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by Bill James


  Moore, Fred H., 125, 126–27

  Morgan, J. P., 90–92, 93, 124

  Morgenthau, Robert, 320

  Morris, Errol, 288

  Morse, John, 61

  Mortal Error (Donahue and Menninger), 245, 247, 248, 253, 255, 451

  Moscone, George, 306

  Mosher, Bill, 38, 39, 40

  “Most Dangerous Game, The,” 269

  movies:

  crime stories adapted as, 139, 215, 218, 222, 223, 230, 244–45, 285, 368, 466

  serial murderers in, 352

  Moxley, Martha, 427–28, 429

  Mueller, Robert, 427

  Muenter, Erich, 75, 76, 89–93, 108, 110

  Muenter, Leone (Krembs), 75–76

  Muhammad, John, 430

  murder:

  changing definitions of, 95–96

  conviction rates for, 102–3, 104

  premeditated, 261–62

  sentencing for, 332–34

  trial rates for, 101–2

  see also serial murderers

  Murder, Inc., 140

  Murder at Harvard (Thompson), 28, 452

  Murder in New Hampshire, 368

  Murder of Helen Jewett, The (Cohen), 447, 453–56, 459–60, 462, 463–65

  Murder One (Kilgallen), 204, 450

  Murder Trial of Judge Peel, The (Bishop), 447

  Murray, Conrad, 435

  My Brother’s Keeper (Sheppard and Holmes), 204

  “Mystery of Marie Roget, The” (Poe), 17–18

  NAACP, 176

  Nason, Susan, 273, 274, 303

  Nassar, George, 228, 229, 239

  National Center for Health Statistics, 95, 96

  Natural Born Celebrities (Schmid), 290, 452

  Natus, Fortune, 4

  NBC, 370

  Need to Kill, A (Pettit), 335, 336

  Neeson, Liam, 244

  Neff, James, 204, 211, 451

  Nelson, Baby Face, 173

  Nero, 2

  Nesbit, Evelyn, 76, 78–79

  Ness, Eliot, 159, 160, 162, 167

  Neulander, Carol, 375–76

  Neulander, Fred, 48, 375–86

  Newgate Calendar, The, 453

  newspapers:

  in Charlie Ross case, 37, 38

  consolidation of, 157–58, 365

  crime stories in, 15, 22, 68, 107, 157–58, 173, 453, 467, 469–70

  in early 20th century crime cases, 91, 107, 130, 139–40, 157–58, 365–66, 466, 467, 469–70

  in Elma Sands case, 12, 13

  in Hall-Mills case, 107, 130, 131, 369

  in Lindbergh case, 145, 151, 154, 157, 365–66, 369, 443

  in Mary Phagan case, 107, 111, 114, 115–16

  in Mary Rogers case, 16

  penny press, 15

  police information in, 199

  in Sacco and Vanzetti case, 107, 125, 126

  in Sam Sheppard case, 199–200, 202, 203

  in Snyder-Gray case, 107, 139

  Newton, Francis, 232

  New York, N.Y.:

  18th–19th century crime rate in, 11

  19th century police in, 17, 18, 22, 40–41

  population growth in, 15

  New York Times, 39

  Ng, Charlie Chitat, 343–45, 346

  Nickel, Steven, 160, 161, 162, 451

  Nifong, Mike, 114, 433

  Nilsen, Dennis, 451

  Nizer, Louis, 451

  No Remorse (Stewart), 337

  Normand, Mabel, 467–68, 470

  Norman Leslie, 465

  Numantina, 1

  Oakley, Susan, 340

  O’Connor, Sandra Day, 60

  O’Donnell, Thomas J., 316

  O. J. Simpson case, 368–73, 451

  defense strategy in, 14, 241, 371, 372

  media involvement in, 130, 157, 242, 366, 368–71, 373, 392

  prosecution mistakes in, 14, 45–46, 371–72

  significance of, 442–43

  Olsen, Jack, 446

  Once Upon a Time (MacLean), 274

  Onion Field, The (Wambaugh), 108, 222, 223, 224, 297, 452

  Orchard, Harry, 75

  organized crime, 108, 140, 173, 324–25

  Oswald, Lee Harvey, 245–46, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254

