Muncie Murder & Mayhem

Muncie Murder & Mayhem

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Publication Date: 7th May 2018

Muncie epitomizes the small-town America of squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms, but its wholesome veneer conceals a violent past. Public scandals and personal tragedy dogged the long, notorious life of Dr. Jules LaDuron.


Baseball ace Obie McCracken met a tragic and violent end after joining the police force. A mother's love could not stop James Hedges from committing murder. The paranoid delusions of Leonard Redden hounded him until one day he carried a shotgun into a quiet classroom. And newsman George Dale's showdown with the Klan prepared him for the political fight of his lif... Read More

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Muncie epitomizes the small-town America of squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms, but its wholesome veneer conceals a violent past. Public scandals and personal tragedy dogged the long, notorious life of Dr. Jules LaDuron.


Baseball ace Obie McCracken met a tragic and violent end after joining the police force. A mother's love could not stop James Hedges from committing murder. The paranoid delusions of Leonard Redden hounded him until one day he carried a shotgun into a quiet classroom. And newsman George Dale's showdown with the Klan prepared him for the political fight of his lif... Read More

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Muncie epitomizes the small-town America of squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms, but its wholesome veneer conceals a violent past. Public scandals and personal tragedy dogged the long, notorious life of Dr. Jules LaDuron.


Baseball ace Obie McCracken met a tragic and violent end after joining the police force. A mother's love could not stop James Hedges from committing murder. The paranoid delusions of Leonard Redden hounded him until one day he carried a shotgun into a quiet classroom. And newsman George Dale's showdown with the Klan prepared him for the political fight of his life. Douglas Walker and Keith Roysdon, authors of Wicked Muncie, introduce a new cast of characters from the city's notorious past.

Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Murder & Mayhem
  • Publication Date: 7th May 2018
  • State: Indiana
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467138901
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Author Bio
Keith Roysdon is a lifelong writer and journalist. He is the government watchdog reporter at the Star Press in Muncie, Indiana, and has won more than two dozen first-place awards in newspaper contests. In addition to many awards for their work together, he and Douglas Walker won the Kent Cooper Award for story of the year in Indiana for their 2010 Cold Case story on Muncie's most notorious unsolved murders. Roysdon is active on social media, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  Journalist Douglas Walker has covered the criminal justice system in east central Indiana for most of the past three decades. For more than a quarter-century, he has served in reporting and editing roles for the Star Press and its predecessor, the Muncie Evening Press. Walker has received dozens of awards for writing, investigative reporting and public service from journalism organizations. The Ball State University graduate is an eighth-generation resident of the Muncie area.

Muncie epitomizes the small-town America of squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms, but its wholesome veneer conceals a violent past. Public scandals and personal tragedy dogged the long, notorious life of Dr. Jules LaDuron.


Baseball ace Obie McCracken met a tragic and violent end after joining the police force. A mother's love could not stop James Hedges from committing murder. The paranoid delusions of Leonard Redden hounded him until one day he carried a shotgun into a quiet classroom. And newsman George Dale's showdown with the Klan prepared him for the political fight of his life. Douglas Walker and Keith Roysdon, authors of Wicked Muncie, introduce a new cast of characters from the city's notorious past.

  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: Murder & Mayhem
  • Publication Date: 7th May 2018
  • State: Indiana
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467138901
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Keith Roysdon is a lifelong writer and journalist. He is the government watchdog reporter at the Star Press in Muncie, Indiana, and has won more than two dozen first-place awards in newspaper contests. In addition to many awards for their work together, he and Douglas Walker won the Kent Cooper Award for story of the year in Indiana for their 2010 Cold Case story on Muncie's most notorious unsolved murders. Roysdon is active on social media, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  Journalist Douglas Walker has covered the criminal justice system in east central Indiana for most of the past three decades. For more than a quarter-century, he has served in reporting and editing roles for the Star Press and its predecessor, the Muncie Evening Press. Walker has received dozens of awards for writing, investigative reporting and public service from journalism organizations. The Ball State University graduate is an eighth-generation resident of the Muncie area.