{"product_id":"true-crime-in-pike-county-missouri-murder-mystery-macabre-by-the-mississippi-river-paperback","title":"True Crime in Pike County, Missouri: Murder, Mystery \u0026 Macabre by the Mississippi River - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Turek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePike County, Missouri looks like a place you can trust.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiver bluffs. Two-lane roads. Front porches and church bells. A county where neighbors wave and the Mississippi rolls past like it always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Pike County has a second history, one whispered after dark and remembered in headlines that never truly faded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue Crime in Pike County, Missouri takes you into the county's most chilling cases, from bloodshed born in the Civil War's bitter aftermath to modern murders that shattered families in broad daylight. These are not distant crimes in faraway cities. They happened here, in living rooms and bedrooms, at gas pumps and parking lots, in factories that burned twice, and on riverbanks where the water gave up what someone tried to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside these pages you will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Paroled Stranger living less than a quarter mile away, and a Mother's day that ended too soon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA young teacher slaughtered in a music room, and a case so sensational it divided towns for years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLynchings that left bodies as warnings, and a county forced to confront the darkness of its own past\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA brand-new theater bombed before sunrise, shaking a river town awake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnsolved murders that still sit like stones in local memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold cases where one fingerprint finally returned a woman's name to her family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter reads like a true crime novel, but it is told with a compassionate, historic lens that honors victims and the communities forever changed. This book does not glorify criminals. It exposes what crime really does: how it spreads through families, how it alters a town's sense of safety, and how some questions still hang in the air long after the sirens stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you love true crime that is gripping, unsettling, and rooted in real places, Pike County is waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247512281395,"sku":"9798295688027","price":25.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/sjwLeiV93l9798295688027.webp?v=1776304935","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/true-crime-in-pike-county-missouri-murder-mystery-macabre-by-the-mississippi-river-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}