<div><B>&ldquo;Lovers of true crime will be thrilled to find a book devoted to Louisville&rsquo;s more iniquitous side . . . and McQueen captures it all with obvious glee&rdquo;</B><B> (<I>The Courier-Journal</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> Life in Louisville in the years following the Civil War, and through the turn of the century, was as exciting as it was dangerous. The city continued to grow as important urban hub of culture and commerce, connecting the South with the Midwest and Northern states. As Keven McQueen proves in this collection of morbid tales of crime and depravity, life in Louisville certainly had a darker side. Journey back to a time when Louisville&rsquo;s streets were filled with rail cars, its alleys populated by thieves, and its brothels hummed with activity. Whether it&rsquo;s the tale of the marriage of a convicted murderer to a notorious prostitute, or the exploits the criminal duo dubbed Louisville&rsquo;s Bonnie and Clyde, this is a true crime collection that is truly hard to believe.<BR />  <BR /> Includes photos!</div>

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Louisville Murder & Mayhem

<div><B>The author of <I>Horror in the Heartland</I> delves deep into the dark and sordid annals of the region where Hoosier history began.</B><BR />  <BR /> Prepare to take a tour of some dark, strange moments of southern Indiana&rsquo;s history. From the scheming wife who wanted her dull husband out of the way to make room for a young love affair and the husband who stomped his wife to death because she wouldn&rsquo;t stop singing an irritating song, to the man who murdered an entire family to pay off some farming equipment and the case of a mistaken-identity murder, author Keven McQueen relates the sinister (or not so) motives and gruesome details of nine murders that occurred in southern Indiana between 1880 and 1912. With a detailed, if macabre, look at each story as well as the ambiguities surrounding the criminals and punishments, McQueen illuminates the darker side of Hoosier history.<BR />  <BR /> Includes photos!</div>

Strange Tales of Crime and Murder in Southern Indiana

<div><P><B>This illustrated compendium by the author of <I>Horror in the Heartland</I> reveals macabre tales of death, hauntings and unexplained events in Kentucky&rsquo;s past.</B><BR />  <BR /> Author Keven McQueen specializes in uncovering local legends, strange-but-true incidents, and outright hoaxes that newspapers of the past found fit to print. In his <I>Kentucky Book of the Dead</I>, McQueen resurrects creepy stories of life and death in the Bluegrass State, each presented with commentary as well as line drawing by illustrator Kyle McQueen. <BR />  <BR /> In these pages, readers will discover the Grim Reaper&#39;s creative side, meet the disgusting ghosts of Louisville, and find out more than they to know about old-fashioned embalming techniques. Kentucky Book of the Dead is by turns spine-tingling and entertaining, engrossing and just plain gross</P></div>

Kentucky Book of the Dead

<div><B>The dramatic story of a devastating natural disaster in nineteenth-century Kentucky.</B><BR />  <BR /> On March 27, 1890, a devastating storm moved over the Ohio River Valley, spawning dozens of deadly tornados. The most powerful of these twisters touched down in Louisville, carving a path of unprecedented destruction from Main Street to the end of town.<BR />  <BR /> In the aftermath, nearly eight hundred buildings in the city were destroyed, and over one hundred people perished. In all, the storm produced over twenty-five tornados that day, and it remains the twenty-fifth deadliest storm in US history. This book chronicles Louisville&rsquo;s most violent natural disaster, with tales of harrowing rescues and rebuilding.</div>

The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890

<div><B>A spooky history of the American Midwest&mdash;from grave robbers to ghost sightings and more&mdash;by the author of <I>Creepy California</I>.</B><BR />  <BR /> Most people think of the American Midwest as a place of wheat fields and family farms; cozy small towns and wholesome communities. But there&rsquo;s more to the story of America&rsquo;s Heartland&mdash;a dark history of strange tales and unsettling facts hidden just beneath its quaint pastoral image. In <I>Horror in the Heartland</I>, historian Keven McQueen offers a guided tour of terrible crimes and eccentric characters; haunted houses and murder-suicides; mad doctors, body snatchers, and pranks gone comically&mdash;and tragically&mdash;wrong.<BR />  <BR /> From tales of the booming grave-robbing industry of late 19th-century Indiana to the story of a Michigan physician who left his estate to his pet monkeys, McQueen investigates a spooky and twisted side of Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Exploring burial customs, unexplained deaths, ghost stories, premature burials, bizarre murders, peculiar wills and much more, this creepy collection reveals the region&rsquo;s untold stories and offers intriguing, if sometimes macabre, insights into human nature.</div>

Horror in the Heartland

<div><B>This &ldquo;fun primer on California&rsquo;s macabre and eccentric history&rdquo; explores true crimes, paranormal reports, and other curious tales from the Pacific Coast (Paul Koudounaris).</B><BR />  <BR /> California has many famous wonders&mdash;the beaches, vineyards, and glamorous neighborhoods are all well documented in guidebooks. But there are darker wonders here as well&mdash;the kind seldom shared with outsiders. In <I>Creepy California</I> historian Kevin McQueen explores strange tales of unexplained deaths, intentional live burials, true crimes, and ghosts who haunt the Pacific Coast.<BR />  <BR /> From the uncanny to the outright paranormal, this chronicle of oddities includes the story of a coroner who &ldquo;borrowed&rdquo; the stylish clothes of a dead man and then sold the corpse&rsquo;s head to a doctor; a rare look inside Stanford University&rsquo;s secret collection of occult memorabilia; the tale of a haunted, two-story house in San Francisco that was painstakingly moved across town in an effort to dislodge its ghostly tenants; a profile of a lonesome Fort Bragg resident who carved a family for himself out of wood; and many others.<BR />  <BR /> An intriguing look at the Golden State&rsquo;s bounty of unsettling curiosities, <I>Creepy California</I> promises to keep you guessing what other mysteries lurk in the fog.</div>

Creepy California

<div><B>From gruesome murders to ghost sightings, a collection of historical stories ranging from terrifying Texas to spooky South Dakota.</B><BR />  <BR /> The Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unexplained deaths, bizarre murders, and peculiar burials. This book features numerous tales of true crime and odd phenomena from the frontier&mdash;from an investigation into a series of massacres that a female suspect claimed were committed by a religious cult to a body buried in the middle of a road and much more.<BR />  <BR /> Drawing on newspaper reports from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it&rsquo;s a chilling tour of the farmhouses, saloons, graveyards, and gallows of the West.</div>

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Books By Keven McQueen (7 Books)

Louisville Murder & Mayhem

Strange Tales of Crime and Murder in Southern Indiana

Kentucky Book of the Dead

The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890

Horror in the Heartland

Creepy California

Weird Wild West

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Books By Keven McQueen (7 Books)

Louisville Murder & Mayhem

Strange Tales of Crime and Murder in Southern Indiana

Kentucky Book of the Dead

The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890

Horror in the Heartland

Creepy California

Weird Wild West

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