Fox Cities Murder Mayhem

Author : Gavin Schmitt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781439663783

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Fox Cities Murder & Mayhem by Gavin Schmitt Pdf

Wind through the criminal history of the cities along northeast Wisconsin’s Fox River with the author of Milwaukee Mafia as your guide. The safe and sedate Fox Cities have seen their share of horrible crimes. Coldblooded murder, kidnapping, prostitution, organized crime and other misdeeds shocked and appalled not just the community but the entire state. Murderer Porter Ross tried to commit suicide by eating bedsprings. Wenzel Kabat mutilated and burned a man in order to take over his farm. The Appleton Butcher left dismembered human remains on a playground for children to find. In this volume, crime writer and leading expert on the Milwaukee Mafia Gavin Schmitt turns his magnifying glass on small-town America. Includes photos!

Author : Timothy Freiss
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781439679012

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Green Bay Murder & Mayhem by Timothy Freiss Pdf

Known for friendly people, traditional family values, and the Packers, Green Bay is a big city with a small-town feel. But resting beneath its welcoming demeanor is an underbelly of wickedness that has been there from its very formation. The city's downtown district rests atop one of Wisconsin's oldest burial sites, and the west side was the location for the state's second recorded hanging, which was at the time the punishment for murder. And the city's beloved football team once drafted one of America's worst serial killers. Compiling stories of stolen skulls, underground gangs, and crimes so horrendous and shocking they made national news, Timothy Freiss reveals a side of Green Bay few have seen.

Author : Mikhāyil Mishāqa
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0887067123

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Murder, Mayhem, Pillage, and Plunder by Mikhāyil Mishāqa Pdf

The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries puts into perspective the turmoil into which the Lebanon has fallen today. This translation comprises the memoirs of several generations of the Mishāqa family. The author, Mikhāyil Mishāqa (1800-1888), a many-faceted individual, was raised in Dayr al-Qamar, then the princely seat of Mount Lebanon, apprenticed as a merchant in Damietta, Egypt. He served as financial comptroller to the Shihab emirs of Hasbayya and in his later years was a physician and consul to the United States in Damascus. Mishāqa gives a vivid picture of life and history during the period. From his position he was privy to political deliberations and knew intimately the clan chiefs, pashas and princes who were the principal agents of change. The book contains information unavailable elsewhere of importance to political and social historians, on life during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Large portions of the original text that are of particular interest for the study of the interaction of the various ethno-religious groups that inhabit the area, were at one time expunged from the printed Arabic version as too sensitive, but are included in this comprehensive English translation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438421995

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Murder, Mayhem, Pillage, and Plunder by Anonim Pdf

The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries puts into perspective the turmoil into which the Lebanon has fallen today. This translation comprises the memoirs of several generations of the Mishāqa family. The author, Mikhāyil Mishāqa (1800-1888), a many-faceted individual, was raised in Dayr al-Qamar, then the princely seat of Mount Lebanon, apprenticed as a merchant in Damietta, Egypt. He served as financial comptroller to the Shihab emirs of Hasbayya and in his later years was a physician and consul to the United States in Damascus. Mishāqa gives a vivid picture of life and history during the period. From his position he was privy to political deliberations and knew intimately the clan chiefs, pashas and princes who were the principal agents of change. The book contains information unavailable elsewhere of importance to political and social historians, on life during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Large portions of the original text that are of particular interest for the study of the interaction of the various ethno-religious groups that inhabit the area, were at one time expunged from the printed Arabic version as too sensitive, but are included in this comprehensive English translation.

Author : Jack Levin,Jack Alan Fox,James Alan Fox
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Homicide
ISBN : PSU:000048587556

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Dead Lines by Jack Levin,Jack Alan Fox,James Alan Fox Pdf

Collection of popular press op-ed articles on homicide from world-renowned experts on the subject. This book provides strong evidence that the opinions of criminologists, based on research and theory, can effectively make their way into the popular press in order to influence public opinion as well as the thinking of policymakers. Almost all of the 56 essays reprinted in this volume were originally published by the authors as opinion columns in major newspapers around the country. These op-eds, as they are called, focus on various types of murder how to account for changes in the rate of homicide, why individuals commit various types of murder, and how our criminal justice system ought to respond in order to combat extreme acts of violence.

