Tonight, while you walk the dark streets, and you see the happy, smiling children running from house to house in search of their next fist full of candy... take a moment to stare at the homes you pass... and wonder what evil acts may have transpired there.

That's the idea behind this week's Mercury feature, "MURDER HOUSE." Many of Portland's grisliest murders took place in homes that are not only still standing, but are now occupied by people who probably have no idea what took place there. This week we take a peek at a few of these horrifying cases that involve all sorts of bloody wrong-doings, including drowning children, hammers, dynamite, smotherings, and... this one:

Today, the small house where Lloyolla T. Miller lived out most of her life has faded a bit. The garden this so-called "Rose Lady of North Wabash Avenue" fastidiously tended has been left to weeds and scrub. But, even now, it's easy to imagine roses and rhododendrons coming into vibrant life around the home on May 29, 1979—the day Miller's was violently snuffed out.

That was the day the paperboy murdered her with an ax.

Read the rest here. And sleep well... in your cozy, safe home.