Blacksheep Ancestors

The latest genealogical information on helping you find ancestors in your family tree that were criminals, murderers, outlaws, bandits or scoundrels and that may have spent time in a prison, jail, penitentiary, chain gang or convict camp.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Clyde Barrow Gang Collection

Hi there,

Here is an interesting link from the Portal to Texas History website. It contains approximately 75 resources, including: legal documents, photographs and letters.

Clyde Barrow Collection 1930-1939

Saturday, May 15, 2010

"Old Sparky"

If you have time at some point, there is an interesting article over at the Criminal Justice University.

20 Criminals Executed in The Chair

As the title states, it deals with 20 of the most notorious electric chair executions in the 20th century.

Cheers,
Tyler

Monday, May 10, 2010

Haunted Insane Asylum Stories

I thought it would be fun to throw in some insane asylum hauntings, so here you go:

America's Most Notorious Hauntings