Author : Matthew J. Prigge
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780870207174

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Milwaukee Mayhem by Matthew J. Prigge Pdf

From murder and matchstick men to all-consuming fires, painted women, and Great Lakes disasters--and the wide-eyed public who could not help but gawk at it all--"Milwaukee Mayhem" uncovers the little-remembered and rarely told history of the underbelly of a Midwestern metropolis. "Milwaukee Mayhem" offers a new perspective on Milwaukee's early years, forgoing the major historical signposts found in traditional histories and focusing instead on the strange and brutal tales of mystery, vice, murder, and disaster that were born of the city's transformation from lakeside settlement to American metropolis. Author Matthew J. Prigge presents these stories as they were recounted to the public in the newspapers of the era, using the vivid and often grim language of the times to create an engaging and occasionally chilling narrative of a forgotten Milwaukee. Through his thoughtful introduction, Prigge gives the work context, eschewing assumptions about "simpler times" and highlighting the mayhem that the growth and rise of a city can bring about. These stories are the orphans of Milwaukee's history, too unusual to register in broad historic narratives, too strange to qualify as nostalgia, but nevertheless essential to our understanding of this American city.

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : 0971237514

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The Fox Valley Murders by Jack Vance Pdf

Author : Ron Avery
Publisher : DIANE Publishing Inc.
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422362353

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City of Brotherly Mayhem by Ron Avery Pdf

Author : Nick Vulich
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780359107131

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Murder, Madness, and Mayhem on the Iowa Illinois Frontier by Nick Vulich Pdf

It's not the usual boring history read. It's a fast-paced, easy to read, behind the scenes look at the making of Iowa and Illinois focusing on Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.

Author : Alan Hynd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Crime
ISBN : PSU:000000377348

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Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery by Alan Hynd Pdf

Author : Sam Sheridan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101605868

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The Disaster Diaries by Sam Sheridan Pdf

Gain the basic skills you'd need to live through a cataclysmic event—one humbling and angst-filled lesson at a time We're inundated daily with images of chaos and catastrophe from movies, books, and the nightly news. When Sam Sheridan became a father, these tales of disaster became impossible to ignore, and he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect his son. He soon realized, however, that each possible doomsday scenario required a different skillset, and in order to really survive the apocalypse, he'd have to learn everything, from starting a fire to stealing a car, learning to fight with a knife, and even building an igloo. With just the right mix of seriousness, paranoia, and self-deprecation, The Disaster Diaries is irresistible armchair adventure reading that informs as much as it entertains.

Author : Scott M. Burnstein
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-16
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781439633106

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Motor City Mafia by Scott M. Burnstein Pdf

Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit chronicles the storied and hallowed gangland history of the notorious Detroit underworld. Scott M. Burnstein takes the reader inside the belly of the beast, tracking the bloodshed, exploits, and leadership of the southeast Michigan crime syndicate as never before seen in print. Through a stunning array of rare archival photographs and images, Motor City Mafia captures Detroit's most infamous past, from its inception in the early part of the 20th century, through the years when the iconic Purple Gang ruled the city's streets during Prohibition, through the 1930s and the formation of the local Italian mafia, and the Detroit crime family's glory days in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, all the way to the downfall of the area's mob reign in the 1980s and 1990s.

Author : Erle Stanley Gardner
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857683816

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Top of the Heap by Erle Stanley Gardner Pdf

SHE PLAYED THE ODDS – AND LOST! When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi – and fast. Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency. Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent the night and the client declares the case closed. But it’s not. Something about his client’s story doesn’t add up, and Donald can’t resist the temptation to keep digging. Before he knows it, he’s dug up connections to a mining scam, an illegal casino, and a double homicide – plus an opportunity for an enterprising private eye to make a small fortune, if he can just stay alive long enough to cash in on it!

Author : Michael Keene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Capital punishment
ISBN : 193968806X

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Murder, Mayhem & Madness by Michael Keene Pdf

The author takes us on a journey into the past, investigating thirteen true stories of the dark side of local history. Drawing upon years of original research, often uncovering new clues, learn some of Western New York's most shocking crimes.

Author : Brian Allison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439657720

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Murder & Mayhem in Nashville by Brian Allison Pdf

From post–Civil War political feuds to Depression-era mass murder—explore the criminally fascinating secret history of Music City, USA. Nashville is known for its bold, progressive flair, but few are aware of its malevolent past. Now, historian Brian Allison sheds light on some of Nashville’s darkest deeds in this compulsively readable chronicle of turn-of-the-century bad behavior. Included here are tales of infamous bar brawls, escaped fugitives, and deadly duels instigated (and won) by legendary hothead Andrew Jackson; a tour of the notorious red-light district of Smokey Row, where one of the largest congregations of prostitutes in the country was at the service of 1000s of beleaguered boys in gray; a killer temptress with a penchant for poison who strolled the city streets looking for victims; a grisly—and true—local legend known as the Headless Horror; the facts behind the macabre 1938 Marrowbone Creek cabin murders; and much more. Vividly capturing the outlandish mischief, shocking crimes, and political powder kegs of an era, Murder and Mayhem in Nashville lifts the veil on a great city’s sordid secrets.