Whacked One Hundred Years Murder And Mayhem In The Chicago Outfit

Author : John William Tuohy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781461003236
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whacked. One Hundred Years Murder and Mayhem in the Chicago Outfit written by John William Tuohy and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2011-03-13 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder in the Chicago Mob

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841132
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's South Side written by Troy Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lurking below the Loop, behind the industry-driven energy of Chicago, lies the mysterious criminal underworld of the South Side. Recounting criminal exploits of legends like Alphonse Capone, as well as lesser-known stories like the Car Barn Bandits, Troy Taylor captures the intricacies of the most infamous stories of Chicago's South Side. From the gruesome murders committed by the unassuming H.H. Holmes to the mysterious death of Marshall Field Jr., join Taylor as he revisits the South Side's prosperous middle-class days and vividly depicts the strange and horrific crimes that have cast new light on the character of these too often overlooked neighborhoods.

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233055
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder and Mayhem in Chicago's Downtown written by Troy Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the company of author Troy Taylor, pull off the trick of coming back alive from some of Chicago's most infamous "one-way rides." Meet the deadly womanizer Johann Hoch, who would propose to a woman within twenty minutes of meeting her and then poison her within a week. Follow "Terrible" Tommy O'Conner as he eluded the gallows for more than fifty years, until the city finally grew "tired of waiting" and dismantled them for the final time. Learn how even flower shops and cathedrals weren't safe from gangland violence, and relive the tragic fire at the Iroquois Theatre, where a "fireproof" curtain was made of cotton and did little to stop the blaze that killed more people than the Great Fire of 1871.

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614232989
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's North Side written by Troy Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Haunted Illinois visits the criminal history of the Windy City neighborhood where mobsters and murderers plied their trades. In 1929, Chicago gangster Al Capone arranged a special St. Valentine’s Day delivery for his favorite arch enemies: a massacre. Seven North Side mobsters were left dead. Yet random killings and bizarre murders were not unfamiliar in Chicago. Tales of the city’s most violent and puzzling murders make this gripping work truly hair-raising: a deranged stalker kills his love object and then himself; a sausage maker uses the tools of his trade to rid himself of his wife; and a meticulous serial killer cleans his dead victim’s wounds before taping them closed. Through accounts dripping with mystery, gory details and suspense, Troy Taylor brilliantly tells the twisted history of Chicago’s North Side. Includes photos!

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841124
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's West Side written by Troy Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Haunted Illinois takes readers to the Windy City’s wild west, where criminals from Frank Capone to John Wayne Gacy left their mark. Blazing from the West Side, the Great Chicago Fire left nothing but ashy remnants of the developing city, leveling its landscape but certainly not its spirit. While the West Side was home to the infamous O’Leary barn, it was also where news of some of the city’s most gruesome and horrific crimes reverberated throughout the state and across the country. Read about the bloody end of Roger “the Terrible” Touhy, who, although he undoubtedly lived up to his name, met an ill-deserved fate. Troy Taylor also delves into the life of John Wayne Gacy, the depraved man masked by the clown costume, and yet again proves to be a master storyteller and historian of Chicago’s criminal underworld. Includes photos!

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625841116
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Vice Districts written by Troy Taylor and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trip through the history of the Windy City’s lawless districts where you could lose your money and your life—from the author of Haunted Illinois. From the very beginning, Chicago thrived on its reputation as a wide-open town. After the Great Fire, no part of the city was rebuilt more quickly than the vice districts, where bribed cops and brutal force emboldened professional wickedness to celebrate itself with gala events like the First Ward Ball, begun in honor of a madam’s pianist and often so crowded that passed-out drunks couldn’t even fall to the floor. Randolph Street was nicknamed Gambler’s Row because men gambled with their lives by visiting it. In Little Hell, guns and knives could be rented by the hour. In these seedy areas only put to sleep by Mickey Finn’s knockout drinks or Gentle Annie’s knockout punches, it is no wonder that Detective Woolridge kept seventy-five disguises, made twenty thousand arrests and was shot at forty-four times. Includes photos!

Author : John J. Binder
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738523262
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Outfit written by John J. Binder and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of the Chicago Outfit, detailing its role in the development of the city's organized crime scene as well as the political and corporate protection it secured in order to become one of the most successful crime families.

Author : Jeff Coen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569765456
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Secrets written by Jeff Coen and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painting a vivid picture of the pivotal case that broke apart a Chicago mob family, this narrative relies on court transcripts, police records, interviews, and notes to recreate the story as it unfolded in a 2007 courtroom.

Author : Dr Wayne a Johnson
Publisher : Llr Books-Leader
ISBN 13 : 9780615986937
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Violence written by Dr Wayne a Johnson and published by Llr Books-Leader. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John J. Binder
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633882853
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al Capone's Beer Wars written by John J. Binder and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on 25 years of research using all available sources, this is the definitive history of organized crime in Chicago through the end of the Prohibition Era"--