The authors have combed the Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Washington, DC, to write about and visit the graves of some of the most horrendous murders, massacres, and calamities in our nation's history. Included in the volume:

• Enoch Brown School Massacre
• Mollie Maguires
• Lattimer Massacre
• Herman Mudgett
• Johnstown Flood
• Philadelphia Sinners
• Harry Thaw
• Babes in the Woods
• Flight 93
• Kelayres Massacre
• Mary Meyer
• Titanic
• Malcolm X
• Mary Mallon
• NY Mob
• Triangle Factory Fire
• Alexander Hamilton & Burr
• Joe Petrosino
• Anthony Wayne
• Jack Jablonski
• Menendez Murders
• Lincoln Assassins
• Rhoads Opera House Fire
• General Slocum Disaster