Publisher's Synopsis
In this book, I present tales of true crime and bizarre applications of justice (or injustice, as the case may be). They include:
- The real story behind "Arsenic and Old Lace" and why the reality isn't as lighthearted as Hollywood made it out to be.
- A case in which a dream helped solve a gruesome murder. Or did it?
- When a staunch Irish sea captain murdered almost his entire crew on the high seas and what happened afterward.
- Did an Ouija board drive an Alabama mother and daughter to commit murder?
- The story of Jane Toppan and what drove her to kill so many of her patients.
- The story of Blanche Monnier, whose family locked her away for decades to keep her from marrying the wrong man.
- Was the Devil responsible for the murder of Alan Bono?
- The true story of the Vampire of Le Muy and his bizarre need to steal corpses.
- The story of Bridget Cleary, whose husband killed her in the belief that she had been replaced by fairies.
