Mary Phagan Kean Question: What would Mary Anne Phagan (June 1, 1899 – April 26, 1913) approximately look like in her mid to late fifties if she had lived to see this age? Answer: Mary Phagan-Kean (b. June 5, 1954), her grandniece and namesake. Mary Phagan-Kean, a self-proclaimed “military brat,” was born in the Southern State of Georgia. Phagan-Kean is Continue Reading →

        In this day of fading ideals and disappearing land marks, little Mary Phagan’s heroism is an heirloom, than which there is nothing more precious among the old red hills of Georgia.Sleep, little girl, sleep in your humble grave but if the angels are good to you in the realms beyond the trouble sunset and the clouded Continue Reading →

The Abduction Site: Milledgeville Prison On August 16, 1915, nearly two months after the June 21, 1915, commutation, Leo M. Frank was abducted from prison by a group of men from the State of Georgia’s highest social, legal, and political strata. They anointed themselves as the Knights of Mary Phagan. After droving Frank 175 miles to Cobb County at the Continue Reading →

After reading the Leo M. Frank chronology of events, you may want to read the period Leo Frank case newspaper articles from 1913 to 1915 (and beyond), and be sure to also review the Leo Frank Images Archive, which has recently exceeded two hundred images. —- The Leo Frank Case Chronology, based on the compilation originally created by Charles Pou, Continue Reading →

With so much written about Leo Frank in the last hundred years being lopsided on his behalf, neutral books about the Frank trial (and its aftermath) are extremely rare and offer the best place to learn about the case. Can You Shut Off Your Emotions, Become a Dispassionate Researcher, and Join the Jury? Alas, there is a real dearth of Continue Reading →

The State of Georgia vs. Leo Max Frank (1913 to 2012) These documents support the Honorable State of Georgia’s prosecution team and all of those opposing Leo Frank, led by Solicitor General Hugh Manson Dorsey, the prosecutor for the Atlanta Stone Mountain Circuit. Ironically, the Leo M. Frank legal defense fund that began growing rapidly after the murder of Mary Continue Reading →

Documents on Behalf of the Leo M. Frank Legal Defense Team and Partisan Side of the Leo Frank Equation 1913 to 2013: This section lists documents, videos, and articles, divided as primary and secondary sources that directly attempt or tend to argue in favor of Leo Frank’s innocence and promote the theory Jim Conley was the real murderer. Begin this Continue Reading →

1913: The Grave of little Mary Phagan (1899 to 1913) by Fiddlin’ John Carson, April 28, 1913. The Grave of Little Mary Phagan, 1913   Early Film: Thou Shalt Not Kill (1915) Thou Shalt Not Kill: Just four months after Frank’s lynching, Hal Reid, the father of the silent-movie star Wallace Reid, produced Thou Shalt Not Kill, a film based Continue Reading →

Leo Frank Saga References and Bibliography1902 and 1903 Pratt Institute Monthly mentions Leo Frank on the Debate team in June 1902 and mentions Leo Frank’s Brooklyn address as an Alumni in February, 1903. https://leofrank.info/library/pratt-institute/pratt-institute-monthly-1902.pdf. Google map is available. 1906 Steve Oney (Dead Shall Rise, 2003) claims, as do other Jewish-American authors that Leo Frank was 5’6″ and 130lbs., but reliable Continue Reading →

Vintage Media of Leo Frank: Photograph from the Bain News Service, see the retouched version for publication in the New York World-Telegram, 26th of August in the year 1913. From the New York World Telegram & Sun Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress. Forensic Time Travelers of the Imagination Presents: The Centenary Leo Frank Case Odyssey, 1913 to 2015 Continue Reading →