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Murder on the rock : true crime in Newfoundland and Labrador

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  • Publisher:
    Flanker Press, 2015
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Parsons, Robert C.
    Date:
    Created
    2015
    Summary:

    The story of Newfoundland and Labrador is a long and bloody one.

    In Murder on the Rock, Robert C. Parsons describes some of the most horrific and puzzling crimes and shenanigans that have happened in this province. With tales of kidnappers, cold-blooded murderers, cannibals, and more, these fifty-nine stories of crime and punishment cover the 1700s to present day. Included are:

    Death at Saint Pierre
    Politics and Murder
    Mutineers, Villains, and Cowards
    The Death Ritual
    A Crime Most Frightening
    The Signal Hill Prison Break
    Rampage and Mutiny in Harbour Buffett
    The Bonne Bay Hostages
    Death at Beaumont
    The Decapitation of John Ball
    Eleanor Power: The First Woman Hanged

    . . . and many more!

    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, True crime stories
    Subject(s): Murder | Newfoundland and Labrador | Crime
    Original Publisher: St. John's, Flanker Press
    Language(s): English