Using many aliases, Herman Drenth (also known as Harry Powers) lured countless women to an underground chamber located beneath his garage in Quiet Dell, West Virginia. A classic Bluebeard, Drenth scoured lonely-hearts ads in out-of-town papers and wrote the wome tantalizing letters. If the ladies were willing to come visit Drenth he would swindle away their cash and dispose of them.

Arrested after an anonymous tip, Drenth's murder dungeon was searched and many items found that made it clear that many women had probably not escaped the clutches of the cold-hearted Drenth. Five bodies were soon unearthed from the garden: Aster Eicher and her three children from Park Ridge, Illinios, and Dorothy Lemke from Northboro, Massachusetts. When questioned concerning the small mountain of items who's owners were unknown Drenth clammed up, muttering only "You've got me on five, what good would fifty more do?"

It could never be proved that Drenth killed more than the five buried in his yard. He was sentenced to death and hung on March 18, 1932.