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Never So Cold:
Spectacle and Loss in Wichita ’s Infamous Butterworth Trial

A Nonfiction Novel
By
Paul Fecteau

The following list has been maintained as work progressed on Never So Cold: Spectacle and Loss in Wichita’s Infamous Butterworth Trial. It no doubt contains regrettable omissions that I vow to correct before the book hits the shelves. --Paul Fecteau

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by a research grant from Washburn University .

John McClenny served as a work-study assistant and put in countless hours helping with research.

Christie Pease also worked on notes and transcription.

Lt. Ken Landwehr, Judy Fowler, Julia Craft, Dr. Robert Pace, Officer Charles Busch, Diana Whinery, Steve Fielding *, Mike Lesperance, Mary Ayers, Lt. James Bishop, and Chief Dave Williams generously gave their time in interviews.

Alissa Bishop, Syd Brush, Patric Cunnigham, Dan Dillon, Bill Hirschman, Susan Honeyman, Becky Hurtig, Lindsey Judge, Bob Keeling, Bud Kuthan, Brian Madsen, Richard Ney, and Brijin Watson also shared their memories through correspondence and conversation.

I also appreciated assistance from William Deer, Rebecca Poolaw, Ron Keefover, Robert Stein, Amy Fleury, Thomas Fox Averill, Diane Quantic, Margaret Dawe, Iris Gonzalez, Sue Salem, Erik Mitchell, and Gail Fulton

Thanks to Billie and all who shared their ideas on the Yahoo! Group.

I will be forever in debt for both help and hospitality to Francis and Patty Springeman and to George and Jeanette Howell.

K. Kenslow and Tristram Sickert encouraged the undertaking of this project.

Writers Roy Bird, Todd A. Robins, and G. Stephen Thurston offered suggestions on the work while in progress.

Robert Beattie, who tells the story of the B.T.K. case in his book A Nightmare in Wichita , shared information and ideas.

* This man’s name and details surrounding his relationship to the case have been changed to protect his privacy.