{"product_id":"gruesome-quad-cities-murder-madness-and-the-macabre-along-the-mississippi-paperback","title":"Gruesome Quad-Cities: Murder, Madness, and the Macabre Along the Mississippi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Vulich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGruesome Quad-Cities\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of true-life stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print. Except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, they are lucky to rate a paragraph. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead them now, if you dare  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Included inside: Albert Kling threatened to kill his wife and behead his seven children if she didn't prostitute herself to support him. After he beat her nearly to death, Mrs. Kling told authorities, she loved him \"more than life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdwin Cochran asked Davenport barber John Hassam for a job. When Hassam laughed at him, he returned with a Savage Automatic revolver and unloaded five shots into the barber. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd don't forget Henry Bastian. He murdered nine people on his Milan \"murder farm\" rather than pay them.Of course, there's more, but you get the idea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGruesome Quad-Cities \u003c\/b\u003ecovers 16 brutal murders that occurred in Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Bettendorf, Silvis, Muscatine, and more between 1867 and 1920. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 6 in the Gruesome Series. \u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49177785729176,"sku":"9798618581554","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/bmxVK2JJZmFVTXBuVnBtZFQvZW5rUT09.webp?v=1780044844","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/gruesome-quad-cities-murder-madness-and-the-macabre-along-the-mississippi-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}