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MURDER USA: True Crime, Real Killers (MURDER CHESAPEAKE: TRUE CRIME, REAL KILLERS Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Ken Rossignol (Author), Elizabeth Mackey (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

3.6 360 ratings

Book 2 of 3: MURDER CHESAPEAKE: TRUE CRIME, REAL KILLERS

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WARNING! DEPRAVED HEARTS, BEASTLY EVIL These are their stories. These stories of murders and of a few cases of attempted murder over sixty years include vivid descriptions of ghastly crimes with explicit photos not intended for the faint of heart or children. Parental Guidance is mandatory. Many of these murders went unsolved for long periods, some still have not been solved, and justice obtained for the victims. One case of a killer allowed out of a mental health facility after he killed two people on the East Coast allowed him to rape and murder 3,000 miles away on the West Coast. Another serial killer wiped out an entire family in one night of terror and is believed to have killed dozens more. A task force that included seventy-five FBI agents and a dozen county and state police from two states found the killer who set the gold standard for serial killers. The story of a rare case of an Amish Murder-Suicide is included along with that of a Navy Ensign who killed his estranged wife’s lover with a crossbow and then carved him into pieces with a saw.

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Infamous murders.


The Jackson Family Murders A broken gun grip was a key piece of evidence recovered by the FBI that fingered the killer.	A Seldom Seen Scene in Amish Country Neighbors walk down a gravel lane to where police are investigating a murder-suicide in Thompsons Corner, Md., where a hired hand killed a young farm wife and beat her children. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo	Scandals Nite Club The Scandals Nite Club was one of two bawdyhouses raided by police. The bouncer at the club was later convicted of attempting to commit murder for hire and he was a Prince Georges County Md. police officer who conspired with the cousin of the target.

The murder of retired Maryland fire marshal Charles Donaldson

THE DONALDSON MURDER

When police investigated the stabbing murder of Maryland retired Fire Marshal Charles Donaldson, they discovered a long list of suspects.

THE MURDER OF NANCY MANNI

John O'Meara confessed from a jail in Florida over the phone to the homicide of a Seafarer's International Union member who he met at the Tiki Bar in Solomon's and invited her out for a boat ride.

THE MURDER OF CLAUDIA PICKERAL

Police academy cadets search the murder scene of Claudia Pickeral at Longview Beach, Md. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY photo

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This comment was provided by the sister of Martin Abell who was convicted of murder in the Pawn Shop Murder:
"What made me sad was all the murderers that are free and my brother will die in prison for the protection of his son. I loved the book. I don't like one of the reviews. I want to put a good review on it. I remember most all of them and heard of the rest. I like the way you wrote - plain and simple. Easy to read. You didn't write it like a rocket scientist with all of the big words etc. Good thing you didn't because we from St. Mary's County wouldn't understand it. I liked that it was plain and to the point." --- Glenda Ann Abell C Wm (Andy) Anderson#1 REVIEWER, #1 HALL OF FAME5.0 out of 5 stars Change the World by Writing ReviewsMay 30, 2019This is one of those rare opportunities I get, in my desire to make for a better world. A more just world. A world where every human being is accorded due respect and brotherly love. How, by reviewing a nonfiction book rehashing crimes in one of the more violent regions of the country.

I should note, a primary reason this book appealed to me is that the first case discussed is similar to a friend I had in high school - Roger Guindon. At just 16, while on Christmas break, Roger was found to have been murdered by a shot to the back of his head. It was theorized that it happened while he was driving his Volkswagen to work at the local McDonalds take-out restaurant. A suspect, who had reportedly boasted to other inmate(s) of a murder, for some inexplicable reason, the jury found the alleged perpetrator 'not guilty.'

As to the writing and editorial stance displayed in 'Murder USA," I believe it is necessary to warn readers of author Ken Rossignol's penchant for speaking his mind while writing of people whom he holds in lower esteem than most other writers would. Most folks familiar with Rossignol would expect nothing less from him. They want the unvarnished truth, absent of political correctness, which is precisely what he delivers in this collection.

BLUSH FACTOR: Rossignol quotes with accuracy and does not beat around the bush. Put another way, there are a few eff-words used by people associated with the criminal element displayed for us. I give him high marks for not glossing over such language, but, I suspect, a few potential readers will pass on this tome so they can avoid the rough language and graphic descriptions used. To my mind, though, doing so does provide some honor, in a way, to the lives lost. Then again, though, were I to have been a victim, if I could somehow read such a book of my demise, I might object.

WRITING & EDITING: Although it is unsettling to read such a nonfiction book of crime, I did find it difficult to not keep turning the pages after my lunch hour ended. Rough edges or not, I was captivated by the writing.

