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Michigan's strychnine saint : the curious case of Mrs. Mary McKnight
- Title
- Michigan's strychnine saint : the curious case of Mrs. Mary McKnight / Tobin T. Buhk.
- Author
- Buhk, Tobin T.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- McKnight, Mary.
- Description
- 188 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue. And at the center stood a widow in a black taffeta dress"--
- "This is a spell-binding story of a startling crime set against the backdrop of early twentieth-century northwestern Michigan"--
- Series Statement
- True crime
- Uniform Title
- True crime (History Press (Charleston, S.C.))
- Subject
- McKnight, Mary
- Poisoning > Michigan > Case studies
- Murder > Michigan > Case studies
- Women poisoners > Michigan > Case studies
- Poisoning > history
- Criminals > legislation & jurisprudence
- History, 20th Century
- Homicide > history
- Strychnine > adverse effects
- TRUE CRIME > General
- Murder
- Poisoning
- Women poisoners
- Michigan
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).
- ISBN
- 9781626192577
- 162619257X
- LCCN
- 2014003550
- OCLC
- ocn866800127
- 866800127
- SCSB-9126919
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library