The Day the Catskills Cried: A True Crime Story

by Wayne E. Beyea

On May 24, 1977, Trudy Resnick Farber was abducted from her home by a masked, armed intruder, taken to a remote wooded mountainside and buried alive A million dollar ransom demand was made for her release. The Day the Catskills Cried is the complete and true story concerning a horrific crime that shook the Catskill region of New York.

Genres: True Crime

264 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2008

Reviews

[barbara]

heartbreaking. i was a little girl when this happened so i dont remember but it was near my home town so as an adult now i cant imagine what it was like. absolutely horrible what happened to this poor girl.

[Kerri Reid]

Interesting story, but poorly written

[Teresa Sumfleth]

Wayne Beyea tells us the story of a ghastly crime that shook a quiet Catskills community to the core.
With a behind the scenes look into the investigation and subsequent prosecution of the criminal who committed this monstrous crime, Beyea gives us an exciting, interesting and accurate, portrayal of the accounts as they unfolded;
helping us appreciate the work law enforcement and the prosecutor’s office must do to present the case as well as the importance of court testimony for the jury to understand the crime charged and the evidence presented in order to render judgment.

[Ronnie Cramer]

A weird and fascinating case (a botched kidnapping ends in homicide), which quotes extensively from trial transcripts. Unfortunately, the testimony from many of the witnesses is similar, so by the end of the book I felt I had heard the story several times.

[Tracy Wright]

True story I remember hearing about, even though it happened before I was born. Good true book!!,