by Terry L. Baldridge (Author)

Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris was the undisputed headline king of 1927 and 1928. Photographs and stories of the aviator and his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, were front-page news in newspapers around the world. However, the murder of a three-year-old girl in Argillite Kentucky would relegate stories of Lindbergh to the back pages of many Ohio Valley newspapers in early 1928.

The murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts captured the attention of thousands of people around the United States. It particularly resonated with people in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In fact, more than 19,000 people would view her body on the bandstand in Greenup, Kentucky. Today, many continue to visit her little grave in Riverview Cemetery.

This book explores her murder case using official court records, photographs, interviews, and articles of the time. Did Mary Magdalene Pitts get justice? You decide.