Thousands of dollars are missing in Kearney, but who is the thief? Is it the trusted postal clerk, or his good friend the former sheriff? This story of betrayal includes a Christmas burglary, a sensational trial, and a Thanksgiving verdict. Happy holidays!
Omaha was shocked when the wife of a Florence real estate man was brutally murdered in 1917. A suspect was soon in custody, but was he the right man?
Omaha police officer James MacDonald spent a decade with one leg literally in the grave.
Workers at Honey Creek Coal Mine, Peru, Nebr. RG2304-8-58
A bit of post-election humor from the NSHS collections seems appropriate just a few days before the 2016 election—but it has a dark backstory unrelated to politics. How did this piece of paper come to reside in the NSHS collections?
NSHS RG207, Series 7, Subseries 9, Box 2.
Sidney, Nebraska, circa late 1870s. NSHS RG3315-40
The Boyd County skull, showing what appears to be a bullet hole in the forehead.
The Lincoln Hotel at Ninth and P streets was the scene of a sensational murder in May of 1892. NSHS RG2158-408c
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