Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Dr. John Cook Bennett: The Diploma Peddler (1804-1867) 1
Chapter 2 John Chivington: The Fighting Parson (1821-1894) 12
Chapter 3 George H. Devol: King of the Riverboat Gamblers (1829-1903) 23
Chapter 4 Nancy Farrer: Insane Poisoner or Witless Dupe? (1832-185?) 32
Chapter 5 Victoria Claflin Woodhull: Scandalous Suffragette (1838-1927) 39
Chapter 6 Stephen Wallace Dorsey: Senator and Swindler (1842-1916) 50
Chapter 7 Cassie Chadwick: Con Artist (1857-1907) 60
Chapter 8 Alfred Knapp: Serial Strangler (1863-1904) 70
Chapter 9 Dr. James Howard Snook: Gold Medal Murderer (1879-1930) 80
Chapter 10 Eva Brickel Kaber: Murderer for Hire (1881-1931) 91
Chapter 11 Martha Wise: The Poison Widow of Hardscrabble (1884-1971) 102
Chapter 12 Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd: Public Enemy Number One (1904-1934) 112
Chapter 13 Anna Marie Hahn: Arsenic Anna (1906-1938) 122
Chapter 14 Edythe Klumpp: Murderous Seamstress (1918-1999) 132
Chapter 15 Jean Struven Harris: The Scorned Headmistress (1923-2012) 143
Bibliography 153
Index 159
About the Author 167