Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland's Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology - John Bellamy

\n \nBellamy once again masterfully brings to life decades-old tales that won't let you look away. -- Cleveland Magazine\n \nWomen who murder . . . why are they so much more fascinating than their male counterparts? For evidence, dip into any of the sixteen strange-but-true tales collected in this anthology by Cleveland's leading historical crime writer. You'll meet: \n \n- Ill-fated Catherine Manz, the Bad Cinderella who poisoned her step-sister in revenge for years of mistreatment, then made her getaway wearing her victim's most fetching outfit, a red dress and an enormous feathered hat . . .\n \n- Velma West, the big-city girl who scandalized rural Lake County in the 1920s with her unnatural passions--and ended her marriage-made-in-hell with a swift hammer's blow to the skull of her dull husband, Eddie . . .\n \n- Eva Kaber, Lakewood's Lady Borgia, who, along with her mother and daughter, conspired to dispose of an inconvenient husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers . . .\n \n- Martha Wise, Medina's not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives--including her husband, mother, and brother--because she enjoyed going to funerals . . .\n \nAnd a cast of other, equally fascinating women who behaved very, very badly. This is wickedly entertaining reading!\n