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On March 13, 2006, 1947project completed its mission to spend one year documenting the offbeat and criminal history of 1947 Los Angeles. You...

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March 13, 1947 Los Angeles Detectives questioned James Joseph Tiernan Jr., 30, tonight about his movements Monday night, both before and aft...

March 12, 1947 Whittier Sheriff's deputies have obtained a confession from shaggy-haired Myron Funk, 23, in the shocking slaying of Mae ...

Oh, you delightful sickniks! After tabulating the votes for the next Crime Bus date, I see that the majority of respondents have asked for t...

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March 11, 1947 Los Angeles A shiny new dime glinted brieflyat the bottom of a hole at East 58th Street and Naomi Ave. before being topped b...

March 10, 1947 Los Angeles James Edwards, 57-year-old busboy in a Broadway cafeteria, is one of those folks who doesn't trust banks. He...

Gentle riders, The 1947project bloggers have been hard at work, uncovering some of the most ghastly tales ever to unfold in the great centra...

March 9, 1947 Santa Ana Flummoxed partway through the ride home to El Toro Marine Base, when the Negro cabbie suggested he come up front and...

March 8, 1947 Alhambra While busting Robert Chelsea Putter, 49, on a forgery charge, officers made a delightful discovery. Putter had writte...

March 7, 1947 Portland, OR In the course of fining a driver who admitted to driving 38mph in a 20mph zone, Judge J.J. Quillin quipped that h...

March 5, 1947 Venice His curtains blazing, Charles Mason, 71, raced towards the heat of the flames and fought bravely to extinguish them. He...

March 4, 1947 Los Angeles When two Pacific Electric freight cars derailed near Firestone Blvd. and Maie Avenue, Helen Gil, 25, observed the...

March 3, 1947 Los Angeles Since 1944, Sarah Shirley Ruenker, 32, has suffered crippling claustrophobia, an ailment that today nearly kept he...

March 2, 1947 Los Angeles Cabbie Clifford Brown is fortunate to be alive tonight after an encounter with an armed robber at 110th and Centra...

March 1, 1947 Los Feliz The long-awaited midget railroad in Griffith Park is nearing completion, and wee tykes citywide can scarcely hold th...