Wicked Western Kentucky

Western Kentucky has always had a dark side, despite being the "e;Birthplace of Bluegrass Music."e; Mary James Trotter, an arrested moonshine-selling grandma, remarked to a judge that she "e;simply had to sell a little liquor now and then to take care of my four grandchildren."e; Rod Ferrell led a bloodsucking vampire cult in Murray, Kentucky, and traumatized parents of the 1990s. In the early morning of July 13, 1928, at the "e;Castle on the Cumberland,"e; seven men were put to death in Kentucky's deadliest night of state-sponsored executions. Join award-winning author Richard Parker as he takes you on a journey through fifteen of Western Kentucky's most nefarious people, places and events.