were a subgenre of sensational literature which resembled a combination of modern pulp magazines and true crime books; they were contemporary with the British penny dreadfuls. Cannon was given the first name "Lucretia" in the 1841 pamphlet, apparently to associate her with Lucretia Borgia, a notorious Italian poisoner. The novel, The Entailed Hat, Or, Patty Cannon's Times (1884) by George Alfred Townsend, included fictional material. Its popularity resulted in numerous hardback editions; it was reissued in 1890, 1912, 1955 and 1969. A paperback edition was issued in March 2007. Various modern collections of ghost stories include information on Patty Cannon. The slave-stealing Patty Ridenour character in a sixth-season episode of Homicide: Life on the Street entitled "Sins of the Father" (aired January 9, 1998) appears to be modeled on Cannon. James McBride features Patty Cannon as a figure in his 2008 historical novel, Song Yet Sung (2008). Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood's novel, Spartan Gold (2009), is based in part upon Cannon and a modern-day search for valuable stolen artifacts which she may have left behind. The WGN TV series Underground introduced the character Patty Cannon (played by Brigid Brannagh and later Sadie Stratton) in its first-season finale (2016). However, this was an anachronism since this Cannon is a fairly young woman in the late 1850s, more than three decades past when the real person died. Cannon was featured in an episode of Deadly Women. Season 11 episode 4 The Dark Side See also Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova Delphine LaLaurie Elizabeth Bathory James Ford (pirate) John Crenshaw General: List of serial killers in the United States References Further reading Messenger, R.W. Patty Cannon Administers Justice or Joe Johnson's Last Kidnapping, Cambridge, Maryland: 1960 Morgan, Michael. Delmarva’s Patty Cannon: The Devil on the Nanticoke. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2015. Roth, Hal. The Monster's Handsome Face: Patty Cannon in Fiction and Fact, Vienna, Maryland: 1998 Shields, J. The Infamous Patty Cannon in History and Legend. Dover, DE : Bibliotheca Literaria Press, 1990 (appears to be self-published; only title for this press.) External links The Entailed Hat: Or, Patty Cannon's Times, online text of book at Project Gutenberg Selections from The Entailed Hat, edited by William C. Chase (2002), emeritus, McDaniel University History Detectives: "Cannon House"], History Detectives website containing transcript , photo, and evidence used in Season 1, Episode 4 Homicide: Life On The Street, "Sins of the Father" episode details at Internet