Kategoria BISAC: True Crime >> Murder - General

"Bellamy writes with razor-edged wit and his own particular brand of charm." -- Medina County Gazette

The third book in this popular series delivers 25 more incredible but true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including:

- Crotchety old vigilante Jarvis Meach, who shot down robbers in cold blood with his beloved shotguns, "Old Bunty" and "Little Pet."

- Medina's Wickedest Stepmother, Mary Garrett, who locked her stepdaughters in their bedroom, set fire to the house, and did all she could to get the furniture out unharmed.

- The horrible Ashtabula Bridge Disaster, which...

"Fascinating and yes entertaining . . . often in a bizarre way that leaves the reader feeling guilty for being so entertained." -- Medina County Gazette

The fourth volume in John Stark Bellamy's classic Cleveland crime and disaster series features 26 more gruesome, horrible, tragic, and despicable--but true--tales, including:

- Love-crazed Clark Hill, who warmed up his teenage girlfriend with an overdose of Spanish Fly in her milk shake;

- The chilling Cuyahoga River scow disaster, in which 16 clinging, drowning men fought so desperately to stay afloat that they dragged each other...

What might Richard Nixon and the Charles Manson have in common? What might Gerald King-Ford and John Lenin's assassin have in common? What might Ronald Reagan and Lt. Col. (Dr.) High Priest Michael Aquino have in common? What might Reverend Billy Graham and Michael Aquino and George H.W. Bush have in common? Where do President George W. Bush Jr., Vice President "Dick" Cheney, Reverend Pat Robertson, and Reverend Tim LaHaye fit into this picture? What might this spider's web of intrigue reveal to us? Are the "born agains" in and around the White House REALLY "born agains?" Or are they...

When I was twenty I came face to face with the old man convicted of paying five thousand dollars for the murder of my father.

From the gripping first line of this true story, you will follow a young man's journey through grief and despair to acceptance and forgiveness. Summoning the memories of the events surrounding the August 7, 1967, car bombing of Jackson County, Georgia, prosecutor Floyd "Fuzzy" Hoard, "Alone among the Living" is G. Richard Hoard's remembrance of the father he lost that day and his subsequent struggle to come to terms with the murder.

In What Happened to Johnnie Jordan? acclaimed...

What kind of monster would do this? When journalists break the story of a child who's been kidnapped, a young woman who's been brutally raped, or a family who's been slaughtered, that's the question most of us ask. Secrets Can Be Murder exposes the hidden motivations behind the most sinister acts of recent times, with a behind-closed-doors look at these sensational crimes that will astound you....