Murder Mayhem In Cumberland County

Author : Joseph David Cress
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232512
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Cumberland County written by Joseph David Cress and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the horrific Enoch Brown Schoolhouse Massacre of 1764 to settlers who hunted local tribes for a bounty, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has long had a violent and bloody history. As more people came to the region, murder and mischief of every kind only multiplied. Local author Joseph David Cress explores the dark side of history, from little-known cases such as that of Sarah Clark--who became the first woman hanged in the county after she poisoned a family to dispatch a romantic rival--to high-profile crimes like the shocking 1955 courtroom slaying that left one person dead and three injured. Join Cress on a hair-raising walk down Hell Street as he investigates the underbelly of Cumberland County.

Author : Joseph David Cress
Publisher : Murder & Mayhem
ISBN 13 : 9781609491888
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in York County written by Joseph David Cress and published by Murder & Mayhem. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unsolved 1878 murder of a young woman walking home from Hanover and a lethal 1901 love triangle in Chanceford Township that led to murder by strychnine are but two incidents in York County's history of deadly deeds and misdoings. While the 1969 York Race Riots are the most infamous instance of mayhem in the county, the strangest is perhaps the Hex Murder that left a North Hopewell Township powwow doctor a practitioner of the local folk magic dead at the hands of those trying to lift a curse. Follow author Joseph David Cress on the lonely country roads and harsh city streets as he goes on the trail of the body snatchers, hooligans and black widows of York County, Pennsylvania.

Author : Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467144398
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Herkimer County written by Edited by Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herkimer County is steeped in history, from the settlement of the Mohawk Valley by Palatine German settlers to the flood of western migration with the opening of the Erie Canal. But the region also boasts an infamous history of high-profile homicides and crimes. Roxalana Druse murdered her abusive husband and became the last woman to be hanged in New York in 1887. The death of Grace Brown on scenic Big Moose Lake became one of the most famous cases in the country in 1906, inspiring author Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. Psychological tests of intelligence were admitted into court for the first time in an acquittal of sixteen-year-old Jean Gianini in 1914. Caryl Hopson and Susan R. Perkins collect these historic narratives of murder and mayhem in Herkimer County.

Author : Jean Boling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder, Mayhem, and Mischief in Josephine County written by Jean Boling and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph David Cress
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540231291
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wicked Carlisle: The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley written by Joseph David Cress and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rachel Faugno
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625856725
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Central Massachusetts written by Rachel Faugno and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A chilling chronicle of local true-life murders that reach back into the long-forgotten seamy history of Worcester County” (Vitality Magazine). The bucolic image of central Massachusetts belies a dark and sometimes deadly past. Grisly crimes and grim misdeeds reach back to colonial settlement in Worcester County, from an escaped slave hanged for rape in 1768 at the Worcester jail to the Sutton choir singer convicted of drowning his wife in 1935. Henry Hammond’s 1899 suicide and the others that followed shook Spencer residents to their cores. Some crimes still grip the imaginations of residents, while others have faded from collective memory. Author Rachel Faugno investigates this sinister history. Includes photos!

Author : A. J. Schenkman
Publisher : Murder & Mayhem
ISBN 13 : 9781626190733
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Ulster County written by A. J. Schenkman and published by Murder & Mayhem. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Murders and other crimes in Ulster County, NY"--

Author : Kelly Suzanne Hartman with contributions by the Gallatin Historical Society and Gallatin History Museum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467149144
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Gallatin County, Montana written by Kelly Suzanne Hartman with contributions by the Gallatin Historical Society and Gallatin History Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet fields broken by gunfire, the splash of a body dropping into the Madison River, cries for help cut off into silence and the grim last words spoken on the gallows all color the bloody history of Gallatin County. Cut-and-dried murder charges, unsolved cases and questionable accusations all paint the picture of law enforcement in and around early Bozeman. From the gruesome to the mysterious, sordid accounts of robbery, crimes of passion and fatal self-defense fill the annals of the historic county jail. Gallatin History Museum curator Kelly Suzanne Hartman chronicles each tale, allowing the reader to follow along the path of the investigations and the pursuit for justice.

Author : Joseph David Cress
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625840586
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Cumberland County written by Joseph David Cress and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rolling fields and quiet towns of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, belie its dynamic history. From slaves who escaped to freedom through Underground Railroad stations in Shippensburg and Boiling Springs to a telephone-like invention created by Lower Allen's Daniel Drawbaugh a full decade before the patent of Alexander Graham Bell, the pages of Cumberland County's history conceal long-forgotten but true tales. There are numerous but often-overlooked contributions from county residents--from 1920 to 1923, Newville hosted the first state police academy in the nation, and during World War II, a humble bandage invented in Carlisle saved countless lives. With an engaging collection of vignettes, author Joseph David Cress explores these and other hidden tales from the history of Cumberland County.

Author : R. Marcin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439671249
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in the Finger Lakes written by R. Marcin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pristine waters of the Finger Lakes inspire tranquility, but the region has not been spared a history of high-profile murders. George Chapman's execution for killing a hostler in a drunken rage drew one of the largest crowds in Seneca County's history. Charles Sprague was the only person from Yates County to be executed and the last person electrocuted at Auburn Prison after shooting a neighbor in a dispute over potatoes. A plea of insanity did not save James Williams from the electric chair after murdering an elderly man and attempting to rape a teenage girl. In the Feedbag Murder, the body of a missing man was found in a canal, and his friend was acquitted of the murder despite confessing to the crime years later. Author R. Marcin explores the gruesome history of homicide in the Finger Lakes.