Lorelei Shannon Boeken

At seventeen, Rose flees her troubled home in Miami and lands in the secluded town of Possum Kingdom, Tennessee, where she encounters Robbie Jo. This new friendship introduces Rose to a world filled with dark secrets and complexities. Robbie Jo, despite her impoverished background, is sharp-witted and fiercely loyal, yet harbors a dangerous edge. As their bond deepens, Rose must navigate the challenges of her past while uncovering the town's hidden truths.

Delphine Lalaurie, a notorious figure in New Orleans history, is the subject of this gripping biography that delves into her life as a wealthy socialite and her dark, murderous legacy. The narrative explores her rise to prominence, the shocking details of her crimes, and the societal factors that allowed her to evade justice. Through vivid storytelling, the book examines themes of power, cruelty, and the complexities of human nature, painting a portrait of a woman whose actions left an indelible mark on her community.

Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. Louis's Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, a man so loathed by the public that he wore body armor and so idolized by his anatomy students that they dug up corpses for his experiments. This ghoulish doctor cast a pall over the city and left a host of fiendish mysteries. Did his mother's ghost actually help him escape an angry mob? Did he really hang the corpse of his daughter in Hannibal's Mark Twain Cave? What very real horrors remained in his medical college after loyal Unionists drove him out? Dissect a life surrounded by speculation and a legend littered with ghosts.

On April 10, 1834 Firefighters smashed through a padlocked attic door in the burning home of Creole society couple Delphine and Louis Lalaurie. The horrible discovery of chained and mutilated slaves spawned a legend that has endured for over 150 years. But what really happened in the Lalaurie home? Who was Mad Madame Lalaurie, and what motivated her to commit such ghastly atrocities, if in fact she really did? Historian Victoria Cosner Love and author Lorelei Shannon uncover the truth behind one of New Orleans most famous stories and one of America s most haunted houses."