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Gold Medal Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Ohio State Professor — an Olympic Champion — and His Coed Lover
How could a university professor go from the Olympic podium to the electric chair? That journey, as recounted in Gold Medal Killer, is so remarkable, so unexpected, that decades later the story still has the power to shock the reader. Mesmerizing! — Laura James, trial attorney and crime historian
Gold Medal Killer plunges readers into the heart of a shocking 1929 scandal involving a respected Ohio State University professor and Olympic champion whose lurid affair with a co-ed leads to her brutal murder and his execution in the electric chair. As she did so effectively in her award-winning book, The Good-Bye Door, author Diana Britt Franklin has again struck gold with a meticulously researched, riveting true account of a crime that rocked the nation. — Richard W. Carson, author of Murder in the Thumb
Was Ohio State’ s Dr. Snook guilty of the bloody murder of Theora Hix? Of this I have no doubt. However, it is the circumstances of her death and the conflicting accounts of the actions and intentions of this puzzling man that lie at the center of the most important question raised by this case and by this fascinating book. Should Dr. Snook have died in Ohio’s electric chair? You be the judge for a change. —Judge Teresa L. Liston, Franklin County Municipal Court, ret.
About the Authors
Diana Britt Franklin is the author or co-author of a dozen books, including The Good-bye Door, a multi-award winner in true crime and featured on television's Investigation Discovery channel. She worked as journalist for three major dailies and wrote a cooking column for Universal Press Syndicate for more than 25 years. She lives in Dublin, Ohio.
Nancy Sanor Pennell attended The Ohio State University, majoring in fine and commercial arts. She was the director of The Heritage Museum, Columbus, for a number of years. Her grandfather, Dr. David S. White, was dean of OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine at the time of the Theora Hix murder. Having heard of the story most of her life, she teamed up with Diana Britt Franklin for the writing of Gold Medal Killer. Mrs. Pennell lives in Dublin, Ohio.
About the Book
Gold Medal Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Ohio State Professor — an Olympic Champion — and His Coed Lover
By Diana Britt Franklin with Nancy Pennell
210 pp / Copyright 2010 / 11 photographs / ISBN: 978-0-9826597-2-4 (paper) / $24.95
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