True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs
In Pretty Evil Pennsylvania, historical true crime author Stephanie Hoover recounts the crimes committed by nine of the Keystone State's most violent female criminals from the 1850s through the 1930s.
A History of Breweries, Baseball, Prejudice, and Protest
Author Jo Allison delves into the shocking stories of the Gateway City's seamy past, including tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, Spiritualism scuffles, protests, and women's suffrage.
ISBN-13: 9781493059171
(Paperback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
American-born Gus Pierce arrived in Australia and 1860 and promptly deserted, swimming ashore at Port Phillip. He worked as a photographer for Batchelders and painted scenery for the Lyceum theatre before hunting for snakes with Joe Shires – the inventor of a snake-bite cure. He compiled a strip map of the Murray River from Albury to Goolwa, by ......
During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century a growing number of ordinary citizens had the feeling that all was not as it should be. Men who were making money made prodigious amounts, but this new wealth somehow passed over the heads of the common people. As this new breed of journalists began to examine their subjects with scrutiny, ......
The 1909 murder case surrounding the wealthy Swope family of Independence, Missouri, led to the 'trial of the century' in the gothic-era Midwest. This book gathers the facts behind the suspicious fates of the eccentric Colonel, who was the millionaire donor of Kansas City's Swope Park as well as his affable cousin, and a young nephew and heir.
A History of Mischief and Menace, Heroes and Heartbreak
True, shocking tales from Wisconsin's seamy past. Author Anna Lardinois synthesizes well-researched information into cohesive tales of terrible fires, vengeful call girls, famous flim-flam men, and eye-brow archingly suspicious deaths. Meet mob boss Frank Balistrieri and discover the havoc he wreaked. Read the stories of red light districts, rum ......
The deputy sheriff or sheriff of a county often is perceived as the lone officer protecting the citizens of a small town. Country Cop is the riveting story of one such deputy sheriff, Barry Goodson, and his experiences with the Parker County Sheriff's office in the 1990s and early 2000s in North Texas. Goodson puts the reader in his patrol car to ......
Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene? Sam Baltrusis, author of Wicked Salem: Exploring Lingering Lore and Legends, revisits the haunts associated with the most horrific homicides in Massachusetts, including the Lady of the Dunes mystery in Provincetown to the Lizzie Borden case in Fall River. Using a paranormal ......
