Theexcitement and vibrancy of big-city thrills take a deadly turn when they hitStaten Island. Edward Reinhardt murdered his wife and rolled her body in abarrel down a busy thoroughfare. A known bootlegger-and suspected policeinformant-was found shot three times in a Packard on South Beach, sparking oneof the island's greatest mysteries. In 1843, the bodies of a mother anddaughter were discovered in a Christmas Day fire; a family member would standtrial three times for their deaths. During the Jazz Age, a kiss would cost apopular Port Richmond teenager her life. Local historian Patricia M. Salmon hasmeticulously researched Staten Island's most horrific murders, some well knownand others long forgotten.