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Samuel Doss

Case from Tulsa, OK dated Apr 17, 1954

Victim Details

Samuel Doss

Male

White / Caucasian

Tulsa

OK

1954-04-17

58

Samuel

Doss

07/13/2026

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Samuel Luther Doss, a 58-year-old white male from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a quiet, churchgoing Nazarene minister trying to start over after a tornado in Arkansas had taken the family he once had. He was known as steady and orderly, a man who shunned drinking, smoking, and gambling, and whose life revolved around work, faith, and a modest home. Through a lonely hearts correspondence column he met Nannie Doss, a seemingly cheerful, affectionate woman whose letters promised warmth and companionship. T ...
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    Has anyone else found it so unsettling how Nannie Doss almost got away with killing Samuel Doss by h... ...Read More
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    I recently came across more details about the tragic passing of Samuel Luther Doss, and it got me th... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about the courage it must have taken for those involved in Samuel Doss's ca... ...Read More
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