Crimson Stain

by Jim Fisher PH.D., B.A.

Overview

CRIMSON STAIN is the shocking true story of murder in an Old-Order Amish community. The ritualistic murder of Katie Gingerich in rural Pennsylvania set into motion a clash of Amish and modern values about mental illness, domestic violence, and criminal justice. CRIMSON STAIN is a window into the private and mysterious world of the Old-Order Amish. This revised and expanded edition of CRIMSON STAIN tells the shocking and tragic story of the Gingerich family up to the present day. REVIEWS OF THE FIRST EDITION: "A truly unique contribution to the true-crime genre." Phoenix Book Review "A fascinating, heart-wrenching, and sobering account of the consequences of an untreated mental illness and its effects on a community that co-exists with modern society but is separate from it." Sunday Patriot News (Harrisburg, PA) "Fisher writes in a clear, highly readable style." Erie Times-News

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489547446
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/05/2013
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	410
Sales rank:	701,375
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jim Fisher is a former FBI agent and professor emeritus of criminal justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, where he taught courses in criminal law, criminal investigation, and forensic science. He is the author of nine published works of nonfiction, including books on the Lindbergh kidnapping case, false confessions, scam artists, and forensic science. Two of his books were nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards by the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of the popular Jim Fisher True Crime Blog (jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com).

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	The Families	xi
	Prologue	1
1	The Brownhill Amish	3
2	Ed Meets Katie	10
3	A Short Honeymoon	14
4	The Pennsylvania Doctor	19
5	The New Sawmill	23
6	The Sidekick	28
7	Beware of Loggers with Bibles	33
8	The Hard Sell	41
9	The Reluctant Witness	46
10	Alone and Abandoned	49
11	Evangelists at the Gate	52
12	New Home, Old Problems	58
13	Marks of Violence	61
14	Two-faced	65
15	The Sermon in the Machine Shop	70
16	Ed's Vision	77
17	Ed's First Spell	86
18	"The English Have Ed"	99
19	Waking Up in a Mental Ward	105
20	An English Visitor	113
21	Drug-Addled	120
22	Another Spell, Another Stint	132
23	Saved from the Bishop	141
24	Out of Step	146
25	Punxsutawney Healer	149
26	"I Am a Quack"	157
27	Liver Pills	165
28	The Work of the Devil	171
29	"You Wouldn't Understand"	181
30	The Wedding Announcement	188
31	From the Killer's Lips	199
32	Jail	205
33	Cleaning Up	211
34	The Funeral	218
35	Loose Talk	224
36	Shunned	230
37	Hiring the Head Doctors	236
38	Beating the Bush for Witnesses	247
39	Brainstorming	257
40	Commonwealth v. Gingerich	265
41	Lord Willing	275
42	The Gunk Defense	285
43	"Whacked-Out"	295
44	The Verdict	305
	End Notes	315
	Index	343