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Lovers of true crime and Ohio history will find themselves riveted by these crimes of passion.
There is a thin line between love and hate, and when intense passion threatens that border, blood will flow. Northern Ohio has had its share of people who felt that line snap. In Canton, the Phantom-Flapper Killer shot down her lover in cold blood after he threatened to expose her infidelity to the world. In Toledo, Dorothy Brown's married boyfriend brutally attacked her when he learned that she was expecting. Max Amerman of Medina was willing to kill for the girl of his dreams, and when Cleveland's Matilda Waldman believed that her husband was cursed by a witch, she took out the she-devil by way of a pistol.
Author Wendy Koile examines these relationships once bound by love, unraveled by lies, and cut off by murder.
Wendy Koile is a lifelong resident of Ohio who is fascinated with obscure Ohio and maritime history. She has authored four books focusing on lost tales of Ohio, including Geneva on the Lake: A Brief History of Ohio's First Resort, Legend and Lost Treasures of Ohio, Disaster of Ohio's Lake Erie Islands, and Lake Erie: Murder and Mayhem. She also shares maritime history as a guest lecturer on cruise ships. Wendy holds a master's degree in English, as well as a master's degree in teaching. When not writing or teaching, Wendy enjoys spending time with her family and pets.