The Real Mary Phagan Story

Grand-niece of little girl raped, murdered by sweatshop owner corrects disinformation.

Almost everyone is familiar with the Jewish Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) endless whining about the “lynching” of Leo Frank for the murder of young Mary Phagan, and why this incident prompted the ADL’s founding. But what was the true story behind this event?

In this exclusive interview, TBR’s James Edwards interviews Mary Phagan-Kean, grand-niece and namesake of Mary Phagan and author of the book The Murder of Little Mary Phagan.

[Read the entire article as PDF.]

Taken from The Barnes Review, January / February 2026, Volume XXXI, Number 1.

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