Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers

From Jack Henry Abbott, who stabbed a waiter through the heart for not allowing him to use the toilet, to the "Zodiac," an unknown California serial killer who may have murdered as many as 37 people, this reference work details 280 of the most famous murder cases of the twentieth century. Each entry contains, when applicable, birth and death dates, aliases, occupation, location of the murders, weapons used, number of victims, and the time period when the killings occurred. Films, plays, television shows, videos and audio programs based on or inspired by the case are then cited, followed by a brief overview of the murder case and a bibliography of English-language works related to it.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword      Preface      xvii The Cases Abbott, Jack Henry      Adams, John Bodkin (acquitted)      Allaway, Thomas Henry      Allen, Peter Anthony      Anderson, Craig Alan      Andre, Carl (acquitted)      Andrews, William A.      Armstrong, Herbert Rowse      Atkins, Susan Denise      Baniszewski, Gertrude      Barfield, Margie Velma      Barney, Elvira Dolores (acquitted)      Beck, Martha Jule (Seabrook)      Bembenek, Lawrencia      Bennett, Herbert John      Benson, Steven Wayne      Bentley, Derek William      Berdella, Robert Andrew, Jr.      Berkowitz, David      Bianchi, Kenneth Alessio      “Bible John”      Blaikie, James Francis, Jr.      Bonney, Thomas Lee      Brady, Ian Duncan      Branion, John Marshall, Jr.      Broderick, Elisabeth Anne “Betty”      Brooks, David Owen      Browne, Frederick Guy      Brudos, Jerome Henry      Buckfield, Reginald Sidney      Buenoano, Judias      Bulloch, Dennis Neal      Bundy, Carol Mary      Bundy, Theodore Robert      Buono, Angelo, Jr.      Busacca, Thomas F.      Camb, James      Carignan, Harvey Louis      Carpenter, David Joseph      Carraher, Patrick      Casteel, Dee Dyne      Cavaness, John Dale      Chambers, Robert E., Jr.      Chapman, George      Chapman, Mark David      Chase, Richard Trenton      Chikatilo, Andrei Romanovich      Christie, John Reginald Halliday      Clark, Douglas Daniel      Clark, Henry Lovell William      Coleman, Dennis, Jr.      Collins, John Norman      Coppolino, Carl A.      Corll, Dean Arnold      Corona, Juan Vallejo      Cottingham, Richard Francis      Crafts, Richard Bunel      Craig, Christopher      Crimmins, Craig Stephen      Crippen, Hawley Harvey      Crumm, James, Jr.      Dahmer, Jeffrey Lionel      Dallas, Claude Lafayette, Jr.      Daniel, Victoria Loretha (acquitted)      Dann, Laurie Ann      Davies, Michael John      Davis, David Richard      DeFeo, Ronald Joseph, Jr.      De Kaplany, Geza      Demeter, Peter      DeSalvo, Albert Henry      Dickman, John Alexander      Dobkin, Harry      Donald, Jeannie      Douglas, William HenryJames, Jr.      Downs, Elizabeth Diane Fredrickson      Dresbach, Ralph Wayne      Einhorn, Ira Samuel      Ellis, Ruth      Engleman, Glennon E.      Erler, Robert John, Jr.      Essex, Mark James Robert      Evans, Gwynne Owen      Evans, Timothy John      Eyler, Larry W.      Fernandez, Raymond Martinez      Fish, “Albert” Hamilton Howard      Fitzsimmons, George Kearon Joseph      Fox, Sidney Harry      Franklin, George Thomas, Sr. (conviction overturned)      Friedgood, Charles Edward      Fry, John Carl      Fugate, Caril Ann      Fullam, Augusta Fairfield      Fuller, Thomas Charles, II      Gacy, John Wayne      Gallego, Gerald Armand      Gardiner, William George Last (acquitted)      Garrow, Robert F.      Gates, Wyley (acquitted)      Gein, Edward Theodore      Gillette, Chester Ellsworth      Gillies, Jesse James      Gilmore, Mark Gary      Graham, Gwendolyn Gail      Graham, Lewis Texada, Jr.      Gray, David Malcolm      Gray, Henry Judd      “Green River Killer”      Greenwood, Harold (acquitted)      Gregg, Troy Leon      Griffiths, Peter      Griggs, Ronald Geeves (acquitted)      Gunness, Belle      Haigh, John George      Hall, Archibald Thomson      Hansen, Robert C.      Harris, Jean Struven      Hatcher, Charles Ray      Hauptmann, Bruno Richard      Heath, Neville George Clevely      Heidnik, Gary Michael      Heirens, William George      Henley, Elmer Wayne      Herrin, Richard James      Hickock, Richard Eugene      Hilley, Audrey Marie      Hindley, Myra      Hirasawa, Sadamichi      Hobson, Sueanne Sallee      Hoffman, Barbara      Hoolhouse, Robert William      Hosein, Arthur      Hosein, Nizamodeen      Hulme, Juliet      Hulten, Karl Gustav      Hume, Brian Donald      Hunt, Joe      “Jack the Stripper”      Jahnke, Richard John, Jr.      