“Study of the Sickness Called Apathy.” By A. M. Rosenthal. May 3, 1964.
“Neighborly Spirit Asked By Wagner.” By Irving Spiegel. May 8, 1964.
“Trial Begins in Queens Slaying; Some of 38 Witnesses to Testify.” By David Anderson. June 9, 1964.
“4 Kew Gardens Residents Testify To Seeing Woman Slain on Street.” By David Anderson. June 10, 1964.
“Moseley Recalls 3 Queens Killings.” By David Anderson. June 11, 1964.
“Moseley Is Found Guilty of Murder.” June 12, 1964.
“Moseley Gets Chair; Verdict Is Cheered.” By David Anderson. June 16, 1964.
“Moseley Refuses Kralik Case Role.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. June 23, 1964.
“Moseley Asserts at Murder Trial That He, Not Defendant, Is Killer.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. June 24, 1964.
“Moseley Hears Death Sentence, But Execution May Be Put Off.” By John P. Shanley. July 7, 1964.
“For Whom Does It Toll?” By Lewis Nichols. July 12, 1964.
“Moseley Is Cited In Murder Trial.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. March 4, 1965.
“Murder Street a Year Later: Would Residents Aid Kitty Genovese?” By Martin Gansberg. March 12, 1965.
“Police Report Some Gain in Cooperation by Public.” March 12, 1965.
“Mitchell Found Guilty in Slaying.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. March 12, 1965.
“Reporters’ Group Announces Awards.” March 24, 1965.
“Lindsay, Recalling the Genovese Murder, Deplores Apathy.” By Martin Gansberg. October 13, 1965.
“Judge Cacciatore Of Criminal Court.” (obituary) April 29, 1966.
“One Witness Better Than 38 in a Crisis, Study Here Shows.” July 10, 1966.
“Reticent Investigator Frederick Maurice Lussen.” October 31, 1966.
“Genovese Slayer Wins Life Sentence in Appeal.” By Ronald Maiorana. June 2, 1967.
“Genovese Slayer Escapes on Way To Attica Prison.” March 19, 1968.
“Genovese Killer Is Hunted Widely.” By Martin Gansberg. March 20, 1968.
“Genovese Slayer Yields Gun, Gives Up.” By Maurice Carroll. March 22, 1968.
“Moseley, Back in Custody, Wants New Try at Freedom.” March 23, 1968.
“Inquiry Sought in Buffalo Case Against Moseley’s Rape Victim.” April 3, 1968.
“Hostage Held Captive by Moseley Called in Buffalo Inquiry.” April 23, 1968.
“ ‘Witnesses,’ a Play About Indifference, Opens on the Coast.” July 10, 1968.
“Study Of A Slaying Brings Award To 2.” December 29, 1968.
“Kew Gardens Slaying: A Look Back.” By Martin Gansberg. March 17, 1974.
“Defense of Kew Gardens.” Letter to the Editor. Harry Wirth. March 24, 1974.
“A Model’s Dying Screams Are Ignored At the Site of Kitty Genovese’s Murder.” By Robert D. McFadden. December 27, 1974.
“Prisoners Stage Strike At Attica.” By Nathaniel Sheppard, Jr. August 24, 1976.
“Genovese Murderer Gets College Degree.” (UPI) April 10, 1977.
“ ‘Today I’m a Man Who Wants to Be an Asset.’ ” By Winston Moseley. April 16, 1977.
“Genovese Slayer Cites Victim’s Slur.” By Robert McG. Thomas, Jr. March 22, 1979.
“The Night That 38 Stood By as a Life Was Lost.” March 12, 1984.
“20 Years After the Murder of Kitty Genovese, the Question Remains: Why?” By Maureen Dowd. March 12, 1984.
“The 39th Witness.” By A. M. Rosenthal. February 12, 1987.
“Kitty Genovese: Would New York Still Turn Away?” By Douglas Martin. March 11, 1989.
“Frank D. O’Connor, 82, is Dead; Retired New York Appellate Judge.” (obituary) By Dennis Hevesi. December 3, 1992.
“The Way She Died.” By A. M. Rosenthal. March 15, 1994.
“Martin Gansberg, 74, a Reporter And Editor for 43 Years at Times.” (obituary) By Wolfgang Saxon. May 4, 1995.
“Nobody Helped Her Then, and Her Killer Wants Out Now.” By Michael T. Kaufman. June 17, 1995.
“Reviving Kitty Genovese Case, and Its Passions.” By Joe Sexton. July 25, 1995.
“Killer of Kitty Genovese Is Denied a New Trial.” By Joseph P. Fried. November 14, 1995.
“Court Rejects Killer’s Appeal in Genovese Case.” (AP) December 26, 1996.
“No Sympathy for Killer of Kitty Genovese.” By Joseph P. Fried. November 11, 2001.
