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Deaths On Pleasant Street (2009)

by Giles Fowler(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1931112916 (ISBN13: 9781931112918)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Truman State University Press

review 1: Another "crime of the century" book. Since the century had only begun in 1909, this was slightly premature, but the crime is still fascinating. The son-in-law, Dr. Hyde, was charged with killing Colonel Swope and attempting to kill other members of his family in order to get Swope's fortune for himself. The bizarre crimes were particularly heinous, since they involved killing Swope with poison and then infecting other family members with typhoid. The nurses alerted the physician in charge and the search was on. Excellent account with lots of details, and well-written. If you like true crime novels, this one is well worth reading.
review 2: This is the true story of a murder case, in 1909, in Independence, MO, involving the death of the milionaire donor of Kansa... mores City's Swope Park, and members of his family. The case was "the trial of the century," in KC, and the author utilizes many newspaper accounts, court transcripts and testimonies, to depict what may have happened at the Swope mansion on Pleasant Street. Did Dr. Bennet Clark Hyde, the son-in-law of the mansion's matriarch, really stystematically kill 3 members of the family and hope to kill all of them? I have to say that my dreams were disturbed while reading this book, fearing someone was going to poison me or introduce typhoid germs into my food! The writing is not great...but the story of these well-known Swopes in the Kansas City where I made my home for 25 years, is spell-binding. less

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