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In 1916, a circus elephant named Mary was hanged in the town Erwin, Tennessee. The town has been trying to move on from that moment in history ever since.
In 1916, a circus elephant named Mary was hanged in the town Erwin, Tennessee. The town has been trying to move on from that moment in history ever since.
Photo from Alabama Snake courtesy of HBO
The crime took place Oct. 4, 1991.
Posted: Dec 9, 2020 5:41 PM
Posted By: The Associated Press, WAAY 31
A movie premiering at 8 p.m. Wednesday on HBO and available for streaming on HBO Max tells the story of an Alabama preacher who is in prison after being convicted of trying to kill his wife with a snake.
“Alabama Snake” is about Glenn Summerford, who remains imprisoned after being convicted of trying to murder his wife nearly three decades ago.
Summerford pastored a snake-handling church in Scottsboro.
His wife was bitten twice by a snake in 1991 after her husband forced her to stick her hand inside a cage of snakes.