A tragic love affair ends in murder at Big Moose Lake. The case of Chester Gillette and Grace Brown inspired one of America’s greatest novels, An American Tragedy, and multiple film adaptations. But what really happened that fateful night? Dive into the true story behind the fiction.

SourceMaterials:

https://www.adirondack.net/history/grace-brown/

https://mail.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/classics/chester_gillette/9.html

https://crimereads.com/chester-gillette-theodore-dreiser-and-the-origins-of-americas-fascination-with-true-crime/

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/environment/2008/01/13/the-diary-chester-gillette/44882987007/