He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories
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By Kori Rumore, Marianne Mather, Heidi Stevens (Foreword by), Rick Kogan (Introduction), Chris Jones (Contribution by), Michael Phillips (Contribution by)
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Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago.
You probably know Roxie and Velma, the goodtime gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations. You might not know that Roxie, Velma, and the rest of the colorful characters of the play were inspired by real prisoners held in “Murderess Row” in 1920s Chicago—or that the reporter who covered their trials for the Chicago Tribune went on to write the p...
You probably know Roxie and Velma, the goodtime gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations. You might not know that Roxie, Velma, and the rest of the colorful characters of the play were inspired by real prisoners held in “Murderess Row” in 1920s Chicago—or that the reporter who covered their trials for the Chicago Tribune went on to write the p...






















