Ohio's capital city once teemed with crime bosses, rampant corruption
and unpunished perversion. The Bad Lands of Columbus was a nationally
recognized slum controlled by Smoky Hobbs. Columbus native Dr. Samuel B.
Hartman, the world's most successful snake oil salesman, was almost
single-handedly responsible for the passage of the Pure Food and Drug
Act. Local gambler Pat Murnan had an unlikely love affair with Grace
Backenstoe, the madam of the most popular brothel in town. The two were
a symbol of the area's salaciousness. Authors David Meyers and Elise
Meyers Walker explore the heyday of Columbus's most notorious fiends,
corrupt politicians and con men.