Twilight of innocence : the disappearance of Beverly Potts / James Jessen Badal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badal, James Jessen, 1943-

Series:

True crime series (Kent, Ohio)

True crime series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potts, Beverly Rose, 1941-.

Potts, Beverly Rose.

Missing children--Ohio--Cleveland--Case studies.

Missing children.

Abduction--Ohio--Cleveland--Case studies.

Abduction.

Missing persons--Investigation--Ohio--Cleveland--Case studies.

Missing persons.

Missing persons--Investigation.

Ohio--Cleveland.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2005]

Contents:

Part 1 Dusk and Shadow

Friday, August 24, 1951: A Very Ordinary Day 25

Saturday, August 25: Tangled Threads 41

Sunday, August 26-Monday, August 27: The Politics of Abduction 57

Tuesday, August 28-Wednesday, August 29: A Trickle of Suspects 70

Thursday, August 30-Friday, August 31: Seltzer Turns Up the Hysteria 78

Part 2 Ripples in the Pond: Becoming a Legend

September 1951: False Leads and Weary Frustration 91

October 1951: Clues from the Lake 105

November 1951: The Crimes of Frank Dale Davis 108

December 1951: Come Dressed as Beverly 117

September 1952: Visions from the Spirit Realm 119

August 1953: "My name is Friday. I'm a cop!" 122

December 1955: The Ballad of Harvey Lee Rush 123

1952-1973: From the Burlesque Stage to the Grease Pit 129

August 1951-July 2002: Notes from Hell 135

Part 3 The Persistence of Memory

1974: The Maple Heights Molester 141

1988: The Pennsylvania Child Killer 144

February-March 1994: The Tale of the Murderous Milkman 149

June 1996: Bones in the Basement 152

Anniversaries 154

2000-2001: Robert Wolf's Quest 157

Through a Glass Darkly: Shadows from the Past 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190) and index.

ISBN:

0873388364

OCLC:

57068498