Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey

Jesse P. Pollack · Mark Moran

Jul 2015 · Arcadia Publishing

About this ebook

Rumors, witchcraft, and murder in this true crime account of one of New Jersey’s most notorious cold cases—from two Weird N.J. magazine contributors.
 
As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the affluent New Jersey township was at its lowest in years. That mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the woods, allegedly surrounded by strange objects. Some feared witchcraft was to blame, while others believed a serial killer was on the loose. Rumors of a police coverup ran rampant, and the case went unsolved—along with the murders of several other young women.
 
Including extensive interviews with DePalma’s friends and family, new evidence, and theories about who could have committed this horrible crime, Death on the Devil’s Teeth provides the definitive account of this shocking cold case more that remains a mystery more than four decades later.

Ratings and reviews

This addictive book contains murders that have so many conflicting stories from townspeople yet so little answers. In typical WJ fashion, it will make your hair stand on end.

This was a great read all around... The authors did proper research and I was at the edge of my seat and could not put this book down... If you like true crime then get this book!!

About the author

Jesse P. Pollack was born and raised in the Garden State, and has served as a contributing writer for Weird NJ magazine since 2001. Also an accomplished musician, Pollack’s soundtrack work has been heard on Driving Jersey, an Emmy-nominated PBS documentary series. Death on the Devil’s Teeth is his first book.