This book chronicles over 60 murders that have occurred in sleepy Hunterdon County, New Jersey from 1794 to the present. It recounts three people who were hanged, five who were electrocuted and one who died from lethal injection. From simple passions of the moment to well-planned crimes, it covers all of the gruesomeness of each murder.

James Davidson has written several books and numerous articles on the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping in 1932. This is his second local history book dealing with Hunterdon County, New Jersey. A former history teacher, he is a sought-out speaker on local history and on Lindbergh