Some of Cecilia’s favorite columns
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The worst mother-in-law in California was also the last woman to be executed in the state, in 1962.
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Angela Copeland is fascinated by the 1928 slaying of her grandfather’s first wife
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The cavalryman played a key but mostly unsung role in the frontier’s settlement.
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Nellie May Madison was sentenced to death for killing her husband, until she revealed abuse.
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Belle Martell lost her license soon after she got it in 1940. Hall of fame will induct her posthumously.