A Family Christmas Like No Other: The Lawson Family Case

They Seemed Like a Happy Family

The Lawson family may have seemed like an ordinary family, but that wasn’t the case. Although they lived almost a hundred years ago, their morbid tale continues to haunt people to this very day. It all started with an expensive family portrait and a father who has had enough of life.

Low angle view of St. Philips Episcopal Church at Germanton.

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What Charles Lawson did to his family on Christmas Day is absolutely heartbreaking. This is a story of a loving father who one day snapped and killed his family. He left one son alive, but that wasn’t the strangest part about this case.

Here is the full story and theories about what caused Charles to go from a devoted family man to a violent monster.

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