How would you feel if you found out, after years of eating her homemade cookies, that grandma was in truth a confessed, convicted poisoner who served prison time for murder? This is the true story of petite and mild-mannered Myrtle Schaude, a model wife and mother from Whitewater, Wisconsin, who poisoned her husband with strychnine, then blamed her lover. Next, she started over with a new family in a new state, conveniently forgetting to mention the sordid events that ended her previous marriage. How could Myrtle keep her shocking past a secret over all the decades? Open the book and find out! Soft cover, 184 pages, 6 x 9 in.
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By: Linda Godfrey
Soft cover
184 pages
6 x 9 in.
Writer, illustrator, and investigator of the paranormal, Author Linda S. Godfrey has become one of the nation's leading experts on cryptozoology, the study of unexplained creatures. Linda is a favorite guest on the popular "Coast to Coast AM" radio program, her work has been featured on "The Discovery Channel", and the beast she made famous is the subject of a forthcoming documentary film. She is the author of "The Beast of Bray Road" and "The Poison Widow", and co-author of "Weird Wisconsin" and "Weird Michigan". Linda was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Milton. She and her husband currently live in rural Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Godfrey is a professional artist, cartoonist, teacher, and writer. Her newspaper articles have garnered several awards, including first place best feature story from the National Newspaper Association in 1995 and 1998 1998.
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