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True Crime History Series (Formerly True Crime Series)
Launched under the editorship of Albert Borowitz, True Crime History publishes effectively written and well-documented works on criminal cases of the past and of the present day. Series selections will often focus on cases that illuminate the understanding of criminal behavior or have influenced the justice system, social history, or literature. The series also includes critical studies of fact-based crime writings and their authors.
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Murder of Mary Bean by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe |
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by Jonathan Goodman In this grisly and gripping collection of essays, prize-winning English crime historian Jonathan Goodman turns his attention to a variety of British and American crimes from the 1820s to the 1980s, some high profile and others not. Goodman’s careful research and “forensic” work, together with his lively and engaging prose and fascinating subject matter, make these tales of murder a valuable addition to the field of true crime history. |
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The Incredible True Story of America’s First Female Serial Killer to Die in the Chair by Diana Britt Franklin The trial of Anne Marie Hahn, the first woman to die in Ohio’s electric chair, was was a front-page sensation across the nation. Hahn was a cold-blooded killer who preyed on the elderly in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district in the 1930s. At the time, her crime was considered “the greatest mass murder in the history of the country.” Told here for the first time in riveting detail is her almost unbelievable tale of multiple murders, deceit, and greed. |
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The Study of the World’s First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon This is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper’s crimes, telling the story of the extraordinary literary efforts directed at solving the mystery. In the process, while there are no formal conclusions, exaggerated claims are debunked and misconceived ideas are dispelled. |
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by Jonathan Goodman In the 1980s British true crime historian and award-winning author Jonathan Goodman took a train trip across America to visit cities that were sites of publicized or highly unusual or controversial murders. In his chronicle of this trip, Goodman comments on the crimes and their scenes, then and now, as well as on the people he met along the way. Goodman's engaging prose and keen insights make for great reading. |
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The Disappearance of Beverly Potts In his investigative study of the unsolved disappearance of a ten-year-old girl from a working-class Cleveland neighborhood in 1951, author James Badal retells the story of the baffling case from all perspectives—family and friends, law enforcement, media, and the community still haunted by the disappearance of Beverly Potts. |
Terrorism for Self-Glorification The Herostratos Syndrome by Albert Borowitz In this timely study of the roots of terrorism, Borowitz assesses the phenomenon of violent crime motivated by a craving for notoriety or self-glorification by tracing this particular brand of terrorism back to 356 BCE and the destruction of the Temple of Artemis by arsonist Hersotratos. He then examines similar crimes through history to the present time and the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings. |
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Status: Currently accepting submissions.
Of related interest:
Blood and Ink by Albert Borowitz.
Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial by Jack P. DeSario and William D. Mason
In the Wake of the Butcher by James Jessen Badal
The Passing of Starr Faithfull by Jonathan Goodman