Great Lakes Pirate: The Adventures of Roaring Dan Seavey Dan Seavey, sometimes called “Roaring Dan,” is a legendary, almost mythical figure in the history of Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. Seavey was well known in his day in northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, for both good and bad reasons, and more […]
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Overview – Ronald Huff Convicted of Ronald Burnham’s 1968 Murder Ronald Huff, 19, was arrested, and charged with first degree murder on April 30, 1968 for the murder of Ronald Burnham. Three months prior, Huff had been released from the state reformatory. In his statement to police, Huff said that he became angered when Burnham
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Martin Jansen Martin Jansen was born March 19, 1933 in Kimberly, Wisconsin. He was a veteran of the Air Force, having served in Korea. After the war, he went to work for Kimberly-Clark as an apprentice. Jansen was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun on January 20, 1968, when he interrupted
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Archibald Caldwell As the tribesmen were gathered about the mission in 1835 an epidemic of smallpox broke out among them which swept over about one-third of the tribe. Col. George Boyd, then Indian agent at Green Bay, sent to their relief a surgeon of the regular army, stationed at Fort Howard, to give them the
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Frank Frye Frank Jerald Frye was born February 8, 1906 in Pembine, Wisconsin (near Marinette), the son of Jerome Frye (1868-1948) and Emma Alice “Otie” Kuykendal (1876-1948). From 1912-1920 the family lived in Flint Rock, South Dakota and by 1922 they resided at 527 South Douglas Street in Appleton. In 1928, Frank worked as a
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John and Hilda Lingle The story of John and Hilda Lingle is not all that different from thousands, perhaps millions, of small town crimes. A few salacious details and unexpected twists allow it to stand out, however, and the story is presented here for those with prurient and morbid fascinations. Hilda Lingle, 27, was shot
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Michael McCarty Murder Overview On the early evening of September 13, 1905, Michael McCarty, 41, told teenage farmhand Julius Heimke, that he was going to Wrightstown, and he may not return the next day. Heimke arrived at the farm the next morning, and only Wenzel Kabat was there. Kabat allegedly said that he (Kabat) was
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Murder Overview On June 13, 1963, Wayne Pratt, 24, was the victim of a vicious attack in which he was stabbed 53 times. 12 of the stabs punctured his lungs, and both collapsed. Some of the stabs were four inches deep. The autopsy suggested instead that Pratt may have been hit in the head with
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The Headless Banker Waupaca is the seat of government for a county of the same name. Even today, the county is largely composed of farms, forests and lakes, with a noticeable absence of big city crime. Despite this, the City of Waupaca once hosted one of the regions more notorious murders, the murder of Henry
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Body Parts Found in Appleton On Monday, September 25, 1967, four children, in first and second grade at St. Joseph Catholic School, found an unusual package on their playground. It was a brown paper sack, which the children were kicking around the alley and throwing at each other. The principal, Sister Illuminata, confiscated the bag
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