Devil You Know: The Lurid Affair of the Sunday School Strangler

by C.J. March

There are rumors. Someone saw him stark naked in the church library. Others whisper that he visited brothels and engaged in lewd acts involving slaughtered birds… But he’s such a nice young man, that medical student who finds time to teach Sunday School. And the good people of Emmanuel Baptist Church don’t listen to rumors. They should.

When two young women in San Francisco go missing, Theodore Durrant seems as worried as the rest of the neighborhood. But is he the man they think they know? As the Emmanuel Baptist ladies prepare for Easter festivities, they’ll find more than Easter eggs hidden in the church closet.

If you’re a fan of Erik Larson's Devil in the White City, Harold Schechter's Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie, and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, you'll love Dead True Crime.

Devil You Know: The Lurid Affair of the Sunday School Strangler is part of Dead True Crime, a series of historical true crime stories of serial killers, bizarre cases, and little-known murderers. Meticulously researched short reads, they’re the perfect length for a flight, the beach, or a sleepless night. 

C.J. March brings you a series of tales that will keep you turning the pages until morning.

110 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2019

About the author

C.J. March is the alter ego of three true crime enthusiasts who wanted to write the kind of juicy noir histories they like to read.

Between them they have: 2 MFAs, 3 arrests, 4 folk albums, 73 years of therapy, 1 stint working for "the artist formerly known as" which ended in a shoving match, 40 years of writing, 30 years of design, 3 dogs, and 1 overnight in a cell with a murderer.