Mayhem, Moonshine and Murder: The Wild Life of Edna Brown

Crime
Written By Travis Hoffman

There are famous people and there are infamous people. Edna Brown falls into the infamous category. Edna lived a wild life, sometimes the victim of brutality...sometimes as the cause. The first woman arrested and charged with murder in Adams County, Edna Brown lived a hectic life one newspaper headline at a time. Check out the show note blog here for more context.

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