So I'm planning to add a second podcast episode every so often to focus on some of the stories that I can't find.

Authors or experts for yet are still really fascinating and need to be told and I've got a long list of them.

As part of the new series I'm looking for help from a homicide detective, someone comfortable around cold cases.

If you know anyone like this with some free time to spare that would be willing to review some really old murders and offer a modern law enforcement perspective,

please message me on the most notorious Facebook page or email me at e-rivenis at Yahoo.com.

And oh yeah, this episode while we're at it contains adult themes and listener discretion is advised.

Horious on your host Eric Rivenis today. I'm joined by Arnie Bernstein back in January. We talked about his book Swastika Nation.

And today just in time for the May 18th anniversary we're going to discuss another of his books.

This one called the Bath Massacre a tragic gut twisting story of mass murder at a school in rural 1927 Michigan.

Thanks so much for joining me again.

Well thanks for having me.

It seems like in the last 15 years or so we've seen a slew of school massacres.

Many people don't realize though that there are historical precedents for this.

Your book is about one of them.

Yes, I didn't know it existed until I discovered the story on the internet myself.

And once I looked at it, it was just compelling.

On May 18th of 1927 a school in Bath Michigan which is a small farming town about 1250 miles outside of Lansing Michigan.

Exploded and 38 children and six adults of them died as a result.

Can you talk a little bit about the community at Bath Michigan in 1927?

In would you mind describing it?

Sure. I like to say that Bath was and still is.

When you think of a small midwestern town it's the quintessential small midwestern town.

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