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02493aam a2200337 i 4500 001 4AC1898E1AA111EC92261E6A3DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210921010047 008 210505s2021 ctu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2021016522 020 $a 1493056700 020 $a 9781493056705 035 $a (OCoLC)1250435243 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d GRC $d YDX $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 364.152/3 $2 23 245 04 $a The greatest true crime stories ever told : $b tales of murder and mayhem ripped from the front page / $c edited by Tom McCarthy. 246 30 $a Tales of murder and mayhem ripped from the front page 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, $c [2021] 300 $a viii, 275 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $g Introduction -- $t Lizzie Borden took an ax / $r Edwin H. Porter. $t The Preller murder case / $r Thomas Furlong -- $t They took everything / $r Jason Ryan -- $t King of thieves / $r J. North Conway -- $t The Rock Island Express / $r Cleveland Moffett -- $t The mad trapper of Rat River / $r Dick North -- $t The ax murders of Saxtown / $r Nicholas J. C. Pistor -- $t The Lufthansa heist / $r Henry Hill & Daniel Simone -- $t The Northfield Bank job / $r J. H. Hanson -- $t Lizzie Borden took an ax / $r Edwin H. Porter. 520 $a If reading true crime is a guilty pleasure, this collection of stunning heists and unspeakable murders from the front pages of history will leave no doubt about the verdict. Three unsuspecting mens lives cut short at the hands of their lovers in Gangland Chicago, a mysterious and murderous trapper chased across unforgiving Arctic mountains in sub-zero temperatures, a notorious band of outlaws ill-fated bank robbery, a little-known but starkly detailed look at Lizzie Bordens handiwork with her famous ax, a body in a trunk and a suspect halfway across the world thinking hes pulled it off are among the enticing and unsettling tales in this arresting collection. Here are stories sure to intrigue and shock readers and put them on the edges of their seats. Thats the point after all, and The Greatest Crime Stories Ever Told will not disappoint. 650 0 $a Murder $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Crime $v Case studies. 700 1 $a McCarthy, Tom, $d 1952- $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025244.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210921010841.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4AC1898E1AA111EC92261E6A3DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search