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New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania
New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania
New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania
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New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania

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Author Dale Richard Perelman tells the tragic story of the 1978 murders and the mystery surrounding them.

 

In the summer of 1978, a mother and her four-year-old were stabbed to death in the quiet town of New Castle. Police suspected the husband, Lou Kadunce, but were unable to find either a weapon or a motive. Sitting in a Lawrence County jail in 1981, convicted serial killer Michael Atkinson accused Frank Costal - a carny, petty thief and Satanist - of having an affair with the Kadunce husband and participating in the murder. A series of intense trials ensued as Costal was convicted of the homicides and a jury found the husband not guilty. Questions surrounding the case gripped the region and grabbed headlines in the Pittsburgh Press.

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Release dateAug 5, 2011
ISBN9781439668559
New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania
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Dale Richard Perelman

Dale Perelman, a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and retired president of the King's Jewelry retail chain, has written Steel: The History of Pittsburgh's Iron and Steel Industry, 1852-1902 ; Road to Rust: The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio ; Lessons My Father Taught Me ; The Scottish Rite Cathedral (coauthored with Rob Cummings); New Castle's Kadunce Murders: Mystery and the Devil in Northwest Pennsylvania ; and Death at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles . Perelman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University in English Literature, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a certificate of completion from the Yale University summer writer's program.

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