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  • 1957: Jack Gilbert Graham, terror of the skies

    01/11/2021 2:54:58 PM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 9 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | January 11, 2016 | Headsman
    Jack Gilbert Graham was gassed* on this date in 1957 in Colorado for a cold-blooded mass murder in the skies. Just a petty crook until his turn towards cinematic infamy, Graham fell badly in debt and looked to the friendly skies to recover his financial footing.** When his mother, Daisie King, flew to Alaska to visit family on November 1, 1955, Graham purchased a $37,500 life insurance policy on her at the airport,† knowing that 25 sticks of dynamite had been packed into her luggage. When Graham’s bomb exploded minutes after departure, mom went down in the wreckage … and...