Death Ride at Euclid Beach

The author of The Killer in the Attic presents a new collection of real-life tales of crime, mystery, terror, and disaster from Cleveland's past, including the title story about a death on the roller coaster at Euclid Beach Park, in an entertaining and informative anthology. Original.

Preface

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1 "He's Got a Gun!"

The Tina LaMont Story (1956)

3

(10)

2 The Lion Sleeps (Forever) Tonight

Death at Public Hall (1934)

13

(4)

3 Blind Murder

he Killing of Thomas Martin (1907)

17

(4)

4 Seduced and Abandoned

Jennie, a Girl of the Cleveland Streets (1871)

21

(14)

5 Death on the Hoof

The Cleveland Stockyards Fire (1944)

35

(8)

6 Death on Derbyshire

The Newcomb Murder-Suicide (1934)

43

(6)

7 The Vanishing Coed

The Disappearance of Ruth Baumgardner (1937)

49

(6)

8 The Black Silk Handkerchief

The Murder of John Shipp (1900)

55

(26)

9 The Man Who Led Two Lives

The Lawrence Bader Story (1957)

81

(8)

10 Manhattan Beach Melee

The Bostock Animal Riots (1902)

89

(4)

11 Death Ride at Euclid Beach

The Sad Fate of Joseph Senk (1943)

93

(4)

12 Fractious Friday the Thirteenth

The Communist Relief Riots (1934)

97

(14)

13 "She Made Me Sore ..."

The Ida Deli Murder (1920)

111

(4)

14 The Boy with Hitler's Face

The John May Warren Photo Hoax (1938)

115

(2)

15 Behind Every Successful Man

The Glengary "Blue Book" Killing (1930)

117

(16)

16 Alcohol to Burn

The Russo Wine Company Fire (1948)

133

(2)

17 "A Wretched Outcast From Society"

The Murder of John Osborne (1853)

135

(10)

18 "A Swing for a Swing"

Slaughter on Cedar Avenue (1871)

145

(14)

19 "I've Murdered My Mother!"

The Krause Tragedy (1901)

159

(6)

20 Bloody Doings at Olmsted

The Lonesome Death of Rosa Colvin (1866)

165

(12)

21 Don't Play Doctor

Frenchy Balanescu's Little Love Pills (1926)

177

(20)

22 Death of a Detective

The Killing of William Foulks (1900)

197

(14)

23 A Second Shot at Life

The Gothic Tale of Eula Dortch (1965)

211

(12)

24 "A Living Tomb"

Ellen Hunt's Crusade (1897-1935)

223

(8)

25 Black Monday at Garfield

The Beverly Jarosz Tragedy (1964)

231

(14)

26 "Straighten Them Out"

The Celia Barger Horror (1953)

245

(20)

Photo Credits

265

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