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Stephen D. Richards
Stephen Decatur Richards (March 18, 1856April 26, 1879), known by the nicknames The Nebraska Fiend and The Ohio Monster, was an American outlaw and serial killer who confessed to committing nine to twelve murders in Nebraska and Iowa between 1876 and 1878. Richards was born in West Virginia (then part of Virginia) in 1856. His family later moved to Ohio, and eventually settled in the Quaker village of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mount Pleasant. In 1876, Richards left his home and headed westward to seek his fortune. For a time, he found work at a local Sanatorium, asylum; he claimed that during his time there, he lost all empathy for other people. When Richards later confessed to his crimes, he claimed to have committed his first murder sometime in late 1876, two weeks after arriving in Kearney, Nebraska. He went on to commit several other murders, which he later claimed were done in self-defense. Richards fled after murdering Mary L. Harlson and her three children, but was captured in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio County, West Virginia, Ohio and Marshall County, West Virginia, Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The county seat of Ohio County, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains within Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, the state's Northern Panhandle. It is the List of municipalities in West Virginia, fifth-most populous city in West Virginia and the most populous city in the Northern Panhandle with a population of 27,062 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Wheeling metropolitan area had 139,513 residents in 2020. Wheeling is located about west of Pittsburgh and east of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus via Interstate 70 in West Virginia, Interstate 70. Wheeling was settled in 1769 on land contested between colonial Province of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Colony of Virginia, Virginia, and later grew to become Virginia's largest city west of the Appalachians. During the American Civil War, Whee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
