The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband

by Gary Sosniecki

Albin Ludwig was furious. He had caught his wife, Cecilia, with other men before; now, after secretly following Cecilia one evening in 1906, Albin was overcome with suspicion. Albin and Cecilia quarreled that night and again the next day. Prosecutors later claimed that the final quarrel ended when Albin knocked Cecilia unconscious with a wooden potato masher, doused her with a flammable liquid, lit her on fire, and left her to burn to death. Albin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606354043
• ISBN13: 9781606354049
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"