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WANTED: FIRST-HAND STORIES ABOUT THE 1965 PALM SUNDAY TORNADOES

I am seeking stories from fellow Hoosiers who personally experienced the tornadoes that hit Central and Northern Indiana on Palm Sunday 1965. Stories are being collected for my next book, currently in production for History Press. For more information about the project or to share your stories, please visit my "contact" page by clicking the "Contact Janis" button. Once I receive your note, I'll get back to you in lightning speed. Many thanks!  ~ Janis
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A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crime stories that rocked Indiana from 1869 thru 1950
From Indiana University Press

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“True crime fans will be well satisfied.”
From a review by Publishers Weekly, August 14, 2020
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​“Well done!”

Tony Perona, co-author of the Bucket List mysteries

“A true crime junkie’s dream come true.”
Nicole Kobrowski, author and publisher, Unseen Press

“Full of the sort of grisly detail that satisfies the ghoul in each of us ...”
Will Higgins, journalist and conceptual artist

“Beautifully written, well researched, and not to be missed.”
Susan Furlong, bestselling mystery author

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     MY ROAD TRIP with the DEAD!
Join me as I travel the state — from Dearborn County on the Ohio River all the way to Steuben County in the far north and places in between —
visiting victims' and killers' final resting places.  – Janis
Stop 1: Jesse Worley Osborn
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Stops 2 & 3: Harry & Nellie Hiatt
Stop 4: Walker & Enoch McClintock

Stop 5: Belle Sheridan Shenkenberger​
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Stop 6: Lt. William Wirt Daugherty
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Stop 7: Mayor Henry C. Cole
Stop 8: Fairy McClain-Miller
STOP   9: Grover & Louisa Blake
STOP 10: Daniel Snider
​STOP 11: ​A.J. Baker
STOP 12: ​Richard Gladden
STOP 13: Garnet Ginn
STOP 14: Agrue Family & Dink Carter
STOP 15: Dee, Homer & Jesse McClure
STOP 16: ​Nora Coleman
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