Restless Ghosts: Murder, Suicide, and the Case That Wouldn't Stay Buried

by Annie McCormick, Daniela Acitelli (Narrator)

Wealthy, privileged, and dead.

The true story of South Jersey's high society killings.

Inside a Moorestown, New Jersey mansion two socialites are discovered clinging to life after suffering gunshot wounds to the head. By morning, Ruth Wilson, 24, and her former fiancé, Horace "Reds" Roberts Jr., also 24, are dead. What follows is an investigation marred with uncertainty.

Chief of Burlington County Detectives, Ellis Parker, decides it's a case of unrequited love, with Reds pulling the fatal trigger. But Reds, has multiple gunshot wounds to the head. A coroner's inquest ends with a jury upholding Parker's ruling, doubt lingers.

The case takes a turn when a rumor circulates a witness was present outside the house on the night of the crime. Bradway Brown, a childhood friend, who grew up a block away, hints that he knows the truth. More than three years later, at age 28, Brown himself is murdered at his home. The year is 1933.

Detective Parker, dubbed America's Sherlock Holmes, is drawn into a second investigation that unravels the first. High society collides with the Philadelphia underworld, and the new probe implies a cover-up involving powerful South Jersey figures.

Restless Ghosts is a true story about a century old mystery. Journalist Annie McCormick, a native of Moorestown, unearths a gripping narrative that challenges readers to decide what really happened.

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Expected publication December 15, 2026

About the author

Annie began her career in journalism as a photo intern in The White House during The Clinton Administration. During her Senior year at Muhlenberg College she interned for The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, PA. After graduation in 2001, she worked as freelance photojournalist for newspapers and wire services in the tri-state area including The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Philadelphia Daily News, US Weekly and Star magazines, among others.

Annie’s television news career took her across the country, she is currently a reporter at The ABC owned and operated television station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.

Annie won several Associated Press awards and was Emmy nominated in both New Mexico and Pennsylvania for stories about the paranormal and crime.

She graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA with a major in Communications and minor in Music. She is a South Jersey native and a graduate of Moorestown High School in Moorestown, NJ.

"The Doctor, The Hitman and The Motorcycle Gang" is Annie's first true crime book.