Sample Chapter from "Last Days of Cleveland" by John Stark Bellamy II

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They Died Crawling

The Maniac in the Bushes

The Corpse in the Cellar The Killer in the Attic

Death Ride at Euclid Beach

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Women Behaving Badly

Cleveland’s Greatest Disasters



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