Murders That Made Headlines (eBook)

Crimes of Indiana

Jane Simon Ammeson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
207 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03127-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This fascinating chronicle of murder in the Hoosier State paints a chilling portrait of the American Midwest from mid-19th century to the Jazz Age. In Murders that Made Headlines, Jane Simon Ammeson uncovers a grizzly history of crime in Indiana, offering a stark contrast to the nostalgic image of a simpler time in America’s heartland. While the Midwest saw many changes between the 1850s and the 1930s—from horses and buggies to Hudson sedans; ladies in long dresses to flappers in short skirts—the passions that led to murder remained the same. In this compendium of sensational and scandalous crimes, you will find tales of romantic jealousy, manic greed, racism, and family dysfunction—themes that remain all too familiar today.   Ammeson recounts the astonishing and sometimes bizarre stories of arsenic murders, Ponzi schemes, prison escapes, perjury, and other shocking crimes that took place in the Hoosier state. These extraordinary true events once captured the public’s attention, only to be forgotten by time. But through extensive research into public records, genealogies, and even exhumed graves, Ammeson reveals the notorious true crimes lurking in our history.

Autor

Jane Simon Ammeson is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in travel, food, and personalities. She writes frequently for the Times of Northwest Indiana, Chicago Life Magazine, Edible Michiana, AAA Home & Away, Experience Curacao, Experience Rivera May, Nashville Tennessean and Cincinnati Enquirer. She is the author of Hauntings of the Underground Railroad: Ghosts of the Midwest, A Jazz Age Murder in Northwest Indiana and East Chicago.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Catherine Schumaker: An Indiana Lucretia Borgia2. An Unfortunate Indiana Family: Minnie May and Luella Mabbitt3. Jane Dorsey and the Poison Powders4. The Death of Susan Beaver5. Miss Bryan’s Last Cry6. Rough on Rats: How Not to Win Your Man7. The Disappearance of Carrie Selvage8. No Way to Treat Your Lovers9. Bootlegging, Missing Wills, Disappearing Jewels, Deadly Encounters: The Story Of Nettie and Harry Diamond10. The Lady and The Dragon: How Madge Overholtzer Brought Down the KKK11. Double IndemnitySelected Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 29 b&w illus.
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-253-03127-3 / 0253031273
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03127-3 / 9780253031273