Follow Friday: Friday the 13th Thrillers

In celebration of Friday the 13th, I thought it would be fitting to follow some of the most "thrilling" Thriller Thursday posts I have come across at GeneaBloggers. While I know we are generally shocked/appalled/saddened to find such stories in our family histories, it is also fascinating to uncover such notorious events in our past.

Thus, here follows some of the most intriguing, gruesome and tragic family history death, murder or near-miss stories I have come across on Geneabloggers' Thriller Thursday daily writing prompts.

• THRILLER THURSDAY - Ground To Death from Secrets Left in the Georgia Dust


• Thriller Thursday – Confessed Killer Tells Police He Cut Her Throat from 1 Foot Planted Firmly on the Ground


• Thriller Thursday - My Family Connection to the Salem Witch Trials from Family Pilgrimage


• Thriller Thursday - The Murder of David F. Taylor in Oklahoma Indian Territory from A Nested Family of Robbins


• Thriller Thursday – Personal Ads May Be Hazardous to Your Health from my own tragic family history.

Feel free to share stories or links to similar unfortunate incidents in your own family history in the comments below.