Historic Indianapolis Crimes: Murder & Mystery in the Circle City

by Fred Cavinder

Hear tales from the Circle City's murderous underbelly, from poor Silvia Likens, who was tortured for months by her foster mother and eventually discovered dead, to Carrie Selvage, whose skeleton was found in an attic twenty years after she disappeared from a hospital bed in 1900. Discover how housekeepers found Dorothy Poore stuffed in a dresser drawer on a July day in 1954 and the curious story of Marjorie Jackson, her body was discovered clothed in pajama bottoms and a flannel robe on her kitchen floor, and police found $5 million hidden around her house in garbage cans, drawers, closets, toolboxes and a vacuum cleaner bag. Join local historian Fred Cavinder as he recounts the gruesome tales of Indiana's capital city, from mystery to murder.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2010

Reviews

[Rachel Gonda · Rating 3 out of 5]

As interesting as the stories were, there was very little organization in the writing of them. They weren't any chronological order, so it was a little difficult to keep readjusting my mind to the time periods these stories took place in.

[Vanessa Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

The crimes descriptions were very interesting. Wish the chapters were set up by the towns of Indianapolis !

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This stuff intriques me to no end. I have a copy ($10 at Sam's club) if anyone wants to borrow it!

[Lori Rader-Day · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could be subtitled PEOPLE ARE TERRIBLE. Or, SO YOU THINK MIDWESTERN PEOPLE ARE NICE DO YOU?

Interesting stuff for a mystery writer here, but the writing is pretty bad.