Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey

by Mark Moran

Overview

As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its lowest in years. The mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the local woods, allegedly surrounded by strange objects. Some feared witchcraft was to blame, while others believed that a serial killer was on the loose. Rumors of police coverup ran rampant, and the case went unsolved-along with the murders of several other young women. In this revised edition with newly unearthed photographs, interviews and case documents, authors Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran present the definitive account of this shocking cold case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467153003
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/26/2022
Series:	True Crime
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	482,654
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jesse P. Pollack is a New Jersey native who has served as a contributing writer and correspondent for Weird NJ magazine since 2001. In addition to Death on the Devil's Teeth, Pollack is the author of The Acid King (Simon & Schuster, 2018) and co-directed a 2021 documentary of the same name. Pollack is the co-host of Podcast 1289, the True Crime Movie Club podcast and the Devil's Teeth podcast. Mark Moran graduated from Parsons School of Design. In the early 1990s, Moran teamed up with Mark Sceurman to create Weird NJ magazine, the ultimate travel guide to New Jersey's local legends and best-kept secrets. The magazine has since spawned several books and a History Channel television series. Moran and Sceurman can be seen on the Travel Channel television series Paranormal Caught on Camera.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the New Edition 9

Preface to the Original Edition 13

Prologue 17

1 Discovery 21

2 The Body 31

3 The "Runaway" 46

4 The Disappearance of Jeannette DePalma 76

5 Witchcraft 95

6 Suspicion 132

7 The Mysterious Death of Joan Kramer 153

8 The Accountant 171

9 The Bergen Girls 182

10 The Axe Murderer 197

11 The Trial 214

12 Aftermath 222

13 Revelations 231

Epilogue 261

Acknowledgements 267

About the Authors 269