In December 1874, Scranton newspapers reported that a Newton farmer named Klein was robbed and shot dead in the Notch while his young son watched. Within days, the story had spread across the United States. There was just one problem. It never happened.
In November 1874, a Scranton newsboy found a man dying at the foot of an embankment on Mifflin Avenue. What followed was a murder investigation that led straight to the city's own Chief of Police, and then, stranger still, a year-long political war over who actually held that job. This one has it all: a mob beating, a bribed mayor, three simultaneous police chiefs, and a family legacy that outlived the scandal.
A deadly 1875 encounter leaves one man dead and the shooter haunted, sparking a gun control debate 150 years ago.
Scranton's Red Light DIstrict was alive and well in the early 1900s, and Mary Gregory was one of its more well-known characters.
On December 18, 1928, Marco Pasco was shot while walking to work in Scranton, resulting in his death shortly after arrival at the hospital. Known for his violent past, Pasco left behind a large family. Despite police investigations and multiple suspects, his murder remains unsolved to this day.
