Edgar Allan Poe, Pioneer of the True Crime Genre: Truman Capote, Eat Your Heart Out!
By Peggy Ehrhart
October 4, 2011It was a pleasant July afternoon in Hoboken, New Jersey. The year was 1841, and Hoboken offered a countrified respite from the sultry heat of New York City. Two young men were relaxing along the Hudson River near Sybil’s Cave, where a rocky cliff had been excavated to reach a natural spring. People believed the…