Project Gutenberg 2009-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 427 Unknown The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan, or: the Headless Horror. Produced by David Garcia, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library. "The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan, or: The Headless Horror" by Unknown is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around the gruesome murder of Pearl Bryan, a young woman found decapitated near Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in 1896. The story delves into the shocking details of her life, the circumstances leading to her tragic fate, and the subsequent investigations that gripped the nation. The opening of the book vividly portrays the immediate aftermath of Pearl's murder, revealing the horror and chaos that ensued when her headless body was discovered. A local young man, James Hewling, stumbles upon her body, triggering a swift response from soldiers and law enforcement. The text details Pearl's background—depicting her as a beloved daughter from a prominent family—and outlines the sordid events that led to her death, highlighting her entanglement with two dangerous men, Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling. Their manipulative actions and the desperate measures taken to conceal the crime suggest a narrative steeped in tragedy and moral decay, setting the stage for a gripping investigation into the nature of evil and its effect on innocent lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Bryan, Pearl, -1896 Jackson, Scott, -1897 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Walling, Alonzo, -1897 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Murder -- Kentucky -- Fort Thomas Trials (Murder) -- Kentucky -- Campbell County HV Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: History - American 241571 2025-10-12T08:20:29.508953 text/html 240864 2021-01-05T09:45:22 text/html 511650 2025-10-12T08:20:33.451963 application/epub+zip 512760 2025-10-12T08:20:30.213961 application/epub+zip 147024 2025-10-12T08:20:29.795951 application/epub+zip 592356 2025-10-12T08:20:36.036907 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568938 2025-10-12T08:20:33.081966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213400 2022-09-13T16:01:31.218772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217191 2025-10-12T08:20:29.045923 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216872 2021-01-05T09:45:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19149 2025-10-12T08:20:36.163897 application/rdf+xml 20642 2025-10-12T08:20:29.869925 image/jpeg 3362 2025-10-12T08:20:29.832928 image/jpeg 477144 2021-01-05T09:45:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 77831 2021-01-05T09:45:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 480279 2025-10-12T08:20:29.548963 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Anonymous