David Kinney
Author and Researcher of Western New York's Forgotten Stories
A Small City. A Deadly Mistake. A Mafia Vendetta.
Discover the forgotten story of organized crime in Batavia, New York, where a small-city crime family collided with the powerful Magaddino Mafia. A true story of murder, revenge and a deadly 1930s gangland vendetta.
Prostitution. Politics. Police. Philanthropy. One Remarkable Woman.
Meet Edna Gruber, the remarkable woman at the center of Batavia's notorious world of prostitution, politics and police. Her story opens a window into vice, women's history and social attitudes in early twentieth-century Western New York.
The Legends. The Lore. The History. Set the Record Straight.
Discover the people, places, legends, and lore that shaped Horseshoe Lake in Western New York and the surrounding Batavia, Stafford, and Roanoke towns. Drawing on historical records, photographs and firsthand accounts, this extensively researched history separates documented fact from generations of local folklore.
HISTORY FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS
- Newspapers
- Court records
- Government documents
- Genealogical sources
- Photographs
- The historical records that uncover what actually happened and challenges the stories repeated for generations.
FORGOTTEN STORIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK
- Mafia Killings
- Notorious Houses
- The History of a small lake community
- Explore the people and events that reveal another side of Western New York's past.