The Hall-Mills Murder Case
This is one of the few cases that I had not heard of when I stumbled across it while researching other well known cases. It is one of those cases that easily could have caused just as much of a media frenzy today, as it did in 1922 when it happened. It involved wealthy suspects, adultery, devote church members, a bungled crime scene and an extremely gruesome crime. On September 16, 1922 the bodies of Episcopal minister, Edward Hall, and a member of his choir, Eleanor Mills were found under a crab apple tree on a road near what was known as "Lover's Lane" in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Immediately it was pretty well known that the bodies had been posed. Edward's arm was under Eleanor's head and her hand lay on his thigh. Edward's hat was covering his face and when it was removed it was noticed his glasses apparently had been nicely placed on his face; his business card (often called a calling card) was propped up against his shoe. Eleanor had a scarf w...