Synova Cantrell

Chaos rules in a small Southeastern Missouri County. Madison County spans 500 square miles and has a population of approximately 13,000 people. The county seat is Fredericktown with a population of approximately 4,000 people.

From their birthplace in Phenix City, Alabama to the corruption of today, the Dixie Mafia’s tentacles stretch from coast to coast throughout the south. While most of the world denies their existence, this network of freelance criminals have flown under the radar for the most part since the 1950s.

Follow the heart-rending cases Synova first wrote about on her blog in 2018. Filled with missing persons' cases, unsolved homicides, and even serial killer cases, this book will give you a greater insight into the shattered lives behind every story. Cases Included in this book: Jayme Closs...

“Madman or Messiah? The shocking true story of a man who defied justice for decades.” Joseph D. Jeffers was a preacher, a prophet, and a master manipulator. For more than fifty years, he incited riots, swindled millions, exploited women, and even evaded justice for murder.

Why would anyone want to be a gangster? “I wanted the respect, the women, and the money” (Sidney Heard) Raised in a mob-controlled suburb of Chicago, Sidney Heard grew up wanting to be a gangster. He was on probation by the age of 13 and continued building his criminal resume over the next...