The Jesse Stuart Foundation’s “Appalachian Murders & Mysteries: True Stories From West Virginia, Kentucky and Southern Ohio,” is now available in a softback edition.
The more-than-400-page book includes 23 murder stories from the early 19th century to today. Among the true stories are accounts of:
- the Ashland Tragedy, where a lynch mob commandeered the steamboat Mountain Girl near Catlettsburg
- the Rowan County feud that was bloodier than the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud
- unsolved murders of a Huntington socialite and a Prestonsburg cheerleader
- the murder of the Ironton Police Chief during a jail break at the old Lawrence County jail
Together, these stories create a literary history of the innocent and the guilty while piecing together significant remnants of two hundred years of life in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, and West Virginia.
The stories are presented in chronological order:
- The Murder of a Child Named Hannah (WV) by Phyllis Wilson Moore
- A Public End to a Life of Crime (Gallia County, OH) by Edwina Pendarvis
- The Ashland Tragedy (Boyd County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Feud Murders in Rowan County (Morehead, KY) by Terry DiamondThe Murder of Three-Year-Old Lillian Patrick (Boyd County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Tragedy on Greasy Ridge (Lawrence County, OH) by Danny Fulks
- Cruelly Murdered: Mary Magdalene Pitts (Greenup County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- In Harm’s Way (Harrison County, WV) by Phyllis Wilson Moore
- Murder on Greasy Ridge (Lawrence County, OH) by Danny Fulks
- Juliette Buffington Enslow’s Murder (Huntington, WV) by Jonathan D. Jeffrey
- Murder on a College Campus (Berea, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Sunday Slaughter (Pike County, KY) by Edwina Pendarvis
- The Murder of Muriel Baldridge (Prestonsburg, KY) by John David Preston
- Together Forever: The Skyline Drive Murders of Don and Brenda Howard (Boyd County, KY) by Judith F. Kidwell
- Gene Markel Died As He Had Lived . . . A Hard Charger! (Ironton, OH) by Keith Kappes
- Charles Manson’s Ties to the Tri-State Area by James M. Gifford
- A Parade of Horribles: The WVU Coed Murders (Morgantown, WV) by Geoffrey Cameron Fuller
- Murder at the Mount (Wheeling, WV) by John Preston Smith
- A Murdering Band of Three: The 1985 Acker Robbery and Murder (Fleming-Neon, KY) by Brenda Evans
- The Devil in Jerry Toppins (Preston County, WV) by Daleen Berry and Linda Miller Benson
- The Mystery of the Injured Babies (Greenup County, KY) by Lewis D. Nicholls
- Quiet Dell Revisited (Harrison County, WV) by Barbara Smith
- Third Wheel (Star City, WV) by Daleen Berry and Geoffrey Cameron Fuller
For more information about “Appalachian Murders & Mysteries” or other regional titles, you can visit the JSF Bookstore at 4440 13th Street in Ashland, telephone 606-326-1667, or visit jsfbooks.com.
By James M. Gifford
JSF CEO & Senior Editor
The Jesse Stuart Foundation’s “Appalachian Murders & Mysteries: True Stories From West Virginia, Kentucky and Southern Ohio,” is now available in a softback edition.
The more-than-400-page book includes 23 murder stories from the early 19th century to today. Among the true stories are accounts of:
- the Ashland Tragedy, where a lynch mob commandeered the steamboat Mountain Girl near Catlettsburg
- the Rowan County feud that was bloodier than the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud
- unsolved murders of a Huntington socialite and a Prestonsburg cheerleader
- the murder of the Ironton Police Chief during a jail break at the old Lawrence County jail
Together, these stories create a literary history of the innocent and the guilty while piecing together significant remnants of two hundred years of life in eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, and West Virginia.
The stories are presented in chronological order:
- The Murder of a Child Named Hannah (WV) by Phyllis Wilson Moore
- A Public End to a Life of Crime (Gallia County, OH) by Edwina Pendarvis
- The Ashland Tragedy (Boyd County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Feud Murders in Rowan County (Morehead, KY) by Terry DiamondThe Murder of Three-Year-Old Lillian Patrick (Boyd County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Tragedy on Greasy Ridge (Lawrence County, OH) by Danny Fulks
- Cruelly Murdered: Mary Magdalene Pitts (Greenup County, KY) by Keven McQueen
- In Harm’s Way (Harrison County, WV) by Phyllis Wilson Moore
- Murder on Greasy Ridge (Lawrence County, OH) by Danny Fulks
- Juliette Buffington Enslow’s Murder (Huntington, WV) by Jonathan D. Jeffrey
- Murder on a College Campus (Berea, KY) by Keven McQueen
- Sunday Slaughter (Pike County, KY) by Edwina Pendarvis
- The Murder of Muriel Baldridge (Prestonsburg, KY) by John David Preston
- Together Forever: The Skyline Drive Murders of Don and Brenda Howard (Boyd County, KY) by Judith F. Kidwell
- Gene Markel Died As He Had Lived . . . A Hard Charger! (Ironton, OH) by Keith Kappes
- Charles Manson’s Ties to the Tri-State Area by James M. Gifford
- A Parade of Horribles: The WVU Coed Murders (Morgantown, WV) by Geoffrey Cameron Fuller
- Murder at the Mount (Wheeling, WV) by John Preston Smith
- A Murdering Band of Three: The 1985 Acker Robbery and Murder (Fleming-Neon, KY) by Brenda Evans
- The Devil in Jerry Toppins (Preston County, WV) by Daleen Berry and Linda Miller Benson
- The Mystery of the Injured Babies (Greenup County, KY) by Lewis D. Nicholls
- Quiet Dell Revisited (Harrison County, WV) by Barbara Smith
- Third Wheel (Star City, WV) by Daleen Berry and Geoffrey Cameron Fuller
For more information about “Appalachian Murders & Mysteries” or other regional titles, you can visit the JSF Bookstore at 4440 13th Street in Ashland, telephone 606-326-1667, or visit jsfbooks.com.
By James M. Gifford
JSF CEO & Senior Editor
