Introduction -- Lizzie Borden took an ax / Edwin H. Porter. The Preller murder case / Thomas Furlong -- They took everything / Jason Ryan -- King of thieves / J. North Conway -- The Rock Island Express / Cleveland Moffett -- The mad trapper of Rat River / Dick North -- The ax murders of Saxtown / Nicholas J. C. Pistor -- The Lufthansa heist / Henry Hill & Daniel Simone -- The Northfield Bank job / J. H. Hanson -- Lizzie Borden took an ax / Edwin H. Porter.
Summary:
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.
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