by Michael Delaware (Author)
Murder and mystery haunt the shadowy corners of the Victorian Era in Southwest Michigan.
Decades after his supposed death in 1846, a litigious bachelor was discovered to have been buried alive. In 1865, a Battle Creek woman, yearning for her lover, used Spiritualism to conceal poisoning her three children. An 1883 unsolved quadruple homicide near Jackson caused two suicides, one attempted suicide and two assassination attempts. In 1891, a ten-year-old girl adopted from the State School in Coldwater one morning was found dead in an icy river two counties away that same afternoon.
Researcher and author Michael Delaware unfurls these and other stories that shocked Michigan and the nation over a century ago.
Author Biography
Michael Delaware is an Arizona native who left home at age eighteen. He lived for fifteen years in Georgia, where he managed and owned a small business. Moving to Michigan in 1999, he resides today in Battle Creek. Following a passion for storytelling, he began producing videos for YouTube on local history in 2010. Today he is the host of a regional podcast, Tales of Southwest Michigan's Past. His books include Crime & Corruption on the Michigan Railroad, Victorian Southwest Michigan True Crime and Murder in Victorian Western Michigan, which won the History category at the 2026 Great Midwest Book Festival. He is a sought-after public speaker and can be contacted through MichaelDelaware.com.
Number of Pages: 192
Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: March 11, 2024
