Even in paradise evil sometimes creeps in. Thoughts of Alabama invite images of Confederate jasmine and fertile cotton fields sweet iced tea and Southern hospitality but there’s a darker side to the state’s history. Some of the stories captured within the pages of this book are well known to the good folks of North Alabama; others are less familiar. The scandals of Lincoln s brother-in-law the reign of terror created by Huntsville s Southwest Molester the Decatur man who buried his wife s dismembered body under the fish pond and the beautiful Black Widow of Hazel Green--all of these stories are well researched and masterfully written by Huntsville author Jacquelyn Procter Reeves. True-crime fans will appreciate this treasury of stories spanning nearly two hundred years of North Alabama history.