Tag: Virginia

  • Speaking Event in McLean

    This Friday the 31st, I will be speaking at Dolley Madison Library in McLean, VA at 4:30. I will be discussing Margaret Fitzwater’s unsolved murder, part of my latest book, and a McLean-related unsolved murder from a work in progress! More details here: https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/14648558 →

  • Author talk-October 7th

    If you have been dying to hear one of my author talks in person, and can get to Fredericksburg, VA on October 7th, you are in luck! I will be discussing my second book, Murder at the National Cathedral. A few tickets remain for the Washington Heritage Museums 2 p.m. Tea Talk. Plus, you get →

  • Jack R. Smith-1964

    This is a peculiar case I’ve started to look into a bit more. In 1964, Jack R. Smith, a recently retired 20-year Navy veteran and WWII veteran, was enjoying civilian life with his wife Dorothy and mother Ida in Potomac, Maryland. The 38-year-old Smith parlayed his Navy career as a photographer into a job at →

  • Charles William Ennis-1967

    When looking for topics to research, you inevitably come across crime cases that are intriguing, but probably don’t have enough material available to justify inclusion in a book. Such is the story of Charles William Ennis. On March 2, 1967 a man fishing in Hooes Run near Occoquan in Prince William County snagged a severed →

  • Charles Fitzmaurice murder, 1964

    This is another write up I did on another site a while back. It’s an intriguing case, but I’m not sure how much more there is to be discovered about it unless his family has information to share. On the evening of December 12, 1964, United States Marine Corps (hereafter USMC) Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fitzmaurice →

  • Debbie Anwyll, unsolved 1979 murder

    I wrote this brief summary for another site originally. It’s a bit later date than I usually am interested in, but it occurred near where I live. 14 year old Deborah (Debbie) Anwyll was stabbed to death in her home shortly after returning from school on March 8, 1979 in Chantilly, Virginia. I live about →

  • Book links

    You can purchase my book, True Crime Northern Virginia-The 50s and 60s, by clicking on the links here: Amazon.com, Arcadia Publishing, Barnes & Noble →

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