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Wicked Muncie
- Title
- Wicked Muncie / Keith Roysdon and Douglas Walker.
- Author
- Roysdon, Keith
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV6795.I6 R69 2016 | Off-site |
Details
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- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Muncie is the classic small American city. But for much of the past two centuries, the city fell victim to murder, corruption and the bizarre. Mayor Rollin Bunch went to prison for mail fraud, while his police commissioner faced a murder rap. Viola "Babe" Swartz ran a brothel out of a truck stop that was raided by police at least a dozen times but ran for sheriff in the 1974 primary election. June Holland, of the locally famous Holland triplets, killed her neighbor for refusing to sell her house. Authors Keith Roysdon and Douglas Walker explore the notorious and unusual side of Muncie's history."--Back cover.
- Subject
- Holland family
- 1800-1999
- Criminals > Indiana > Biography
- Criminals > Indiana > History > 19th century
- Criminals > Indiana > History > 20th century
- Crime > Indiana > Muncie > History
- Murder > Indiana > Muncie > History
- Brothels > Indiana > Muncie > History
- Fraud > Indiana > Muncie > History
- Brothels
- Crime
- Criminals
- Fraud
- Murder
- Muncie (Ind.) > History
- Indiana
- Indiana > Muncie
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141).
- Contents
- Introduction -- "A wide-open town" -- The funeral of the Gypsy King -- A child stands trial for murder -- The Hoosier Thunderbolt and the Muncie Freak -- A police commissioner goes up the river -- The sad saga of Muncie's Holland triplets -- The death of a chicken thief -- Farmer in the well and the dance of death -- Justice delayed and justice denied? -- Muncie's houses of ill fame -- Who killed Norman Black? -- Pinball to slot machines: Muncie "cracks down" on gambling -- The "Happy Anniversary" murder -- The gravel pit ghoul -- Public enemy number one -- The ghosts of Muncie -- The curious case of Dr. Ross -- Brutal death in a tavern -- Bibliography -- About the authors.
- ISBN
- 9781467136655
- 1467136654
- LCCN
- 2016941429
- OCLC
- ocn961185752
- 961185752
- SCSB-9107791
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library