“Kitty, 40 Years Later.” By Jim Rasenberger. February 8, 2004.
“Once Again, a Killer Makes His Pitch.” By Dan Barry. March 25, 2006.
“A. M. Rosenthal, Editor of the Times, Dies at 84.” (obituary) By Robert D. McFadden. May 11, 2006.
“A. M. Rosenthal Is Remembered for ‘Tender Ferocity.’ ” By James Barron. May 15, 2006.
New York World-Telegram and Sun:
“DA Rules Out 2nd Confession In Fatal Stabbing of Schoolgirl.” March 23, 1964.
“Judge OKs Beating of Stay-Out Wife.” (UPI) March 31, 1964.
“Slugs Found in Body Of ‘Stabbing’ Victim.” March 31, 1964.
Newsday:
“38 Just Watched as a Woman Was Slain.” March 27, 1964.
“2nd Killing Confession Is True One: Lawyer.” By Stuart Dim. April 3, 1964.
“Case May Be Rerun Of ‘The Wrong Man.’ ” April 3, 1964.
“Neighborhood Wound That Refuses to Heal.” By Kenneth Gross. March 11, 1984.
“Genovese Horror Lingers.” By Barbara Fischkin. March 11, 1984.
“ ‘Let It Go.’ ” By Curtis L. Taylor. July 23, 1995.
“The Killing of Kitty Genovese.” By Michael Dorman. April 4, 2006.
People (magazine):
“Bearing Witness” By Patrick Rogers and Maria Eftimiades. July 24, 1995.
Saturday Evening Post (magazine):
“Who Didn’t Kill Barbara Kralik?” By Bard Lindeman. January 16, 1965.
Queens Chronicle:
“40 Years After Genovese Murder, Another Look At The Number 38.” By Keach Hagey. March 18, 2004.
Queens Courier:
“Kitty Genovese Killer Seeks Freedom.” By Howard Girsky. December 20, 2001.
“In Kew Gardens, Mixed Reactions To Genovese Murder.” By Joe Orlando. December 20, 2001.
Queens Tribune:
“Remembering Kitty Genovese.” By Liz Goff and Aaron Rutkoff. March 11, 2004.
“Amateur Sleuth Debunks Genovese Tale.” By Vladic Ravich. April 9, 2009.
Time (magazine):
“A Savage Stalks at Midnight.” June 26, 1964.
Letter to the Editor from Elizabeth Moseley, published July 3, 1964 under “Crime in the Streets.”
“Why People Don’t Help.” July 18, 1969.
“The Fine Art of Dying Well.” By Charles Krauthammer. March 5, 2007.
Union-Sun Journal:
“Killer’s Escape Triggers Buffalo, 16-State Search.” (AP) March 19, 1968.
FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO PROGRAMS
Silent Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Murder (television documentary). Director: Damian Weyand. Produced by The History Channel as part of the “History’s Mysteries” series, A&E Television Networks, 1999.
The Wrong Man (feature film). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail. Story by Maxwell Anderson. Released by Warner Bros., 1956.
Death Scream (TV movie). Director: Richard T. Heffron. Writer: Stirling Silliphant. Production Company: Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO). 1975.
Remembering Kitty Genovese. (radio program) National Public Radio, Sound Portraits Productions. Produced by Matthew Ozug. Broadcast March 13, 2004.
Mind Changers: Case Study-Kitty Genovese. (radio program) BBC Radio 4. Produced by Marya Burgess. Reported by Claudia Hammond. Broadcast May 7, 2008.
Catherine Genovese Memorial Conference, 2004. Recording on DVD of the March 2004 conference at Fordham University, New York. DVD provided by Professor Harold Takooshian.
Catherine Genovese Memorial Conference, 2009
. Recording on DVD of the March 2009 conference at Fordham University, New York. DVD provided by Professor Harold Takooshian.
In addition to the recordings of the 2004 and 2009 conferences, Professor Takooshian also provided the author with a DVD of his appearances and film clips from his behavior experiments shown on television on the Today show, That’s Incredible!, and others.
