Did the Legend of Freddy Krueger Start in Wykoff?

No, not that Freddy Krueger—but the real Fred Krueger of Wykoff has a story strange enough on its own. In 1885, a local newspaper reported that former German newspaper editor Frederick C. Krueger had “skipped” town, leaving his wife and children behind amid allegations of financial wrongdoing. But where did he go?

Follow the trail from Wykoff to Rochester, Missouri, and Chicago as we piece together the life of a newspaperman who seemingly vanished—and discover that disappearing from Wykoff wasn’t quite the end of his story.