Eliza Hawthorne

Architect of Desire: Murder, Scandal, and the Gilded Age Elite The Love Triangle That Killed Stanford White Step into the opulent yet treacherous world of Gilded Age New York, where wealth, power, and passion collided with deadly consequences. Architect of Desire reveals the shocking true story...

What drives a woman to become one of America’s most notorious serial killers? Belle Gunness was a farmer, a mother, and a murderer who lured victims to her Indiana farm with promises of love and opportunity. But behind the idyllic rural façade lay a gruesome reality—a farm where dreams were...

What connects three of America’s most mysterious unsolved cases? Step into the shadows and uncover the stories that history tried to forget. The Vanishing Act brings together the first three gripping installments of the Shadows of the Past series, diving deep into the lives, disappearances...

How did the death of a young woman captivate 19th-century New York and inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous works? Mary Rogers, a celebrated beauty and enigmatic figure in Manhattan, disappeared on a summer day in 1841. Days later, her lifeless body was discovered in the Hudson River...

What happened to Dorothy Arnold? One moment she was walking through New York City’s bustling streets, and the next—she vanished without a trace. In 1910, Dorothy Arnold, a vibrant socialite and aspiring writer, stepped out for a shopping trip and was never seen again. Her disappearance...