{"product_id":"murder-in-salem-massachusetts-the-death-of-frances-cochran-9781467171298","title":"Murder in Salem, Massachusetts: The Death of Frances Cochran","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWithout reservation, she opened the door. Without hesitation, she hopped into the car, adjusting the skirt of her summer-weight navy blue suit to keep it unwrinkled as she sat down.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd just like that, 19-year-old Frances Cochran jumped into the void. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 17, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts, attractive nineteen-year-old Frances Cochran stepped off a commuter bus and into a mysterious black automobile. Three days later, police discovered her mutilated body in a Salem lovers' lane. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer murder made national headlines on the eve of World War II. Investigators checked twelve thousand cars and interviewed almost two thousand witnesses. They scrutinized a \"Peeping Tom\" men's club. Despite leads that spanned the continent, decades passed and the killer was never caught. Like a poisonous vine, the death of Frances Cochran is tangled with other unsolved murders, including the 1947 Los Angeles Black Dahlia case. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs local author Rob Fitzgibbon reveals, it is also a story shrouded in the \"Salem Factor,\" the odd and inexplicable coincidences that occur in an area notorious for witchcraft and hauntings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467171298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Robert Fitzgibbon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452278075573,"sku":"9781467171298","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0abafea1-44c9-4089-b57c-f74e54ac2a8a.jpg?v=1776826536","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-in-salem-massachusetts-the-death-of-frances-cochran-9781467171298","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}