Bloody Savannah : The City's Most Violent Era As Seen by a Crime Reporter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Derek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Georgia--Savannah--History--20th century.

Murder.

Savannah (Ga.)--History.

Savannah (Ga.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

""Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, th Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, there lurks a deadly undercurrent. This is a first-person account of an award-winning newspaper crime reporter's career, covering scores of murders in the Savannah area, including one of the bloodiest eras in the city's history: in 1985, metro Savannah earned notoriety with the nation's highest homicide rate. The author describes a wide range of crimes, including murders over a 14-year-old lover, $4 for hamburgers or a baby carriage; the grisly murders of voodoo priests; bound corpses in the waterways and interstate body dumping grounds; the Scarecrow and "Say Cheese" Killers, serial killer Wade Sheffield; and many more."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

Prelude: Beginnings

Chapter 1. Front-Page Murders: Some of the Most Sensational

Chapter 2. Other Murders Most Foul

Chapter 3. The All but Forgotten: A Few of Savannah's Cold Cases

Chapter 4. The Year of Dying Dangerously

Chapter 5. Homicide in the Hinterland

Chapter 6. Blood on the Badge

Chapter 7. Missing Persons Files

Chapter 8. Water, Water Everywhere: Hurricanes, Rescues and Corpses

Chapter 9. People Do the Strangest Things: The Sad, Tragic, Vicious and Just Weird

Chapter 10. Difference Makers, Heroes and Characters

Chapter 11. Savannah Vice and St. Patrick's Days

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Smith, Derek Bloody Savannah

ISBN:

9781476649474

OCLC:

1378392836