Disposable Income: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Im-purr-fect Murder

Written by Tammy Mal

Narrated by Michael Kramer

In 1948, when elderly Anna Homeyer and her much younger husband, Charles, decided to sell their home in the Bronx and move to Pennsylvania, residents of the small town of Factoryville couldn't understand why. With no family or friends in the area, the isolated little village seemed an odd choice for strangers to relocate to. But Factoryville warmly welcomed their new neighbors, who seemed eager to fit in-at first. Soon, however, the Homeyers' pleasant disposition began to change. Anna, once highly visible and engaging, was rarely seen at all anymore, and Charles, who was always kind and neighborly, became distant and withdrawn. Local residents were baffled by their behavior.

But their curiosity soon turned to suspicion when Anna Homeyer suddenly disappeared, leaving the town with a number of unanswered questions: Why was Charles Homeyer, a married man, receiving numerous lonely hearts magazines and scores of letters from unattached women all over the country?
Why was he burning his wife's clothing and selling off her personal belongings?
Why did he leave Factoryville, only to return with his wife's most cherished possession?
Where was Anna?
And what was that foul, putrid odor billowing from the Homeyers' chimney?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781494573690

Reviews for Disposable Income

[mcdyson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a book about a "lonely hearts killer" as he was called in the press of the time.
I enjoyed this book and would recommend it if you like true crime and historical cases as this was set in late 40's and early 50's. ***Possible Spoiler*** Charles Homeyer would have done well to read E. A. Poe instead of those True Detective magazines he devoured. He obviously used these to get ideas on how to murder/get rid of body. Pictures are included in book-one is pretty guesome.