Lobster Boy: The Bizarre Life and Brutal Death of Grady Stiles, Jr.

By Fred Rosen

Lobster Boy recounts the disturbing story behind the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles, Jr., the legendary carnival “freak.” His wife, Mary Teresa, and family revealed years of physical and emotional abuse that made her arrange for her husband’s murder. Fred Rosen mixes in short vignettes about Stiles’s equally unfortunate acquaintances, including The World’s Only Living Half Girl, Midget Man, the Electrified Girl and the Human Blockhead. During Mary Teresa Stiles’s dramatic murder trial, Rosen becomes a character in his own book, risking his life in pursuit of the truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: May 19, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504011877

Fred Rosen

<p>Fred Rosen's book <em>The Historical Atlas of American Crime</em>, published by Facts On File, won the 2005 <em>Library Journal</em> Best Reference Source Award. Mr. Rosen is the author of many true crime books, including <em>Lobster Boy</em>, <em>Did They Really Do It?</em>, <em>There But For the Grace of God</em>, and <em>When Satan Wore A Cross</em>.</p>