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  • Non-fiction
  • 2025
  • First edition.

The man no one believed

the untold story of the Georgia church murders

Joshua Sharpe

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"In 1985, a white man walked into a South Georgia church and brutally murdered Harold and Thelma Swain, two pillars of the area's Black community. The killer vanished into the night. For fifteen years, the case remained unsolved. Then authorities zeroed in on Dennis Perry, a carpenter who grew up nearby. Convicted with devastatingly flawed evidence, Perry received a double life sentence. When award-winning journalist and South Georgia native Joshua Sharpe retraces the case, he discovers a winding path of corruption, devastating missteps, and secrets. Driven by the pursuit of the truth, Sharpe's investigation takes him through dusty courthouse archives, down winding dirt roads, and into intense interviews. But he keeps knocking on doors -- even after they're slammed in his face. Sharpe uncovers explosive evidence that helps prove Dennis Perry's innocence. And he confronts a long-ignored suspect: an alleged white supremacist who had bragged about committing the murders"--

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Title Statement The man no one believed: the untold story of the Georgia church murders / Joshua Sharpe.
Author Sharpe, Joshua
Publication New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,[2025]©2025
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item 260 pages ;
ISBN 9781324020714 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07975554
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-241) and index.
Summary "In 1985, a white man walked into a South Georgia church and brutally murdered Harold and Thelma Swain, two pillars of the area's Black community. The killer vanished into the night. For fifteen years, the case remained unsolved. Then authorities zeroed in on Dennis Perry, a carpenter who grew up nearby. Convicted with devastatingly flawed evidence, Perry received a double life sentence. When award-winning journalist and South Georgia native Joshua Sharpe retraces the case, he discovers a winding path of corruption, devastating missteps, and secrets. Driven by the pursuit of the truth, Sharpe's investigation takes him through dusty courthouse archives, down winding dirt roads, and into intense interviews. But he keeps knocking on doors -- even after they're slammed in his face. Sharpe uncovers explosive evidence that helps prove Dennis Perry's innocence. And he confronts a long-ignored suspect: an alleged white supremacist who had bragged about committing the murders"--
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By Topic False imprisonment--20th century--Georgia
Judicial error--20th century--Georgia
Murder--20th century--Georgia--Woodbine
By Genre True crime stories
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