| Description |
1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Legs Murder Scandal -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Chronology |
| Summary |
In Laurel, Mississippi, in 1935, one daughter of a wealthy and troubled family stood accused of murdering her mother. On her testimony, authorities suspected an equally prominent and well-to-do businessman, her reputed lover, of assisting. Ouida Keeton apparently shot her mother, chopped her up, and disposed of most of her body parts down the toilet and in the fireplace, burning all but the pelvic region, the thighs, and the legs. Attempting to dispose of these remains on a narrow, one-lane, isolated road, Ouida left a trail of evidence that ended in her arrest. People had seen her driving to the road. Within hours, a hunter and his dogs found the cloth in which she had wrapped her mother's legs. Touted as the most sensational crime in Mississippi history at the time, the Legs Murder of 1935 is almost entirely forgotten today. The controversial outcome, decided by an unsophisticated jury, has been left muddled by ambiguity. With The Legs Murder Scandal, The Legs Murder Scandal attempts to provide the reader with clarity in this story, which is outlandish, harrowing, and intriguing, all at once |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Keeton, Ouida, 1899-1973.
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Carter, W. M. (William Madison), -1949.
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| SUBJECT |
Carter, W. M. (William Madison), -1949 fast |
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Keeton, Ouida, 1899-1973 fast |
| Subject |
Murder -- Mississippi -- Laurel -- Case studies
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Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi -- Case studies
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TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General.
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Murder
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Trials (Murder)
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Mississippi
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Mississippi -- Laurel
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010003211 |
| ISBN |
9781604737233 |
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1604737239 |
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