The Newcomb Mansion sat atop its own private hill, just outside of town. By Hollywood standards it wasn’t a mansion at all—just a very nice, large house. But to the small-town people of Coreyville it was a mansion.

Ellegora Newcomb enjoyed peering out the window, imagining the common town folk down below, living their [...]

Justice of the Peace, Harvey ‘Boot’ Hornamer, arrived within two minutes—before the paramedics. It was almost as if he had been parked right outside, waiting for the 9-1-1 operator to dispatch the ambulance.

Boot looked like an old sun-leathered drunk you might find sleeping in a big-city alley. He did dress better than the [...]