Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the

Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away

Â On Nov. 28, 1969, Betsy Aardsma, a 22-year-old graduate student in English atÂ PennÂ State, was stabbed to death in the stacks of Pattee Library at the universityâ€™s main campus inÂ State College.Â For more than forty years, her murder went unsolved, though detectives with theÂ PennsylvaniaÂ State Police and local citizens worked tirelessly to find her killer. The mystery was eventually solvedâ€”after the death of the murderer. This book will reveal the story behind what has been a scary mystery for generations of PennÂ StateÂ students and explain why the Pennsylvania State Police failed to bring her killer to justice.More than a simple true crime story, the book weaves together the events, culture, and attitudes of the late 1960s, memorializing Betsy Aardsma and her time and place in history.Â
Country USA
Brand Globe Pequot Press
Manufacturer Globe Pequot Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780762780877
ReleaseDate 2014-09-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780762780877

Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away