by Paul Martin
Storset, Brynhild Paulsdatter. See Gunness, Belle Sorensen
Stoughton, William, 85–92
striking workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 54
strychnine poisoning, 47, 50
“Style Show” (vaudeville revue), 198
Sudan: Africa from Sea to Center, The (Bridgman), 189
suicides
Don Lapre committing, 228, 232, 233
women killing selves for Bodenheim, 207–208
Sunbeam Rest Home, 113–14
Sundance Kid, 126
Superman (TV show), 114
Supreme Court, 144–45, 149
Sweetwater, TX, 118
Swift meatpacking company, 70
swindlers. See hucksters, swindlers, and cons
Tarang (island), 182
Tarkio, MO, 49
tax avoidance/evasion, 178
Taylor’s Hotel, 98
Tempe, AZ, 232
Tennessee
John Brinkley in, 71
Maxwell Bodenheim in, 205
Texas
Alvin Thomas in, 138, 140, 142
Hetty Green and, 172, 176
John Brinkley in, 73, 74
Joseph Weil and, 133
Libby Thompson in, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118
politicians from, 213, 217
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (movie), 82
Texas Rangers, 118, 123
Thalberg, Irving, 196
Third Colorado Cavalry, 30, 31
Third Reich. See Nazi Germany
This Is YOUR House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC pamphlet), 216
Thomas, Alvin Clarence (aka Titanic Thompson), 137–42
Thomas, Jeannette, 142
Thomas “Slim.” See Thomas, Alvin Clarence (aka Titanic Thompson)
Thompson, Ben, 117
Thompson, Libby, 113–19
Thompson, Rance, 117
Thompson, “Texas Billy,” 115–16, 117, 118
Thompson, Titanic. See Thomas, Alvin Clarence (aka Titanic Thompson)
three-card monte, 131
Timberline, 117
Time (magazine), 157, 158
Titanic (ship), 139
Tituba (slave), 87
Tobias, J. J., 72
Toguri, Iva (aka Tokyo Rose), 159
Tombstone, AZ, Burt Alvord in, 121–28
tongs. See Chinese gangs
Torrio, Johnny, 64, 65, 66
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North (documentary film), 21
Transatlantic Wife (Joyce), 200
treason, Mildred Gillars charged with, 154, 157, 158, 159
Treasury Department, 222
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 53–60
Triangle Trade, 17–18
Truman, Harry, 216
Truth about Belle Gunness, The (Gold Medal Books), 51
Turmoil, The (silent film), 198
Tuscola, IL, 48
Tweed, Boss, 97
Twentieth Century Fox, 225
tycoons, 94, 99, 147
See also businessmen and women; hucksters, swindlers, and cons
un-American activities. See House of Representatives, House Un-American Activities Committee
Uncle Daniel. See Drew, Daniel
University of California Board of Regents, 148
University of Chicago, 146
University of Chicago Law School, 72
University of Kansas, 106
University of Missouri, 106
Upton, Peggy. See Joyce, Peggy Hopkins
Vallee, Rudy, 200
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 94, 96, 97, 98, 177
Vanities (theatrical revue), 200
Vassiliev, Alexander, 215
Verde-Grande Copper Mining Company, 133
Vermont and estate taxes for Hetty Green, 178
Vernon County, MO, 103
Villa, Pancho, 205
villains, definition of, 11
Vilnius, Lithuania, 211
Virginia
Army of Northern Virginia, 107
involuntary sterilizations in, 143–45, 148
John Parker in, 109
Samuel Mason in, 25
Virginia Colony for the Epileptic and Feebleminded, 144
Virtuous Girl, A (Bodenheim), 208
Vision of Invasion (radio play), 157, 158, 159
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 165
Wall Street, 12
Daniel Drew, 94, 97, 99
Hetty Green, 171–78
Wanderone, Rudolf. See Minnesota Fats
Warrington, James R., 129–30
Washburn, Emory, 91
Washington, DC
Lincoln’s missing bodyguard, 107–112
Peggy Hopkins Joyce in, 197–98
Washington, George (misspelling of name on dollar bills), 221
Washington County, PA, 25
Washita River, 34
waterlogged cattle, 94
Water Witch (steamboat), 95–96
Watkins, Adeline, 81
Weil, Joseph “Yellow Kid,” 129–35
Weinberg, Harold, 209
Weinstein, Allen, 215
Weiss, Earl “Hymie,” 64, 66
Wellesley College, 177
Wesleyan University, 99
Western Union, 70
Weston, MO, 102
West Side Story (movie and play), 40
West Virginia
Mildred Gillars in, 159
Peggy Hopkins Joyce in, 197
Samuel Mason in, 25
Weyl, Nathaniel, 159
whaling, 172–73
Wheeling, WV, 25
White, Scott, 124, 125
White, William Allen, 74–75
Whitney, Chauncey, 117
Wike, Sally, 70, 71
Willcox, AZ, 124, 125
Williams, Abigail, 87, 90
Williams, Hank, 73
Williams, William Carlos, 206
“Wilson’s Liquor Vault and House for Entertainment,” 26
Wisconsin, Ed Gein in, 77–78, 79, 80, 81
witch hunting, 85–92
Within My Horizon (Bridgman), 191
witness bribery, 58
Wolf Island, 26
Wolfman Jack, 73
Wong Chung, 38, 41
Worden, Bernice, 80, 81, 82
Worden, Frank, 80
Works Progress Administration, 208, 214
World Series, fixing of in 1919, 140
World War II, Mildred Gillars as propagandist for the Nazis, 153–59
WPA. See Works Progress Administration
Wyandot Indians, 31
Wynkoop, Edward, 30, 32, 33
XER radio station, 73–74
Yankee (brig), 19
Yap (island), 181–85
“Yellow Kid.” See Weil, Joseph “Yellow Kid”
“Yellow Kid” Weil: The Autobiography of America’s Master Swindler (Weil), 135
Yen Yuen, 41
Yoas, “Bravo Jaun,” 125, 126
Younger, Bob, 105
Younger, Cole, 104, 105, 106
Younger, Jim, 105
YouTube, 232
Yuma Territorial Prison, 126–27
Ziegfield Follies (musical revue), 198
Zito, Joseph, 56
Zucca, Rita, 158
