Mortal Remains: A True Story of Ritual Murder

by Henry Scammell

Book Overview

An account of the organized underworld of ritualistic terror operating in a picturesque Massachusetts town discusses the work of police, forensic scientists, and anthropologists to piece together a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060992433
• ISBN13: 9780060992439
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great book!!

Since this book is unfortunately out of print, I was excited to find a cheap used copy in good condition and having lived in Fall River all my life, it was interesting to read about the "cult murders" that happened about a year or so prior to my birth. The book goes into detail of the interviews,the trials, and the way the victims met their brutal demise. It also includes some great pictures although I was disappointed that they did not include any pictures of one of the victims (barbara raposa). However, it is a very read interesting read and you wont be disappointed.

SPINE CHILLING

i HAVE READ THE BOOK.AND IT IS VERY WELL DETAILED ON HOW THE MURDERS BEGAN IN THAT MASSACHUSETTS TOWN.I LIVED THERE FOR ALL MY LIFE.AND THE TOWN WAS KNOWN FOR PROSTITUTES AND IT STLL IS THAT WAY TODAY.I THINK THAT IT IS ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS SO GRUESOME AND HORRIFYING TO JUST IMAGINE.

horrifyingly gripping

I remember the stories about these murders and of unexplained disappearances, in Fall River's Herald News, in 1979 and the early 80's. The novel displays photos and is complete with text containing amazing and horrific details of the crimes committed. There is still a case, which may be connected to Carl Drew, regarding the murdered bodies of a number of New Bedford prostitutes discovered along the highway between Fall River and New Bedford. But there hasn't been any evidence, to date, to support that theory by the police investigators in the case. You couldn't have grown up in Bristol County, MA without hearing the about the Borden Murders of 1892. And then this happened only 88 years later. This novel chillingly accounts the details of how each of these victims were help captive in life and their brutal demise.

Creapy

After living in the city of Fall River, Massachusettes, for a few years, I became very interested in the city's rich history of murder. Ghost stories that came true in the very place that you are standing. Those stories began with Lizy Borden. Then I found out about Carl Drew through this book. The darkness had once again returned to disrupt the lives of the denizens of a sea side New England town. The city has been bathed in blood and I can only imagine, what will happen next. After all, doesn't history repeat itself?

Creapy

After living in the city of Fall River, Massachusettes, for a few years, I became very interested in the city's rich history of murder. Ghost stories that came true in the very place that you are standing. Those stories began with Lizzy Borden. Then I found out about Carl Drew through this book. The darkness had once again returned to disrupt the lives of the denizens of a sea side New England town. The city has been bathed in blood and I can only imagine, what will happen next. After all, doesn't history repeat itself?