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There’s no humor like gallows humor, is there?

There’s no humor like gallows humor, is there?

by Hank Nuwer | Aug 6, 2026 | Humor, True Crime

Photo: Louis Kenneth Neu by Hank Nuwer One casualty of shrinking newspapers is the disappearance of wonderfully weird stories that once filled their pages. When a murderer named Louis Kenneth Neu went to the gallows in Louisiana in 1935, the Indianapolis Star reported...
Edith Vonnegut’s death: coronary occlusion or suicide as her son claimed?

Edith Vonnegut’s death: coronary occlusion or suicide as her son claimed?

by Hank Nuwer | Aug 5, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole, True Crime, Uncategorized

      By Hank Nuwer, excerpt from “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole.   A Life of Reinvention.”    In-progress bio by Hank Nuwer                   Preface: Was Edith Vonnegut’s death a suicide?  Due to the gravity of a person leaving this life by suicide,...
“Poor Old Edgar Derby”: the Michael Paiella chapter

“Poor Old Edgar Derby”: the Michael Paiella chapter

by Hank Nuwer | Aug 1, 2026 | Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole, True Crime

Excerpt from a biography-in-progress by Hank Nuwer: “Poor Old Edgar Derby” “Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention.” by Hank Nuwer Chapter: “Poor Old Edgar Derby”.  Catch an error?  Suggest any changes? By all means, write...
Ill Met by Moonlight: Charles Wason and the Cornell  Fraternity Hazing Death.

Ill Met by Moonlight: Charles Wason and the Cornell  Fraternity Hazing Death.

by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime

By Hank Nuwer: The details and facts in this essay were taken from testimony delivered by members of KAS on October 12 and October 16, 1873, at a two-day coroner’s inquest in Ithaca, New York,.    Charles Wason..   Mortimer Marcellus Leggett arrived at Cornell...
A Hazing Death: Human Rights and the Constitutional Right to Remain Silent.

A Hazing Death: Human Rights and the Constitutional Right to Remain Silent.

by Hank Nuwer | Jul 22, 2026 | Creative Writing, Hazing, True Crime

  Carl Dingens (team photo), Row Two, Blonde hair, second from right Carl L. Dingens, Cornell 1896: Carl Louis Dingens died in Buffalo on April 30, 1927..He was born in Buffalo March 22, 1873, the son of Joseph A. and Julia G. Dingens. He attended Canisius School...
The Great Greenville Peacock Plumage Caper

The Great Greenville Peacock Plumage Caper

by Hank Nuwer | Jul 8, 2026 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime

  By Hank Nuwer, with photo by Goosia Nuwer Daily Advocate  – June 9, 2022  0   Female peafowl are peahens. Male peafowl are peacocks. People who molest the birds are peabrains.   This tearful tale of tail-feather thievery began late in the night...
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