02636nam 2200469 450 991082737630332120220801045430.00-253-05750-7(CKB)4100000011981497(MiAaPQ)EBC6665721(Au-PeEL)EBL6665721(OCoLC)1259588416(OCoLC)1260132935(MdBmJHUP)musev2_101860(EXLCZ)99410000001198149720220324d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMurder in old Kentucky true crime stories from the Bluegrass /Keven McQueenSecond edition.Bloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (215 pages)0-253-05749-3 Includes bibliographical references.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Expanded 2021 Edition -- 1. Kentucky's First Great Murder -- 2. Richard Shuck Confesses All and Then Some -- 3. A Mob Teaches Mr. Klein the Error of His Ways -- 4. Playing It Cool -- 5. Colonel Buford Begs to Differ with Judge Elliott -- 6. An Argument for the Involuntary Commitment of the Criminally Insane -- 7. An Arsonist with a Grudge -- 8. Cold Case File, 1866 -- 9. A Question of Sanity -- 10. The Hanging of John Vonderheide -- 11. A Regular Killing Machine -- 12. "A Little Fun": The Ashland Tragedy -- 13. A Two-Fisted Professor Refuses to Take No for an Answer -- 14. Moses Caton, Family Man -- 15. Knox County Atrocity -- 16. A Possible Poisoner and a Definite One -- 17. The Smart Murders, or Choose Your Friends Wisely -- 18. How Not to Spend Homecoming Week -- 19. The Showers-Moore Tragedy -- 20. On the Benefits of Keeping One's Temper -- 21. A Heart in the Wrong Place -- 22. Two for the Chair -- 23. Murder on a College Campus -- 24. Same Story, Different Endings -- 25. The Head on the Mound -- Bibliography.-Author attends numerous local events and will be a good self-promoter -His other books sell well and get good publicity -The true stories are short and easy to read in small spurts.MurderKentuckyCase studiesKentuckyfastMurder362.8829309769McQueen Keven852026MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827376303321Murder in old Kentucky4096893UNINA