SCOUT· 42%1h 24m·2026-09-08·True Crime392. Leo Frank and the Murder of Mary Phagan Part 1 of 3 -- The Devil Went Down to Georgia
It was the trial of the century decades before OJ was even born, and its consequences shaped the 20th Century. Young Mary Phagan was brutally raped and murdered, her body left in the basement of an Atlanta factory. When Leo Frank was fingered for the crime, the nation was divided over his guilt. Did Leo Frank kill…
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“Oh My Gosh! Oh My Gosh! Are you kidding me?! I am currently reading Mary Phagan-Keane‘s book, The Murder of Little Mary Phagan! You just made my whole night.”
“Liked and hyped! So ready to learn more how our judicial system evolved! Thank you Brett and Alice for all your work!!”
“My grandmother, who was born in 1907 in rural Northeast Georgia could still sing the Little Mary Phagan song over 50 years later, when I had first heard about what had happened to Mary Fagan and had asked my grandmother if she remembered he…”
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