World's Worst Crimes : An a-Z of Evil Deeds
by Grieg, CharlotteFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-09-01
Publisher(s): Atlasbooks Dist Serv
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Summary
The World's Worst Crimestakes you deep into the disturbing world of psychopaths, career criminals, and serial killers. From the Woman in the Box and the Online Murderer to the Düsseldorf Vampire and the House of Horror, this book delves into every major category of crime, sifting through the evidence to present a grisly, compelling, and blood-spattered history of the worst crimes ever committed.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 10 |
| The Acid Bath Murders | p. 14 |
| All in the Family | p. 19 |
| Beer Baron of the Bronx | p. 23 |
| The Beltway Shootings | p. 28 |
| The Big Bankroll | p. 33 |
| The Birmingham Church Bombing | p. 38 |
| The Bitch of Buchenwald | p. 43 |
| The Black Widow Killings | p. 46 |
| The Blood of Innocents | p. 51 |
| Born Under a Bad Sign | p. 54 |
| The Boston Stranglings | p. 58 |
| The Jackal Strikes | p. 61 |
| A Case Without a Corpse | p. 66 |
| The Chicago Cult Killings | p. 70 |
| Code of Honour | p. 74 |
| The Colombian Connection | p. 77 |
| The Crack House Murders | p. 81 |
| The Crime of the Century | p. 85 |
| The Custom-Built Dungeon | p. 87 |
| Dark Dark Fantasies | p. 92 |
| The Death of JFK | p. 97 |
| Death or Glory | p. 99 |
| Dr Death's Prescriptions | p. 102 |
| Doctor Double Cross | p. 106 |
| Double Homicide | p. 109 |
| The Düsseldorf Vampire | p. 117 |
| The East End Rackets | p. 120 |
| A Fatal Falling Out | p. 123 |
| The Finger of Suspicion | p. 126 |
| The Freedom Riders | p. 131 |
| The Godfather's Life of Crime | p. 136 |
| Grave Crimes | p. 141 |
| The Great Train Robbery | p. 143 |
| A Hair out of Place | p. 147 |
| The Hillside Stranglings | p. 149 |
| Hit and Run | p. 155 |
| The Hitch-Hiker Killings | p. 159 |
| House of Horrors | p. 163 |
| I Am your Flesh | p. 169 |
| If the Glove Fits | p. 172 |
| The Irish Bushranger | p. 177 |
| Jack the Ripper | p. 179 |
| Just a Gigolo | p. 184 |
| The Killings of a Clown | p. 187 |
| A Killer Couple | p. 190 |
| Killing for Company | p. 196 |
| The Kiss of Death | p. 201 |
| Last will and Testament | p. 205 |
| A Life of Crime | p. 209 |
| The Lord's Misrule | p. 212 |
| The MacIvor Case | p. 216 |
| Mail Order Murder | p. 220 |
| Making Zombies | p. 224 |
| The Masochistic Multiple Murders | p. 227 |
| The Mummy in the Cupboard | p. 235 |
| Murder in Belle Haven | p. 238 |
| The Murder of the Heiress | p. 244 |
| Murder on the Moors | p. 251 |
| A Murdered Teenager | p. 254 |
| The Night Stalker | p. 258 |
| On the Run | p. 263 |
| The Online Murders | p. 268 |
| The On-The-Ball Billionarie | p. 274 |
| The Paranoid Messiah | p. 278 |
| The Patriots Day Massacre | p. 282 |
| Psycho | p. 285 |
| The Race Case | p. 288 |
| The Rape Slayings | p. 292 |
| The Rippings in Rostov | p. 297 |
| The Rush Hour Massacre | p. 302 |
| The Rise of Scarface | p. 306 |
| The Scottish Cannibals | p. 311 |
| Sick with the Flu | p. 315 |
| Sins of the Father | p. 317 |
| The Skid Row Murders | p. 322 |
| Slaughter of the Innocents | p. 325 |
| The Son of Sam Killings | p. 331 |
| Straight a for Murder | p. 336 |
| A Taste for Flesh | p. 338 |
| This Charming Man | p. 342 |
| Trail of Destruction | p. 346 |
| The Unabomber | p. 351 |
| The Unlikely Couple | p. 356 |
| The Vatican Fraud | p. 361 |
| The Voodoo Killings | p. 366 |
| The Wilderness Killings | p. 370 |
| The Woman in a Box | p. 374 |
| The Yorkshire Ripper | p. 378 |
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