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New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania

By Dale Richard Perelman

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2011
ISBN
9781439668559, 2019948133, 9781467144025
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3816187 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-01 12:28:13
HIS036010HIS036080HistoryNonfictionTRU002000True Crime

Description

Author Dale Richard Perelman tells the tragic story of the 1978 murders and the mystery surrounding them. In the summer of 1978, a mother and her four-year-old were stabbed to death in the quiet town of New Castle. Police suspected the husband, Lou Kadunce, but were unable to find either a weapon or a motive. Sitting in a Lawrence County jail in 1981, convicted serial killer Michael Atkinson accused Frank Costal - a carny, petty thief and Satanist - of having an affair with the Kadunce husband and participating in the murder. A series of intense trials ensued as Costal was convicted of the homicides and a jury found the husband not guilty. Questions surrounding the case gripped the region and grabbed headlines in the Pittsburgh Press.

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