John Bellamy II

They Died Crawling: and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe John Bellamy II 1.º edición

?A rollicking, no-holds-barred account of the facts (and continued speculation) about some of the darkest events and weirdest people in Cleveland?s history.? ? Youngstown Vindicator

The foulest crimes and worst disasters in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales, including:

? A no-holds-barred account of the infamous and sensational Sam Sheppard murder trial;

? The apocalyptic East Ohio Gas Company explosion and fire of 1944 that destroyed the entire east-side Norwood?St. Clair neighborhood;

? The chilling 1919 Dan Kaber murder, in which three generations of Lakewood women?mother, daughter, and grandmother?conspired to dispose of an inoffensive husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers;

? Genius inventor Garrett A. Morgan?s dramatic gas-masked rescue efforts during the gruesome 1916 waterworks collapse;

? Cleveland Electric Railway Car 642?s horrifying plunge off the Central Viaduct into the Cuyahoga River in the Flats;

? The weird tale of industrialist Joe Gogan?s trial for murdering his wife?by hitting her in the face with a bag of rat poison;

These gripping narratives deliver high drama and dark comedy, heroes and villains, obsession, courage, treachery, deceit, fear, and guilt?all from the streets of Cleveland.