Maritime Murder
Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past
Steve Vernon
- The
- author
- of
- Where
- the
- Ghosts
- Are:
- A
- Guide
- to
- Nova
- Scotia’s
- Spookiest
- Places
- details
- infamous,
- historic
- murders
- from
- Canada’s
- Maritime
- provinces.In
- his
- uniquely
- homespun
- style,
- sinister
- storyteller
- Steve
- Vernon
- digs
- up
- the
- dirt
- on
- Maritime
- murders
- from
- 1770
- to
- 1929—along
- with
- a
- few
- bodies
- along
- the
- way.
- Unearthing
- historically
- buried,
- and
- occasionally
- unsolved,
- violent
- crimes
- from
- across
- Prince
- Edward
- Island,
- New
- Brunswick,
- and
- Nova
- Scotia,
- Vernon’s
- versions
- of
- these
- 19
- macabre
- tales
- will
- chill
- you
- to
- the
- bone.Featuring
- a
- bevy
- of
- questionable
- characters
- from
- the
- darkest
- recesses
- of
- Maritime
- history,
- Maritime
- Murder
- divulges
- a
- diverse
- array
- of
- bygone
- crimes,
- trials,
- and
- the
- eerie
- aftermath.
- From
- botched
- executions
- and
- poisonous
- tea,
- to
- “axe”
- murders
- and
- curious
- cover-ups,
- bear
- witness
- to
- the
- villains
- and
- victims
- of
- some
- of
- the
- dastardliest
- deeds
- this
- side
- of
- the
- Atlantic.Praise
- for
- Steve
- Vernon“Writing
- with
- a
- rare
- swagger
- and
- confidence,
- Steve
- Vernon
- can
- lead
- his
- readers
- through
- an
- entire
- gamut
- of
- emotions
- from
- outright
- fear
- and
- repulsion
- to
- pity
- and
- laughter.”
- —Cemetery Dance
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