ON Jan. 23, 1948, near the intersection of Sixth Street and Vermont Avenue, a 26-year-old career criminal named Caryl Chessman was arrested after a high-speed car chase and subsequently charged as ...

But Death Row Prisoner Caryl Chessman still had a lot of life ahead of him. In the eight years since he read the warden’s note, Convict Chessman, 38, has written four books, survived eight ...

Among the non serious stories involves long-time AAA star Chessman slapping social media celebrity Adrian Marcelo at the AAA/NWA "The World is a Vampire" event last weekend, resulting in Chessman ...

One reason Californians will be voting, again, about the death penalty, next month, is because of a man named Caryl Chessman. He was called the “Red Light Bandit,” and he was executed in 1960 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Caryl Chessman was a small-fry criminal. But he became an ...

Harriet Scott Chessman, author of "Someone Not Really Her Mother," joined ABCNEWS.com to answer a few questions about her book in the following online Q and A. Q: What was the significance of her ...