On Monday night, PBS will be digging into Georgia’s old case files to present The People v. Leo Frank, the story of a factory supervisor who was tried for the murder of a young girl who worked at the plant.

The case sparked national media attention, the trial carrying on for days and days until eventually Frank was convicted of the crime. A Yankee, a Jew, an outsider and a convenient target, Frank was charged with the terribly brutal murder of Mary Phagan, 13. After he was interred in jail, local citizens formed a vigilante squad to forcibly remove Frank from captivity. They took him to the outskirts of town, where a lynch mob waited. An unknown man later gave Frank’s wedding ring to his wife, ostensibly Leo’s last request.

The events of the case were portrayed, more or less accurately, in the film They Won’t Forget. This truly wonderful 1937 joint features the screen debut of one Lana Turner, who played the unfortunate victim, not to mention a very fine performance by Claude Raines. PBS will be presenting the case - and, the truth which was eventually discovered many decades after the fact - during their Monday night special.