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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Assassinations
Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin
Heir to Austria’s Throne Is Slain with His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Country
Gandhi Is Killed by a Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay - Robert Trumbull
Kennedy Is Killed by Sniper as He Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane - Tom Wicker
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here - Peter Kihss
Martin Luther King Is Slain in Memphis; A White Is Suspected; Johnson Urges Calm - Earl Caldwell
Kennedy Is Dead, Victim of Assassin; Suspect, Arab Immigrant, Arraigned; Johnson Appoints Panel on Violence - Gladwin Hill
Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade as Men Amid Ranks Fire into Stands; Vice President Affirms “All Treaties” - William E. Farrell
Bhutto Is Killed at Rally, and Pakistan Faces Outrage and New Turmoil - Salman Masood and Carlotta Gall
Chapter 2: Heists
Masked Men Rob a Train: The Bold Exploit of a Gang of Missouri Outlaws
Dillinger Defied Capture for Year
Bandits Rob Mail Train Outside London; Record Loss May Exceed $5,000,000 - James Feron
Star of India and 8 Other Stolen Gems Returned to City From Miami Locker - Jack Roth
The Big Lufthansa Robbery and Its Trail of Murder - Leslie Maitland
Boston Thieves Loot a Museum of Masterpieces - Fox Butterfield
Willie Sutton, Urbane Scoundrel - Peter Duffy
FBI Brings a Fresh Set of Eyes to a ’71 Plane Hijacking Mystery - Susan Saulny
Graying Thieves and a Record Heist Undone in London - Dan Bilefsky
Chapter 3: Kidnappings
Franks Slayers Get Life Imprisonment; Youth Averts Noose
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton; Taken from His Crib; Wide Search On
Bronfman’s Son Rescued in City After a Payment of $2.3 Million; Money Recovered, 2 Suspects Held - Peter Kihss
Miss Hearst Is Convicted on Bank Robbery Charges - Wallace Turner
Agony Lingers, 20 Years After the Moro Killing - Alessandra Stanley
Captive’s Own Account of 18 Years as a Hostage - Jesse McKinley
Chapter 4: Mass Murder
School Dynamiter First Slew Wife
Suspect Seized in Chicago in Slaying of Eight Nurses - Austin C. Wehrwein
Terror in Littleton: The Overview; 2 Students in Colorado School Said to Gun Down as Many as 23 and Kill Themselves in a Siege - James Brooke
Massacre in Virginia; Drumbeat of Shots, Broken by Pauses to Reload - Shaila Dewan
Gunman Kills 12 at Colorado Theater; Scores Are Wounded, Reviving Debate - Dan Frosch and Kirk Johnson
Norwegian Mass Killer Gets Maximum Sentence: 21 Years - Mark Lewis and Sarah Lyall
Sandy Hook Pupils Were All Shot Multiple Times with a Semiautomatic, Officials Say - James Barron
A Hectic Day at Church, and Then a Hellish Visitor - Richard Fausset, John Eligon, Jason Horowitz and Frances Robles
Praising Isis, Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50 Dead in Worst Shooting on U.S. Soil - Lizette Alavarez and Richard Pérez-Peña
Chapter 5: The Mob
7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms
The Crime Hearings: Television Provides Both a Lively Show and a Notable Public Service - Jack Gould
65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid and Run Out of Upstate Village
Valachi Names 5 as Crime Chiefs in New York Area - Emanuel Perlmutter
Galante and 2 Shot to Death in a Brooklyn Restaurant - Robert D. McFadden
The Mafia of the 1980s: Divided and Under Siege - Robert D. McFadden
John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight - Selwyn Raab
A Mafia Boss Breaks a Code in Telling All - William K. Rashbaum
Long Elusive, Irish Mob Legend Ended Up a California Recluse - Adam Nagourney and Abby Goodnough
Chapter 6: Murder
Thaw Murders Stanford White; Shoots Him on the Madison Square Garden Roof
Trial Under Way in Youth’s Killing - John N. Popham
Manson, 3 Women Guilty; Prosecution to Ask Death - Earl Caldwell
John Lennon of Beatles Is Killed; Suspect Held in Shooting at Dakota - Les Ledbetter
Mrs. Harris Found Guilty of Murder and She Is Quickly Removed to Jail - James Feron
Not Guilty: The Overview; Jury Clears Simpson in Double Murder; Spellbound Nation Divides on Verdict - David Margolick
Colorado Murder Mystery Lingers as Police Press On - James Brooke
Kitty, 40 Years Later - Jim Rasenberger
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime - Monica Davey
Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City - Ian Fisher
A Trial Ends, but for South Africans, the Debate May Be Just Beginning - Sarah Lyall and Alan Cowell
Straight From TV to Jail: Durst Is Charged in Killing - Charles V. Bagli and Vivian Yee
Chapter 7: Prison
Showering and Yoking
9 Hostages and 28 Prisoners Die as 1,000 Storm Prison in Attica—“Like a War Zone” - Fred Ferretti
No Way Out: Dashed Hopes—Serving Life, with No Chance of Redemption - Adam Liptak
Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished from Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later - Robert D. McFadden
How El Chapo Was Finally Captured, - Again Azam Ahmed
Prison Rate Was Rising Years Before 1994 Law - Erik Eckholm
Chapter 8: Serial Killers
Dismay in Whitechapel: Two More Murdered Women Found
Holmes Cool to the End
DeSalvo, Confessed “Boston Strangler,” Found Stabbed to Death in Prison Cell - John Kifner
.44 Killer Wounds 12th and 13th Victims - Robert D. McFadden
The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: “It Was a Command … I Had a Sign” - Howard Blum
Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All - Douglas E. Kneeland
Bundy Is Put to Death in Florida After Admitting Trail of Killings - Jon Nordheimer
Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison - Don Terry
Retracing a Trail: The Sniper Suspects; Serial Killing’s Squarest Pegs: Not Solo, White, Psychosexual or Picky - N. R. Kleinfield and Erica Goode
Chapter 9: Sex Crimes
Polanski Guilty Plea Accepted in Sex Case - Grace Lichtenstein
Crimmins Found Guilty of Murder as the Jury Accepts His Confession - E. R. Shipp
Darkness Beneath the Glitter: Life of Suspect in Park Slaying - Samuel G. Freedman
Lorena Bobbitt Acquitted in Mutilation of Husband - David Margolick
A Crime Revisited: The Decision; 13 Years Later, Official Reversal in - Jogger Attack Robert D. McFadden and Susan Saulny
Boston Church Papers Released; A Pattern of Negligence Is Cited - Pam Belluck
Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys - Joe Drape
Chapter 10: Vice
Marijuana Smoking Is Reported Safe
Speakeasy Census Shows Brisk Trade - C. G. Poore
Kingpin of Crime Syndicate - Robert D. McFadden
Head of Medellín Cocaine Cartel Is Killed by Troops in Colombia - Robert D. McFadden
Spitzer, Linked to a Sex Ring as a Client, Gives an Apology - Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum
Chapter 11: White Collar
Exchange “Wizard” Is Paying Claims
Van Doren Pleads Guilty; Is Freed - Alfred E. Clark
Milken Gets 10 Years for Wall St. Crimes - Kurt Eichenwald
2 Enron Chiefs Are Convicted in Fraud and Conspiracy Trial - Alexei Barrionuevo
Madoff Goes to Jail After Guilty Pleas - Diana B. Henriques and Jack Healy
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Picture Credits
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