Index
20/20 (TV show), 296
600 Club, 45
911 emergency system, 81, 272–273
Al’s TV & Radio Repair, 69
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 292
American Heritage magazine, 322, 323
American Psychologist magazine, 324
Anderson, David, 217, 255
Anderson, Judy, 119
Archer, Mrs., 94, 115–118, 135, 179
Arm, Walter, 196, 201, 278
Attica Prison, 281, 282, 295, 296, 304,
Austin Bar & Grill, 6, 7, 15, 72, 113,
Austin Book Shop, 27, 70, 72, 160, 275,
Austin Street (82-62), 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 22, 78, 90, 92, 93, 111, 118, 179, 234
Austin Street (82-64), 27, 92, 225, 226
Austin Street (82-70), 17, 29, 47, 96, 156
Baker, Tommy, 106
Balestrero, Christopher Emanuel, 147, 207
Bay Ridge Coat, Apron & Towel
Supply Co., 37
Benenson, William, 88, 237, 238,
Bernstein, Theodore, 174
Better Way French Cleaners, 72
Bieniewicz, Anna, 90, 199
Bieniewicz, Edward, 90, 199, 275
Bloch, Lenny, 160
Block, Frederic, 297, 299, 300, 305
Breen, Patrick, 90
Brosnan, Wally, 105–106
Brothers, Joyce, 200, 201–202
Buffalo Evening News, 290
Buffalo Police Department, 282, 283, 284, 285
Byrnes, William “Jerry”, 21, 97, 98, 131
Cacciatore, Frank, 147, 210, 213, 214, 218–219, 222–254, 260, 265, 267, 299
Cahill Wilburn, Peggy, 40
Career Girls Murder, 141
Carroll, John, 21, 22, 88, 96, 97, 98, 131, 132, 236, 237, 244, 245
Cashman, John, 224
Cassino, Frank, 264, 265
Castellano, John, 297, 298, 299, 304, 305
Catherine Genovese Memorial Conference, 311, 312
Catledge, Turner, 174
Chetta, Phillip, 143–144, 147, 203, 236, 304
Chief! (Seedman), 82
Clinton, Bill, 302
Club 190, 45
Club Chris, 25, 97
Collins, Frank, 145, 244
Corrado, Tony, 16, 156
Costanza, Gladys, 286–288
Darley, John M., 292–293
De May, Joseph, 319
Death Scream (TV movie), 292
Degenhart, Ralph, 287
DeSimone, Gasper, 76
Dewey Avenue (Buffalo), 282
Diamond, Oscar, 223, 261–265, 266
Dim, Stuart, 206
DiMaggio, Joe, 44
Dowd, Maureen, 311
Dowd, Timothy, 164
Downstairs Art Gallery, 106
Dubin, Bernard, 95, 146
Dunn, Daniel, 123, 124
Elmhurst General Hospital, 51, 121
Erie County District Attorney, 291
Erie County Sheriff’s Office, 285
Ev’s Eleventh Hour, 24, 34–37, 45, 46, 47, 48, 76, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 113, 157, 224
Facciola, Frank, 277
Fairchild Decorators, 16, 72
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 316
Farnsworth, Marjorie, 197
Farrar, Sophie, 13, 15–19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 92, 109, 117, 118, 156, 179, 182, 215, 233–235, 276
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 285, 287, 288, 289
Felicetta, Frank, 285
Fiesler, Edward, 114, 136, 233
Fink, Joseph, 28, 84–87, 213, 214, 319
Flynn, John D., 99
Fordham University, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 320, 325, 329,
Freud, Sigmund, 153
Frezza, Frank, 27
Frost, Irene, 26, 27, 73, 75, 79, 215, 228, 230
Furey, John, 203, 204
Gamblers Court, 101
Gansberg, Martin, 165, 166–174, 177–181, 187–189, 192, 205, 271–273, 277, 278, 282, 293, 294, 316, 318, 320, 323
Gay Pride, 94
Genovese, Bill, 30, 31, 38, 216, 280, 300, 325
Genovese, Catherine “Kitty” and Mary Ann Zielonko, 17, 24, 94, 97, 119, 150, 155–158, 195, 325
as a teenager, 39–44
autopsy of, 88–89
birth of and childhood, 37–39
career, 35–36, 44–46
funeral of, 118–119
gambling arrest, 101, 146
in news accounts, 82, 103–107
killing of, 3–14
marriage of, 44
move to Kew Gardens, 97
relationship with family, 31, 36, 39, 42
whereabouts prior to attack, 47–49
Genovese, Frank, 31, 38, 300
Genovese, Rachel, 30, 31, 37, 39, 44, 300
Genovese, Susan, 31, 38, 300, 301
Genovese, Vincent Jr., 31, 38, 104, 105, 300, 305
Genovese, Vincent Sr., 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 44, 99, 301
Genovese, Vito (Kitty’s uncle), 88, 305
Genovese, Vito (crime boss), 302, 305
Good Samaritan, 14, 197
Grand Island, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290
Green Haven prison, 298
Greenwich Village, 43, 44, 111
