On This Day in West Virginia History, March 18th

March 18, 2023

Mountaineer News

Vintage West Virginia

On March 18, 1932, convicted murderer Harry F. Powers, the "Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," was hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville.

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