Sinceits founding in 1638, the bustling Connecticut metropolis of New Haven has beenplagued by all manner of sin and scandal. Stories of grave robbers and madmenin lighthouses are only a sliver of the Elm City's darker side. Author andhistorian Michael J. Bielawa chronicles the city's historic tales of pirates,mysteries and unusual deaths. Learn about Yale hauntings and Town and Gownriots, the Red Pirate William Delaney and the mysterious labor activist FrankSokolowsky, whose strange murder in 1920 may have been at the hands of ajealous wife or part of a political plot. Discover the overzealous Wakemaniteswhose Christmas Eve exorcism led to the brutal murder of a man they believedpossessed. Join Bielawa if you dare to peer into the shadowy corners of NewHaven's wicked history.