[conspiracybeliever]

Nearly 100 years later, the case and trial of Leo Frank is making headlines again. Doubts about the 1913 murder of Atlanta teen Mary Phagan and accused suspect Frank — said to be U.S. history’s only Jewish lynching victim — have long fueled conspiracy theories.

Tonight's PBS documentary, “The People vs. Leo Frank,” has revived the mysteries and public curiosity: Yahoo! search spikes for "Phagan" and "Frank" soared in advance of the show’s airing. Back in the day, the public would “stay tuned to see the latest bizarre, frightening development,” says a historian in “The People vs. Leo Frank.” Indeed, the century-old “whodunit,” CNN notes in one of its most popular articles today, touched on "every hot-button issue of the time: North vs. South, black vs. white, Jew vs. Christian, industrial vs. agrarian."

Leo Frank was raised in Brooklyn and later moved with his wife to Atlanta, Georgia, to manage his uncle’s pencil factory after graduating from Cornell University. Mary Phagan was one of Frank's employees, a white child laborer working to help support her family. On April 13, 1913, Phagan went to the factory to receive $1.20 in pay she was owed for the previous week. Frank gave her the check; Phagan was found dead at approximately 3am on April 14 by Newt Lee, the factory's night watchman.

This looks very interesting. Read the rest below:

http://news.yahoo.co...ews/ynews_ts963

[Caesar]

Its sounds like a great mystery, I wish I had the time to watch it.


Keep us posted.

[conspiracybeliever]

I realized after I posted it that it was on Nov 2nd. I'll watch for it on PBS.com and watch it there.

[Caesar]

So I missed it?

Thanks, you ruined my day!

[conspiracybeliever]

Caesar, on 05 November 2009 - 01:35 AM, said:

So I missed it?

Thanks, you ruined my day!

THEY'LL REPEAT IT OR HAVE IT ON PBS.COM!!! Then you could watch it at your convenience. Isn't that better?

[trsdek]

conspiracybeliever, on 04 November 2009 - 09:38 PM, said:

THEY'LL REPEAT IT OR HAVE IT ON PBS.COM!!! Then you could watch it at your convenience. Isn't that better?

I remember about a year ago I was reading about people finding money or even photographs in old furnityre that they would buy from tag sales or estate sales. In this article it mentioned how one person found a photograph of Frank being lynched. Kind of eerie.

[conspiracybeliever]

trsdek, on 05 November 2009 - 05:58 AM, said:

I remember about a year ago I was reading about people finding money or even photographs in old furnityre that they would buy from tag sales or estate sales. In this article it mentioned how one person found a photograph of Frank being lynched. Kind of eerie.

That's so creepy! I love PBS. American Masters, American Experience, Frontline. This looks really good. I can't wait to see it. I love the black and white. It makes you feel like you are back there, in time.