Murder at Green Springs

Murder at Green Springs

Author: J.K. Brandau

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 161448063X

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The cautionary true crime shocker of Virginia’s Elizabeth Hall, and one of the most sensational trials of an accused murderess since Lizzie Borden. On an April morning in 1914, Victor Hall was murdered in his store at Green Springs Depot. It was only hours after his competitor’s business had been torched. The Louisa County sheriff, state investigator, and railroad detectives suspected Hall's rival, one of a dozen men with viable motives. Then gossip spread that Victor’s wife, Elizabeth, had poisoned her first husband. Coupled with more sordid rumors, the unfounded accusations became irresistibly salacious headlines, whipping the state of Virginia into a frenzy for seven months. Friends and neighbors perjured themselves to become part of the front-page story. And as Hall’s own Pinkerton detective turned against her in the same mad rush to judgment, the widow found herself trapped in a nightmare that was just beginning. A century later, J.K. Brandau, husband of Elizabeth Hall’s great-granddaughter, finally unearths the timely and tragic story in which truth didn’t stand a chance against the most public, lurid, and sensational lies.


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Download or read book Murder at Green Springs written by J.K. Brandau and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cautionary true crime shocker of Virginia’s Elizabeth Hall, and one of the most sensational trials of an accused murderess since Lizzie Borden. On an April morning in 1914, Victor Hall was murdered in his store at Green Springs Depot. It was only hours after his competitor’s business had been torched. The Louisa County sheriff, state investigator, and railroad detectives suspected Hall's rival, one of a dozen men with viable motives. Then gossip spread that Victor’s wife, Elizabeth, had poisoned her first husband. Coupled with more sordid rumors, the unfounded accusations became irresistibly salacious headlines, whipping the state of Virginia into a frenzy for seven months. Friends and neighbors perjured themselves to become part of the front-page story. And as Hall’s own Pinkerton detective turned against her in the same mad rush to judgment, the widow found herself trapped in a nightmare that was just beginning. A century later, J.K. Brandau, husband of Elizabeth Hall’s great-granddaughter, finally unearths the timely and tragic story in which truth didn’t stand a chance against the most public, lurid, and sensational lies.

Murder at Green Springs

Murder at Green Springs

Author: J K Brandau

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 9781600372902

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Murder! Mystery! Outrage! Victor Hall, young railway depot master, married to the strikingly older widow of his former employer, was shot dead in his store just hours after someone torched his competitor's business. The sheriff, state investigator, and railroad detectives suspected Hall's business rival until strange circumstances, rumors of poisoning her first husband and of a freakish love interest fixed suspicion on the innocent widow. Even her own Pinkerton detective turned against her! Arsons, frenzy, and conspiracies forced Mrs. Hall's arrest for murder. Civil unrest forced her exile until trial. Cabal, perjury and media sensation secured conviction and sent the widow to prison leaving daughters to fend for themselves. Reason returned, but convoluted politics barred her release. Embarrassment repressed the statewide sensation that newspapers predicted to become ." . . one of the most famous criminal cases in Virginia."


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Download or read book Murder at Green Springs written by J K Brandau and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder! Mystery! Outrage! Victor Hall, young railway depot master, married to the strikingly older widow of his former employer, was shot dead in his store just hours after someone torched his competitor's business. The sheriff, state investigator, and railroad detectives suspected Hall's business rival until strange circumstances, rumors of poisoning her first husband and of a freakish love interest fixed suspicion on the innocent widow. Even her own Pinkerton detective turned against her! Arsons, frenzy, and conspiracies forced Mrs. Hall's arrest for murder. Civil unrest forced her exile until trial. Cabal, perjury and media sensation secured conviction and sent the widow to prison leaving daughters to fend for themselves. Reason returned, but convoluted politics barred her release. Embarrassment repressed the statewide sensation that newspapers predicted to become ." . . one of the most famous criminal cases in Virginia."

Murder in the Kitchen

Murder in the Kitchen

Author: Alice B. Toklas

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-04-07

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 0141965908

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In this memoir-turned-cookbook, Alice B. Toklas describes her life with partner Gertrude Stein and their famed Paris salon, which entertained the great avant-garde and literary figures of their day. With dry wit and characteristic understatement Toklas ponders the ethics of killing a carp in her kitchen before stuffing it with chestnuts; decorating a fish to amuse Picasso at lunch; and travelling across France during the First World War in an old delivery truck, gathering local recipes along the way. She includes a friend's playful recipe for 'Haschiche Fudge', which promises 'brilliant storms of laughter and ecstatic reveries', much like her book.


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Download or read book Murder in the Kitchen written by Alice B. Toklas and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir-turned-cookbook, Alice B. Toklas describes her life with partner Gertrude Stein and their famed Paris salon, which entertained the great avant-garde and literary figures of their day. With dry wit and characteristic understatement Toklas ponders the ethics of killing a carp in her kitchen before stuffing it with chestnuts; decorating a fish to amuse Picasso at lunch; and travelling across France during the First World War in an old delivery truck, gathering local recipes along the way. She includes a friend's playful recipe for 'Haschiche Fudge', which promises 'brilliant storms of laughter and ecstatic reveries', much like her book.

