Murder On Youngers Creek Road Book

January 13, 1975, the enterprising community of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (a few miles from Fort Knox and the gold vault) was rocked with the news that one of their own, Peggy Rhodes—beloved housewife, mother, and grandmother—was killed when a bomb exploded in the family barn. An hour south along I-65 lies Bowling Green, a city known for small town values, a burgeoning industrial complex, the expanding Western Kentucky University campus, and as “Home of the Corvette”. However, the city was also just one generation removed from earning the nickname “Little Chicago,” a regional hotbed for car thefts, bootlegging, gambling, prostitution—and worse still—bombings and horrific murders. Murder on Youngers Creek Road is the true story of a murder-for-hire gone wrong that involves a well-known automobile dealer, two hit men hired to kill him, and a pair of high-profile business partners. The product of more than two years of research and interviews and writing, this book details one of the most c