DEATH BY SWORD ~ museum worker murdered ~ Carol Frances Mudd
BLOOD IN THE MOONLIGHT ~ Albert & Mabel Bauer ~ him beaten and strangled, her stabbed multiple times
RAMPAGE ~ Escapee from jail with life sentences
THE BOXHILL MURDERS ~ Kirk Ellington Tiff
JEALOUSY IS FOREVER ~ Mary F Byron killed by ex on her 21st birthday
THE ICE MAN ~ Todd Ice ~ 15 years old murdered Donna Knox 7 years old
A WORM IN THE NOSE ~ James Becker ~ Thomas A Rankin (step-father) shot with an arrow
CLOSING TIME ~ Barbel Poore ~ raped and murdered
THE BEST OF FRIENDS ~ Scott Nelson & Richard David Stephenson by George Ellis Wade & Victor DeWayne Taylor
A VOICE FROM ABOVE ~ Monica Berger killed her two year old son Joey ‘because God told her to’

These are the cases in this compilation, I have to agree with another reviewer that these weren’t all that bizarre. A few will, stabbed with a sword and shot with an arrow. Basically these are crimes that you would find committed anywhere. The fact that they were all committed in Kentucky could be considered bizarre if you think Kentucky is all horse farms and mint juleps. Those of us who read true crime can tell you, crime happens everywhere, and mentally ill people are everywhere. That being said this is what I thought of the book.

Some don’t like the ‘short story’ aspect of true crime. I like them if they are well done. I found all these to be well done. The author made a point to research the crimes, not relying on newspaper accounts but digging into the original case files to tell us what really happened.

These crimes were all new to me and I found this author’s relating of them to be compelling. At 109 pages it is a rather quick read but very informative and fascinating. ( )