Case file · Haunting
Florence Lassandro and the Crowsnest rum-runner
Rum-runner Emilio Picariello and Florence Lassandro were hanged on 2 May 1923 for the killing of Alberta Provincial Police constable Stephen Lawson at Coleman; she was the only woman hanged in Alberta.
1923 CE · 49.64, -114.50 · status: legend
The account
The old police barracks and Picariello's hotel at Blairmore and Coleman are said to be haunted by them. Lassandro is thought to have taken the blame to save Picariello's son.