Wicked Women of Ohio

Name: Wicked Women of Ohio
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane Ann Turzillo
ISBN: 9798765064429

Author: Jane Ann Turzillo

Narrator: Ann Marie Lee

Unabridged: 4 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/13/2022

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History

Synopsis

True crime with a Midwest twist. The award-winning writer recounts the stories of Ohio's most notorious vixens, viragoes, and villainesses.

The Buckeye State produced its share of wicked women. Tenacious madam Clara Palmer contended with constant police raids during the 1880s and '90s. Only her death could shut the doors of her gilded bordello in Cleveland. Failed actress Mildred Gillars left for Europe right before World War II. Because she fell in love with the wrong man, she wound up peddling Nazi propaganda on the radio as "Axis Sally." Volatile Hester Foster was already doing time at the Ohio State Penitentiary when she bashed in the head of a fellow inmate with a shovel. The sinister Anna Marie Hahn dosed at least five elderly Cincinnati men with arsenic and croton oil and then watched them die in agony while pretending to nurse them back to health.

About Jane Ann Turzillo

Jane Ann Turzillo is the Agatha-nominated author of Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio and the National Federation of Press Women's award winner for Ohio Train Disasters. A full-time author and speaker, she concentrates on true crime and history, and she is a graduate of the University of Akron and a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the National Federation of Press Women.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy

Good read, learned interesting facts about my state I didn't know. Well written, reads as if well researched, interesting selection of women included. I like history, specifically Ohio history, particularly if the history is about real individual people. I also like that I have been to many of the t......more

Goodreads review by Maryann

"Wicked Women of Ohio" by Jane Ann Turzillo is a captivating exploration of the dark and intriguing tales of some of Ohio's most notorious women. Turzillo, an award-winning crime writer, skillfully delves into the lives of vixens, viragoes, and villainesses who left an indelible mark on the history......more

Goodreads review by Kaleigh

Very interesting book!! Because it's nonfiction it took me much longer to get through than usual, it was harder to read at times (compared to fiction) but it was still an amazing book! I really enjoyed this, being about local women criminals made it much more interesting and easier to follow than a......more