Overview
When the police caught up with Johann Hoch, he’d already proposed to what they believed would have been wife #55.
For a decade, he’d traveled the country, marrying and deserting desperate women - and five of his wives were lying in their graves. He had married Marie Walcker in Chicago in 1904, and when Marie died five weeks later, he’d proposed to her sister while the corpse lay on the bed. The sister agreed, only to be swindled out of her savings. Adam Selzer trails jovial, big-talking Hoch through a twisting tale of Chicago journalism, Chicago justice and the coming-together of some of most daring and corrupt characters the city had to offer.
This book title, Chicago's Serial Husband (The Marriages and Murders of Johann Hoch), ISBN: 9781467158589, by Adam Selzer, published by Arcadia Publishing (September 23, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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