http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/04/26/1861-paula-angel-but-why/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/04/26/1861-paula-angel-but-why/#comment-12018 ExecutedToday.com » Executed Today’s Second Annual Report: Once Bitten, Twice Die Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:43:34 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=3254#comment-12018 [...] April 26, 1861: Paula Angel … but why? [...] [...] April 26, 1861: Paula Angel … but why? [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/04/26/1861-paula-angel-but-why/#comment-4192 Lisa Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:47:32 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=3254#comment-4192 A very odd story, indeed. One question: Are we sure this is a true story? Nineteenth-century newspapers carried an amazing number of stories that were simply hoaxes--stuff invented out of whole cloth by some journalist who needed colorful copy to fill space in his paper. The fact that Angel's execution was not reported until years afterwards, and that many of the basic details (such as her age) vary, makes me wonder. A very odd story, indeed. One question: Are we sure this is a true story? Nineteenth-century newspapers carried an amazing number of stories that were simply hoaxes–stuff invented out of whole cloth by some journalist who needed colorful copy to fill space in his paper. The fact that Angel’s execution was not reported until years afterwards, and that many of the basic details (such as her age) vary, makes me wonder.

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