My mother allowed it to happen. (Trigger Warning!!!) When I was 10 years old my paternal grandmother found out my paternal grandfather was molesting me, and she told my father “The girls need to be with their mother”. …

I worked for her for five years. *Warning Graphic Triggering Details* Deborah “Deb” Wardlaw was the owner of an escort service called Nikki’s. She ran a discreet little ad in the yellow pages of the Lexington Kentucky phone book, back when they still had phone books. …

Trigger Warning My mother asked me why do you think men like your grandfather were attracted to you? Yes, my mother is a jewel, isn’t she? Her victim blaming questions stopped me in my tracks. It took my breath away. …

Even years after his death she is still filled with rage. Trigger Warning! My dad was in the army when I was born on April 2nd, 1971. He was stationed in Fort Benning Georgia at the time. It was the tail end of Vietnam. He was 21 years old and…

Law Enforcement Officials Say It’s Murder The Crime On December 3rd, 1974, Edward (Ed) Leroy Nichols, 22 years of age, went hunting with someone he thought was a friend. His name was David Stites. He would pick Nichols up at 9am from his parent’s home in Union Kentucky. For those of you…

He killed her because she dared to stand against him. Her Family Life Her name was Linda Pearl Harris. She was born July 24th, 1971, to Bertha and Paul Harris in Lexington Kentucky. Bertha Harris was 51 years old when Linda was born to another woman Paul had an affair with. He told…

Her killer should have been serving a life sentence in Texas instead he was free to kill again in Kentucky. Rhoda Deaton, a 15-year-old, was at 424 Curry Street in Lexington, Kentucky visiting friends with one of her older brothers. They left their friend’s house to call her mother at…

I fought it off only to be diagnosed with an enlarged heart. I found Medium a couple of years ago. I read through many stories from true crime to family sorrows. I loved how each piece I read reflected a part of the writer. I could see how some of…

Vanished from Fifth Street in New York City Miss Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold of New York, New York went missing on December 12th, 1910. She went shopping for an evening dress for her sister’s coming-out party, which was to take place on December 17th.