THE KILLER IN THE ATTIC And More True Tales of Crime and Disaster from Cleveland's Past

Softcover. The author's fourth volume is his classic Cleveland crime and disaster series. Featuring : Love-crazed Clark Hill, who warmed up his teenage girlfriend with an overdose of Spanish Fly in her milk shake; The chilling Cuyahoga River scow disaster, in which 16 clinging, drowning men fought so desperately to stay afloat that they dragged each other to the dark bottom of the river; Doomed workmen Patrick Toolis and Patrick Cleary, buried alive in the very concrete that became Cleveland's celebrated Terminal Tower; Monstrous Henry William Hagert, who murdered and molested innocent twin boys "just for the heck of it"; Not-so-friendly Dorothy Kaplan, who deposited shards of glass in her neighbours' milk in hopes of helping slow the "noisy" couple down a bit; Mafia legend Shondor Birns, whose high-profile life of crime came to an explosive end when he started up his Lincoln Continental one fine day + 20 more local true stories of courage, fear, deception, treachery, tragedy, violence, and guilt. Illus. 299pp. trade size p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.