BOTTOM LINE

One of those books that I want to rate four stars, but, due to the intensity with which my senses were assaulted, and due to my being forced to revisit my memories of Roger Guindon and the last words he spoke to me just as we prepared to go on Christmas vacation, I find myself forced to raise the star rating a notch.

Five stars out of five.

PS Those last words to me from Roger were in reference to a story I was telling friends at Lynwood High about a customer at George's BBQ, where I worked part-time. Roger told me he had initially thought was that I had been telling a tall tale. On that Friday, however, he said, "If you had been lying, though, you wouldn't have kept telling the same story. So now, Bill, I believe you."

I had no idea then that his father was the head of the LAPD narcotics division and, according to the LA Times January 24, 1970 news story regarding the trial.

The above postscript is provided in my hopes to somehow help resolve the cold case of Dec. 30, 1968. In that sense, I share Ken Rossignol's ideal to change the world. That is why I love "Murder USA."

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07S8F7WF6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Privateer Clause Publishing / THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY LLC (May 23, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 23, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 49553 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 396 pages

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- #463 in Biographical Historical Fiction
- #793 in Murder & Mayhem True Accounts

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MURDER DU JOUR: VICTIM'S VOICE

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This saga is the voice of the victims. The story of the social justice warriors, innocence project champions, and the misunderstood criminals who were products of their environment is well told and documented. There are few chances, perhaps none, for the victims of murders to speak. Victim statements read by families at the sentencing of killers are ignored by the media and often by judges. These true crime stories are told from the victims' point of view, fictionalized, yes, but real.

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• Browse Rossignol’s true crime, travel, and history in the news as well as the two Chesapeake series.

• THE CHESAPEAKE: Six books in the series --Tales & Scales; Legends, Yarns, & Barnacles; Oyster Buyboats, Ships & Steamed Crabs; A Man Born to Hang Can't Drown; Country Cornpone Cornucopia; and Tidewater Sagas provides the shared memories of those who lived life to the fullest in the Chesapeake region. -

• CHESAPEAKE 1850: Steamboats & Oyster Wars – the News Reader begins the fictional story of the Ethan Douglas family when at the age of ten, Ethan arrived to live with his grandfather, the captain of a Chesapeake Bay steamship. Over the next thirty years, the family faces a life of oyster pirates, hurricanes, the civil war and the dawning of the age of industrialization.

• CHESAPEAKE 1880 takes up the next three decades of life in the Chesapeake region.

• CHESAPEAKE 1910 relates the world-shaking events of the war as well as the effect of Prohibition.

• PIRATE TRIALS series – Accounts from the 18th and 19th century of true crimes of ruthless and bloodthirsty pirates included the excruciatingly detailed trials and their glorious executions which included these killers being hanged by the neck until dead; hung upon a gibbet at low tide, and that old favorite of ‘drawn and quartered’.

• TITANIC 1912 is the lead in to the saga of the world’s most famous sea disaster, two other books are in the series.

As a maritime history speaker, Rossignol enjoys meeting audiences around the world and discussing the original news stories of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and other maritime history topics.

Traveling the high seas around the world is the way that the author keeps in touch with the adventures of the Sea Empress and keeps the voyages interesting and the stories coming.

In recent years Rossignol has appeared on dozens of ships in the Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Caribbean discussing the stories of the history of the Panama Canal, the heroes of the Titanic, the explorations of the new world voyagers, the Bermuda Triangle and the history of piracy, among other maritime history topics.

Rossignol appears at the Titanic Museum Attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Branson, Missouri for book signings and to talk with visitors about the RMS Titanic.

With a recent visit to the International Book Fair 2016 in Panama as one of the United States Delegation authors and entertainers Rossignol enjoyed telling the stories of the History of the Panama Canal, Piracy and of the heroes of the Titanic.

He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC 20/20; ABC World News Tonight and in a 2012 production of Discovery Channel Investigation Motives & Murders Series, A Body in the Bay.

Rossignol’s landmark First Amendment case, represented by Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz re: United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Rossignol v Voorhaar, 2003, spelled out that public officials cannot retaliate against a publisher for criticism of their official acts.

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This is one of those rare opportunities I get, in my desire to make for a better world. A more just world. A world where every human being is accorded due respect and brotherly love. How, by reviewing a nonfiction book rehashing crimes in one of the more violent regions of the country.

I should note, a primary reason this book appealed to me is that the first case discussed is similar to a friend I had in high school - Roger Guindon. At just 16, while on Christmas break, Roger was found to have been murdered by a shot to the back of his head. It was theorized that it happened while he was driving his Volkswagen to work at the local McDonalds take-out restaurant. A suspect, who had reportedly boasted to other inmate(s) of a murder, for some inexplicable reason, the jury found the alleged perpetrator 'not guilty.'

