The Maniac in the Bushes

Posted on 23 September 2017 by John Stark Bellamy II

Morbidly fascinating and wickedly entertaining The Plain DealerThe second volume in Bellamy s popular series includes 13 incredible true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including Martha Wise, Medina s not so merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives with arsenic including her own husband, mother, brother, niece, and nephews because she enjoyed attending funerals The legendary Torso Murders, which baffled Cleveland safety directory Eliot Ness, two Cuyahoga County coroners, and the entire Cleveland police force as they tried in vain to catch the perpetrator whom newspapers dubbed the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run The unspeakably horrible Collinwood School Fire of 1908, in which 172 schoolchildren perished in panic because of obstructed fire exits Hammer wielding Velma West, a big city girl of Cleveland s Jazz Age driven to murder her small town husband by the slow pace of life of Painesville and her own obsession with another woman The Flats lumber fire of 1914, which leveled Cleveland s industrial Flats, melted bridges, and very nearly set the entire city ablaze The enduring mystery of ten year old Beverly Potts, whose puzzling disappearance from west side Halloran Park in 1951 launched Cleveland s greatest manhunt And many other local heroes and villains in these compelling tales of mayhem, melancholy, and mystery. Free Read eBook The Maniac in the Bushes By John Stark Bellamy II – kino-fada.fr Particularly interesting, as I am familiar with many of the areas discussed A quick read, with plenty of information to fill out the urban legends you ve already heard about many of these cases.I d like to start off by saying that this book is not for the faint of heart It s graphic, disturbing, and full of stories that make you lose faith in humanity if you had any left Moving on, it seems there has always been a black cloud hovering over Ohio One needn t go through the litany of atrocities and horrific incidents that took place here to see that there is something about Ohio that harbors misery, poverty, brutality, and every other ingredient needed to make a lurid tabloid crime I d like to start off by saying that this book is not for the faint of heart It s graphic, disturbing, and full of stories that make you lose faith in humanity if you had any left Moving on, it seems there has always been a black cloud hovering over Ohio One needn t go through the litany of atrocities and horrific incidents that took place here to see that there is something about Ohio that harbors misery, poverty, brutality, and every other ingredient needed to make a lurid tabloid crime This book chronicles the most notable examples of terrible Ohioans doing terrible things to other Ohioans in Greater Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century Most notably, The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury run, the story of a sort of Jack the Ripper who preyed on the homeless and hobos who were just passing throug...Per usual, Bellamy takes liberties with his commentary on the tales his book and peppers them with personal theories lacking evidence That being said, as a Clevelander the book has many interesting stories and paints a very different image of the city than many may be familiar with in present day.This book was pretty good, but not quite as good as another book by the same author, They Died Crawling The main part of this book was about the torso murders, which occurred in the 1930s and was never solved The torso interludes were split up into 12 parts, which I liked Other stories were presented in between the interludes to keep things interesting Some of these stories were not as interesting as those in the previous book The one that really stood out for me was the 1908 Collinwood S This book was pretty good, but not quite as good as another book by the same author, They Died Crawling The main part of this book was about the torso murders, which occurred in the 1930s and was never solved The torso interludes were split up into 12 parts, which I liked Other stories were presented in between the interludes to keep things i...what it says on the label, basically wanted to knowabout the ties between the torso murders investigation and the 1936 37 great lakes exposition this had some decent recaps of amusingly breathless, gruesome news from the time.Another swell read by the journalist who brought you They Died Crawling This one has another great assortment of riveting news stories from Cleveland s bygone days Includes the Torso Interludes.Cleveland history buffs will like this collection of short stories, essays, and vignettes detailing various famous Cleveland crimes and tragedies The Kingsbury Run Torso murders are highlighted.

English
23 September 2017

John Stark Bellamy II