  Otis, Harrison Gray, 80, 81

  Palmer, A. Mitchell, 124

  Palmer raids, 124

  Panzram, Carl, 449

  Parker, Ellis, 148

  Parkman, George, 26–31, 67

  Parton, Margaret, 202

  Patrick, Albert, 72–74

  Payne, Daniel, 15–16, 17, 19–20

  Peavey, Henry, 466, 469, 470

  Perfect Gentleman, A (Fletcher), 336

  Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (Schiller), 398–99, 451

  Perot, Ross, 255

  Perrone, Joseph, 150, 152, 155, 156

  Peterson, Drew, 434

  Peterson, Laci, 25, 369

  Peterson, Scott, 214–15, 369

  Peterson, Stacy, 434

  Petiot, Marcel, 450

  Pettit, Mark, 335, 336

  Phagan, Mary, 106, 107, 110–17, 387, 449

  Philadelphia Ledger, 33

  Phillips, Nancy, 375, 377–78, 384

  “Philosophy for Laymen” (Russell), 284–85

  Physick, Stanley, 91

  Pina, Ron, 353, 354

  Pinkerton agency, 37, 96

  Plauché, Jody, 319, 320

  Plauché, Leon Gary, 320

  Plautius Silvanus, 1

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 17–18, 20, 30

  police:

  in American frontier, 32, 41

  in Boston Strangler case, 227–28, 229, 230–31, 232, 233, 239–40

  in crime books, 349

  crime scene preservation by, 389–91

  in Dunkle case, 348–51

  in 18th century London, 3

  entrapment by, 350

  evidence withholding by, 435–37

  in Hall-Mills case, 130, 135, 388, 389–90, 394

  in Lake and Ng case, 346

  in Lindbergh case, 148–49, 151

  modern, 102–3, 428

  in movies, 244–45

  murders by, 96

  newspaper information from, 199

  in 19th century New York, 17, 18, 22, 40–41

  in O. J. Simpson case, 371

  in Ramsey case, 387–88, 389–91, 392–94, 395–96, 397, 398, 399–402, 403, 404, 405, 406–8

  in Sam Sheppard case, 199, 201, 202, 210–11, 212, 213

  and serial murderers, 160, 162, 165, 183, 186, 230–31, 233, 257–58, 260, 289–91, 303–5, 330, 338–39, 353–54, 358–59, 360

  see also justice system; Los Angeles Police Department

  police sketches, 300, 303–5

  Polifrone, Dominick, 325

  Polillo, Flo, 161

  politics:

  and crime stories, 108, 127, 197

  in early 20th century Kentucky, 69–71

  and justice system, 128, 419–22

  Pollack, Jack Harrison, 204

  Posner, Gerald, 245, 247, 249, 251, 252

  Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 137

  Powell, Gregory, 220–22, 224

  Power, Katherine Ann, 274–76, 277, 285, 290, 295

  Powers, Caleb, 70–71

  Powers, John, 221

  Preston, Douglas, 451

  Price, Victoria, 177

  prison reform, 223, 224–25, 308–9, 332–34, 412–20, 422

  prisons:

  conditions in, 225, 308, 309, 412, 413–14, 417, 418, 419

  technology and, 419, 420

  see also Alcatraz; Leavenworth

  Privileged Information (Alibrandi), 336, 446

  Prongay, Robert, 324

  prostitution, in mid-19th century, 458–60

  Pruiett, Moman, 96–99, 100, 101, 109

  psychiatric hospitals, 308

  Psycho, 352

  psychology, 194–95, 306–7, 322

  Quincy, Josiah, 26

  Rabbi and the Hit Man, The
(Magida), 384–85, 450

  racism:

  in crime coverage, 24, 25, 244

  in Mary Phagan case, 116

  in O. J. Simpson case, 372

  see also African Americans

  Rader, Dennis, 289, 339

  radicalism:

  early 20th century, 77–78, 79, 87, 122–28, 140, 277

  1960’s, 78, 79, 87, 122, 123, 255–56, 275, 277–78

  see also labor movement

  Ragtime (Doctorow), 79

  Ragtime (film), 76

  Ramirez, Richard, 305

  Ramsey, Burke, 403

  Ramsey, John, 387, 388, 389, 391, 394, 395, 396–97, 398, 399, 403, 404, 407–8, 409, 410–11, 443

  Ramsey, JonBenet, 25, 241, 242, 387–408, 423, 443, 451

  Ramsey, Patsy, 387, 390, 394, 395–97, 398, 399–403, 404, 405, 411

  Ramsey case:

  alternative theory in, 405–6, 407, 409–12

  evidence in, 397

  media involvement in, 389, 391–92, 393, 398, 407, 408

  police mistakes in, 388, 389–91, 394, 402, 407, 408

  police/prosecutor feud in, 389, 392–93, 400, 402, 408

  police theory in, 391, 395–96, 397, 399–402, 403, 404, 405, 406–7

  Randall, Pete, 368

  Reading Eagle, 37

  Reagan, Ronald, 306

  Reasonable Doubt, 254

  Red Ripper, The (Conradi), 447–48

  Reed, John, 87

  Rehnquist, William, 60

  Reinert, Susan, 297–98

  Ressler, Robert, 164, 167, 230, 290, 291, 292, 293, 335, 336, 339–40

  Retrial: Murder and Dr. Sam Sheppard (Holmes), 204, 210

  Reynolds, Melvin, 299, 302, 304

  Reynolds, Quentin, 101, 451

  Rice, William Marsh, 71–73

  Ridgway, Gary, 270

  Riehl, Arthur, 131

  Ring, Catherine (Sands), 10, 11

  Ring, Elias, 10, 11

  Riverside Killer, The (Keers and St. Pierre), 358–59

  Riverside murder, 266–68

  Roberts, Emory, 251

  Robey, Ames, 232, 236

  Robinson, Richard, 15, 453, 454, 456–57, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462–66

