• Cherry City Confidential

  • 12 Murder Cases That Rocked Oregon's Capital City
  • By: J. E. McComb
  • Narrated by: Terry Ross
  • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Cherry City Confidential

By: J. E. McComb
Narrated by: Terry Ross
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Salem, Oregon: A nice place to raise your family.

At least that’s what people say.

A dozen murderers. Seventy-four victims. Some of Oregon’s most brutal crimes have occurred in the Cherry City - but then, every town has its dark side, doesn’t it?

This book explores some of the area’s most sensational crimes, including serial killers, desperados, a filicide, a battered wife, a mass poisoning, and much more from 1902 through the 1980s.

Among the tales: Jerome Brudos, who abducted and strangled. Richard Marquette, who dismembered. William Scott Smith, who strangled young women. Lawrence Moore, who unloaded a gun in a crowded bar. Randall Woodfield, who murdered up and down I-5. Otto Hooker, who killed a prison superintendent. Richard Wampler, who murdered the head of the Oregon State Police. And finally, the continuing mystery of who killed the head of the Department of Corrections, Michael Francke.

©2020 J. E. McComb (P)2021 J. E. McComb

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Captivating!

Born & raised in “the Cherry City” I found the stories in this book captivating and some too close to comfort & home, such as “The Vanishings”where I personally know one of William Scott Smith’s victims and had traveled Cordon & State only 45 before he killed the Willamette University studentfrom being one of his victims myself near State & Cordon Road. I recognized several names in this book.
I found this book very well researched & written and one I have already have and will continue to recommend, especially to family & friends from or still living in Oregon.

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A true crime book I was glued to until the end

J.E. McComb delivers captivating tales of the some of the most sadistic and dangerous serial killers to plague the west coast. Jerry Brudos used young ladies for his twisted sexual fantasies, and committed acts of necrophilia. Speaking of perversion, I-5 killer, Randall Woodward, sexually assaulted women, including two children. The deranged Richard Marquette preferred to drain the blood of his victims, and to mutilate and dismembered their bodies. McComb also shares an accurate depiction of outlaw Harry Tracy and his sidekick, David Merrill. I appreciate the author separating facts from fiction. I also enjoyed the wondrous narration by Terry Ross.

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