Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered

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Overview

Discover the stories behind 20 of the most infamous unsolved murders of the last century, including the Black Dahlia, the Zodiac Killer, and the JonBenét Ramsey case.

This true crime book lets you judge for yourself, investigating some of the most infamous unsolved cases of the 20th and 21st centuries. It presents crime scenes, crucial evidence, witnesses, and persons of interest along with essential details and clues.

Unsolved Murders also profiles the psychology of the killer, discusses the background and life of the unfortunate victim (or victims), and explores how these horrific crimes impacted the victim's family and friends. Spanning domestic tragedies to serial killers with a love for the macabre, this book will have you up all night.

Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered is like having your favorite true crime podcast or documentary at your fingertips every day.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781465479716
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 02/05/2019
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 621,266
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Amber Hunt is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family. She's an award-winning crime reporter and host of the acclaimed true crime podcast Accused. Hunt also helped report a Pulitzer Prize-winning project for the Cincinnati Enquirer, where she works as a special projects reporter.

Emily G. Thompson has several years experience as an investigative reporter. She has her own true crime website and podcast, Morbidology, and has contributed articles to blogs and websites. Her first true crime book, Unsolved Child Murders: Eighteen American Cases, 1956-1998 was published in November 2017 and became a #1 New Release on Amazon. Her second book for DK, Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder is to be published in February 2020.

Table of Contents

The Shrouded House 1

The Villisca Ax Murders, 1912

A Hollywood Whodunit 11

The William Desmond Taylor Murder, 1922

The Bodies in the Barn 21

The Hinterkaifeck Murders, 1922

The Impossible Murder 29

The Julia Wallace Murder, 1931

Deep Waters 39

The Shark Arm Case, 1935

Panic in the City 49

The Cleveland Torso Murders, 1935-38

Scandal in Shangri-la 59

The Happy Valley Murder, 1941

The Skeleton in the Wood 69

Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?, 1943

Death of a Dreamer 79

The Black Dahlia Murder, 1947

Did Sam Do It? 89

The Marilyn Sheppard Murder, 1954

The Last Bike Ride 99

The Lynne Harper Murder, 1959

Campsite of Horrors 109

The Lake Bodom Murders, 1960

Killing for Fun 117

The Zodiac Murders, 1968-69

Stranger Danger 129

The Oakland County Child Murders, 1976-77

Phone Calls From a Killer 139

The Dorothy Jane Scott Murder, 1980

Death at the Drugstore 147

The Tylenol Murders, 1982

A Christmas Nightmare 157

The Jonbenét Ramsey Murder, 1996

Drive-by Shootings 171

The Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls Murders, 1996-97

Shot in Broad Daylight 179

The Jill Dando Murder, 1999

Staircase of Death 189

The Kathleen Peterson Murder, 2001

Lost in the Marshland 199

The Long Island Murders, 2003-10

Picture credits 209

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