The Aral Mill Murders

The ARAL MILL MURDERS, 20,200 words, is based on documented historical events dating from 1854 to 1901, that provide an interesting confluence of events involving a ship wreck, a double murder, and a pardon for the killer...all staged in the lost town of Aral at Otter Creek, within the Sleeping Bear Dunes national lakeshore. All events, timelines, and main characters depicted are real and well documented. Numerous old photos and records depict these Benzie County and Lake Michigan historical legends. I have created an intriguing, fictionalized, albeit conceivable scenario, tying the three historical events together.