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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- p. cm.
- Contents
-
- Fiends of the early Republic, 1782-1826
- William Beadle, family annihilator
- Domestic slaughter then and now
- Samuel Green, prodigy of crime
- Jesse Strang and the Cherry Hill murder
- Hawthorne and Strang
- Antebellum maniacs, 1840-1860
- Robert McConaghy, "the inhuman butcher"
- The Mohawk massacre
- Peter Robinson, the "tell-tale heart" killer
- Another tell-tale murder
- Polly Bodine, "The witch of staten island"
- "The worst woman on earth"
- Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, the Waterville poisoner
- "The ballad of Edward Matthews"
- Henrietta Robinson, "The veiled murderess"
- The age of arsenic
- Return J. M. Ward, "The triple murderer"
- Burned alive
- Francis Gouldy, pre-civil war mass murderer
- The Saugerties bard, minstrel of mayhem
- Albert Hicks, "The worst man who ever lived"
- The resurrection of Albert Hicks
- Post-civil war monsters, 1866-1880
- Martha Grinder, Lydia Sherman, and Sarah Jane Robinson: the
- "American borgias
- "Poison and pedophilia"
- Anton Probst, "The monster in the shape of a man"
- The eyes of Anton Probst
- Edward H. Ruloff, "The man of two lives"
- "His side of the story"
- Louis Wagner, the smutty nose butcher
- "A memorable murder"
- Franklin Evans, the Northwood murderer
- "Georgianna lovering, or the Northwood tragedy"
- "Was it a ghost?"
- Joseph Lapage, "The french monster"
- The Langmaid memorial
- The mystery of serial murder
- Charles Freeman and the "pocasset horror"
- The woman who killed her child for god
- Emeline meaker, "the Virago of Vermont"
- Mad Dorothy Talbot
- Hangings public and private
- Turn-of-the-century psychos, 1892-1896
- Carlyle Harris, the libertine
- Dr. Robert Buchanan, copycat
- Harry Hayward, "the Minneapolis Svengali"
- "The fatal ride"
- A hypnotic villain
- Scott Jackson, who slaughtered poor Pearl Bryan
- Cal Crim, "sleuth-hound of the law"
- Murdered-girl ballads
- A year of horror, 1927
- Andrew P. Kehoe, "the world's worst demon"
- The Wall Street bombing
- Ada Leboeuf, "the siren of the swamps"
- "Rules for murderesses"
- William Edward Hickman, "the Fox"
- Cashing in
- Demons of the Depression
- Pearl O'Loughlin, wicked stepmother
- Can Ground Glass kill?
- Harry powers, "the bluebeard of quiet dell"
- "The crime at quiet dell" (version one)
- "The crime at quiet dell" (version two)
- "The night of the hunter"
- Bluebeard : fact and fantasy
- Robert Edwards, the "American tragedy killer"
- Erased
- Robert Irwin, "the mad sculptor"
- Soldier, sailor, serial killer, 1941-1961
- Eddie Leonski, "the brown-out strangler"
- No rest for the wicked
- Julian Harvey and the Bluebelle's last voyage
- Antone Costa, the "Cape Cod vampire"
- Final words
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780345524478
- Label
- Psycho USA : famous american killers you never heard of
- Title
- Psycho USA
- Title remainder
- famous american killers you never heard of
- Statement of responsibility
- Harold Schechter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Shares the stories of lesser-known serial killers including "Mad Sculptor" Robert Irwin, "Tell-Tale Heart Killer" Peter Robinson, and "Man of Two Lives" Edward H. Ruloff, in an text that evaluates their mental statuses and motivations
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10142996
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schechter, Harold
- Dewey number
- 364.152/3092273
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6785
- LC item number
- .S345 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Murderers
- Murder
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- famous American killers you never heard of
- Label
- Psycho USA : famous american killers you never heard of, Harold Schechter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Fiends of the early Republic, 1782-1826 -- William Beadle, family annihilator -- Domestic slaughter then and now -- Samuel Green, prodigy of crime -- Jesse Strang and the Cherry Hill murder -- Hawthorne and Strang -- Antebellum maniacs, 1840-1860 -- Robert McConaghy, "the inhuman butcher" -- The Mohawk massacre -- Peter Robinson, the "tell-tale heart" killer -- Another tell-tale murder -- Polly Bodine, "The witch of staten island" -- "The worst woman on earth" -- Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, the Waterville poisoner -- "The ballad of Edward Matthews" -- Henrietta Robinson, "The veiled murderess" -- The age of arsenic -- Return J. M. Ward, "The triple murderer" -- Burned alive -- Francis Gouldy, pre-civil war mass murderer -- The Saugerties bard, minstrel of mayhem -- Albert Hicks, "The worst man who ever lived" -- The resurrection of Albert Hicks -- Post-civil war monsters, 1866-1880 -- Martha Grinder, Lydia Sherman, and Sarah Jane Robinson: the -- "American borgias -- "Poison and pedophilia" -- Anton Probst, "The monster in the shape of a man" -- The eyes of Anton Probst -- Edward H. Ruloff, "The man of two lives" -- "His side of the story" -- Louis Wagner, the smutty nose butcher -- "A memorable murder" -- Franklin Evans, the Northwood murderer -- "Georgianna lovering, or the Northwood tragedy" -- "Was it a ghost?" -- Joseph Lapage, "The french monster" -- The Langmaid memorial -- The mystery of serial murder -- Charles Freeman and the "pocasset horror" -- The woman who killed her child for god -- Emeline meaker, "the Virago of Vermont" -- Mad Dorothy Talbot -- Hangings public and private -- Turn-of-the-century psychos, 1892-1896 -- Carlyle Harris, the libertine -- Dr. Robert Buchanan, copycat -- Harry Hayward, "the Minneapolis Svengali" -- "The fatal ride" -- A hypnotic villain -- Scott Jackson, who slaughtered poor Pearl Bryan -- Cal Crim, "sleuth-hound of the law" -- Murdered-girl ballads -- A year of horror, 1927 -- Andrew P. Kehoe, "the world's worst demon" -- The Wall Street bombing -- Ada Leboeuf, "the siren of the swamps" -- "Rules for murderesses" -- William Edward Hickman, "the Fox" -- Cashing in -- Demons of the Depression -- Pearl O'Loughlin, wicked stepmother -- Can Ground Glass kill? -- Harry powers, "the bluebeard of quiet dell" -- "The crime at quiet dell" (version one) -- "The crime at quiet dell" (version two) -- "The night of the hunter" -- Bluebeard : fact and fantasy -- Robert Edwards, the "American tragedy killer" -- Erased -- Robert Irwin, "the mad sculptor" -- Soldier, sailor, serial killer, 1941-1961 -- Eddie Leonski, "the brown-out strangler" -- No rest for the wicked -- Julian Harvey and the Bluebelle's last voyage -- Antone Costa, the "Cape Cod vampire" -- Final words -- Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- 2012004990
- Extent
- p. cm.
- Isbn
- 9780345524478
- Lccn
- 2012004990
- Label
- Psycho USA : famous american killers you never heard of, Harold Schechter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Fiends of the early Republic, 1782-1826 -- William Beadle, family annihilator -- Domestic slaughter then and now -- Samuel Green, prodigy of crime -- Jesse Strang and the Cherry Hill murder -- Hawthorne and Strang -- Antebellum maniacs, 1840-1860 -- Robert McConaghy, "the inhuman butcher" -- The Mohawk massacre -- Peter Robinson, the "tell-tale heart" killer -- Another tell-tale murder -- Polly Bodine, "The witch of staten island" -- "The worst woman on earth" -- Dr. Valorous P. Coolidge, the Waterville poisoner -- "The ballad of Edward Matthews" -- Henrietta Robinson, "The veiled murderess" -- The age of arsenic -- Return J. M. Ward, "The triple murderer" -- Burned alive -- Francis Gouldy, pre-civil war mass murderer -- The Saugerties bard, minstrel of mayhem -- Albert Hicks, "The worst man who ever lived" -- The resurrection of Albert Hicks -- Post-civil war monsters, 1866-1880 -- Martha Grinder, Lydia Sherman, and Sarah Jane Robinson: the -- "American borgias -- "Poison and pedophilia" -- Anton Probst, "The monster in the shape of a man" -- The eyes of Anton Probst -- Edward H. Ruloff, "The man of two lives" -- "His side of the story" -- Louis Wagner, the smutty nose butcher -- "A memorable murder" -- Franklin Evans, the Northwood murderer -- "Georgianna lovering, or the Northwood tragedy" -- "Was it a ghost?" -- Joseph Lapage, "The french monster" -- The Langmaid memorial -- The mystery of serial murder -- Charles Freeman and the "pocasset horror" -- The woman who killed her child for god -- Emeline meaker, "the Virago of Vermont" -- Mad Dorothy Talbot -- Hangings public and private -- Turn-of-the-century psychos, 1892-1896 -- Carlyle Harris, the libertine -- Dr. Robert Buchanan, copycat -- Harry Hayward, "the Minneapolis Svengali" -- "The fatal ride" -- A hypnotic villain -- Scott Jackson, who slaughtered poor Pearl Bryan -- Cal Crim, "sleuth-hound of the law" -- Murdered-girl ballads -- A year of horror, 1927 -- Andrew P. Kehoe, "the world's worst demon" -- The Wall Street bombing -- Ada Leboeuf, "the siren of the swamps" -- "Rules for murderesses" -- William Edward Hickman, "the Fox" -- Cashing in -- Demons of the Depression -- Pearl O'Loughlin, wicked stepmother -- Can Ground Glass kill? -- Harry powers, "the bluebeard of quiet dell" -- "The crime at quiet dell" (version one) -- "The crime at quiet dell" (version two) -- "The night of the hunter" -- Bluebeard : fact and fantasy -- Robert Edwards, the "American tragedy killer" -- Erased -- Robert Irwin, "the mad sculptor" -- Soldier, sailor, serial killer, 1941-1961 -- Eddie Leonski, "the brown-out strangler" -- No rest for the wicked -- Julian Harvey and the Bluebelle's last voyage -- Antone Costa, the "Cape Cod vampire" -- Final words -- Acknowledgments -- Index
- Control code
- 2012004990
- Extent
- p. cm.
- Isbn
- 9780345524478
- Lccn
- 2012004990
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