{"product_id":"wicked-western-kentucky-9781540250889","title":"Wicked Western Kentucky","description":"Western Kentucky has always had a dark side, despite being the Birthplace of Bluegrass Music. Mary James Trotter, an arrested moonshine-selling grandma, remarked to a judge that she simply had to sell a little liquor now and then to take care of my four grandchildren. Rod Ferrell led a bloodsucking vampire cult in Murray, Kentucky, and traumatized parents of the 1990s. In the early morning of July 13, 1928, at the Castle on the Cumberland, seven men were put to death in Kentucky's deadliest night of state-sponsored executions. Join award-winning author Richard Parker as he takes you on a journey through fifteen of Western Kentucky's most nefarious people, places and events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParker, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Parker is the vice-president of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society and has authored several articles and book reviews that have been published in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, the Jackson Purchase Historical Society won a Kentucky History Award for volunteer organization of the year. Parker's most recent contribution to the society's \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2019 Dr. Lonnie E. Maness Award for the most outstanding article. The 2019 \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded a Kentucky History Award in November 2020. Parker is a speaker for the Kentucky Humanities Council. He and his wife, Emily, co-own Atomic City Tours, a company focused on providing historical walking tours in downtown Paducah. He lives in Paducah, Kentucky, with his wife and their two children, Ellis and Sullivan.","brand":"History PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51997996515602,"sku":"9781540250889","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_465e57aa-b1da-4785-9931-4f6f530f6571.jpg?v=1770137475","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wicked-western-kentucky-9781540250889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}