True love can take tragic turns

Here are two award-winning true stories from James Rada, Jr.

This short work shows that history can be just as interesting, and sometimes, stranger than fiction.

˃˃˃ A Love Returned

Steve Shaw finds a 30-year-old girl's class ring at a Boy Scout Camp in 2003. He sets out to discover the owner and return the ring. He hunts down clues and slowly uncovers a love story that takes some surprising turns before its surprising conclusion. Steve also finds out that some loves never die.

˃˃˃ The Death of Young Lovers

Charles Twigg and Mary Grace Elosser were to be married on January 1, 1911. However, while sitting alone in a closed room on New Year's Eve with Grace's mother just in the next room, the couple was somehow killed. Just how they died remained a mystery for weeks as investigators sought information and witnesses. The case generated national headlines until the answers finally came from a cat and a rabbit.