Gross, Kenneth, 316
Gross, Larry, 159, 160, 161
Hagopian, Cleo, 277
Hanauer, Joan, 110
Hartmann, Madeline, 294, 295
Heilbrunn, Arlene, 278
Heilbrunn, Max, 278
Helpern, Milton, 204
Henry, Richard, 103
Henschel, Candace, 158, 159
Hill, Ray, 313
History Channel, 83, 208
Hitchcock, Alfred, 147
Hoffert, Emily, 141, 245
Hoffman, Michael, 79–84, 87, 88
Homosexuality, 94, 150–153
Horan, Victor, 34–36, 48, 106, 119, 224,
Hudson, R.C., 76
Inside Hoover’s FBI (Welch), 289
Interlude Coffee House, 113, 229, 278
Jacobs, Bernard, 21, 22–23, 25, 27, 72, 108, 137, 140, 142–144, 145, 180, 212, 239, 240–244
Johnson, Annie Mae, 137–139, 141, 142, 146, 147, 179, 203, 204, 207, 222, 223, 256
Johnson, Lyndon B., 105, 196
Johnston, Richard J.H., 274
Jourdan, Louis, 115
Kenny, Donald, 145
Kew Dairy & Grocery, 72
Kew Gardens, vii–ix, 15–17, 23, 70–71, 110, 111, 155–156, 158, 161, 170–171, 179, 180, 186, 270, 276, 277, 315, 316, 319, 320
Kew Gardens Hofbrau, 113
Kierkegaard, Søren, 174
Kings County Hospital, 202, 206, 223, 261, 263, 264
Kings County Medical Center, 194
Klotzsche, Robert, 74, 75
Koop, C. Everett, 311, 314
Koshkin, Mrs. Samuel, 76, 187, 276, 277
Koshkin, Samuel, 76, 77, 144, 215, 230–232, 255
Kralik, Barbara, 141–142, 147, 148, 163, 164, 165, 169, 170, 178, 179, 202–205, 206, 207, 209, 218, 221, 223, 243, 254, 256–258, 261, 268, 269, 274
Ku Klux Klan, 289
Kulaga, Janet, 282–283, 284, 285
Kulaga, Matthew, 282, 283, 284, 290
Latané, Bibb, 292–293
Letter to an Unknown Woman (movie), 115
LIFE magazine, 151, 211, 324
Lipitz, Julius, 193, 207, 208, 303
Long Island Press, 104, 106, 146, 190, 324
Long Island Star-Journal, 104, 106, 107, 110, 163, 190, 201, 217, 320, 324
Louise (friend of Kitty),
96, 150
Lussen, Frederick, 99, 108, 109, 118, 164, 170, 171, 177, 203,
Lyon, Herbert, 206, 209, 268, 274
Mad Bomber, 108
Mahoney, John, 26, 73
Manhattan State Hospital, 223, 261
Mattachine Society, 153
May, Billy, 41
McDermott, Robert, 317
McIntyre, George “Sharky”, 289
Memories magazine, 316,
Merola, Mario, 311
Meyer Memorial Hospital (Buffalo), 281, 284, 290,
Milgram, Stanley, 311
Mitchell, Alvin, 141–142, 143, 148, 163, 164, 170, 179, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209, 268, 269, 274,
Mohr, Charles, 195
Monroe, Marilyn, 44
Monroe, Robert, 74, 75, 112
Moseley, Alphonso, 127, 194, 244–251, 253, 268,
Moseley, Elizabeth “Bettye”, 50–56, 66–67, 121, 122, 126, 145, 194, 220, 251, 260, 265, 268, 282, 293
Moseley, Fannie, 51, 52, 56–59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 68, 194, 221, 245–250, 268, 313–314
Moseley, Leora, 63–66, 251, 252,
Moseley, Winston and burglaries, 68, 123–126, 127, 128, 131, 132, 221, 223, 253–254, 258–259, 291
arrest of, 140
as Good Samaritan, 14
at trials of Alvin Mitchell, 269
attack on Kitty Genovese, 3–14
birth and childhood, 57–63
career and home life, 50–51, 63–65, 66, 67
change in personal habits, 54–55
confessions to police, 124–143
courtship of Bettye, 66
escape of, 281–282
first court appearance of, 145
first marriage of, 63–66
hearing in federal court, 298–306
interest in animals and pets, 57, 60, 62, 64, 220, 251, 263
letter to New York Times, 296
relationship with parents, 52–53, 67–68
sentencing of, 266
trial testimony of, 255–261
use of alcohol, 54
Mowbray Apartments (Kew Gardens), 16, 23, 26, 27, 72–73, 75, 76, 78, 79, 83, 84, 86–87, 90, 92, 111, 112, 116, 172, 173, 183, 184, 185, 191, 197, 199, 200, 212, 213, 215, 224, 228, 233, 275, 294
Mozer, Robert, 75, 78, 215, 224–226
Mueller, Peter, 1
Munson, James, 112,
Murphy, James P., 93
Murphy, Michael, 109, 162–164, 165,
Murray, William, 292
National Institute of Justice, 311
National Institute of Mental Health, 311
National Science Foundation, 292
New York Daily News,103, 163, 300, 314, 322,
New York Herald-Tribune, 168
New York Journal-American, 95, 110, 182, 183, 186, 195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 209, 274, 320, 324
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