357: The Strange Death of Ira Gurley w/ Dale Ross & the Birmingham Axe Murders w/ Jeremy Gray

There are two interviews packed into this week's episode of Most Notorious! First Dale Ross, author of "A Voice for Ira" joins me to talk about the horrific death of Ira Gurley in a bizarre elevator accident in 1932 Arkansas. While it looked to be an tragic accident on the surface, some evidence suggests there may have been something more sinister afoot involving corrupt state government officials and gangsters.

My second guest is Jeremy W. Gray, author of "The Infamous Birmingham Axe Murders: Prohibition, Gangsters & Vigilante Justice". He shares stories about a series of brutal murders that frightened citizens of Birmingham, Alabama in the early 1920s.

You can purchase "A Voice for Ira" on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Ira-Dale-Ross/dp/B0BNVH6YJB

You can purchase "The Infamous Birmingham Axe Murders on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Infamous-Birmingham-Axe-Murders-Prohibition/dp/1540228487

Victims killed by the Birmingham Axe Murderer(s):

12/24/1919 John B. Belser

11/28/1921 G.T. Ary 

12/21/1921 Joseph and Susie Mantione 

12/21/1921 Mose Parker 

1/11/1922 Clem and Alma Fenn Crawford 

3/27/1922 Russell Kellum and Ida Lewis

10/21/1922 Julius Silverburg and Louise Carter

11/6/1922 Abraham Levine 

1/6/1923 John Robert Turner and Lilly Bell 

1/10/1923 Joseph Klein

1/24/1923 Luigi and Josephine Vitellaro 

5/28/1923 Charley Graffeo 

10/22/1923 Juliet Vigilante and Elizabeth Romeo 

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