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Submit ReviewThe Hillsville Massacre has been described as one of the most bizarre incidents in Virginia criminal and legal history. Floyd Allen, the patriarch of the Allen clan, known for feuding, moonshining and violence, was executed after he stood trial for triggering the 1912 courthouse massacre. But the question remains…who shot first?
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justice-story-courthouse-tragedy-20210704-7zzrzagojzd65krqaianzxnqkm-story.html?outputType=amp&fbclid=IwAR36jBkCz1EYLQbYKJypgifS3ZS83s1uai18zWDxhoI0QZdaYXxSfV7j1mE">Gunfight in courthouse after guilty verdict left 5 dead, 7 wounded. New York Daily News. July 4, 2021
Floyd Allen (1856–1913). Encyclopedia of Virginia.
Courthouse Tragedy. The Carroll County Historical and Society Museum
The Hillsville Massacre. The Roanoker. November 1982
Floyd Allen. floyd.htm">Murderpedia
Episode Music Loneliest Road in America by Jesse Gallager Licensed under Creative Commons
Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use
The Hillsville Massacre has been described as one of the most bizarre incidents in Virginia criminal and legal history. Floyd Allen, the patriarch of the Allen clan, known for feuding, moonshining and violence, was executed after he stood trial for triggering the 1912 courthouse massacre. But the question remains…who shot first?
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justice-story-courthouse-tragedy-20210704-7zzrzagojzd65krqaianzxnqkm-story.html?outputType=amp&fbclid=IwAR36jBkCz1EYLQbYKJypgifS3ZS83s1uai18zWDxhoI0QZdaYXxSfV7j1mE">Gunfight in courthouse after guilty verdict left 5 dead, 7 wounded. New York Daily News. July 4, 2021
Floyd Allen (1856–1913). Encyclopedia of Virginia.
Courthouse Tragedy. The Carroll County Historical and Society Museum
The Hillsville Massacre. The Roanoker. November 1982
Floyd Allen. floyd.htm">Murderpedia
Episode Music Loneliest Road in America by Jesse Gallager Licensed under Creative Commons
Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use
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