Murder in Old Forge, Pennsylvania: The Tragic Death of the Ziemba Children

Within hours, hundreds of neighbors, police and firefighters were engaged in a frantic search, praying that they were not a town “snakebitten,” or cursed to misfortune. Two days later, all hope was lost when firefighters discovered the bodies of the children in an abandoned strip—mining pit. Pennsylvania State Police arrested their fifteen—year—old neighbor, Joey Aulisio, who was tried as an adult and sentenced to death by electric chair. Forty—three years later, Joey Aulisio still sits in prison.

Author Brian W. Kincaid presents a definitive account of one of the most infamous crimes and sensational trials in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.