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Murder at Teal's Pond / David Bushman & Mark T. Givens ; foreword by Mark Frost.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781542026437
  • 1542026431
  • 9781542026420
  • 1542026423
Other title:
  • Murder at Teal's Pond : Hazel Drew and the mystery that inspired Twin Peaks
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Contents:
Introduction -- Murder at the pond -- The right man for the job? -- Hazel -- Aunt Minnie -- Mountain or molehill? -- Final days -- Cherchez L'homme -- Sex, lies, and real estate -- The Mamie Killion affair -- The circus comes to town -- Wheat from the chaff -- Inquest -- South Troy against the world -- Epilogue.
Summary: "In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks.' Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities--a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew? Seeking escape from her poor country roots, Hazel found work as a domestic servant in the notoriously corrupt metropolis of Troy, New York. Fate derailed her plans for reinvention. But the investigation that followed her brutal murder was fraught with red herrings, wild-goose chases, and unreliable witnesses. Did officials really follow the leads? Or did they bury them to protect the guilty? The likely answer is revealed in an absorbing true mystery that's ingeniously reconstructed and every bit as haunting as the cultural obsession it inspired"-- Provided by publisher
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 363.2595 B978 Available 33111010934939
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A brilliantly researched reinvestigation into the nearly forgotten century-old murder that inspired one of the most seductive mysteries in the history of television and film.

In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of Twin Peaks . Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities--a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew?

Seeking escape from her poor country roots, Hazel found work as a domestic servant in the notoriously corrupt metropolis of Troy, New York. Fate derailed her plans for reinvention. But the investigation that followed her brutal murder was fraught with red herrings, wild-goose chases, and unreliable witnesses. Did officials really follow the leads? Or did they bury them to protect the guilty?

The likely answer is revealed in an absorbing true mystery that's ingeniously reconstructed and every bit as haunting as the cultural obsession it inspired.

Introduction -- Murder at the pond -- The right man for the job? -- Hazel -- Aunt Minnie -- Mountain or molehill? -- Final days -- Cherchez L'homme -- Sex, lies, and real estate -- The Mamie Killion affair -- The circus comes to town -- Wheat from the chaff -- Inquest -- South Troy against the world -- Epilogue.

"In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks.' Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities--a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew? Seeking escape from her poor country roots, Hazel found work as a domestic servant in the notoriously corrupt metropolis of Troy, New York. Fate derailed her plans for reinvention. But the investigation that followed her brutal murder was fraught with red herrings, wild-goose chases, and unreliable witnesses. Did officials really follow the leads? Or did they bury them to protect the guilty? The likely answer is revealed in an absorbing true mystery that's ingeniously reconstructed and every bit as haunting as the cultural obsession it inspired"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.

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