True Crime: Illinois: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases

True Crime: Illinois: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases

by Troy Taylor
True Crime: Illinois: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases

True Crime: Illinois: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases

by Troy Taylor

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Overview

Illinois was in many ways born in blood. From the early days of piracy to twentieth-century mob massacres, the state has been plagued with some of the worst crimes in history. This book begins with a general overview of crime in the state and then focuses on its headline stories. Included are the cases of the "Murder Castle" of H. H. Holmes, the intellectual thrill killers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the bloody St. Valentine's Day Massacre involving Al Capone's South Side mob and Bugs Morans North Side gang, the eight nurses brutally butchered by Richard Speck, and the horrifying rape and slaughter of 33 young men by "Killer Clown" John Wayne Gacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811735629
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 01/21/2009
Series: True Crime
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 661,591
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Troy Taylor lives in Decatur, Illinois and is the founder of the American Ghost Society. He is the author of more than 80 books on hauntings and unexplained phenomena.
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