North Country / Adirondack Author
Author Lawrence P. Gooley and his partner, Jill Jones, discuss their latest books, including Volume 6 and Volume 7 of Lawrence’s People & Places of the Adirondacks & Foothills series, historical reprints, and much more on Home Town Cable’s Home Town Stories.
Associated Event Listing: Presentation: Escape from Dannemora (Big Moose Community Chapel)
Adirondack Express, July 5, 2016—Big Moose Chapel lecture will be about Dannemora on July 12: A Town of Webb Historical Association presentation: “Escape From Dannemora: Breakouts, Tortures and Violence in Clinton Prison’s Past” (based on Lawrence P. Gooley’s latest book, Escape from Dannemora: 170 Years of Escapes, Tortures and Infamous Inmates at New York’s Most Notorious Prison) will feature an overview of Clinton Prison’s history including details of numerous escapes and attempts, routine punishments and profiles of famous and infamous inmates. The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12 at the Big Moose Community Chapel.
Associated Event Listing: Presentation: Escape from Dannemora (Clinton County Museum)
Sun Community News, December 4, 2015—Author to give presentation on Clinton Prison: Award-winning local author Lawrence Gooley will be giving a presentation called “Escape From Dannemora: Breakouts, Tortures and Violence in Clinton Prison’s Past” (based on his new book, Escape from Dannemora: 170 Years of Escapes, Tortures and Infamous Inmates at New York’s Most Notorious Prison) on Monday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley discusses his latest book, Escape from Dannemora: 170 Years of Escapes, Tortures, and Infamous Inmates at New York’s Most Notorious Prison, on Home Town Cable’s Our Little Corner.
Associated Event Listing: Presentation: Tracking Robert Garrow (Johnstown Eagles Club)
The Recorder, September 11, 2014—Author will speak on area serial killer: The Fulton County Sheriff’s Association will offer a public review of the case of convicted Adirondack serial killer Robert Garrow Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Johnstown Eagles Club, 12. S. William St., at 7 p.m. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas J. Lorey said the presentation will be given by author Lawrence P. Gooley. Gooley is known for writing several books including Terror in the Adirondacks: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert F. Garrow, which outlines an American spree killer who was active in New York in the early 1970s.
Associated Event Listing: 30th Annual Hoss’s Authors’ Night
Adirondack Almanack, August 11, 2014—Adirondack Authors Night Celebrating 30 Years: On Tuesday August 12th Hoss’s Country Corner in Long Lake will be hosting the 30th Annual Authors Night from 7 to 9 pm, the largest book event in the Adirondacks. Authors confirmed to appear include: Yvona Fast, Larry Gooley, Perky Granger, Carol Gregson, Kim Ladd, Pam Ladd, and Kathleen Larkin.
Sun Community News, October 29, 2013—Local author’s murder story to air on Halloween: Lawrence P. Gooley, Adirondack historian and true-crime author from the Plattsburgh area, will appear on the Investigation Discovery channel at midnight Halloween in a special titled “Bloody Marys.” The Mary Farmer story is based on a chapter of his recent book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers.
Sneak peek of the upcoming Halloween special that will air on Discovery ID (aka Investigation Discovery). Author Lawrence P. Gooley provides voice-over and on-screen narration for the Mary Farmer segment. Mary Farmer lived in Brownville (near Watertown), New York, and murdered her neighbor. The Farmer story is one of the murders chronicled in Gooley’s book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers.
Sun Community News, September 10, 2013—Local author to appear on Discovery Channel: Gooley, along with Jill Jones, his partner at Bloated Toe, were recently contacted by a representative from NBC, who wanted to use one of the stories from Gooley’s 2012 book, 25 Diabolical Adirondack Murders: The Twisted, Fiendish Deeds of Adirondack Killers, for an upcoming segment on their Discovery ID channel.
Author Lawrence P. Gooley and former Troop B Commander Jack Lawliss discuss serial killer Robert F. Garrow, on Home Town Cable’s Our Little Corner.