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Newspaper Articles about Creffield & the Holy Rollers

1897-1903 Everyday Goings on in Corvallis Before Creffield

October 1903: Furniture, sidewalks, cats and dogs are burned, maybe even a baby, too.

November 1903: The Holy Rollers did what on the Island last Summer?!

December 1903: The First of Creffield's Flock is Committed

January 1904: Holy Rollers Are Tarred and Feathered

March 1904: An Arrest Warrant Goes Out for Creffield

May 1904: Many Holy Rollers Are Committed to the Insane Asylum

July 1904: Creffield is Unearthed

August 1904: Creffield Goes on Trial

August 1904: A Wedding Salvation Army Style

April 1906: Creffield is Released from Prison & Predicts the End of the World

May 1906: Creffield is Murdered

May 1906: Creffield’s Murderer is Hailed as a Hero

May 1906: Funds are Raised for the Defense

May 1906: Families of Holy Rollers Write Letters to the Editor

May 1906: Holy Rollers Found Starving on a Beach

June 1906: The Trial of the Century

More Articles coming soon

 
 
Sample chapters from Holy Rollers: Murder and Madness in Oregon's Love Cult

How the Fire Fell
(a soon to be released movie about Creffield)

Early 1900s Newspaper articles about the Holy Rollers

Family Trees for the Holy Rollers?

The Oregon Insane Asylum in 1907
(where the Holy Rollers were committed)

The Oregon State Penitentiary in 1907
(where Creffield was incarcerated)

Life in Corvallis in the early 1900s

Life in Waldport, OR in early 1900s

Heaven's Gate

Reverend Knapp's Bible Songs of Salvation and Victory, the songs sung by the Holy Rollers

Early cases of not guilty by reason of insanity

Could you ever be lured into joining a cult?

Creffield, Brainwashing & Thought Reform

Info about Cults

Creffield's Preachings

Creffield Vs. Crefeld

The Salvation Army Opening Fire in 1886

Holy Roller Theology

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June 1906: The Trial of the Century

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Trial Sketches

Creffield Jury

Kenneth MackintoshKenneth Mackintosh Kenneth Mackintosh

 

John F. MillerJohn F. Miller

Archibald FraterArchibald FraterCharles Wappenstein

Will H. MorrisWill H. MorrisSilas M. Shipley & Will H. Morris

Edmund & Maud Creffield's Grave

 
 
 
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