41 • The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell

Harry Powers wooed the ladies with his slick stories and promises of riches. But instead of filling their hearts and homes with love, he took their money … then he took their lives . Powers is one of the first men in modern history to be labeled a serial killer.

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References:

From the newspaper archives of:

The Capital Times (Madion, Wisconsin)

Bluefield Daily Telegraph (West Virginia)

The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)

Brooklyn Times Union (New York)

Clarksburg Exponent (West Virginia)

Daily News (New York, New York)

Pittsburgh Press (Pennsylvania)

Fort Worth Star Telegram (Texas)

The Associated Press

Detroit Free Press (Michigan)

Knoxville Journal (Tennessee)

The Winnipeg Tribune (Canada)

The Chillicothe Scioto Gazette (Ohio)

The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio)

United Press International

Quad City Times (Iowa)

The Clarksburg Telegram (West Virginia)

The Weekly Courier (

The Daily Notes (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)

Lansing State Journal (Michigan)

Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

The Tribune (Coshcton, Ohio)

Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Mid-West Progressive (Muscatine, Iowa)

Nashville Banner (Tennessee)

The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota)

Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

Chattanooga News (Tennessee)

Decatur Daily (Illinois)

Deadwood Pioneer Times (South Dakota)

Sioux City Journal (Iowa)

Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The Montana Standard

The Akron Beacon (Ohio)

The Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)

Des Moines Register (Iowa)

The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Alabama)

The Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, Indiana)

Time Magazine

The Selma Times Journal (Alabama)

The Wausau Daily Record Herald (Wasau, Wisconsin)

Records from the West Virginia & Regional History Center 

Music - 

“Crime at Quiet Dell” by Chris Stuart, Backcountry Music, BMI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFFcz7_Zhjk&ab_channel=ChrisStuart%26Backcountry-Topic

The Crime at Quiet Dell by Frank Welling and John McGhee 1926

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