2015: 100 years after Leo Frank Lynching

100 years ago on August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched by the Vigilance Committee to carry out the original sentence of hanging until death for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan.Revision of history continues:In June 2015 by Georgia Historical Society, Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Atlanta History Center. (Marker Number 60-14.)Inscription:Concerned by the sensationalized atmosphere …

Jonathan Greenblatt: August 17, 2023, 2022, 2021

#BAN the ADL 2023ADL’s Greenblatt Gets “Community-Noted” on X August 17, 2023The humiliation of Jonathan Greenblatt, boss at the Jewish pressure/censorship group, the ADL (which was founded in large part to defend sex murderer Leo Frank), continues on the leading social media platform, X.Every August 17, Greenblatt posts a commemoration of Leo Frank’s hanging, falsely …

PBS Documentary: The People vs Leo Frank: 2009

THE PEOPLE V. LEO FRANKPremiere at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts CenterApril 30, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.Ben Loeterman's 90- minute documentary about the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan and the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank in Marietta combines archival footage, interviews with scholars and reenactments that were filmed in Georgia 2008.  Steve Oney, author of …

PBS Documentary; Seeking Justice The Leo Frank Case Revisited: 2008

In January 2008, I was contacted by Laura Longsworth, Producer for Ben Loeterman Productions, Inc.  regarding a PBS documentary:  The People vs Leo Frank and Loeterman Productions, Inc. requested an interview.  Although "we had many conversations regarding the documentary. the producer appreciated my time and thoughts especially considering past experiences with the media and the …

Leo Frank Historical Marker Approved in 2006; Dedicated 2008

Coming Events:  Joe Kirby Editorial Page editor of the Marietta Daily Journal, April 16, 2006"'Lunch and Learn' Series at the Marietta Museum of History, the Frank trial will be re-explored by assistant Cobb District Attorney Van Pearlberg, one of the most knowledgeable of the younger generation of local Phagan/Frank, aficionados. The event will take place …