Murder in Old Kentucky

<p><b>Kentucky--land of bluegrass horse racing bourbon and . . . murder.</b> <br /><br />In <i>Murder in Old Kentucky: True Crime Stories from the Bluegrass</i> Keven McQueen recounts dark and disturbing tales from the pages of Kentucky history including the 1825 murder of Col. Solomon Sharp--a sordid affair that inspired Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Penn Warren--and the 1881 Ashland Tragedy a heartbreaking murder of three innocent teenagers. This revised and expanded edition includes the story of a family terrorized by an arsonist who massacred eleven of their members and burned the property of even more the tale of a husband and wife found shot in each other's arms with a life-sized photo of another man between them and many more deaths that made headlines. <br /><br />Meticulously researched and written with McQueen's trademark humor <i>Murder in Old Kentucky</i> will captivate any fan of true crime or Kentucky history.</p>