Dastardly Dads: DASTARDLY DADS FROM THE ARCHIVES (Hudson, New York

Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

DASTARDLY DADS FROM THE ARCHIVES (Hudson, New York - 1903)

Family annihilators may be more common these days, but it's not an entirely new phenomena. Back in 1903, a single father by the name of JOSEPH PHILLIPS murdered his three children because he presumable couldn't purchase "suitable Christmas gifts." The mother had died the previous summer.

From the New York Times, December 26, 1903

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0DE5DE1139E333A25755C2A9649D946297D6CF

POVERTY LEADS TO MURDER.

Unable to Buy Christmas Gifts Father Kills Children and Himself.

Hudson, N.Y., Dec. 25.--Brooding over his inability to purchase suitable Christmas gifts for his three motherless children, Joseph Phillips, a Hollowville farmer, last night murdered the children and then hanged himself in a neighbor's barn.

Philips had complained lately of his poverty, and it is believed his mind became unsettled.

The three murdered children were Todo, aged fifteen; Frank, aged eleven, and Carrie, aged ten. Mrs. Phillips died last Summer.

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DASTARDLY DADS FROM THE ARCHIVES (Hudson, New York - 1903)