Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland’s Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology

Bellamy once again masterfully brings to life decades-old tales that won’t let you look away. – Cleveland Magazine

Women who murder … why are they so much more fascinating than their male counterparts? For evidence, dip into any of the sixteen strange-but-true tales collected in this anthology by Cleveland’s leading historical crime writer. You’ll meet:

• Ill-fated Catherine Manz, the Bad Cinderella who poisoned her step-sister in revenge for years of mistreatment, then made her getaway wearing her victim’s most fetching outfit, a red dress and an enormous feathered hat …

• Velma West, the big-city girl who scandalized rural Lake County in the 1920s with her unnatural passions –and ended her marriage-made-in-hell with a swift hammer’s blow to the skull of her dull husband, Eddie …

• Eva Kaber, Lakewood’s Lady Borgia, who, along with her mother and daughter, conspired to dispose of an inconvenient husband with arsenic and knife-wielding hired killers …

• Martha Wise, Medina’s not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives–including her husband, mother, and brother–because she enjoyed going to funerals …

And a cast of other, equally fascinating women who behaved very, very badly. This is wickedly entertaining reading!