Comments on: Experiencing Terror Behind the Walls in Philadelphia

By: Brianne

Brianne — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:55:30 +0000

I’m doing a report on Eastern State and some of the prisoners, so if any one knows where i can get the real info about Elmo Smith can you point me in the right direction?

By: toni

toni — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:07:22 +0000

well im 13 years old and from my father and a few friends said that this man lived in my old house and i wanted to do a little research on this so if anyone knows anything cause this to me is very interesting.. email me at babytbunny@aol.com

By: Dianne Licwinko

Dianne Licwinko — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:34:53 +0000

My mom and my grandmother lived next door to him on 6th street in Bridgeport. Next door! She told me she once ran into him one afternoon outside their homes and he told her, “I saw you through the window in your living room last night.” I’m writing an essay about neighbors and decided to reference Elmo for the Dangerous Neighbors paragraph. I always remembered his name from my mom’s stories about him.

By: terri

terri — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:02:19 +0000

just wondering if any one who may have known anythyng about this elmo smith and if he was ever in the syracuse ny area in 1948-1949 this name came up in a paper article for my great uncles death

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:10:02 +0000

Radford, I do not know a whole lot about the Elmo Smith scenario, but it was pretty neat to experience the facility.. man its hideously scary!

By: Radford Garrison

Radford Garrison — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:49:37 +0000

My mom remembers it all like yesterday, that act sort of was a changing of the times. The so called innocent 50’s to the crime based future. Especially in Philadelphia, and just 1 correction Elmo Smith was put to death on January 22nd 1962 it was the last time anyone in Pennsylvania died in the electric chair.

By: stanley sandler

stanley sandler — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:23:22 +0000

“he [Elmo Smith] had issues, we all do.” The liberal “mind” at work.

By: Ellen Vaughan

Ellen Vaughan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:28:45 +0000

I vividly remember the murder of Mary Ann Mitchell. I grew up in Ambler and remember them finding her. All the kids in the neighborhood were not allowed outside the door until they captured that slime bag Elmo Smith. I also remember they actually investigated a neighbor of mine in this crime. He was found not the person. This was the first time I ever remember being scared to even go to church without an adult. I was 6 at the time so as you can plainly see it left quite an impression on me. God rest that Girl, she had so much to look forward to.

By: Ann Puzio

Ann Puzio — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:12:10 +0000

I grew up in Bridgeport, Pa. on 7th St. And remember the name Elmo Smith, I was 5 when he killed that young lady. As a child, my sisters and I were afraid that Elmo would come and get us. We lived 1 Street from him.

By: Jack Hitchner

Jack Hitchner — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:54:23 +0000

I lived in Pitman, New Jersey and was a student at Pierce Business School in December 1959 when Mary Ann Mitchell was murdered by Elmo Smith. My family, friends, and I were horrified by the murder. Because of the nature of the crime, and because it occurred during the Christmas season, we followed the case closely. When I think about Mary Ann Mitchell (and I still do to this day) I imagine her with her friends as they attended the movie “South Pacific”; then I picture her waiting for the bus that would take her home.
Was anyone else at that bus stop at the time Smith abducted her? I guess we will never know.
I hope that Mary Ann Mitchell has found peace.