Hell’s Wasteland: The Pennsylvania Torso Murders

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Hell’s Wasteland Black Squirrel Books™ ™ an imprint of The Kent State University Press Kent, Ohio 44242 www.KentStateUniversityPress.com Hell’s Wasteland The Pennsylvania Torso Murders JameS JeSSen Badal BlacK SqUirrel BooKS™ ™ Frisky, industrious black squirrels are a familiar sight on the Kent State University campus and the inspiration for Black Squirrel Books™, a trade imprint of The Kent State University Press. www.KentStateUniversityPress.com© 2013 by The Kent State University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012043494 isbn 978-1-60635-153-6 Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Badal, James Jessen, 1943– Hell’s wasteland : the Pennsylvania torso murders / James Jessen Badal. p. cm. “Black squirrel books.” Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-60635-153-6 1. Serial murders—Pennsylvania—New Castle. 2. Homicide investigation— Pennsylvania—New Castle. 3. Serial murders—Ohio—Cleveland. 4. Homicide investigation—Ohio—Cleveland. I. Title. HV6534.N38B33 2013 364.152'320974893—dc23 2012043494 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 Frontis: A lonely stretch of deserted railroad track south of New Castle, Pennsylvania. The empty desolation of spots like this made them ideal dumping grounds for butchered murder victims. Photograph by Mark Wade Stone; courtesy of StoryWorks.TV. For Paul, with deepest gratitude “A puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma.” —Winston Churchill on the Soviet Union ...