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The John McCaffary House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1842 and was the site of the murder of Bridget McCaffary by her husband, John McCaffary . He was the first and only person executed by the State of Wisconsin before it abolished the death penalty in 1853.
Summerwind, formerly known as Lamont Mansion, is a ruined mansion on the shores of West Bay Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. Located on private land, its ruins are closed to the public. A number of urban legends and ghost stories in popular culture have contributed to its reputation as a haunted house. [4]
First Wisconsin territorial capital; abandoned after one session. Located about three miles NW of the present town of Belmont. Benson's Corner [3]
Take a virtual tour of the country by seeing the most haunted houses in every state. There are grand mansions and quaint historic homes, but they have one thing in common: a lot of ghosts.
The Villisca Ax Murder House makes no attempt to hide its grim past. In the summer of 1912, an unknown intruder broke into the house and murdered Josiah and Sarah Montgomery Moore, and their ...
Murder of Christine Schultz: Milwaukee: May 28, 1981: Former Milwaukee police officer convicted for the murder of her husband's ex-wife; she escaped in 1990 in an episode that inspired the slogan "Run, Bambi, Run" Murder of Amber Creek: Burlington: 1997-02: Teenager who ran away from a youth shelter; suspect convicted of her murder 34 years later
1959 cold case of boy's murder in Wisconsin solved through DNA testing. Todd Feurer. Updated November 11, 2024 at 3:39 PM. Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.
John McCaffary [7] was the only person ever to be executed by the state of Wisconsin. He was executed by hanging for the murder of his wife. McCaffary was hanged from a tree on August 21, 1851, before a crowd of 2,000 to 3,000 people in the area of what is now known as 68th St and 14th Ave.