John Bellamy Books

John Stark Bellamy II crafts compelling narratives centered on Cleveland's history of crime and disaster, drawing honestly from a lifelong immersion in sensational stories. His work delves into the city's dramatic past, informed by a family legacy of chronicling its most turbulent events. Bellamy offers readers vivid and often startling explorations of moments that have shaped the urban landscape.

Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland's Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology

Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland's Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology
242 pages
9 hours of reading
These 16 strange-but-true tales recount the most cunning, complex, and deadly crimes by women in Cleveland history: the Bad Cinderella who poisoned her stepsister, then donned her red dress; bored Velma West, who ended her marriage with a quick hammer blow; a merry widow who poisoned a dozen relatives because she enjoyed funerals; and more!

Women Behaving Badly: Cleveland's Most Ferocious Female Killers: An Anthology