Murder & Mayhem in Cumberland County

Murder & Mayhem in Cumberland County
Author: Joseph David Cress
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2010-08-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614232512

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.

The WVU Coed Murders

The WVU Coed Murders
Author: Geoffrey C. Fuller
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2021-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439673969

Some said that the killer couldn't be a local. Others claimed that he was the wealthy son of a prominent Morgantown family. Whispers spread that Mared and Karen were sacrificed by a satanic cult or had been victims of a madman poised to strike again. Then the handwritten letters began to arrive: "You will locate the bodies of the girls covered over with brush--look carefully. The animals are now on the move." Investigators didn't find too few suspects--they had far too many. There was the campus janitor with a fur fetish, the "harmless" deliveryman who beat a woman nearly to death, the nursing home orderly with the bloody broomstick and the bouncer with the "girlish" laugh who threatened to cut off people's heads. Local authors Geoffrey C. Fuller and S. James McLaughlin tell the complete story of the murders for the first time.

Mystery Index

Mystery Index
Author: Steven Olderr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1987
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Provides indexes to American and British mystery novels by author, title, subject, setting, and characters.

Strength and Honor

Strength and Honor
Author: Richard N. Côté
Publisher: Corinthian Books
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781929175093

Based on more than two thousand of Dolley Payne Todd Madison's letters and accompanied by period illustrations, offers a biography of the popular First Lady who was renowned as a hostess and heroine of the War of 1812.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry
Author: Jon Kukla
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2017-07-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 143919081X

"An authoritative biography of founding father Patrick Henry that restores him to his important place in our history and explains the formative influence on his thought and character of Virginia, where he lived all his life."--Provided by publisher.