In 1948, when elderly Anna Homeyer and her much younger husband, Charles, decided to sell their home in the Bronx and move to Pennsylvania, residents of the small town of Factoryville couldn't understand why. With no family or friends in the area, the isolated little village seemed an odd choice for strangers to relocate to. But Factoryville warmly welcomed their new neighbors, who seemed eager to fit in—at first. Soon, however, the Homeyers' pleasant disposition began to change. Anna, once highly visible and engaging, was rarely seen at all anymore, and Charles, who was always kind and neighborly, became distant and withdrawn. Local residents were baffled by their behavior.
But their curiosity soon turned to suspicion when Anna Homeyer suddenly disappeared, leaving the town with a number of unanswered questions: Why was Charles Homeyer, a married man, receiving numerous lonely hearts magazines and scores of letters from unattached women all over the country?
Why was he burning his wife's clothing and selling off her personal belongings?
Why did he leave Factoryville, only to return with his wife's most cherished possession?
Where was Anna?
And what was that foul, putrid odor billowing from the Homeyers' chimney?
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Tammy Mal has always had a keen interest in crime and criminals, and has written for True Detective magazine and Absolute Crime Publishing. A former member of the Pennsylvania State Police Department, she has studied many criminals and their crimes. Tammy is also the author of Little Girl Lost: The True Story of the Vandling Murder.
Michael Kramer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, and recipient of a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award. He is also an actor and director in the Washington, DC, area, where he is active in the area’s theater scene and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.