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The Murder of Mary Phagan is a 1988 American two-part television miniseries starring Jack Lemmon about the murder of a 13-year-old factory worker and the subsequent trial of her accused murderer Leo Frank.
In the years since the April 26, 1913 murder, a consensus has emerged about what happened in Frank’s downtown Atlanta factory that day: The killer was Jim Conley, a black janitor who was the...
Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent and lynching victim. He was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention.
A 1988 crime drama based on the true story of a young girl's murder in Atlanta in 1913 and the trial of the factory manager Leo Frank. Starring Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher and others, the series won three Primetime Emmys.
Apr 6, 2023 · Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent, was wrongly convicted for the murder of Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old girl, in 1913. He was kidnapped from prison and lynched by an antisemitic mob in 1915, after exhausting his appeals and commuting his death sentence to life.
Nov 13, 2009 · Thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan is found sexually molested and murdered in the basement of the Atlanta, Georgia, pencil factory where she worked. Her murder later led to one of the most...
Read the full text of the contemporary reports about the 1913 inquest that declared Mary Phagan's death a murder and suspected Leo Frank, her employer. Learn about the contradictions, oddities, and controversies in the testimony and evidence presented at the inquest.
