Free Louis
Louis Wagner was convicted as guilty and hanged for the famous Smuttynose Murders. He insisted he was innocent, and many still think he may have been wrongly accused, though it is generally accepted that he was the murderer.
Read more and decide for yourself
Other possible suspects in the Smuttynose Murder Case from SeacoastNH.com
Maren's testimony against Louis Wagner
Letter Celia Thaxter wrote days after the murder
Article Celia Thaxter wrote two years after the murder, published in Atlantic Monthly
A Murderous Row: Revisiting the Smuttynose Murders
The Moonlight Murders on the Isles of Shoals on ISAUU website
Horror on Smuttynose Island in Yankee Magazine
A number of folks commenting about suspect rumors
Many books have been published on the Smuttynose Murders:
Cold Water Crossing by David Faxon
Moonlight Murder on Smuttynose by Lyman V. Rutledge
Return to Smuttynose Island by Emeric Spooner
The Ballad of Louis Wagner by John Perrault
Weight of Water by Anita Shreve (historical fiction) also a film
Location of Louis Wagner's grave
