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Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City
Now in a 3rd printing with a new cover!
The tabloid version of Charleston history: drinking, prostitution, wayward
ministers, and other debauchery. From the sexual escapades of King Charles II
and Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper, to a free love colony in 1724! Pirates, slave
rebellions, executions, witch trials, dueling, murder ... this is the TRUE history
of the holy city.
Published by The History Press in October 2005.
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Wicked Charleston, Vol. II: Prostitutes, Politics & Prohibition
Volume II continues the revelry by focusing the spotlight on the "ladies of Eden"
who plied their trade to the rich , the elite and the poor alike. During the 19th
century the most integrated places in Charleston were the brothels. Now
fashionable Market Street was once a place where a sailor could get a beer, a
tattoo and a social disease. During Prohibition more than 20,000 South
Carolinians made a living as a bootlegger.
Published by The History Press in June 2006.
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South Carolina Killers: Crimes of Passion
This volume collects ten of the most intriguing, horrifying and tragic Palmetto
state murder stories from 1901-2001.
- 1903: the Lt. Gov. walks up to a local newspaper editor and in full view of
several witnesses, shoots the editor in the stomach and calmly walks away.
- 1944: George Stinney is convicted of double murder and marched to the
electric chair ... at age 14.
- 1994: a young mother makes national headlines when she claims her two
sons had been kidnapped by a black, even though she had driven them
into their watery grave herself.
- 2004: police apprehend a man for the rape & murder of a local female
schoolteacher and are shocked to discover the suspect is wearing the
victim's clothes.
Published by The History Press October 2007.
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Palmetto Predators: Monsters Among Us
A harrowing collection of South Carolina's most notorious monsters - serial
killers and rapists. Including:
- the killer who turned a beach community into a terrorized town.
- the 'Gaffney Strangler' contacted police with the cryptic message: "Stop
me or I will kill again."
- the friendly schoolteacher/rapist who for 30 years wages a 'one man
epidemic' in some of Charleston's most exclusive private schools.
- and of course, the "meanest man in America", the horrifying and tragic
life of South Carolina's most deadly serial killer, Pee Wee Gaskins.
Published by The History Press October 2007.
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