True Crime Stories

  I have about three passions in life, true crime, genealogy and history. I admit that I am not an expert in any of these fields and I also admit that when it comes to history I am least interested in the World War II era. I do not know why, maybe it is the whole Hitler aspect, but I am least interested in that era. But, when it comes to civil rights and things like that I at least thought I knew quite a bit. I of course know about the cases such as Emmett Till, Medgar Evers and such. Apparently I had heard about Willie McGee or his name would not have made it to my list but I am unsure how much I knew. In my list it simply says “Willie McGee-Executed 1951.” I admit that even when I go through the list I do not go through every one of them each time so today was the first time I had really dug into the case. It is possible that previously when going through the list I just simply was not in the mood to do a case that involved execution. This makes me a bit sad because while...

Older cases are always a little more difficult to research based on little or wrong information that gets passed down. It often becomes difficult to to sift through what is fact and what is legend. This case, while not as old as some that I have done, not only proved difficult due to the age of the case but also because of the area in which it took place and the fact that there was an apparent cover-up. To add to this, there are few sources to work with. There have been a few books published on this and a few more articles but it appears that the accuracy of the information is based on the time in which it was written and what may or may not have been discovered. On the night of August 4, 1932 a man named Duncan Minor went to the home of his (2 nd ) cousin, Jennie Merrill in Natchez Mississippi. It was said that Duncan made this trip to the home, named Glenburnie, every evening and would return to his own home before dawn. It seems apparent that the two were h...