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In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying
the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals in the Wild
West to their deaths. A former police chief who became the hangman
of San Quentin due to an unfortunate turn of events, Lunt stood on
the gallows alongside bank robbers, desperadoes and assassins
throughout a five-year career. This book follows Lunt's trail from
the Santa Cruz police department to the San Quentin State Prison.
Covering his interesting friendship with a series of death row
inmates to the gradual deterioration of his sanity, it is a
one-of-a-kind biography that profiles an American executioner. Also
profiled are his subjects-twenty of the West's most heinous
criminals-as well as Lunt's preparations for their hangings and
their final moments on the gallows.
The body of a woman floats to the surface of a lake with sixty
pounds of cinder block and chain attached to her legs. Her killer
faces the death penalty if the prosecution can answer one question:
Did she drown? A worker for the only U.S. plant licensed to produce
anthrax dies, the victim of a heart attack. But what caused his
heart to stop beating? Follow veteran medical examiner Dr. Stephen
D. Cohle into the world of forensic pathology, as he solves these
and many other cases. Written from an insider's view, Cause of
Death puts the reader behind Dr. Cohle's shoulder while he examines
each victim. The cases range from exotic murder mysteries ripe for
a CSI episode to everyday casualties of heart attacks and car
accidents. Every victim, though, has a story to tell. Enter a
real-life morgue with its strange sights, sounds, and smells, and
watch a forensic mastermind as he unravels each victim's cause of
death.
The shocking series of crimes committed by lovers Martha Beck and
Raymond Fernandez dominated the front pages in 1949. Caught for the
double homicide of a widow and her young daughter in Michigan, the
first couple of crime became the focus of an intense debate over
the death penalty and extradition. Their story climaxed in a
sensational trial in New York City and concluded two years later
inside Sing Sing's notorious "Death House." Pulp fiction era
reporters, who followed every step taken by the accused slayers,
christened Beck and Fernandez the "Lonely Hearts Killers"-a
nickname that stuck and has since been used to describe an entire
category of criminal behavior. Despite the sensationalization of
the killer couple's exploits, the story of the Michigan crime that
ended their spree has until now remained largely untold. Drawing on
rare archival material, this book presents, for the first time
anywhere, a detailed account of this lost chapter in the saga of
the "Lonely Hearts Killers." Both biography and analysis, this book
also attempts to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions and to
provide answers to a few unanswered questions about the case.
In January 1889, as London constables hunted for Jack the Ripper
and theaters around the world presented theatrical renditions of
the Jekyll and Hyde story, Jackson, Michigan, Police Captain Jack
Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer. This book follows
Captain Boyle to the bordellos of gaslight-era Detroit-populated by
madams, pimps, prostitutes and gamblers. It describes the
investigation that led him to a pharmacist that prowled the
streets, akin to a real-life Jekyll and Hyde. Ultimately, the book
delves into the mind of Robert Irving Latimer, known as the most
dangerous prisoner in Michigan and the man who inspired talk about
resurrecting the state's long-dead death penalty.
The epic battles of the Civil War have become the stuff of legend
and the subject of a vast amount of literature. Much less known is
the war behind the lines, a war carried out by merciless
guerrillas, bloodthirsty mobs, murderous vigilantes and sinister
secret agents. True Crime in the Civil War delves into the
conflict's criminal history, profiling 16 cases of misdeeds
committed by men and women on both sides of the fight. Civil War
buffs will find newly uncovered information on a pair of obscure
incidents: the 1863 murder of a Tennessee family by freed slaves
living in a Union camp, and an 1865 killing in North Carolina that
immediately tested the nation's commitment to equality. Also
included are fresh accounts of some of the war's most notorious
crimes, including the short and brutal life of Bloody Bill
Anderson, the evils perpetrated behind Andersonville's walls, and
the still-controversial Lincoln assassination conspiracy, providing
a stark reminder that those on the war's front lines weren't the
only ones facing danger. About the Author Tobin T. Buhk is a
freelance writer who lives in Jenison, Michigan, and is co-author
with Stephen D. Cohle of Skeletons in the Closet: Tales from the
County Morgue and Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical
Examiner.
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