Almost Midnight

Almost Midnight

Author: Michael W. Cuneo

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2012-02-08

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0307815455

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The haunting true story of a triple murder in the Ozarks, two lovers on the lam, and a death-row inmate saved by the pope. On a spring day more than ten years ago, sixty-nine-year-old Lloyd Lawrence was gunned down in rural Missouri. The shooter also turned his twelve-gauge shotgun on Lawrence’s wife and their paraplegic grandson. The crime took place in a region known mostly for Pentecostal fervor, country music, and family-friendly tourism. But soon the murders would expose a dark underbelly in the Ozarks: Lloyd Lawrence was a notoriously violent crystal-meth kingpin, killed by an aspiring drug dealer named Darrell Mease.Capturing the raw circumstances that took Mease from his clean-cut youth to the front lines of Vietnam and an aftermath of drug use, Almost Midnight unites an unforgettable range of characters in some of America’s most peculiar locales. When Mease and his girlfriend fled to the Southwest on a hair-raising road trip, this only brought Mease closer to death row. After his conviction, he claimed to receive a religious revelation guaranteeing that his life would be saved by miraculous intervention, a long-shot prediction that came true. A bizarre twist of fate brought Pope John Paul II to Saint Louis, where he pleaded with Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan to commute the sentence just months before Carnahan’s fatal plane crash. In a triumph of investigative journalism, Michael Cuneo gained unprecedented access to Mease and immersed himself in the culture of the Ozarks, exploring its bucolic farms and seedy strip joints, and the lives of its preachers, cockfighters, and outlaws. By turns chilling and riveting, Almost Midnight brilliantly evokes the life of controversial renegade Mease, and the stranger-than-fiction world he still inhabits.


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Download or read book Almost Midnight written by Michael W. Cuneo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The haunting true story of a triple murder in the Ozarks, two lovers on the lam, and a death-row inmate saved by the pope. On a spring day more than ten years ago, sixty-nine-year-old Lloyd Lawrence was gunned down in rural Missouri. The shooter also turned his twelve-gauge shotgun on Lawrence’s wife and their paraplegic grandson. The crime took place in a region known mostly for Pentecostal fervor, country music, and family-friendly tourism. But soon the murders would expose a dark underbelly in the Ozarks: Lloyd Lawrence was a notoriously violent crystal-meth kingpin, killed by an aspiring drug dealer named Darrell Mease.Capturing the raw circumstances that took Mease from his clean-cut youth to the front lines of Vietnam and an aftermath of drug use, Almost Midnight unites an unforgettable range of characters in some of America’s most peculiar locales. When Mease and his girlfriend fled to the Southwest on a hair-raising road trip, this only brought Mease closer to death row. After his conviction, he claimed to receive a religious revelation guaranteeing that his life would be saved by miraculous intervention, a long-shot prediction that came true. A bizarre twist of fate brought Pope John Paul II to Saint Louis, where he pleaded with Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan to commute the sentence just months before Carnahan’s fatal plane crash. In a triumph of investigative journalism, Michael Cuneo gained unprecedented access to Mease and immersed himself in the culture of the Ozarks, exploring its bucolic farms and seedy strip joints, and the lives of its preachers, cockfighters, and outlaws. By turns chilling and riveting, Almost Midnight brilliantly evokes the life of controversial renegade Mease, and the stranger-than-fiction world he still inhabits.

Murder at Ketchman Springs

Murder at Ketchman Springs

Author: Carl J. Haskins Jr.

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-12-23

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1491781327

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Paul is a hard-working private investigator, whose daughter Lynne has been harassing him about his need for a break from bloodshed. He plans a peaceful fishing getaway in Ketchmnan Springs, and he’ll stay with his daughter’s godparents, Bill and Jean. When he arrives, however, he finds a terrible tragedy. Bill and Jean have been executed, shot dead. There’s soon a third murder, as well. The crime scenes are all identical—each lacking in any physical evidence—except for a golden German luger left behind. While dealing with his personal tragedy, Paul is left wondering; what’s the motive? Inconceivably, amidst all the mayhem, Paul ends up falling in love while trying to keep his daughter safe. He soon comes to believe there might be more than one murderer responsible for the mysterious deaths in this peaceful lakeside community. Will he be able to use his crime-solving expertise to catch the bad guys before they kill again?


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Download or read book Murder at Ketchman Springs written by Carl J. Haskins Jr. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul is a hard-working private investigator, whose daughter Lynne has been harassing him about his need for a break from bloodshed. He plans a peaceful fishing getaway in Ketchmnan Springs, and he’ll stay with his daughter’s godparents, Bill and Jean. When he arrives, however, he finds a terrible tragedy. Bill and Jean have been executed, shot dead. There’s soon a third murder, as well. The crime scenes are all identical—each lacking in any physical evidence—except for a golden German luger left behind. While dealing with his personal tragedy, Paul is left wondering; what’s the motive? Inconceivably, amidst all the mayhem, Paul ends up falling in love while trying to keep his daughter safe. He soon comes to believe there might be more than one murderer responsible for the mysterious deaths in this peaceful lakeside community. Will he be able to use his crime-solving expertise to catch the bad guys before they kill again?

