Isthmus: A mesmerizing story
Peters’ scholarly, yet accessible, prose takes readers into the shadowy corners of Minneapolis and the sinister mind of a “man without a soul,” as Hayward was deemed. This sordid tale is packed with mesmerism, psychopathy, spiritualism, yellow journalism and capital punishment.
“I don’t believe in supernatural powers, but Harry was a dynamic individual who could bend people to his will,” Peters, 52, says. “He was clearly a psychopath. People at that time did not understand how to explain that in scientific terms, so they thought it was something supernatural.”
Published in: Isthmus
By: Michael Popke
Story Date: 2018-05-24T05:00:00+00:00
By: Michael Popke
Story Date: 2018-05-24T05:00:00+00:00
