Lafayette and the surrounding communities hide a dark and violent
history.
Come with author W.C. Madden as he guides readers through the most lurid
crimes, calamities and occurrences in the area's past. Read the last
words of the men hanged in Lafayette's famous triple hanging and how a
love triangle resulted in murder in Monticello. Find out why a
bootlegger's body was found riddled with bullets in a strawberry patch
and how Winnie Ruth Judd shot two people and stuffed their bodies into
steamer trunks before carrying them onto a train. After reading these
chilling accounts, you'll tread with more caution on your next trip
through Tippecanoe and the surrounding counties.