Murder by the Springs

Murder by the Springs

Author: Danita Faye Ashley

Publisher:

Published: 2014-10-10

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781502321596

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Murder By The Springs is a book about an unsolved murder that took place in a small town in Tennessee in the year 1940. Two sisters were murdered in their Victorian Mansion along with their 16 year old errand boy. The errand boy was found with the murder weapon which led to the theory it was a murder suicide. In 2001, the case was reopened after a mystery witness came forward with information that eventually cleared the boy. This change of events has shrouded the mystery with even more rumors, theories and questions about what might have happened.


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Download or read book Murder by the Springs written by Danita Faye Ashley and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder By The Springs is a book about an unsolved murder that took place in a small town in Tennessee in the year 1940. Two sisters were murdered in their Victorian Mansion along with their 16 year old errand boy. The errand boy was found with the murder weapon which led to the theory it was a murder suicide. In 2001, the case was reopened after a mystery witness came forward with information that eventually cleared the boy. This change of events has shrouded the mystery with even more rumors, theories and questions about what might have happened.

The New York Times Index

The New York Times Index

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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Murder in Mesquite Springs

Murder in Mesquite Springs

Author: Glenda Stewart Langley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1583485848

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Murder in Mesquite Springs is the story of a young man named Thomas Earl Grumbacher, or "Bubba" to his family and friends. Set in Skagg's Bar-B-Q in a fictional town in South Texas, the story is narrated by the long-suffering Monique, a waitress at Skagg's. It is through Monique's eyes that the reader sees the effects of Bubba's descent into the shadowy world of a political campaign run by a racist organization called "The Circle." The people in Bubba's life fail to prevent him from getting involved with The Circle because, as Monique puts it, "When he first joined up with this new group of friends of his, at first the changes in Bubba weren't all bad. For the first time in his life, Bubba seemed to actually be taking pride in himself." But as the story progresses, Bubba and the people around him are drawn further and further down into a world of deception, crime, and ultimately, murder.


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Download or read book Murder in Mesquite Springs written by Glenda Stewart Langley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder in Mesquite Springs is the story of a young man named Thomas Earl Grumbacher, or "Bubba" to his family and friends. Set in Skagg's Bar-B-Q in a fictional town in South Texas, the story is narrated by the long-suffering Monique, a waitress at Skagg's. It is through Monique's eyes that the reader sees the effects of Bubba's descent into the shadowy world of a political campaign run by a racist organization called "The Circle." The people in Bubba's life fail to prevent him from getting involved with The Circle because, as Monique puts it, "When he first joined up with this new group of friends of his, at first the changes in Bubba weren't all bad. For the first time in his life, Bubba seemed to actually be taking pride in himself." But as the story progresses, Bubba and the people around him are drawn further and further down into a world of deception, crime, and ultimately, murder.

Murder at the Spring Ball

Murder at the Spring Ball

Author: Benedict Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-14

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781838299217

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An Agatha-Christie-style whodunit with a dash of Downton Abbey thrown in. Master detective Lord Edgington and his hapless grandson Christopher must outfox a killer when murder comes to the spring ball!


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Download or read book Murder at the Spring Ball written by Benedict Brown and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Agatha-Christie-style whodunit with a dash of Downton Abbey thrown in. Master detective Lord Edgington and his hapless grandson Christopher must outfox a killer when murder comes to the spring ball!

Death in a Prairie House

Death in a Prairie House

Author: William R. Drennan

Publisher: Terrace Books

Published: 2007-01-18

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780299222109

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The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright’s celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Unaccountably, the details of that shocking crime have been largely ignored by Wright’s legion of biographers—a historical and cultural gap that is finally addressed in William Drennan’s exhaustively researched Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. In response to the scandal generated by his open affair with the proto-feminist and free love advocate Mamah Borthwick Cheney, Wright had begun to build Taliesin as a refuge and "love cottage" for himself and his mistress (both married at the time to others). Conceived as the apotheosis of Wright’s prairie house style, the original Taliesin would stand in all its isolated glory for only a few months before the bloody slayings that rocked the nation and reduced the structure itself to a smoking hull. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative portrait of the artist as a young man, Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright’s architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Outstanding Book, selected by the Public Library Association


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Download or read book Death in a Prairie House written by William R. Drennan and published by Terrace Books. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright’s celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Unaccountably, the details of that shocking crime have been largely ignored by Wright’s legion of biographers—a historical and cultural gap that is finally addressed in William Drennan’s exhaustively researched Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. In response to the scandal generated by his open affair with the proto-feminist and free love advocate Mamah Borthwick Cheney, Wright had begun to build Taliesin as a refuge and "love cottage" for himself and his mistress (both married at the time to others). Conceived as the apotheosis of Wright’s prairie house style, the original Taliesin would stand in all its isolated glory for only a few months before the bloody slayings that rocked the nation and reduced the structure itself to a smoking hull. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative portrait of the artist as a young man, Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright’s architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Outstanding Book, selected by the Public Library Association