The story of Newfoundland and Labrador is a long and bloody one. In Murder on the Rock, Robert C. Parsons describes some of the most horrific and puzzling crimes and shenanigans that have happened in this province. With tales of kidnappers, cold-blooded murderers, cannibals, and more, these fifty-nine stories of crime and punishment cover the 1700s to present day. Included are: Death at Saint Pierre Politics and Murder Mutineers, Villains, and Cowards The Death Ritual A Crime Most Frightening The Signal Hill Prison Break Rampage and Mutiny in Harbour Buffett The Bonne Bay Hostages Death at Beaumont The Decapitation of John Ball Eleanor Power: The First Woman Hanged . . . and many more!