  Robinson, Robert, 171

  Rockefeller, John D., 124

  Rogers, Earl, 80–81, 84–85, 99–100, 101

  Rogers, Mary, 15–22, 24, 25

  Rollins, Howard, 76

  Rome, ancient, 1–2, 452

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 124, 187

  Roosevelt, Franklin, 124

  Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 108, 177, 187, 193, 196–97, 451, 452

  Ross, Charlie, 46–40

  Ross, Christian, 36–37, 38, 39, 41

  Ross, Walter, 36, 37, 39

  Royall, Anne, 454

  Ruby, Jack, 246, 254

  Rule, Ann, 292–93, 336, 451

  Runyon, Damon, 133–34, 139

  Rusch, Christine, 355

  Russell, Bertrand, 284–85

  Sacco and Vanzetti case, 107, 122, 123–27, 128, 140, 177, 276, 277

  St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 99–100, 452

  St. Pierre, Dennis, 359

  St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 140

  Sanborn, F. B., 30

  Sands, Elma, 10–14, 18, 24, 25, 465

  Sands, Hope, 10, 11

  San Francisco Chronicle, 264, 265, 266

  San Francisco Examiner, 264

  Sasser, Charles W., 337–40, 451

  Savage, John, 222

  Savio, Kathleen, 434

  Saxe, Susan, 274, 275, 276, 278

  Scaduto, Anthony, 152, 153, 154–55, 232, 451

  Scapegoat (Scaduto), 152, 153, 232, 451

  Schaefer, Brenda, 363–65

  Schell, Joan, 259

  Schiller, Lawrence, 398–99, 451

  Schmid, David Frank, 290, 452

  Schreiber, Flora Rheta, 321, 452

  Schroeder, Walter, 274

  Schwarzkopf, Norman, 147

  Schweitzer, Albert, 187

  Schwerner, Mickey, 118, 243–44

  Scopes Monkey Trial, 88, 140

  Scotland Yard, 428

  Scottsboro Boys, 101, 117, 174, 176–77

  Seales, Franklyn, 222

  Search for the Strangler (Sherman), 233

  Seattle Star, 467

  Secret Service, U.S., 251, 253, 255, 403

  Secundus, L. Pedanius, 2

  security, 93–94

  Sensabaugh, Leone, 89

  serial murderers:

  characteristics of, 160, 162, 164–67, 168–69, 172, 184, 233, 238–39, 260, 266, 270, 302, 303, 326, 329–30, 340, 350, 351–52, 355, 360–61

  crime books about, 292–93, 321–22, 331, 335, 336–37, 352–54, 355–56, 359, 447–48, 450, 451

  crime books’ descriptions of, 336–37

  fictional, 351–52

  investigation of, 257–58, 260, 303–5, 338–39, 353–54, 358–59, 360

  justice system and, 328, 329, 331–32

  police beliefs about, 160, 162, 165, 183, 186, 230–31, 289–91, 338–39

  police sketches of, 303–5

  proliferation of, 291, 327

  sexual assault, 20, 235, 263

  Sharkey, Joe, 281, 283, 284, 452

  Sharpe, Violet, 147, 369

  Shawcross, Arthur, 167

  Shelby, Charlotte, 468, 469, 470, 471–72

  Sheppard, Marilyn, 25, 198, 201, 202, 205, 206, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214

