Murder Cases Of The Twentieth Century

Author : David K. Frasier
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786430314
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century written by David K. Frasier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jack Henry Abbott, who stabbed a waiter through the heart for not allowing him to use the toilet, to the "Zodiac," an unknown California serial killer who may have murdered as many as 37 people, this reference work details 280 of the most famous murder cases of the twentieth century. Each entry contains, when applicable, birth and death dates, aliases, occupation, location of the murders, weapons used, number of victims, and the time period when the killings occurred. Films, plays, television shows, videos and audio programs based on or inspired by the case are then cited, followed by a brief overview of the murder case and a bibliography of English-language works related to it.

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Publisher : Ashley Books
ISBN 13 : 9780881767179
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crimes of the 20th Century written by and published by Ashley Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David K. Frasier
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Download or read book Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century written by David K. Frasier and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ronald Barri Flowers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786450244
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Murders in the United States written by Ronald Barri Flowers and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents brief descriptions of notorious murder cases in the U.S. from the 1900s to the 1990s, as well as alphabetized biographical sketches of famous killers and victims.

Author : Jay R. Nash
Publisher : Marlowe & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781569248720
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Encyclopedia of 20th Century Murder written by Jay R. Nash and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one thousand entries present a sociologically informative portrait of the men and women who kill.

Author : Mark Grossman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476630135
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trunk Dripped Blood written by Mark Grossman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trunk dripping blood, discovered at a railway station in Stockton in 1906, launched one of the most famous murder investigations in California history--still debated by crime historians. In 1913, the dismembered body of a young pregnant woman, found in the East River, was traced back to her killer and husband, who remains the only priest ever executed for homicide in the U.S. In 1916, a successful dentist, recently married into a prestigious family, poisoned his in-laws--first with deadly bacteria, then with arsenic--claiming the real murderer was an Egyptian incubus who took control of his body. Drawing on court transcripts, newspaper coverage and other contemporary sources, this collection of historical American true crime stories chronicles five murder cases that became media sensations of their day, making headlines across the country in the decades before radio or television.

Author : John J. Eddleston
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blind Justice written by John J. Eddleston and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2000-05-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines 50 crimes where the accused was found guilty and either executed or sentenced to life imprisonment; in each case it is asserted that there was reasonable doubt, either as to the guilt or the sanity of the accused.

Author : Mark J. Phillips
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633881962
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trials of the Century written by Mark J. Phillips and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every decade of the twentieth century, there was one sensational murder trial that riveted public attention and at the time was called "the trial of the century." This book tells the story of each murder case and the dramatic trial—and media coverage—that followed. Starting with the murder of famed architect Stanford White in 1906 and ending with the O.J. Simpson trial of 1994, the authors recount ten compelling tales spanning the century. Each is a story of celebrity and sex, prejudice and heartbreak, and all reveal how often the arc of American justice is pushed out of its trajectory by an insatiable media driven to sell copy. The most noteworthy cases are here--including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Sam Sheppard murder trial ("The Fugitive"), the "Helter Skelter" murders of Charles Manson, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. But some cases that today are lesser known also provide fascinating glimpses into the tenor of the time: the media sensation created by yellow journalist William Randolph Hearst around the murder trial of 1920s movie star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; the murder of the Scarsdale Diet guru by an elite prep-school headmistress in the 1980s; and more. The authors conclude with an epilogue on the infamous Casey Anthony (“tot mom”)trial, showing that the twenty-first century is as prone to sensationalism as the last century. This is a fascinating history of true crime, justice gone awry, and the media often at its worst.

Author : Kirk Wilson
Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786710225
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unsolved Crimes written by Kirk Wilson and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extended edition of an award-winning book investigates such events as the Lord Lucan murder, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the coma of Sunny von Bnlow, citing the author's view on why such crimes remain significant. Reprint.

Author : Paul Collins
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307592219
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Murder of the Century written by Paul Collins and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “enormously entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) account of a shocking 1897 murder mystery that “artfully re-create[s] the era, the crime, and the newspaper wars it touched off” (The New York Times) AN EDGAR NOMINEE FOR BEST FACT CRIME • “Fascinating . . . won’t disappoint readers in search of a book like Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.”—The Washington Post On Long Island, a farmer finds a duck pond turned red with blood. On the Lower East Side, two boys discover a floating human torso wrapped tightly in oilcloth. Blueberry pickers near Harlem stumble upon neatly severed limbs in an overgrown ditch. The police are baffled: There are no witnesses, no motives, no suspects. The grisly finds that began on the afternoon of June 26, 1897, plunged detectives headlong into the era’s most perplexing murder mystery. Seized upon by battling media moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the case became a publicity circus, as their rival newspapers the World and the Journal raced to solve the crime. What emerged was a sensational love triangle and an even more sensational trial. The Murder of the Century is a rollicking tale—a rich evocation of America during the Gilded Age and a colorful re-creation of the tabloid wars that forever changed newspaper journalism.