{"title":"Robert Fitzgibbon","description":"Robert Fitzgibbon is a software professional and North Shore resident. He coauthored Murder in Rockport Massachusetts (The History Press, 2025) with Gloucester historian Wayne Soini. Great-grandson of a Cape Ann quarryman, Rob delves into history for stories of the mysterious, the eerie, and the forgotten.","products":[{"product_id":"murder-in-salem-massachusetts-the-death-of-frances-cochran-paperback","title":"Murder in Salem, Massachusetts: The Death of Frances Cochran - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWithout reservation, she opened the door. Without hesitation, she hopped into the car, adjusting the skirt of her summer-weight navy blue suit to keep it unwrinkled as she sat down.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd just like that, 19-year-old Frances Cochran jumped into the void. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 17, 1941, in Lynn, Massachusetts, attractive nineteen-year-old Frances Cochran stepped off a commuter bus and into a mysterious black automobile. Three days later, police discovered her mutilated body in a Salem lovers' lane. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer murder made national headlines on the eve of World War II. Investigators checked twelve thousand cars and interviewed almost two thousand witnesses. They scrutinized a \"Peeping Tom\" men's club. Despite leads that spanned the continent, decades passed and the killer was never caught. Like a poisonous vine, the death of Frances Cochran is tangled with other unsolved murders, including the 1947 Los Angeles Black Dahlia case. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs local author Rob Fitzgibbon reveals, it is also a story shrouded in the \"Salem Factor,\" the odd and inexplicable coincidences that occur in an area notorious for witchcraft and hauntings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368956821727,"sku":"9781467171298","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aMLjozys2e9781467171298.webp?v=1789135945"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-fitzgibbon.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}