Overview

 As the Great Depression hit, Penn State College was cash-strapped and dilapidated. Cuts to athletic scholarships left the football program a shambles and the school a last resort for many students. In 1937, underfunded state police, fighting a losing battle against striking miners and steel workers in Johnstown, called in the National Guard. There were not enough police to cover the state, and it showed. Then someone started killing young women in the area. Between November 1938 and May 1940, Rachel Taylor, Margaret Martin and Faye Gates were abducted and sexually assaulted, their bodies dumped within 50 miles of the college. As the school grew into Pennsylvania State University and the Nittany Lions became a world-class team, two demoralized police agencies were merged, forming the precursor of the Pennsylvania State Police. Gates's murderer was captured and convicted. The killer(s) of Taylor and Martin, however, have gone unidentified to this day.

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Author:   Derek J. Sherwood
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781476677996

ISBN 10:   1476677999
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction  1. Pinchot Progressivism and a Little New Deal  2. What a Wonderful World…  3. “Prexy” Hetzel, the NCAA and the Purist Policy  4. Mamie  5. A Match Made in the Coal Fields  6. “The Last Losers”  7. Meet Me at Kingston Corners  8. The Hig Turns the Tide  9. Red-Eye Greyhound from Jersey 10. The Public Information Office Stumbles, the Motor Police Scramble 11. A Likely Suspect 12. Rumblings from Old Main 13. The ­Bogey-Bo 14. Hetzel Meets Adams 15. The Secret of Spook Hollow Road 16. Seniors Depart and a New Lion Is Born 17. Another Sex Attacker? 18. …And a Long Shot 19. Another Sex Maniac Unmasked 20. The Best Is Yet to Come 21. “Not Dave Alston!” 22. The War Years 23. We Are Penn State 24. The (Almost) Perfect Season 25. The Road to Nowhere Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Sherwood delves into the deadly past of Penn State in a true crime book exploring the murder of three young women in the Central Pennsylvania area during a tumultuous time for the economy and a football program on the verge of collapse. --The Daily Collegian, (Penn State University)

Author Information

Derek J. Sherwood, author of two previous books on the alleged crimes of Dr. Richard Charles Haefner, lives in Windsor, Pennsylvania.

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