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This book explores thirteen bizarre “murder” stories that have taken place in Tennessee over the past two centuries. The first story related here takes place around 1798 and the last takes place in 1998. These stories span the breadth of Tennessee from the Smoky Mountains, to the Mississippi River and most points between. Some of these stories are about famous persons and others are about powerful persons. Some are about persons that are unknown to all but a few. One story is about an abused animal.

This is a true story about the murders of a man and two boys. It contains so many bizarre elements that it threatens to overwhelm comprehension. The amazing story includes drunkards, outlaws, drug dealing, theft, a pitched gun battle, torture, execution-style murders, baffled law enforcement agents, a crime scene more disturbing than a Hollywood horror flick, a befuddled judge, and a jury so confused that it did not know what verdict it was handing down. Beyond that, this strange tale includes a redneck psychic, a cold-blooded former football star, and a mysterious figure known as the “...

This brief book profiles the lives of the two American women who worked for the Axis cause during World War II under the name of Axis Sally. Both of these women, one in Germany, and the other in Italy, unabashedly employed their beautiful voices in the service of Fascism. These women boldly attempted to damage Allied (especially American) morale in the European Theater.

Hanging the Macon County Witch is a true story. The hanging outlined in this book really took place in Lafayette, Tennessee in the late spring of 1845. This bizarre story follows a slave woman named Lize – who claims to be a witch by the way – from the time Wilson Meador purchased her, until the Macon County Sheriff hanged her. This story has several weird twists and turns, including Lize trading her own head to a local doctor for ginger cakes and hard cider. Truth is stranger than fiction and this true story is as strange as they come!

This book is not about witch stories. It is a recounting of a few witch trials. Judges presided over some of these trials in courts of law; church officials conducted others. Some of those accused of witchery faced brutality and torture and some remained outcasts after their trials. On the other hand, many of the southern witches won their cases and some of them received damages from their abusers. In those cases where the accused stood before church leaders and their respective congregations, the penalty for witchcraft was excommunication. One can argue that a church proceeding is not a ...

After decades of acrimony and dispute, in 1861, America erupted into a Civil War that cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens, and billions of dollars in damages. This book presents the reader a series of short snippets dealing with the Confederate efforts to win the war. Additionally, it includes some 120 photos and images – many of them rare – and relates very brief accounts of some of the more important battles. There is also a recounting of the more than 100 Confederate Generals killed, or who otherwise died during the conflict – including one murdered by a jealous ...

Nestled in the hills of eastern Macon County, Tennessee and situated in a peaceful valley on the banks of Salt Lick Creek, one can find quiet and unassuming Red Boiling Springs. For most of a century it was a leading resort town. Thousands of people, some of them famous, vacationed there, and some, including a former Governor, died there. This volume covers events at the Red Boiling Springs resort and spa until the end of 1899.

Murder, Mayhem, and Moonshine relates 75 true crime stories from Macon County, Tennessee between 1879 and 1939. These stories run the gamut of crime. Some are tragic, some bizarre, some grotesque, and some are a little humorous. Although all of the alleged crimes mentioned here took place decades ago, many of them detail the types of crimes that remain common today across the United States and the world. Besides murder, there are stories about child abduction, rape, bullying, domestic violence, racial problems, drunk driving, confidence games, and others.

This book takes a look at some of the crimes in Macon County, Tennessee between 1960 and 1984. Most of these short articles deal with what we usually classify as crimes – murder, blackmail, theft, and the like. But the reader should be aware that some of the stories deal with “crimes” in a broader sense of the word. They include some of the times when people fought to improve the responsiveness of government and some of the times when injured people sought recompence from corporations.

The first person to hang for witchcraft in Salem was Bridget Bishop. This is her story. It is also the larger story of the fear that caused otherwise intelligent persons to take leave of their senses and commit horrible acts in the name of preventing horrible acts. This book looks at Bridget Bishop the real person, not the idealized personification of her that so many have presented. It also looks at the attributes that made Bishop the ideal person to be the first to go to the gallows at Salem. In addition, this book considers why the execution of Bishop caused the floodgates of execution ...

Tiger Strong! Macon County Football, 2024 details the exploits of the Macon County, Tennessee high school football team. After fielding teams for 98 years, Macon County high finally captured its first state championship. This book contains detailed recaps of every game and much more.

Satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” American’s Zombie Counteraction Command is a Zombie book, but it is not a “traditional” Zombie book. There are too many of them now. It is a purely satirical work, but it does not employ the over-the-top, slapstick satire that is so common today. On the contrary, the satire found in this book is often subtle and sometimes obscure. In addition, the satire is sometimes humorous, but it is ...

According to the American Academy of Poets, “An epic is a long, often book-length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person, or group of persons. Elements that typically distinguish epics include superhuman deeds, fabulous adventures, highly stylized language, and a blending of lyrical and dramatic traditions.”The Road from Bohemia to Westphalia does not meet all the criteria of an epic based upon the definition listed above. It is a long, book-length poem and it does tell the story of a journey. However, the reader will strain to find much heroism in ...

In this brief book, bestselling author CL Gammon ranks the 50 worst College Football teams of all time in order from #50 to #1. Inside this book, the reader will find a snapshot look at each team, its Head Coach(s) and its best players. In addition, the author has provided each of these team’s schedules and has identified each team’s best and worst games.

This book discusses briefly the pandemic in Macon County, Tennessee. It also relates biographical information on all the 97 known victims of Spanish Influenza within Macon County’s borders between 1918 and 1920. Of course, the author also relates some details about the United States during the same period. This book is more than a recounting of death and despair. It offers the positive message that despite the difficulty caused by the pandemic, Macon County’s citizens went on, and the living, while never forgetting their loved ones, honored the victims by returning to normalcy as best ...

By any objective measure, the Articles of Confederation failed. In this book, historian CL Gammon analyzes the Articles of Confederation paragraph by paragraph and illustrates the inadequacies of America's first constitution.

Included in this little volume are a few of my life rules.Let me tell you that I am having fun with these life rules. Yet, some of them are actual words that I live by – sort of. All of these rules listed here do illustrate – in a very twisted way – how I look at things.Make no mistake; I am (mostly) playing the rules for laughs. If you are looking for something deep, or earthshaking, you will likely be disappointed.By the way, as silly as some of these rules are, some of them come from my daily life. I will let you guess as to which.I hope you enjoy this little volume and that it ...

This cookbook is a faithful rendering of old Southern recipes. These 131 recipes span the spectrum from lobster to possum, from shrimp to groundhog, from catfish to fried chicken. Although some of these recipes have been modernized, they all reflect the food of the Old South and give an insight into the people that lived there in times past.

This book presents the letters between President John Hancock and General George Washington from Washington's appointment as Commander-in-Chief until shortly after Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. That period of just over one year was perhaps the most pivotal of the Revolution. Had Congress given in to the temptation to compromise, the war would have been lost before it began. Had Washington been less diligent in his duties, or had he been a weak leader, the British would have overwhelmed his poorly equipped, untrained and unmotivated army. While the letters illuminate the...

In 1692, it did not pay to be a nonconformist in Salem Village, Massachusetts. This was especially true if the nonconformist just happened to be an elderly, improvised widow. Susannah Martin found this out the hard way. Susannah Martin stood trial, received a conviction, and suffered hanging for bewitching some of the good folk of Salem, Massachusetts and the surrounding area. More than two dozen persons related the crimes Martin committed. It seems that Susannah Martin’s most heinous crime may have been that she had a sense of humor. When she heard the ridiculous accusations made against...