Books

Here are two of Public Eye's most acclaimed books.

Rotten to the Core 2  by Martin D. Yant
More Crime, Sex and Corruption in Johnny Appleseed's Hometown

"Every student, every civic official---indeed every citizen---ought to read this book."---Steve Allen

In this updated and greatly expanded version of the popular book Rotten to the Core, Martin Yant recounts his battle in Mansfield, Ohio, to expose::

  • A brutal, corrupt sheriff.
  • A coroner who stole from the dead and jeopardized the lives of the living at his medical lab.
  • A foundation that promoted the personal and prurient interests of Sammy Davis Jr. and Mansfield's elite, then folded minus millions of dollars.
  • City officials who openly dispensed favors.
  • Judges who looked down upon those they passed judgment on through stolen eyeglasses.
  • A prosecutor who ignored all of this and often sought to discredit those who tried to stop it.
  • A newspaper that not only ignored the corruption, but was actively involved in it.
 Rotten to the Core 2
In a sterling example of civic duty, the people of Mansfield reacted to these relevations with outrage rather than denial and set their city on a course of reform of which they have a right to be proud.

In addition to revisiting those events, Yant show how corruption and cronyism still plague this “typical American town” in the 21st century. He then demonstrates how Mansfield really is typical and how the cancer of corruption is turning the American dream into a nightmare for its growing number of victims.

"[Martin Yant] gives journalists a good name, serving as a counterweight  to the profession's often poor standing in public opinion polls."
  -- Steve Love, The Akron Beacon Journal


"What you saw is all very interesting, but we have a suspect and it just doesn't fit."
- Investigator to witness David Zoromski

Who Killed Sarah?
by Sheila Berry and Doug Berry

Penny Brummer was a lesbian.  Sarah Gonstead was straight.  Glenda Johnson, Brummer's ex-lover and Gonstead's best friend, wasn't sure what she was.

Gonstead disappeared in the early morning of March 15, 1994 in Madison, Wisconsin, after she and Brummer had been out drinking.  Sarah was later found dead.

Police had many leads, but immediately zeroed in on a single suspect, Penny Brummer.

In October 1994, with no physical evidence, no witnesses to the crime and no murder weapon, a jury convicted Brummer of first-degree murder in the death of Sarah Gonstead.  Brummer, 24 at the time, will not be eligible for parole until she's 75.


 Who Killed Sarah?
But did Brummer do it?  Or was she herself a victim of over-zealous prosecutors, tunnel-vision investigators, contradictory forensic scientists and a prejudiced judge?

Sheila and Doug Berry provide provocative answers to these questions in this riveting journey through a wilderness of errors.

Along the way they take you to a twilight zone where evidence is ignored or manipulated, innocence is disbelieved and justice is denied to both Penny Brummer and Sarah Gonstead.


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