Leslie Irvin
I had to be very careful when I researched this case for a few reasons. I think we all know that we cannot believe every story or article read even in today's media completely and that facts are sometimes exaggerated or embellished. Well, in the 1950's when the crimes of Leslie Irvin occurred it was even more true. It was not quite as bad as in the height of early "yellow journalism" but it was not much better. While the times of real yellow journalism could be compared to a daily dose of the old National Enquirer (even they have been forced to get better) by the 1950's articles for newspapers were still written not just for sensationalism but for emotion in the wording. When you read articles from that time sometimes it was just the words that were used to bring more emotion to the reader instead of just simply stating the facts as they were. For example, let us say that someone was beaten by another person and it was being described by a reporter for...