This book builds on the public domain writings of journalists Edwin Strickland and Gene Wortsman, leveraging their research to support information provided to journalist H. L. Arledge in interviews with former residents of Phenix City and entertainers working in Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, among them: Stacey Lawrence, Kitty West, Suzanne Robbins, Blaze Starr, Frieda LaBreche, and Evelyn West.

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HL Arledge is the author of Bayou Justice, a twice-weekly true crime newspaper column featuring exciting or notable crime-related stories often focusing on cold case files in South Louisiana; stories based on interviews with key players, among them: police investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families. HL Arledge is well established as a journalist, IT Professional, and story teller. Not only is he published in the periodicals and professional journals. HL works in Louisiana state government and lives with his beautiful wife in a farmhouse just north of New Orleans. HL Arledge also writes quirky crime fiction. Literary Agent Elizabeth Pomada said he should describe himself as Elmore Leonard with a southern accent. HL's short stories have been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.