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Name: The Blue Eyed Six
Author: Gary Ludwig

| Originally published as a four part magazine feature article, it was re-printed in booklet form. It's a historical narrative about Pennsylvania's crime of the 19th Century. It happened in 1879 - six men committed murder for profit, and paid for their crime on the gallows. At their trial a Philadelphia newpaper reporter noticed that they all had blue eyes! After he reported on the trial, the men forever were known as "The Blue Eyed Six! A true story.

First publish date: 1979

Authors: Gary Ludwig

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