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No Place Like Murder
- True Crime in the Midwest
Engelsk Paperback
No Place Like Murder
- True Crime in the Midwest
Engelsk Paperback

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A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after. True crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song "Frankie and Johnny" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with a shotgun. Thornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was dubbed "Gun Girl" and went on to make headlines from coast to coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and revelations, No Place Like Murder also features such folks as Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two didn't meet until their fateful last night. An enthralling and chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true crime lovers.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9780253052780
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0253052785
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
29 sep 2020
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
228mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
Indiana University Press
Oplagsdato:
29 sep 2020
Forfatter(e):
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