Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids:

Poisoning the Pecks of Grand Rapids:

The Scandalous 1916 Murder Plot

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Publication Date: 28th October 2014

With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion" around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity."
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With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion" around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity."
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With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion" around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity."
Details
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: True Crime
  • Publication Date: 28th October 2014
  • State: Michigan
  • Illustration Note: 100% Mono
  • ISBN: 9781626196971
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
    HISTORY / United States / General
Author Bio
A connoisseur of crime, a gourmet of the ghastly, an aficionado of the atrocious, a fanatic of the felonious and a maven of misdeeds, author and researcher Tobin T. Buhk enjoys exploring the back alleys of Michigan history and shining a light on the contemptible characters and dastardly deeds hiding in its darkest corners. To research his first book, he spent a year as a volunteer at the Kent County Morgue. Find his speaking schedule at www.tobinbuhk.com or take a walk on the dark side of history at his blog, www.darkcornersofhistory.com.
With his boyish good looks, Arthur Warren Waite charmed into marriage the daughter of wealthy Grand Rapids business tycoon John E. Peck in 1916. He then wasted no time executing what he believed to be a flawless scheme to hijack his wife's inheritance. The plot went awry when a mysterious telegram set off a sequence of events that ultimately exposed his immoral ambition to poison all other Peck heirs. Follow Waite's fingerprints of indiscretion" around Grand Rapids and New York City as author Tobin T. Buhk details this audacious plan of staggering complexity."
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: True Crime
  • Publication Date: 28th October 2014
  • State: Michigan
  • Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
  • ISBN: 9781626196971
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
    TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
    HISTORY / United States / General
A connoisseur of crime, a gourmet of the ghastly, an aficionado of the atrocious, a fanatic of the felonious and a maven of misdeeds, author and researcher Tobin T. Buhk enjoys exploring the back alleys of Michigan history and shining a light on the contemptible characters and dastardly deeds hiding in its darkest corners. To research his first book, he spent a year as a volunteer at the Kent County Morgue. Find his speaking schedule at www.tobinbuhk.com or take a walk on the dark side of history at his blog, www.darkcornersofhistory.com.