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Old Whiskey and Young Women - American True Crime Tales of Murder, Sex and Scandal (Hardcover)
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Old Whiskey and Young Women - American True Crime Tales of Murder, Sex and Scandal (Hardcover)
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Murder and mystery, society, sex and suspense were combined in this
case in such a manner as to intrigue and captivate the public fancy
to a degree perhaps unparalleled in recent annals. Ohio vs.
Sheppard, 165 Ohio St. 293, 294 (1956). While this should no longer
occur in a criminal trial, it can in a book. And this is the book
in which it does. Here, some of the most notorious legal cases in
American history are explored. What they have in common is that
they titillated, if not repulsed, the entire nation when they first
occurred. What they still have in common is that, for the most
part, they are today nearly totally forgotten. From the unfair
framing for murder of America's most famous comedian, to America's
first capital case involving an older woman and her much younger
lover murdering her husband, to Mad Harry Thaw, the wealthy and mad
son of a steel magnate, killing America's foremost architect over a
beautiful woman, all come to life in gripping detail and drama. And
meet the real Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, whose
mother fixation and real life gruesome crimes far outmatched those
of any fictional character. This book brings to life these
notorious characters and many more from the rich pages of history.
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