Summary of David Bushman & Mark T. Givens's Murder at Teal's Pond

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 Hazel is on her way to visit the Smith family, whom she has been caring for for the past five months. She is fearless, and knows these woods well. She is not afraid of the dark, and is ready for whatever may come.

#2 On July 11, 1908, the heatwave that had been plaguing the entire state of New York reached Sand Lake, a small town in the middle of Rensselaer County. It was oppressively hot. People slept in parks or on rooftops to escape the heat, and two men tried to kill their wives with carving knives.

#3 Averill Park was the last stop on the Troy and New England Railway trolley line, which was the only means of public transportation into the village. It was a popular destination for summer visitors from Troy and Albany, who came to enjoy the town’s recreational attractions.

#4 On July 10, a teenager named Lawrence Gruber saw a body in Teal’s Pond near the Taborton woods. It was a harrowing sight, but mesmerizing: they couldn’t look away.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669383123

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Insights on David Bushman & Mark T. Givens's Murder at Teals Pond

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Hazel is on her way to visit the Smith family, whom she has been caring for for the past five months. She is fearless, and knows these woods well. She is not afraid of the dark, and is ready for whatever may come.

#2

On July 11, 1908, the heatwave that had been plaguing the entire state of New York reached Sand Lake, a small town in the middle of Rensselaer County. It was oppressively hot. People slept in parks or on rooftops to escape the heat, and two men tried to kill their wives with carving knives.

#3

Averill Park was the last stop on the Troy and New England Railway trolley line, which was the only means of public transportation into the village. It was a popular destination for summer visitors from Troy and Albany, who came to enjoy the town’s recreational attractions.

#4

On July 10, a teenager named Lawrence Gruber saw a body in Teal’s Pond near the Taborton woods. It was a harrowing sight, but mesmerizing: they couldn’t look away.

#5

The body of a woman was found in Teal’s Pond. It was a gruesome sight: the skin wrinkled and blackened, her face frozen in a rictus. Her eyes bulged from their sockets, drooping onto her cheeks.

#6

The Larkin Brothers Funeral Home, a two-story white building off the Old State Road in Averill Park, served as the town morgue. The body was taken there on Saturday, July 11, after the autopsy was performed.

#7

The autopsy of the body discovered on Teal’s Pond began