
No place like murder : true crime in the Midwest / Janis Thornton ; forewords by Larry Sweazy, Ray E. Boomhower.
Title:
No place like murder : true crime in the Midwest / Janis Thornton ; forewords by Larry Sweazy, Ray E. Boomhower.
ISBN:
9780253052773
9780253052780
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Publication Information:
Bloomington, Indiana : Quarry Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
xix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- All in the family. The mysterious death of Belle Shenkenberger ; The liberation of Nora Coleman ; "Sweet dreams, Mother" -- Wife killers. Dan Snider and the strychnine solution ; The case of the drowsy uxoricide ; The death on Maish Road ; Chirka and Rasico -- To err can be murder. Manhunt for the in-law outlaws ; The black sheep of Goldsmith -- Loved to death. He was her man, but he done her wrong ; Fairy's grim tale of murder on LaFountain -- Deadly decisions. Murder on Anderson and Main ; The Strawtown murders ; Murder unbecoming a hero -- Worst of the worst. The awful crime of Jesse McClure ; Massacre on Laughery Creek -- Local legends. The legend of Kokomo Mayor H. C. Cole ; Gun girl -- Unsolved but unforgotten. Murder most foul ; The strange death of Garnett Ginn.
Summary:
"A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after."--Amazon.com.
OCLC Number:
on1197764107
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1