Torture at the Back Forty

The Gang Rape and Slaying of Margaret Anderson

Mike Dauplaise

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M&b Global Solutions
08 January 2025

True crime; Sexual abuse & harassment

The true story of the murder of Margaret Anderson - raped on a pool table and left for dead near a manure pile - shocked the populace of Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the 1983 Christmas holiday. Though nearly beheaded, the single mother fought hard for her life. In the end, however, Margaret died, leaving her teen son motherless.

Author Mike Dauplaise practically makes the reader feel Margaret's last breaths as he recreates the night she was killed. He then takes us to her home state of Montana, and finally along the investigative pursuit of a lifetime. This America's Most Wanted drama ends nearly five years later with the capture of the last of her four attackers. Dauplaise exposes the motorcycle gang culture of the 1980s to reveal what was done to Margaret and the subsequent efforts to bring her attackers to justice. True crime enthusiasts will revel in the detail and the manhunt.

By: Mike Dauplaise
Imprint: M&b Global Solutions
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780996048828
ISBN 10: 0996048820
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 08 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Dauplaise is a freelance writer based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife, Bonnie. He began his professionalwriting career in 1979 as a part-time sports and news reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, and graduated from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications in 1984. He later worked as a sports and news reporter for the Wausau(Wis.) Daily Herald, sports editor for the Green Bay News-Chronicle, and copy editor and sports reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. After leaving the newspaper business, he worked as a communications specialist in a corporate marketing setting while growing his freelance writing business. Dauplaise teamed up with former Green Bay Packers security director Jerry Parins to co-author ""Bodyguard to the Packers: Beat Cops, Brett Favre and Beating Cancer,"" and with physician Rolf Lulloff to co-author ""Living and Loving with Parkinson's Disease: Our Partnership through a 45-Year Journey.""

Reviews for Torture at the Back Forty: The Gang Rape and Slaying of Margaret Anderson

""A murder story that must be told, for it represents the worst of human nature. The only thing colder than the killers' hearts is the frigid air surrounding Green Bay, Wisconsin, that terrible winter. There is no fat here; the writing is lean and moves swiftly."" - Philip Carlo, author of The Night Stalker, The Ice Man and The Butcher: Anatomy of a Mafia Psychopath ""Riveting, yet undeniably disturbing because of the violence. Dauplaise delivers this America's Most Wanted story in such in-your-face detail that you can almost feel Margaret Anderson breathing."" - Detective Jerry Rogalski, Green Bay Police Department (Ret.) ""With an unsparing eye, Dauplaise tells a penetrating story, set in a blustery outpost of America, about a murderer named Gargoyle, motorcycle gangs, an undercover operation conducted with a wife in tow, a hit man who runs out with a deposit, and a woman who deserved far better than her depraved end."" - Marek Fuchs, author of A Cold-Blooded Business ""Keep your eyes on author Mike Dauplaise. He's one to watch. He's taken an obscure crime story and crafted a smart and riveting narrative that dares you to put it down."" - Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Abandoned Prayers ""While well written and a true page turner, this book is not for the faint of heart. I would prefer to fight a pack of hungry wolves before facing the men Margaret fought with on the night of her death."" - Chuck Whitlock, Author of Police Heroes and Scam School ""A despicable cast of characters, a misogynistic culture, a horrendous crime - Dauplaise lays it all bare in shocking detail. Torture at the Back Forty is a stunning story in an otherwise bucolic blue-collar town."" - Diane Fanning, Author of Edgar Award finalist Written in Blood ""Dauplaise vividly recounts the details of this horrific crime. He depicts a twilight world where women are second-class citizens and life is cheap. Read it and weep."" - Carol Anne Davis, Author of Sadistic Killers and Children Who Kill ""Torture at the Back Forty details the loss of innocence. The brutal killing of Ms. Anderson changed this area for all time."" - Steve Daniels, National Homicide Conference coordinator, Criminal Profiler, Retired Parole Agent