Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley
Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley
by Mike Lawler, Gary Keyes
English | EPUB | 5.3 MB
by Mike Lawler, Gary Keyes
English | EPUB | 5.3 MB
The pleasant neighborhoods of the CrescentaValley offer no hint of the many violent and heinous crimes that have occurredbetween the San Gabriel and Verdugo Mountains. But ties to such macabreepisodes as the Onion Field murder and the search for the Hillside Stranglerleft lasting scars here. Infamous criminals such as mafia boss Joe “Iron Man”Ardizzone, red-light bandit Caryl Chessman and accused yacht bomber BeulahOverell have left a black eye on La Cresecenta’s history—not to mention the“Rattlesnake Murder,” “Female Bluebeard” and “Santa Claus Killer.” Joinhistorians Gary Keyes and Mike Lawler as they expose the crimes and criminalsthat have inflicted murder and mayhem in Glendale, La Crescenta, Montrose andLa Cañada Flintridge.