Murder & Mayhem in Indiana - Softcover

With an eye for bizarre,macabre detail, Keven McQueen tracks down seventeen true crimes and unsolvedmysteries in this rap sheet of historic Hoosier homicides from Indianaâ??shardscrabble past. This grim collection of tales includes unimaginableincidents like the Indianapolis businessman whose car contained suspiciousâ??hamsâ? and the man who handed his new bride a drink of carbolic acid. It alsoreveals the tragedy of Garyâ??s beautiful Arlene Draves, killed by her footballplayer boyfriend, as well as a surprisingly comic courtroom revelation byHammondâ??s Hazel McNally that cleared her of all charges.

Keven McQueen is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of twelve books on biography, history, folklore, ghost lore, natural disasters and historical true crime.