{"product_id":"o-mary-dont-you-weep-the-morner-road-massacre-based-on-a-true-story-9798218420215","title":"O' Mary Don't You Weep: The Morner Road Massacre - Based On A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is inspired by true events. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there a killer in all of us? That's what 23 year old Italian farmhand \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Donato discovered when pushed to the brink of insanity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eover his lot in life and an infatuation with18 year old Blanche Morner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a dark December afternoon in the small town of Defreestville, NY, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlanche Morner was brutally raped and murdered. One by one, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonato would go on to murder the remaining family members with a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehatchet and bury them beneath the cow barn of their 90 acre dairy farm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bodies would be discovered two days later by surviving family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emember Jesse Morner. A nationwide manhunt ensued resulting in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore than a half dozen arrests. None proving to be the killer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only clue to the crime, an eerie riddle like note that read: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Italian meat and American made sausage imported from Rome Italy\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5,000 members of the community would attend the Morner funeral. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile trying to solve the crime, the eulogy -\u003cem\u003e \"Be ready for sudden \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edeath, set thy house in order, for you do not know when he comes\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewould enlighten Jesse and the Sheriff of Rensselaer County, NY \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas to the fragility of human existence. They would ultimately \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscover a new meaning to their own lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonato's rampage remains the worst crime in Rensselaer County, NY's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehistory. Photos of the atrocity are stored in the Library of Congress and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe farmhouse still stands at 13 Morner Road in Defreestville, NY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is said to be haunted to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brad Dibello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218420215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.34d","brand":"Brad Dibello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413613244597,"sku":"9798218420215","price":11.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_42784214-fd85-48fe-90f3-74481dd758a3.jpg?v=1720537951","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/o-mary-dont-you-weep-the-morner-road-massacre-based-on-a-true-story-9798218420215","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}