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Goat Castle : A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South by Cox, Karen L.;Dana, Dick;Dockery, Octavia;Merrill, Jennie is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1932, The City Of Natchez, Mississippi, Reckoned With An Unexpected Influx Of Journalists And Tourists As The Lurid Story Of A Local Murder Was Splashed Across Headlines Nationwide. Two Eccentrics, Richard Dana And Octavia Dockery--known In The Press As The Wild Man And The Goat Woman--enlisted An African American Man Named George Pearls To Rob Their Reclusive Neighbor, Jennie Merrill, At Her Estate. During The Attempted Robbery, Merrill Was Shot And Killed. The Crime Drew National Coverage When It Came To Light That Dana And Dockery, The Alleged Murderers, Shared Their Huge, Decaying Antebellum Mansion With Their Goats And Other Livestock, Which Prompted Journalists To Call The Estate Goat Castle. Pearls Was Killed By An Arkansas Policeman In An Unrelated Incident Before He Could Face Trial. However, As Was All Too Typical In The Jim Crow South, The White Community Demanded Justice, And An Innocent Black Woman Named Emily Burns Was Ultimately Sent To Prison For The Murder Of Merrill. Dana And Dockery Not Only Avoided Punishment But Also Lived To Profit From The Notoriety Of The Murder By Opening Their Derelict Home To Tourists. Strange, Fascinating, And Sobering, Goat Castle Te

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Author

Cox, Karen L.;Dana, Dick;Dockery, Octavia;Merrill, Jennie

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9798890849151

Category

history

Subjects

Science, True Crime, Social Science

Rating

3.83 / 5 (47 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14