Bigamy – The UncommonWealth

The Case of James D. Wise

Working as a reference archivist, we sometimes get that one phone call that really piques our interest. And once you get on the case, you…

Courtney ThompsonOctober 18, 2023

Mug Shot Monday: Kenneth Frederick Thomas, No. 15150

This is the latest entry in a series of posts highlighting inmate photographs in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Kenneth Frederick Thomas, the subject of…

Roger ChristmanMay 19, 2014

Arsenic, Lies, and Bigamy

Cornbread and cabbage turned lethal for one Petersburg woman, but it was another woman’s need for some chicken feed that exposed the death as something…

Mary Dean CarterAugust 7, 2013