The Murder of Alma Kellner: Nearly Forgotten True Crimes

The Murder of Alma Kellner

*Also available as part of a box set*

Alma Kellner, the 8-year-old daughter of a wealthy brewing family in Louisville, Kentucky, disappeared on December 8, 1909. Initially thought to be a victim of a kidnapping, her mutilated body was eventually discovered in a church cellar six months later. Joseph Wendling, the church janitor, disappeared at about the same time, and after her body was discovered became the subject of a nationwide manhunt. The evidence against him was almost completely circumstantial, but after being captured and tried he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment although, to this day, there are still doubts if he was really the killer.

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