  Sheppard, Sam, 157, 198–215, 240, 241, 451

  Sheppard, Samuel Reese (Chip), 199, 204–5, 211, 213

  Sheppard, Stephen, 199, 204

  Sheppard Murder Case, The (Holmes), 203, 204, 210, 449

  Sherman, Casey, 233

  Shoemaker, The (Schreiber), 321–22, 452

  Shore, Mary Ann, 364

  Short, Elizabeth, see Black Dahlia

  Siegel, Bugsy, 185, 449

  Silence of the Lambs, The (Harris), 352

  Simon, David, 337, 452

  Simpson, Alexander, 131

  Simpson, Nicole Brown, 108

  see also O.J. Simpson case

  Simpson, O. J., see O. J. Simpson case

  Sins of the Father (Franklin and Wright), 274

  60 Minutes, 153, 274

  Skakel, Michael, 427–28, 429, 430

  Skakel, Tommy, 427, 428

  Skelton, Royce, 252

  Slaton, John, 111, 116–17

  Sleeping Lady, The (Graysmith), 337

  Smart, Gregg, 367, 368

  Smart, Pam, 367–68

  Smit, Lou, 405, 406, 407

  Smith, Carlton, 352–54

  Smith, Dexter, 38

  Smith, Horace, 32

  Smith, Jay, 297, 298

  Smith, Jimmy, 221–22

  Smith, Perry, 217, 218, 332, 344

  Smith, Stephen, 455

  Smollett, Tobias, 5

  Snyder, Albert, 137–38

  Snyder, Ruth, 107, 137–39

  Sobell, Morton, 220

  solitary confinement, 178

  Soltysik, Patricia, 277–78

  Solved, 139

  Something Terrible Has Happened (Van Slingerland), 175, 452

  Soncini, Elaine, 375, 378, 379, 381–82, 385

  Son of Sam, see Berkowitz, David

  Sopranos, The, 326–27

  Sorrentino, Paul, 314–16

  Speck, Richard, 242

  Spector, Phil, 431

  Spezi, Mario, 451

  Spungen, Deborah, 310, 452

  Spungen, Nancy, 310

  Squires, Mary, 4, 5, 6

  Stano, Gerald, 358, 360

  Starkweather, Charles, 108

  Steele, Michelle, 300, 301

  Steenburgen, Mary, 76

  Steunenberg, Frank, 75, 108

  Stevens, Willie, 129–30

  Stewart, Bob, 337

  Stewart, James B., 452

  Stewart, Martha, 316

  Stine, Paul, 264, 266, 272

  Stoll, Clifford, 362–63, 452
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  Stout, Rex, 130

  strangulation, 19

  Stroud, Elizabeth, 119, 120

  Stroud, Robert, 108, 119–20, 178–80, 218–20, 224

  Suddenly Gone (Mitrione), 355–56

  Suetonius, 452

  Suff, William Lester, 358–59, 360

  Sullivan, Bridget, 43–44, 52, 61, 62, 63

  Supreme Court, U.S.:

  Caryl Chessman’s appeals to, 187

  justice system decisions of, 101, 102, 103, 105, 221, 223–24

  1972 death penalty ruling in, 285–86

  and prison reform, 309

  Randall Dale Adams’ appeal to, 288

  Robert Stroud’s appeals to, 119, 120

  Sam Sheppard’s appeal to, 203

  Supreme Court of Alaska, 329

  Suspense, 269

  Sutcliffe, Peter, 304

  Sutton, Willie, 450

  Swango, Michael, 108

  Swope, Thomas Hunton, 76–77

  Tacitus, 1

  Taken, 244

  Tarnower, Herman, 319

  Tate, Sharon, 256, 289

  Taylor, William, 70–71

  Taylor, William Desmond, 466–72

  Taylorology (website), 472

  television:

  crime coverage on, 7, 366, 368, 370–71, 438–39

  crime stories adapted for, 215, 297–98, 326–27

  O. J. Simpson case on, 368–69, 370–71

  serial murderer stories on, 293, 351–52

  terrorism, 93, 126

  see also radicalism

  Terry, Maury, 452

  Texas Bankers Association, 96

  Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 289

  Thaw, Harry Kendall, 76, 78, 110, 121, 122

  Thebaut, Jim, 325

  Thin Blue Line, The, 288

  Thomas, Clarence, 197

  Thomas, Pat, 335

  Thomas, Steve, 389, 392, 393, 398–402, 403, 405

  Thompson, Helen, 28, 452

  Thoreau, Henry David, 30

  3 Lives for Mississippi (Huie), 449–50

  Tiberius, 1

  Ticknor, George, 30

  Tierney, Kevin, 86

  Till, Emmett, 243

  Tison, Gary, 293–96, 298, 336

  To Die For, 368

  Torsney, Robert, 308

  Torso: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run (Nickel), 160, 171, 451

  Toschi, Dave, 265, 266, 268, 269

  Townsend, Rosina, 460–61, 462, 463–64

  Train, Arthur, 73–74

  Treat, John, 6

  Trial of Levi Weeks, The (Kleiger), 12, 450

  Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 95

  Troy, Thomas, 232

  True Stories of Crime (Train), 73–74

  True Story (Finkel), 449

  truTV, 8, 46, 68, 305

  Tucker, Preston, 319

  Turner, Andrew, 119

  Turner, Ted, 293

  12 Angry Men, 280

  Twelve Caesars (Suetonius), 452

  Ultimate Evil, The (Terry), 452

  Underwood, Naomi, 280

  Unspeakable Crime of Dr. Petiot, The (Maeder), 450

  Until You Are Dead (Drimmer), 190–91

  Urgulania, 1

  Urgulanilla, 1

  Vallejo Times-Herald, 264

 

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