Filled with surprising twists and courtroom drama, these are historic
true crime stories of greed, murder and vengence.
Welcome to a rogues' gallery of murderers and pirates, a pair of brazen
bank robbers and a fraud artist who fooled Halifax's elite. A supporting
cast includes a wise-cracking Cape Breton judge, legendary
journalist-turned-politician Joseph Howe, circus showman P.T. Barnum,
and future prime minister John Thompson. Daring, Devious and Deadly is a
collection of fifteen true tales of crime and justice that spans more
than 150 years of Nova Scotia's history, from a triple murder in 1791 at
a farm near Lunenburg to 1947, when Angus Walters, skipper of the racing
schooner Bluenose, was attacked in the pages of an American magazine.
The stories are drawn from communities across the province, from Sydney
and Amherst to Halifax, from the rugged coast of the Eastern Shore to
the historic town of Annapolis Royal. Filled with surprising twists and
courtroom drama, these stories of greed, murder and vengeance offer a
window on the past. But justice can be far from blind. Religious hatred,
partisan rivalry, social status, ethnicity, or political corruption
sometimes invaded the courtroom, threatening to upset the delicate
balance between guilt and innocence. Was justice done in each of these
cases? You be the judge.
