Victorian Southwest Michigan True Crime

by Michael Delaware

Murder and mystery haunt the shadowy corners of the Victorian Era in Southwest Michigan. Decades after his supposed death in 1846, a litigious bachelor was discovered to have been buried alive. In 1865, a Battle Creek woman, yearning for her lover, used Spiritualism to conceal poisoning her three children. An 1883 unsolved quadruple homicide near Jackson caused two suicides, one attempted suicide and two assassination attempts. In 1891, a ten-year-old girl adopted from the State School in Coldwater one morning was found dead in an icy river two counties away that same afternoon. Researcher and author Michael Delaware unfurls these and other stories that shocked Michigan and the nation over a century ago.

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

192 pages, Paperback

Published March 11, 2024

About the author

Michael Delaware (1965 - present)is an Arizona native who now resides in Battle Creek, Michigan. He also lived in Georgia for 15 years where he worked as a craftsman, artist, salesperson, manager and owner of a stained and decorative glass door and window business.

He has lived in Michigan since 1999. He is a real estate investor and has been a licensed Realtor since 2006.

As an author, he has written numerous non-fiction books on real estate, sales management, small business marketing and spiritual growth as well as marketing advice for independent artists. He has been a writer for and editor of many independent and professional blogs, newsletters, magazines and journals since the 1980's. Additionally, he has written and published several children's fiction and non-fiction eBooks.

When he is not writing, he enjoys traveling the US, exploring the great outdoors, hiking, photography and taking long walks in the woods with his dogs.

Reviews

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this set of quick, short, true crime stories all taking place in southwest Michigan. They are detail packed but still quick and enjoyable to read. The author is also very nice and signed my copy, explaining this book and another based on Michigan. I should have gotten both!

[Kathy Dillon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved reading about people from an area that I grew up in. great book!