Fear Came to Town

In the town of Santa Claus, Georgia, the holiday spirit lived all year round...until Jerry Scott Heidler came to town...

In Santa Claus, Georgia, the streets were named Candy Cane Road and December Drive. Christmas was the lifeblood of the people. One terrible night in December 1997, Heidler broke into the home of his former foster family and brutally murdered them. Doug Crandell describes the harrowing incident that changed this one town forever.Doug Crandell is an author and essayist living in Douglasville, Georgia. He is the author of five books, including Fear Came to Town. He also writes short stories and essays, which have been included in anthologies such as Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood; Stories from the Blue Moon Café: Anthology of Southern Writers; and When I Was a Loser: True Stories of Barely Surviving High School.