True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina
Title | True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Cathy Pickens |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2022-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467152153 |
Explore the international headlines and the little-known crimes, the solved and the wrongly solved, in these tales of the North Carolina mountains. Western North Carolina is known for mountain vistas and wild, rocky rivers, but remote wilderness and quaint small towns can have a dark side. Learn the truth behind the famous murder ballad Tom Dooley. Delve into the criminal history of moonshine, and the tales of two unexpected bombers in idyllic Mayberry. Crime writer Cathy Pickens brings a novelist's eye to Western North Carolina's crime stories that define the sinister--and quirky--side of the mountains.
True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina
Title | True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Cathy Pickens |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467145114 |
Eastern North Carolina is a land of contrasts, and its crime stories bear this out. A lovelorn war hero or a stalker? Conniving wife or consummate homemaker? Murder or suicide? The answers can be as puzzling as the questions. Mystery author Cathy Pickens details an assortment of quirky cases, including a duo of poisoning cases more than one hundred years apart, a band of folk hero swamp outlaws, sex swingers and a couple of mummies. Each story has, in its way, helped define Eastern North Carolina and its history.
Murder in the Mountains: Historic True Crime in Western North Carolina
Title | Murder in the Mountains: Historic True Crime in Western North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Nadia Dean |
Publisher | |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2021-10-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780983113355 |
Guns, liquor, racial strife, divisive politics, and war come together in ten well-documented, true-crime stories of nineteenth-century families in the western North Carolina mountains.
Triangle True Crime Stories
Title | Triangle True Crime Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Cathy Pickens |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2021-06-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1439672784 |
North Carolina's Triangle region is known for universities, research facilities and politics, but even in such a prosperous, diverse, modern environment, crime helps define the edges. These cases cover several decades of murder, fraud and betrayal. Read about the nation's largest prison escape and a couple of North Carolina's poisoners. From a civil rights-era clash of Old South and New and a suspected Cold War spy to new-tech sleuths and tales of diligent as well as discredited investigators, these stories will keep you entertained and aghast at the dark side of daily life. Crime writer Cathy Pickens explores a collection of headline-grabbing tales that shows the sinister side of the Triangle's cities.
The True Story of Tom Dooley
Title | The True Story of Tom Dooley PDF eBook |
Author | John Edward Fletcher |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 199 |
Release | 2012-11-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625844999 |
The crime that shocked post-Civil War America and inspired the folk song that became The Kingston Trio’s hit, “Tom Dooley.” At the conclusion of the Civil War, Wilkes County, North Carolina, was the site of the nation’s first nationally publicized crime of passion. In the wake of a tumultuous love affair and a mysterious chain of events, Tom Dooley was tried, convicted and hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. This notorious crime became an inspiration for musicians, writers and storytellers ever since, creating a mystery of mythic proportions. Through newspaper articles, trial documents and public records, Dr. John E. Fletcher brings this dramatic case to life, providing the long-awaited factual account of the legendary murder. Join the investigation into one of the country’s most enduring thrillers. “Fletcher has spent a great deal of time researching almost all of the characters involved with the Foster homicide and has gone further than any researcher I know in establishing the relationships—blood, marriage and social—between the major actors in the tragedy.”—Statesville Record & Landmark
Death in North Carolina's Piedmont
Title | Death in North Carolina's Piedmont PDF eBook |
Author | Frances H. Casstevens |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 123 |
Release | 2006-10-30 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 143967695X |
Dead and Gone
Title | Dead and Gone PDF eBook |
Author | Manly Wade Wellman |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2017-01-12 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1787208672 |
An absorbing collection of ten famous murder stories of North Carolina, spanning the years 1808 to 1914. “An interesting job of reporting....A book that rates a place on the bedside table.”-Charlotte Observer