Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm, Douglas L. Heath
Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm, Douglas L. Heath
List: $12.99 | Sale: $9.10
Club: $6.49

Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm
The Shocking 1900 Case that Gripped Boston's North Shore

Author: Douglas L. Heath, Alison C. Simcox

Narrator: Tom Beyer

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/31/2022

Synopsis

On a dark, rainy night in October 1900, George E. Bailey, caretaker of Breakheart Hill farm, disappeared. He no longer made his daily milk runs to town or stopped at the tavern for his favorite cherry rum. Some suspected foul play right away, as Bailey's "wife" had recently gone to Maine, leaving Bailey alone with his farmhand, John C. Best, who was known to be a drunk and a potentially violent man. Nine days later, when Bailey's dismembered body was fished out of a local pond, all eyes quickly focused on Best. Crowds descended on the farm, and the sensational murder captured headlines in Boston's newspapers. Using official records and newspaper archives, authors Douglas L. Heath and Alison C. Simcox uncover the facts and bizarre circumstances of this shocking tale.

About Douglas L. Heath

Douglas L. Heath was born in New Jersey and grew up in Taos, New Mexico, and New York City. He worked as a hydrogeologist at the US Geological Survey and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for thirty years, where he specialized in protecting drinking water supplies in New England. As well as his work as a scientist, he is an experienced genealogist, local historian, and photographer in using nineteenth-century glass plate methods.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on August 23, 2024

Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm by Douglas L. Heath offers an intriguing look into a shocking crime that captivated Boston's North Shore at the turn of the 20th century. Heath's meticulous research shines through as he reconstructs the events surrounding the 1900 murder case, providing readers with a......more

Goodreads review by Wallace on April 04, 2025

Good read about a local murder in 1900. Had heard about it over the years, but the details in the book were well researched and filled in the details about it. Some details were surprising about the murder. I wish that the book had contained a couple of maps from that period as some of the streets a......more

Goodreads review by Katie on September 25, 2024

Good quick read and informative. Some parts had an overwhelming amount of detail and was hard to keep all of the characters introduced straight. But other parts were so detailed that you could really picture what it was like at that time.......more

Goodreads review by Erin Holland on January 06, 2023

great book! This was a page turner.Loved every moment of it.Reddit all the way through within 3 days I think. Thank you......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie on February 28, 2024

Interesting and full of historical information and photos......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List