How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away With It: Money & Mayhem in the Gilded Age

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“Minnie Wallace Walkup Ketcham’s criminal career as an unsung triple murderess and black widow . . . is told in rich detail and with pleasingly dark wit.” —Keven McQueen, author of Louisville Murder & MayhemWhat’s a gal to do when her loaded lover is getting to be a nuisance? Why, just murder him and take all his money, of course. If you want to be fabulously single with tons of cash, just follow the lead of the beautiful and conniving Minnie Wallace Walkup Ketcham, who left a trail of broken hearts, empty wallets, and corpses.Minnie was just 16 when she stood trial in 1885 for the wrongful death of her first husband, a successful businessman and politician almost 40 years her senior. Despite overwhelming witness testimony that the Creole beauty from New Orleans had purchased the arsenic that killed him, Minnie’s own testimony brought the entire courtroom to tears. She was acquitted. Minnie returned to New Orleans with James Walkup’s fortune, life insurance, Civil War pension, and all the expensive clothes she had shipped home before he even died.Minnie still didn’t have enough cash for her liking, so she successfully targeted, seduced, and murdered two more wealthy older men while evading justice in the courtroom (and escaping her lawyer’s fees, too). How to Murder Your Wealthy Lovers and Get Away With It is an extraordinary and off-the-wall true story of intrigue, scandal, and murder.“Compelling and entertaining . . . A great guide to one of America’s most thrilling true stories.” —Mike Flannery, political editor, FOX 32 News Chicago“This gossipy true crime account paints a comprehensive portrait of a woman shrouded in mystery.” —Publishers Weekly
Copyright:
2018

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Book Size:
160 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781684350537
Related ISBNs:
9781684350247
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Jane Simon Ammeson
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction
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Bookshare Staff
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