The Ore Knob Mine Murders

The Crimes, the Investigation and the Trials
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7864-7316-8
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies

How could the peace and quiet of Ashe County, North Carolina (in the mountains, at the Virginia-Tennessee corner), turn into a nightmare of crime and drugs, and the old copper mine itself become a dumping ground for the dead? <br><br>In 1982, two bodies had been chipped from an icy grave and brought up from the 250-foot mine shaft where they had been thrown while still alive. Now, there were rumours of 21 bodies still down there. If the mine was ever re-opened, what would they find - copper or bodies? Murder, drugs, prostitution and gangs come together in the history of the Ore Knob Mine. A small Appalachian community became the heart of a vicious drug ring ruled by the Outlaws motorcycle gang from Chicago. Ashe County made national headlines when a police informant came forward confessing that he had pushed a man alive into the Ore Knob Mine shaft. This book is the full story.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haynes, Rose M.

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Rose M. Haynes</strong> has written for the <em>Wilkes Journal-Patriot, Jefferson Times, Winston-Salem Journal</em> and <em>State Magazine</em>. She lives in Hays, North Carolina.