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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom Killer
9781467151603
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Discover the bloody story of John Wesley Wable's 1950s killing spree that rocked Western Pennsylvania, and left truckers and drivers alike frightened of the turnpike. After a series of murdered truck drivers and a high-speed interstate chase, Wable's gruesome criminal story also involves a thrilling court case and unresolved mysteries to do this day.
Author Richard Gazarik details the incredible true crime narratives of the man dubbed the "Pennsylvania Turnpike Phantom Killer."
Murder & Mayhem in Erie, Pennsylvania
9781467150705
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Gruesome Tales From the Gem City of the Great Lakes
From the French and Indian War to Oliver Hazard Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie, the city of Erie has a prideful place in the American story, but there also exists a seedy history of crime and murder.
In 1905 Detective James "Jimmie" Higgins was mysteriously killed at Central High School and the drawn-out manhunt for his murderer occupied headlines for months. On a cold January night in 1911, a massive explosion rocked the Erie waterfront when criminals bombed the Pennsylvania Railroad Coal Trestle, leaving it a smoldering mass of steel and debris. The unsolved murder of Manley W. Keene inspired a local newspaper to bring in the "Female Sherlock Holmes," Mary Holland, who defied gender expectations and reshaped detective work in Erie for generations.
Author Justin Dombrowski uncovers dark stories from Erie's illicit past.
Marple’s Gretchen Harrington Tragedy
9781467152587
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9781467145916
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Kelayres Massacre: Politics & Murder in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Country
9781626195479
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Washington County Murder & Mayhem:
9781626194007
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Explore the chilling history behind some of southwestern Pennsylvania's most horrifying murders.
In 1907, a young girl was found dead in the Lyric Theatre, leaving behind an unwanted pregnancy and an abusive lover. On an otherwise quiet morning in 1891, a cartful of nitroglycerin exploded. The remains of the driver had to be gathered in a peck basket. The Cannonball Express lived up to its name in 1888, when an open switch caused it to shoot off the track, sending two cars flying. Local journalist A. Parker Burroughs resurrects these and other stories from southwestern Pennsylvania's shadowy past. From foul play at the Burgettstown Fair to the tragic murder of North Franklin's Thelma Young, follow the trail with Burroughs as he uncovers the crimes and intrigues of Washington County.
Murder in Carlisle's East End:
9781626195158
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Prohibition Pittsburgh
9781467136624
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Bootlegging, bombs, murder, and more... all for the price of a drink. This is the history of Prohibition in Pittsburgh.
When you work hard, you play hard, and Pittsburgh is a hardworking city. So, when Prohibition hit the Steel City, it created a level of violence and corruption residents had never witnessed. Illegal producers ran stills in kitchens, basements, bathroom tubs, warehouses and even abandoned distilleries. War between gangs of bootleggers resulted in a number of murders and bombings that placed Pittsburgh on the same level as New York City and Chicago in criminal activity. John Bazzano ordered the killing of the Volpe brothers but did so without the permission of Mafia bosses; his battered body was later found on the street in Brooklyn. Author Richard Gazarik details the shady side of the Steel City during a tumultuous era.
New Castle’s Kadunce Murders
9781467144025
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Author Dale Richard Perelman tells the tragic story of the 1978 murders and the mystery surrounding them.
In the summer of 1978, a mother and her four-year-old were stabbed to death in the quiet town of New Castle. Police suspected the husband, Lou Kadunce, but were unable to find either a weapon or a motive. Sitting in a Lawrence County jail in 1981, convicted serial killer Michael Atkinson accused Frank Costal - a carny, petty thief and Satanist - of having an affair with the Kadunce husband and participating in the murder. A series of intense trials ensued as Costal was convicted of the homicides and a jury found the husband not guilty. Questions surrounding the case gripped the region and grabbed headlines in the Pittsburgh Press.
Kill for Thrill
9781596294981
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%This is the horrifying tale of the random crime spree that shocked residents of southwestern Pennsylvania in 1979.
During the winter of 1979, southwestern Pennsylvania was rocked by a series of sensational murders, sparking a thirty-year criminal justice saga. A week of brutal, seemingly random killings culminated in the provocation and fatal shooting of Patrolman Leonard Miller, an officer new to the town of Apollo's police force and only twenty one years old. Little more than a year later, two men were convicted of the rash of homicides and sentenced to death-- yet both are alive today. Incorporating details of the central characters' personal lives as well as the state's court system, criminologist Michael W. Sheetz here relays the awful story of the so-called ""kill for thrill"" crime spree with the drama of a novelist and the insight of an officer of the law.