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Vintage Vermont Villainies: True Tales of Murder & Mystery from the 19th and 20th Centuries
A bona fide collection of dreadful and diabolical true-crime stories you'll never believe took place in Vermont.
Containing accounts of ten classic murders and two inexplicable disappearances, "Vintage Vermont Villainies" is a veritable "best of the best" of Vermont homicides occurring between 1874 and 1957. Bellamy's catalog of miscreants includes Mary...more
Containing accounts of ten classic murders and two inexplicable disappearances, "Vintage Vermont Villainies" is a veritable "best of the best" of Vermont homicides occurring between 1874 and 1957. Bellamy's catalog of miscreants includes Mary...more
Paperback, 226 pages
Published
September 17th 2007
by Countryman Press
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I admit, I am biased. I have read all of and own most of Bellamy's books about Cleveland disasters,woes, and crimes. I thought that this book was well done, but I did not have the same passion for it as his local fare. Mostly, because when I read (re-read) his local works, I know where these places are, and in some cases, I have relatives who remeber the incident as well, so I can get a first person reaciton as well. If you live in Vermont, you will probably get more out of this book than I ...more
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Anyone who liked Bellamy's series about historical crime and horror in Cleveland will like this book about historical crime and horror in Vermont. It's basically the same thing; only the setting is different. However, I am disappointed by the lack of photographs and illustrations; his Cleveland books had many pictures, but this Vermont one has none at all. I would have liked to have seen what the people in the stories looked like.
This made for a quick read. Some of the cases were pretty unique, but complaints are 1) too much court room information. I'm not sure if this was a limitation of research resources, but it's just plain boring reading about law stuff. The author also has a weakness of listing names and names of attorneys without adding any real information. 2) There wasn't enough context in the setting. I would've like to known more about Vermont itself.
The book contains 12 or 13 short pieces about famous murder cases and disappearances in the state of Vermont from the mid nineteenth century through the 1950s. It's based on excellent local primary source research and is quite well written.
I am a stickler for editing, and this is the second book I have read where there were typos and errors. Gah.
A little slow for me ( I like more action ), but a true crime lovers book, detailing ten classic murders and two inexplicable disappearances, and the most notorious of Vermont homicides occurring in Vermont between 1874 and 1957. the author , John Stark Bellamy II is a former librarian, which explains the well researched aspects of this book.
Thought I would learn a little history of this state!
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John Stark Bellamy II is the author of six books and two anthologies about Cleveland crime and disaster. The former history specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library, he comes by his taste for the sensational honestly, having grown up reading stories about Cleveland crime and disaster written by his grandfather, Paul, who was editor of the Plain Dealer, and his father, Peter, who wrote for...more
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