Phelps, M. William

The story of a legendary serial killer, Amy Archer-Gilligan, who operated the Archer Home for Elderly people and Chronic Invalids. In 1911 she murdered two husbands and up to sixty-six of her patients with cocktails of lemonade and arsenic. Her story provided the inspiration for the Broadway play and subsequent film, Arsenic and Old Lace.

Chronicles the experiences of Donna Palomba and her fight for justice after she was raped and subsequently attacked by the police department, the media, and the community as they discredited her story.

Recounts the events surrounding Erika and Benjamin Sifrit's brutal murder of a couple while vacationing in Ocean City.

Describes the relationship between honor roll student Nicole Kasinskas and her eighteen-year-old boyfriend, Billy Sullivan, which resulted in the murder of Nicole's mother; and examines the crime and the teenager's confessions during the trial.