Behind the Law: True Stories Compiled from the Archives of the Pennsylvania State Police

Year of Publication
1933
Publication Type
Short Stories
Number of Pages or Episodes
239 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Elmer Faber
Publisher
Chas. M. Henry Printing Co.
City
Greensburg, PA
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Abstract
An anthology of 25 true crime stories set mostly in Western Pennsylvania.
Notes
New Kensington is referred to as Parnassus, as it was then known. Elmer Faber, an officer in Troop D who was then based in Greensburg, researched, developed, and broadcast the stories in this collection for WNBO radio of Washington’ show Behind the Law, which started in 1932 at Pittsburgh's KDKA radio.
Author Biography
Elmer Faber (1905-73) was an officer in the Pennsylvania State Police and a veteran of World War II.
Time
1920s-30s
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