A Roadhouse Coup & Garrow - One night only! Two locally produced films back to back!
Saturday, February 17th / Doors 6pm / A Roadhouse Coup 7pm / Garrow 9pm
Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center
24 Market Street, Oneonta NY
Join is for a chance to watch these two locally produced films which are full of many familiar faces for Otsego County residents! One night, two awesome movies for one great price!
A Roadhouse Coup
Oneonta, New York. 1925-1935. A bustling Railroad Community during the time of Prohibition and Prosperity, this combination would provide the perfect opportunity for local entrepreneur and brothel owner; EVA COO.
Eva was a boisterous and witty woman, able to seduce and swindle many an unsuspecting gentleman out of his money, property and Insurance policies.
A most unfortunate scenario for one Harry “Gimpy” Wright.
Harry was a somewhat “simple” man whom Eva provided room and board to in exchange for a portion of his inheritance. When Eva discovered that Gimpy had spent a good deal of the money, she grew angry with him and his value decreased significantly.
To no one’s surprise, Eva was listed as the benefactor on Gimpy’s life insurance policy, and so she hatched a plan to kill him and collect.
On June 14th. 1934, Eva and her partner in crime, Martha Clift asked Gimpy to ride along and help them with an odd job on Crumhorn Mountain. Once out of the car, Eva hit him on the head with a heavy mallet, knocking him unconscious. The women then drove over his body several times until he was dead. Unfortunately, their perfect plan did not play out as they had hoped. Suspicions arose and an investigation ensued.
Eva was arrested, tried, and convicted in Otsego County Court in August 1934.
She was sentenced to death by electric chair and was executed on June 27th. 1935.
GARROW
Robert Francis Garrow was a serial rapist and murderer whose reign of terror paralyzed the North Country between the years of 1960 and 1978. Born in Mineville, New York in 1936, Robert's childhood was an endless cycle of unimaginable horror. Beatings, sexual abuse, bestiality and bloodshed.
As an adult, Robert would become a sadomasochist, rapist and serial killer. The exact number of his victims to this day remains uncertain. A knife wielding psychopath that could charm his victims before carving them to death. Robert was clever and cunning. He was able to manipulate the law, fake his own paralysis, escape from prison, and avoid capture for over a decade.
Recommended for ages 18+ / Cash bar available for 21+ / Snacks and concessions will be sold