The Crimes and Times of Stephen Dee Richards, Nebraska Serial Killer
In January 1879 Stephen Dee Richards sat in the Nebraska State Penitentiary and confessed to the murder of nine people. Most of his murders occurred in Buffalo and Kearney County. Imprisoned in Kearney and convicted in Minden, Richards was executed on Minden’s courthouse square on April 26, 1879. Exploring this violent history reveals the history of the law, law enforcement, and crime in Central Nebraska during the 1870s.
Presented by Dr. Nathan Tye (UNK)
Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the History Department and hosted by the Kearney Public Library.
Any and all are invited to attend!
All talks are streamed and recorded on the Kearney Public Library’s YouTube channel.
