Fiendish Crime: A True Story of Shell Shock and Murder Clark Robert James
Fiendish Crime: A True Story of Shell Shock and Murder Clark Robert James In 1928, the bodies of two young boys were found in the Indiana Harbor shipping canal of East Chicago, their identities…
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Fiendish Crime: A True Story of Shell Shock and Murder Clark Robert James
In 1928, the bodies of two young boys were found in the Indiana Harbor shipping canal of East Chicago, their identities unknown. The case drew headlines around the country and worldwide. With no missing children of their age and appearance reported in the city, the police had begun to lose hope until a breakthrough led them to the murderer: their father, George Chisholm, a Canadian World War I veteran.How could a parent commit such a crime?
During World War I, while serving in the Victoria Rifles of Canada for three years, Chisholm endured the horrors of trench warfare and the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The death penalty loomed for Chisholm, and his attorneys planned a campaign to save him from the electric chair on the grounds of mental illness. After being gassed and shell-shocked on the battlefield, Chisholm returned to Canada a changed man and his mental health deteriorated.