A reclusive billionaire has invited Steve and Jayne to join the star-studded party aboard his luxury liner making its maiden voyage. Then a dead body turns up in a life boat. That's only the beginning. As more corpses show up in the most inappropriate places, Steve and Jayne get ready to solve the most baffling mystery of their careers.

“All True Stories—from Police and Court Records Inside: Killer wanted to marry the corpse! – Pot smoker was a knife freak—Killed his own mother with a pickaxe—Preyed on young black women—Rosemary’s rosaries—Mad murderess slept in victim’s blood—And much more!” A ringing endorsement from one of America’s Top True Crime Editors: Krist Boardman is “one of the very best detective writers. He does a lot of detective-like work himself for an article… He’s got the formula down and he really knows the knack of adding a measure of suspense to the story.” Art Crockett, late editor-in-chief of The Official Detective Group of magazines, Harford County Sun.

The authors have combed the Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Washington, DC, to write about and visit the graves of some of the most horrendous murders, massacres, and calamities in our nation's history. Included in the volume: Enoch Brown School MassacreMollie MaguiresLattimer MassacreHerman MudgettJohnstown FloodPhiladelphia SinnersHarry ThawBabes in the WoodsFlight 93Kelayres MassacreMary MeyerTitanicMalcolm XMary MallonNY MobTriangle Factory FireAlexander Hamilton & BurrJoe PetrosinoAnthony WayneJack JablonskiMenendez MurdersLincoln AssassinsRhoads Opera House FireGeneral Slocum Disaster

In November 1976, the state of New Jersey embarked upon a bold experiment when the voters approved a referendum to authorize casino gambling in Atlantic City. Expectations were high: the gaming industry could rejuvenate a dying city core, employment would swell, the tax base would broaden and welfare rolls diminish, tourism might spread through the state, and the cruel spectacle of a poverty-stricken community would be eliminated. The Atlantic City Gamble reports the results of this experiment and evaluates casinos as a tool for economic revitalization, a painless source of revenue. The casinos are enormously profitable--but for whom? The city has paid a huge toll in human and economic hardship. There are 30,000 new jobs, but little spillover into non-casino employment. Crime rates have skyrocketed. Housing has been priced beyond the reach of minority groups and the elderly. In 1982, the casinos paid more than $117 million in state taxes, but much of the projected bonanza to Atlantic City has been swallowed by the industry's need for expanded municipal services, such as police protection. Fears of the old connection between gambling and organized crime may be exaggerated, but few can deny that the gaming industry--with its immense daily cash flow--harbors a vast potential for corruption. The state promoted visions of a glorious rebirth, but it failed to provide a governing mechanism that could produce the promised rewards. Would better planning and research enable any government to cope with such instant large-scale business and the political clout it carries? Economic strangulation has motivated at least eight other states to think about letting in casinos. The decisions they make will have far-reaching social and economic consequences, and must be based on a set of facts as accurate and comprehensive as possible. In searching out the lessons of Atlantic City, the authors have provided a sobering glimpse into the intricacies of legalized gambling.

This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable and/or consequence of human depravity. Many of the showcased and photographed appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance with notoriety and infamy. These locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic sector of the United States include: ANNAPOLIS, MD: McDowell Hall, Reynolds, Middleton, Dock Street Taverns, Whitehall Creek Farm, Shiplap, Governor Calvert, Brice-Jennings, James Brice, Brooksby-Shaw Houses, Maryland Inn, Cornhill Street, Maryland State House, Camp Parole, Robert and Kathryn Swartz Murders, Capital Gazette Newsroom Massacre, Sacred Heart Burial Grounds ARLINGTON/ALEXANDER, VA: Vincent Foster Suicide, Serial Killers Timothy Spencer and Charles Severance Killing Sites, Arlington’s Forgotten Cemeteries, Yates Garden House, Gadsby’s Female Stranger, Devil Bat, Bruin Slave Jail, Wilkes Street Tunnel, Marshall and Schafer Houses, Alexandria Bank Building, Clem’s Stalking, Elton Hummer, Donita Cutts, George Lincoln Rockwell, Carol Ann Dodd, Constance Mellon, William Hall, Elizabeth Elliott and Karl von Lewinski Murders BALTIMORE, MD: Edgar Allan Poe’s Mysterious Death, Captain’s House Brothel, Clifton Mansion, Patterson Park, Peale Museum, Underground Railroad, Max’s Taphouse, John Wilkes Booth Grave, Body Snatching, Admiral Fell Inn, Belvedere and Lord Baltimore Hotels, Gayety Theatre, Emma Kefalos Murder, Charles Hopkins Rampage, Leakin Park Burials, Joseph Palczynski Abduction CHARLESTON, WV: General Lewis Inn, MacFarland-Hubbard House, Lewisburg Confederate and Hatfield Family Cemeteries, Greenbrier County Courthouse, Whipple Company Store, Juliet Staunton Clark, Cynthia Miller, Tammy Jean Daniel, Gary Carrier Jr., Jeanie Patton and Okey Meadow’s Murder Sites, King’s Inn and Roaring Twenties Nightclubs, Dollar Store Murder Site CHARLOTTE, NC: Copeland House, Albright Residence Hall, Confederate Cemetery, Stonewall Jackson Youth Center, Fire Station #4, Reesa Trexler, Taco Bell Murders, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Former Buckhead Saloon, Heritage USA Hotel DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL, NC: Gimghoul Castle, Duke University Chapel Tower, Kathleen Peterson Murder, Killers Craig Hicks and Tailei Qi FAIRFAX/FREDERICKSBURG, VA: Pagans Motorcycle Club, Christmas Tree Lady, Chatham Manor, Beltway Sniper’s Virginia Sites, Grace Mann’s Murder GREENSBORO/WINSTON SALEM, NC: Korner’s Folly, Lydia’s Bridge, Lawson Family Museum, Biltmore Hotel, Reynolda House, Carolina Theatre, Bitter Blood Feud, Carolina Mill Fire HUNTINGTON, WV: Ritter Park, Alex Cox House, Huntington High School, Charles Manson Formative House, Samantha Burns Abduction, Prom Night Murder Site PITTSBURGH, PA: Chatham University Woodland Hall, Frick Mansion, Donnelly Building, Eleonora Duse, Mob Contract Killings, Jazz Age Performance Venues, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Store, Empire Yeast Company Site, Commuter Bandit Store, Langley Hall, McKees Rocks Sanitation Department, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley and Richard Baumhammer, Pitt’s Brackenridge Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church School, Clinton Apartments, Ricardo Tobia Murder, Tree of Life Synagogue RALEIGH, NC: Mordecai House, Page-Walker Hotel, Dr. Elbert Smith Murder, Etta Rebecca White’s Angel Monument, Fabius Page’s Graveyard RICHMOND, VA: Richmond Theatre, Confederate White House, Hollywood Cemetery, Virginia Governor’s Mansion, The Block WASHINGTON DC: Old Stone House, Halcyon House, Mary Ann Hall’s Brothel, Ford’s Theatre, Mary Surratt Boarding House, Hay-Adams Hotel, Adams Morgan Plaza, Blair House, Reagan Assassination Attempt, Drug Cartel Headquarters, DC Beltway Sniper Target Sites, Robert Wone, Joyce Chiang and Viola Herms Murders