Truth lies behind the grim and grisly legend of Patty Cannon.
Using surprise and treachery, Cannon even employed a free African
American accomplice to lure her unsuspecting prey. Captives who survived
confinement in Patty's cells were sold south. The position of the Cannon
home on the shadowy border between Delaware and Maryland allowed her to
dodge the law until a local farmer unearthed the remains of her victims
in 1829. Patty mysteriously died in jail awaiting trial. Author Michael
Morgan investigates the chilling history of one of the nation's first
serial killers.