They Died Crawling: And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe - John Bellamy

Descriere They Died Crawling: And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe - John Bellamy

\n \nA rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the facts (and continued speculation) about some of the darkest events and weirdest people in Cleveland's history. -- Youngstown Vindicator\n \nThe foulest crimes and worst disasters in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales, including: \n \n- \nA no-holds-barred account of the infamous and sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial;\n \n- \nThe apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944 that destroyed the entire east-side Norwood-St. Clair neighborhood;\n \n- \nThe chilling 1919 Dan Kaber murder, in which three generations of Lakewood women--mother, daughter, and grandmother--conspired to dispose of an inoffensive husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers;\n \n- \nGenius inventor Garrett A. Morgan's dramatic gas-masked rescue efforts during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse;\n \n- \nCleveland Electric Railway Car 642's horrifying plunge off the Central Viaduct into the Cuyahoga River in the Flats;\n \n- \nThe weird tale of industrialist Joe Gogan's trial for murdering his wife--by hitting her in the face with a bag of rat poison;\n \nThese gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt--all from the streets of Cleveland.\n

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Gray & Company Publishers

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ENSTK

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9781886228030

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1

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