"Naomi Wise" is based on a true story. I don't remember the details, but Naomi was gotten pregnant by John Lewis, who was either engaged or married to someone else, so he convinced her that he was going to marry her, then when he got her away from her home, he killed her. The details are in a book of famous North Carolina murder cases, and if I can locate it in my book collection, I'll PM you with the name and author.