The Killer in the Attic: And More True Tales of Crime and Disaster from Cleveland's Past

by John Stark Bellamy II

Cleveland history buffs and true crime fans will be
thrilled (and chilled) to get their hands on John Stark Bellamy's
latest collection. Killer in the Attic is the fourth collection of
gruesome, horrible, tragic, and despicable--but true--tales from
Cleveland's history. In Bellamy's latest book, the history expert
serves up 26 more detailed and compelling accounts of the unspeakable.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, History

304 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

John Stark Bellamy II is the author of six books and two anthologies about Cleveland crime and disaster. The former history specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library, he comes by his taste for the sensational honestly, having grown up reading stories about Cleveland crime and disaster written by his grandfather, Paul, who was editor of the Plain Dealer, and his father, Peter, who wrote for the Cleveland News and the Plain Dealer."

Reviews

[Fishface]

Another great collection that I just loved. Never a dull moment in here. Bellamy obviously loves his subject, but does not leer at it.

[Amy]

True crime at it's best and set in Cleveland (OH), too!

[Kim]

The main draw for this book is being familiar with the locales, and learning about stories I've never heard of. If you aren't from NE Ohio, it probably wouldn't be of much interest.

[Meaghan]

I used this book as a source for a guest entry I wrote for the Executed Today blog: Henry William Hagert, a cold-blooded young psychopath who was electrocuted on October 3, 1945 for the double murder of two teenage boys.