Jenkins, Steven Todd      Jones, Elizabeth Maude      Jones, Genene Ann      Jones, James Warren      Joubert, John J.      Judd, Winnie Ruth      Judy, Steven Timothy      Kallinger, Joseph Michael      Kemper, Edmund Emil, III      Kennedy, William Henry      Kitto, Michael Anthony      Klenner, Frederick Robert, Jr.      Knighten, Greg Spencer      Knowles, Benjamin (acquitted)      Knowles, Paul John      Kraft, Randy Steven      Krenwinkel, Patricia Dianne      Kürten, Peter      Landru, Henri Désiré      Larzelere, Virginia Gail      Legere, Allan Joseph      LeGeros, Bernard John      Leonski, Edward Joseph      Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, Jr.      Light, Ronald Vivian (acquitted)      List, John Emil      Loeb, Richard R.      Logan, Michael David      Lonergan, Wayne Thomas      Lucan, Lord      Lucas, Henry Lee      Lundgren, Jeffrey Don      McCollum, Ruby      MacDonald, Jeffrey Robert      Mackay, Patrick David      “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run”      Mahon, Patrick Herbert      Manson, Charles Milles      Manuel, Peter Thomas Anthony      Merrett, John Donald      Miller, James William      Milo, Frederick P.      Montgomery, Candace Lynn (acquitted)      Morris, Raymond Leslie      Mossler, Candace Grace (acquitted)      Mothershed, William James      Mullin, Herbert William      Nance, Wayne Nathan      Narciso, Filipina Bobadilla      Neelley, Alvin Howard, Jr.      Neelley, Judith Ann      Neilson, Donald      Nelson, Erle Leonard      Newell, Hugh William Alexander      Nichols, Donald Boone      Nilsen, Dennis Andrew      Nodder, Frederick      Olson, Clifford Robert      Pan, Rui-Wen      Pancoast, Marvin      Panzram, Carl      Parker, Pauline Yvonne      Perez, Leonora M. (charges dropped)      Petiot, Marcel André Henri Félix      Petrovich, Oliver      Pierce, Darci Kayleen      Pierre, Dale Selby      Pikul, Joseph John      Poddar, Prosenjit      Podmore, William Henry      Podola, Guenther Fritz Erwin      Powell, Bernadette      Powers, Harry F.      Puente, Dorothea Helen      Putnam, Mark Steven      Ramirez, Richard Leyva      Rattenbury, Alma Victoria (acquitted)      Rogers, Dayton Leroy      Rossney, Damian      Rouse, Alfred Arthur      Rowland, Walter Graham      Ruppert, James Urban      Ruxton, Buck      Sangret, August      Schmid, Charles Howard, Jr.      Schreuder, Frances Bernice      Scott, Leonard Ewing      Seddon, Frederick Henry      Sellers, Sean Richard      Shawcross, Arthur John      Sheppard, Samuel H. (acquitted)      Simmons, Ronald Gene      Sims, Paula Marie      Slater, Oscar Joseph (reprieved)      Smart, Pamela Ann      Smith, George Joseph      Smith, Perry Edward      Snider, Paul Leslie      Snyder, Ruth May      Sobhraj, Charles      Sodeman, Arnold Karl      Sorrentino, Paul      Speck, Richard Franklin      Starkweather, Charles Raymond      Steinberg, Joel Barnet      Stoner, George Percy      Straffen, John Thomas      Stuart, Charles M., Jr.      Stuart, Rupert Max      Stutzman, Eli E., Jr.      Sutcliffe, Peter William      Swartz, Lawrence J.      Tait, Robert Peter      Taylor, Kenneth Z.      Thatcher, Wilbert Colin      Thomas, Arthur Allan (pardoned)      Thompson, Tilmer Eugene      Thorne, John Norman Holmes      Tinning, Marybeth Roe      Toole, Ottis Elwood      True, Ronald      Tucker, Karla Faye      Umstadter, Travis      Van Houten, Leslie Sue      Vaquier, Jean Pierre      Walker, Buck Duane      Wallace, William Herbert (reprieved)      Watson, Charles Denton      Weger, Chester Otto      Wigginton, Tracey      Wilder, Christopher Bernard      Williams, Wayne Bertram      Wood, Catherine May      Wood, Robert William Thomas George Cavers (acquitted)      Woodfield, Randall Brent      Wuornos, Aileen Carol      Young, Graham Frederick      Yukl, Charles William, Jr.      Zeigler, William Thomas, Jr.      “Zodiac”      Appendix: A Classification of the Cases      Author and Title Index to the Bibliographic Entries      General Index to Page Numbers     

About the Author :
David K. Frasier is a reference librarian at the Lilly Library at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of several books.

Review :
“a near-perfect reference source…thorough yet nonlurid…. Useful, entertaining, extremely well written and meticulously researched and formatted”—Library Journal; “Frasier’s carefully researched and objectively written case reports ought to be sources of choice”—Rettig on Reference.