Over 100 years ago, the last person to be hanged in Vermont was a man convicted of a murder in Wallingford, Vermont. It was just one of a number of killings in the quaint New England town.

This is a repost of an article originally published in the Weekend Magazine on October 26, 2024.

Today, beautiful Wallingford, Vermont may be known to visitors for its historic architecture, its (sadly, recently vandalized) leaking boot boy statue, and the ice beds at White Rocks. But once, two hundred years ago, and again (and again, and again) one hundred years later, the small mountain-side Rutland County town made headlines for something only the most macabre tourist brochure would advertise: Murder.

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