Bestselling true-crime author M. William Phelps, star of the new
investigative television series "Dark Minds," takes readers to his
own backyard in these eight bloodcurdling murder cases. Think New
England is all bucolic landscapes and Robert Frost poems? Think
again. In Murder, New England, Phelps explores different motives,
themes, and community reactions to horrific crimes: ** Murder by
Blood: The Strange Death of Rebecca Cornwell (1673, Narragansset
Bay, RI). A 73-year-old widow burned to death in front of her
bedroom fireplace...** William Beadle: Husband, Father, Murderer
(1782, Wethersfield, CT). A man murders his wife and kids before
taking his own life... ** The Angry Man: Murder in Manchester
(1821, Manchester, NH). A poor widow killed in her home by a
"ruffian" looking for food and drink...** Better Off in Heaven:
John Kemmler Kills His Three Children (1879, Holyoke, MA). After
losing his mill job, a man kills his daughters because he fears
they will become prostitutes... ** Birth of the "Big Seven":
Gaspare Messina's Mafioso (1917, Boston). An ol' fashioned Mafia
murder tale...** Electronic Kill Machine: "Forensic Files" Murder
(2001, Somerville, MA). Teenage slackers, the show "Forensic
Files," and the murder of a grandmother blamed on TV, youth, drugs,
sex, money, and rock-n-roll...** Sings of Life (2006, Lanesborough,
MA). A woman employs the help of her cocaine-snorting daughter and
Goth son to help her get rid of their step-father.** Sesame Street
Murder: Death on Big Bird's Estate (2008, Woodstock, CT). A young
woman out for a jog murdered by the groundskeeper of an estate
owned by the puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
[Page Two of spread] A chilling scene unfolds on the Woodstock,
Connecticut, estate of the Sesame Street puppeteer who played Big
Bird and Oscar the Grouch: Near the end of the access road was a
picnic area with a large pagoda-like structure topped by an
A-framed roof. Two paddle boats were stored under the ceiling of
the open-air building. The pagoda had that sacred, spiritual look
one would expect of a place to relax and meditate. Here was a haven
separated from the main living space where one could retreat and
disconnect from the world. What upset the serenity of the scene was
the trail of blood. It lead from the roadway directly to the
pagoda-and yet stopped in the center of the ground under the
ceiling. The paddle boats, investigators noticed, had blood spatter
and smudge marks on them. But what did it mean that the trail of
blood just stopped? As they continued to search, troopers looked
above them and spied a set of pull-down stairs. There was a storage
area or attic within the pagoda's A-frame. The blood trail had
stopped directly beneath the pull-down stairs.
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