Tag Archives: Ewing Scott

March 12, 1958

Posted on March 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, a cook goes on a bloody rampage–and no, we didn’t follow up on this story. According to California death records, mad cook Andrew Rewal lived to the age of 79, presumably without access to sharp objects  … Below, the … Continue reading →

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Ewing Scott

Posted on March 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1958 Los Angeles Late one night in his cell at the County Jail, in fitful sleep, convicted killer L. Ewing Scott had a dream: An arm … his missing wife’s arm … bloody … wrapped in newspapers … … Continue reading →

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Feb. 22, 1958

Posted on February 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

One of the footnotes to the L. Ewing Scott case: An attempt to obtain body parts that would be passed off as the remains of Evelyn Scott. Email me

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 29, 1958 Charles Judson, former city editor of the late lamented L.A. Daily News, is now farm editor of the daily Grand Junction (Colo.) Sentinel. His job requires that he travel about the countryside, checking agricultural conditions and writing … Continue reading →

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Jan. 22, 1958

Posted on January 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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Ewing Scott

Posted on December 27, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Con Keyes / Los Angeles Times Convicted killer L. Ewing Scott, 1980, at the age of 83. In 1986, bedridden, frail and slowly dying in a Silver Lake convalescent home, 89-year-old Leonard Ewing Scott agreed to see … Continue reading →

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Dec. 24, 1957

Posted on December 24, 2007 by lmharnisch
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Dec. 22, 1957

Posted on December 22, 2007 by lmharnisch
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In the teeth of the evidence

Posted on October 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Evelyn and L. Ewing Scott during a cruise on the Queen Mary. Oct. 16-18, 1957 Los Angeles In its opening days, the Leonard Ewing Scott murder trial has focused Evelyn Scott’s eyeglasses and dentures, which were found behind the … Continue reading →

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Confidential: Tells the Facts and Names the Names

Posted on May 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

The Mirror scores a jailhouse interview with L. Ewing Scott, plus one of Confidential magazine’s main informants, Francesca De Scaffa attempts suicide again. According to news reports, De Scaffa was so eager to be a Confidential source that she was … Continue reading →

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