As to the writing and editorial stance displayed in 'Murder USA," I believe it is necessary to warn readers of author Ken Rossignol's penchant for speaking his mind while writing of people whom he holds in lower esteem than most other writers would. Most folks familiar with Rossignol would expect nothing less from him. They want the unvarnished truth, absent of political correctness, which is precisely what he delivers in this collection.

BLUSH FACTOR: Rossignol quotes with accuracy and does not beat around the bush. Put another way, there are a few eff-words used by people associated with the criminal element displayed for us. I give him high marks for not glossing over such language, but, I suspect, a few potential readers will pass on this tome so they can avoid the rough language and graphic descriptions used. To my mind, though, doing so does provide some honor, in a way, to the lives lost. Then again, though, were I to have been a victim, if I could somehow read such a book of my demise, I might object.

WRITING & EDITING: Although it is unsettling to read such a nonfiction book of crime, I did find it difficult to not keep turning the pages after my lunch hour ended. Rough edges or not, I was captivated by the writing.

BOTTOM LINE

One of those books that I want to rate four stars, but, due to the intensity with which my senses were assaulted, and due to my being forced to revisit my memories of Roger Guindon and the last words he spoke to me just as we prepared to go on Christmas vacation, I find myself forced to raise the star rating a notch.

Five stars out of five.

PS Those last words to me from Roger were in reference to a story I was telling friends at Lynwood High about a customer at George's BBQ, where I worked part-time. Roger told me he had initially thought was that I had been telling a tall tale. On that Friday, however, he said, "If you had been lying, though, you wouldn't have kept telling the same story. So now, Bill, I believe you."

I had no idea then that his father was the head of the LAPD narcotics division and, according to the LA Times January 24, 1970 news story regarding the trial.

The above postscript is provided in my hopes to somehow help resolve the cold case of Dec. 30, 1968. In that sense, I share Ken Rossignol's ideal to change the world. That is why I love "Murder USA."

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not for the faint of heart

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020

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I bought this book, not knowing it was about Southern Maryland, where I once lived. Reading through, I can picture all these places, and a lot of the police, DA's, Judges and stories, are very familiar. Especially, the mention of PAX River Naval Air Station. This book has many grammatical errors, and at times the story line doesn't flow well, but you get the point. It's stories (cold cases) of yesteryear, that anyone familiar or not with Southern MD, and a true crime fan, will find interesting. The bungling of the local police, in most cases, is astounding. The local Leonardtown State's Attorney, has quite a background history. He served time in jail himself. I'm so surprised he holds this position, or was ever elected in the first place. This book is written about small town crimes, some so horrific, that I can't believe I ever lived there. It's a good ol' boy town, with a lot of corruption and cronyism. Typical of small towns.

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Carye Hopkins

Not a bad read at all

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2021

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Not a bad read at all. Very informative with some interesting stories to say the least. It may not really be like reading a story, more like just information, but still pretty good. Stuff like that peaks my interest.

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Fredrick Bradley

Interesting read. Though trying to compel a 12 year old girl to face a Grand Jury irritated me.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019

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I thought this book was well written and a flow that made it easily understood and interesting to read. Mr. Rossignol presented the facts and sometimes just a touch of opinion that I felt was honest and refreshing to see.
I know the book was about murders but after reading this book the first thought running through my mind is how can a public official justify a subpoena before a Grand Jury for a twelve year old girl? "None of my business" is an attitude too common in today's society but if you knew it would lead to the death of one lady and wounding and loss of an eye to another and you could have made one call and stopped it but did not. How would you be any less guilty than the driver or the one who entered with the shooter? The lack of common sense, greed, and selfishness displayed by the criminals and in several cases by law enforcement and elected officials is appalling to say the least.

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Vanessa Boren

I hate not finishing books but...

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2019

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This book gave me a headache to read. The grammar and punctuation were terrible, the sentence structure was horrid. The timelines were disjointed and haphazard. The storytelling was all over the place. Reading the stories in this book was like trying to read the captions on one of those videos you see on Facebook that were obviously written by a non-native English speaker. I was really excited to read this book because I'm very much into true crime stories. But I think my 12 year old could have done better.

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TJ

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2019

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This was more of a bashing of the investigative procedures of police agencies than a true crime collection. The stories are disjointed, and contain many grammatical errors which make them difficult to read. I couldn't finish the book, and am glad I got it for free and didn't waste money buying it.

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Paul Burling

Disappointing read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2020

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Very disappointed with this book, really thought it would be a lot better than it was. Very surprised at how poor the writing was considering the author is a journalist, some parts didn’t flow and then seemed to be a lot of unnecessary information. Would not recommend as a book to read.

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Infamous murders.

The Jackson Family Murders

A Seldom Seen Scene in Amish Country

Scandals Nite Club

THE DONALDSON MURDER

THE MURDER OF NANCY MANNI

THE MURDER OF CLAUDIA PICKERAL

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