Murder & Mayhem in Mendon and Honeoye Falls: "Murderville" in Victorian New York

The notorious history of two nineteenth-century hamlets in western New York, famous for an era of bustling commerce—and criminality.

The Town of Mendon and the Village of Honeoye Falls are today quiet western New York suburbs, but they weren't always so idyllic. In years past, the village was a center of commerce, manufacturing and railroads, and by the mid-nineteenth century, this prosperity brought with it an element of mayhem. Horse stealing was commonplace. Saloons and taverns were ab...