Victims
(of Mary Frances Creighton)
Raymond Avery (her brother) [4/20/1923] – acquitted
Anna Creighton (her mother-in-law) – acquitted
Ada Appelgate (with lover Everett Appelgate – his wife) convicted; sentenced to death
I have seen the name spelled both Appelgate and Applegate.
Murderpedia: Mary Frances Creighton
Wikipedia: Mary Frances Creighton
Executed Today: 1936: Mary Frances Creighton and Everett Applegate
Frances Creighton & Everett Appelgate
The Long Island Borgia
Find-A-Grave: Mary Frances Avery Creighton
Books
Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press (Crime, Media, and Popular Culture)
The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of
Movies/Documentaries
Deadly Women: Matriarchs of Murder
Bloody Marys
Mary Frances Avery Creighton and Everett Appelgate
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