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Tag: maine death penalty

Posted inPortland

The 1st prisoner executed by Maine’s state government murdered his own son

by Troy R. Bennett August 12, 2022August 11, 2022

Seth Elliot of Knox killed his youngest son, slitting the 2-year-old’s throat with a 25-cent razor, on July 25, 1824.

Posted inPortland

A suspected Maine counterfeiter got hanged and a preacher made money off his story

by Troy R. Bennett July 29, 2022July 28, 2022
A blacksmith works on a piece of metal
Posted inPortland

Maine blacksmith went to the gallows after helping a stranger evade the law

by Troy R. Bennett July 25, 2022July 25, 2022
Posted inPortland

A Maine man tried to kill his way to heaven, but it didn’t work as planned

by Troy R. Bennett July 19, 2022July 18, 2022
Posted inPortland

A Mount Desert Island man was hanged twice for 1 murder

by Troy R. Bennett July 8, 2022July 7, 2022
Posted inPortland

A popular pirate was put to death in Maine during the US’s 1st federal execution

by Troy R. Bennett July 1, 2022July 1, 2022
Posted inPortland

A faked will couldn’t save this Irish convict from the gallows in Maine

by Troy R. Bennett June 17, 2022June 16, 2022
Posted inPortland

A Maine Revolutionary War hero had a local civilian executed for aiding the enemy

by Troy R. Bennett June 13, 2022June 12, 2022
Posted inPortland

Maine’s 1st sensational, true crime murder stories were written by Puritan preachers

by Troy R. Bennett June 5, 2022June 4, 2022
Posted inPortland

Most of Maine’s early executions were of women, Native Americans and enslaved people

by Troy R. Bennett May 18, 2022May 18, 2022
A tombstone with an American flag is shown in a cemetery
Posted inPortland

A mock hanging didn’t stop a Maine man from murdering his own child in 1754

by Troy R. Bennett May 9, 2022May 17, 2022
Posted inPortland

These Mainers were scheduled to be hanged on the same day for unrelated 18th century crimes

by Troy R. Bennett April 17, 2022April 17, 2022
Posted inYork

Maine woman wants to humanize the state’s most notorious child murderer

by Troy R. Bennett March 28, 2022April 17, 2022
Posted inPortland

Maine’s 2nd-ever condemned murderer wasn’t convinced God could forgive him

by Troy R. Bennett March 13, 2022April 17, 2022
Posted inYork

The 1st murderer condemned on Maine soil was convicted with supernatural evidence

by Troy R. Bennett February 24, 2022April 17, 2022

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