Brooks Blevins, author of the new book Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South, was recently interviewed for the Ozarks Public Radio segment Sense of Place.

“For this installment, KSMU’s Emma Wilson interviews the author of a new book that tells the story of a crime so rife with scandal it shocked the nation at the time, and had lasting repercussions for this region and its image.  We’d like to advise you in advance that this report contains a mention of a brutal crime.”