Lorelei Shannon

Victoria Cosner Love

A biography of Delphine Lalaurie, a famous murderer from New Orleans.

New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed

Mad Madame Lalaurie

Victoria Cosner

Discover the twisted 19th century tale of a respected St. Louis doctor who was also a body snatcher and suspected murderer in this true crime biography. Though he was never caught in the act, it was widely known among St. Louis locals that Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell routinely stole corpses for strange and illegal experiments. McDowell was so loathed for this practice that he wore body armor in public. Meanwhile, he was so idolized by his anatomy students that they often dug up the bodies for him. The ghoulish Dr. McDowell—who later served as a Confederate Army surgeon—left a host of fiendish rumors and mysteries behind. Did he ever resort to murder for the sake of a fresh specimen? Did his mother's ghost actually help him escape an angry mob? Did he really hang the corpse of his daughter in the Mark Twain Cave of Hannibal, Missouri? What very real horrors remained in his medical college after Union soldiers took it over? In this grimly fascinating biography, Victoria Cosner dissects a life surrounded by speculation and a legend littered with ghosts.

Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell

Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. Delve into the macabre world of St. Louis s Dr. Joseph Nash McDowell, a man so loathed by the public that he wore body armor and so idolized by his anatomy students that they dug up corpses for his experiments. This ghoulish doctor cast a pall over the city and left a host of fiendish mysteries. Did his mother s ghost actually help him escape an angry mob? Did he really hang the corpse of his daughter in Hannibal s Mark Twain Cave? What very real horrors remained in his medical college after loyal Unionists drove him out? Dissect a life surrounded by speculation and a legend littered with ghosts."

Missouri's Mad Doctor McDowell: Confederates, Cadavers and Macabre Medicine

Amy is having dreams and visions that threaten her sanity and possibly her life. Some dark presence from her forgotten past is intruding into her reality and the lives of her friends, terrifying, maiming, killing. For her? A handsome Voodoo priest may hold the secret to Amy's possession by spirits of the past, and to her ultimate salvation, in this creepy and romantic story of childhood betrayed, love lost and secrets rediscovered.

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