mention of one of the most widely publicized, theorized, dramatized, and scrutinized assassinations in antiquity, save John F. Kennedy and Julius Caesar. Spoiler Alert.  It was Booth. This Alex Taylor column originally appeared in the Gainesville Times March 22,…… Continue reading Bad Actors

Simon Sleeps, Simon Says

(not Simon!) Alex Taylor’s “Beasts” series continues with homicidal sleepwalking zombies — three words I would have heavily wagered to never type together. Alas, they exist, and you can further research them HERE. Featured in the Gainesville, GA Times, March 8th, 1988, Prof. Taylor tells of a one Simon Fraser. No, not the Jacobite clan…… Continue reading Simon Sleeps, Simon Says