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Sarah McQuillan

Case from Burlingham, NY dated Jul 21, 1891

Victim Details

Sarah McQuillan

Female

White / Caucasian

Burlingham

NY

1891

Sarah

McQuillan

07/07/2026

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Sarah McQuillan was a White woman whose life ended in silence on a Catskills farm in the town of Mamakating near Burlingham, New York, where a summer of uneasy rumors gave way to a discovery so grim it hardened the locals against ever trusting the quiet again. By late August 1893, neighbors had begun to notice that Paul Halliday—the older farmer whose place sat back from the road—had not been seen for days. His young wife, known around the area as Lizzie Halliday offered an explanation that ...
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  • She was crazy about killing - New York Daily News
  • The Shocking Crimes of Lizzie Halliday: Hudson Valley's Infamous
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