Today in True Crime History: September 11

Photo by Matteo Modica on Unsplash

1857 — The Mountain Meadows Massacre occurs. A group of Mormons dress up as Native Americans and murder 120 colonists in Utah.

1921 — Fatty Arbuckle, an actor from the silent film era, is arrested for the rape and murder of Virginia Rappe. He was later acquitted, but it basically ended his career.