Foreword | | viii | |
Introduction | | xii | |
| Chapter 1 Assassinations Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin |
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| Heir to Austria's Throne Is Slain with His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Country |
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| Gandhi Is Killed by a Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay |
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| Kennedy Is Killed by Sniper as He Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane |
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| Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here |
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| Martin Luther King Is Slain in Memphis; A White Is Suspected; Johnson Urges Calm |
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| Kennedy Is Dead, Victim of Assassin; Suspect, Arab Immigrant, Arraigned; Johnson Appoints Panel on Violence |
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| Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade as Men Amid Ranks Fire into Stands; Vice President Affirms "All Treaties" |
| | 36 | (4) |
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| Bhutto Is Killed at Rally, and Pakistan Faces Outrage and New Turmoil |
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| Masked Men Rob a Train: The Bold Exploit of a Gang of Missouri Outlaws |
| | 46 | (9) |
| Dillinger Defied Capture for Year 50 Bandits Rob Mail Train Outside London; Record Loss May Exceed $5,000,000 |
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| Star of India and 8 Other Stolen Gems Returned to City From Miami Locker |
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| The Big Lufthansa Robbery and Its Trail of Murder |
| | 65 | (5) |
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| Boston Thieves Loot a Museum of Masterpieces |
| | 70 | (3) |
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| Willie Sutton, Urbane Scoundrel |
| | 73 | (3) |
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| FBI Brings a Fresh Set of Eyes to a '71 Plane Hijacking Mystery |
| | 76 | (2) |
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| Graying Thieves and a Record Heist Undone in London |
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| Franks Slayers Get Life Imprisonment; Youth Averts Noose |
| | 84 | (5) |
| Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton; Taken from His Crib; Wide Search On |
| | 89 | (3) |
| Bronfman's Son Rescued in City After a Payment of $2.3 Million; Money Recovered, 2 Suspects Held |
| | 92 | (4) |
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| Miss Hearst Is Convicted on Bank Robbery Charges |
| | 96 | (7) |
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| Agony Lingers, 20 Years After the Moro Killing |
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| Captive's Own Account of 18 Years as a Hostage |
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| School Dynamiter First Slew Wife |
| | 110 | (4) |
| Suspect Seized in Chicago in Slaying of Eight Nurses |
| | 114 | (3) |
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| Terror in Littleton: The Overview; 2 Students in Colorado School Said to Gun Down as Many as 23 and Kill Themselves in a Siege |
| | 117 | (4) |
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| Massacre in Virginia; Drumbeat of Shots, Broken by Pauses to Reload |
| | 121 | (3) |
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| Gunman Kills 12 at Colorado Theater; Scores Are Wounded, Reviving Debate |
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| Norwegian Mass Killer Gets Maximum Sentence: 21 Years |
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| Mark Lewis and Sarah Lyall |
| | 128 | (3) |
| Sandy Hook Pupils Were All Shot Multiple Times with a Semiautomatic, Officials Say |
| | 131 | (3) |
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| A Hectic Day at Church, and Then a Hellish Visitor |
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| Praising Isis, Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50 Dead in Worst Shooting on U.S. Soil |
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| 7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms |
| | 146 | (7) |
| The Crime Hearings: Television Provides Both a Lively Show and a Notable Public Service |
| | 153 | (3) |
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| 65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid and Run Out of Upstate Village |
| | 156 | (3) |
| Valachi Names 5 as Crime Chiefs in New York Area |
| | 159 | (5) |
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| Galante and 2 Shot to Death in a Brooklyn Restaurant |
| | 164 | (4) |
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| The Mafia of the 1980s: Divided and Under Siege |
| | 168 | (7) |
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| John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight |
| | 175 | (7) |
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| A Mafia Boss Breaks a Code in Telling |
| | 182 | (3) |
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| Long Elusive, Irish Mob Legend Ended Up a California Recluse |
| | 185 | (7) |
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| Thaw Murders Stanford White; Shoots Him on the Madison Square Garden Roof |
| | 192 | (6) |
| Trial Under Way in Youth's Killing |
| | 198 | (3) |
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| Manson, 3 Women Guilty; Prosecution to Ask Death |
| | 201 | (7) |
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| John Lennon of Beatles Is Killed; Suspect Held in Shooting at Dakota |
| | 208 | (3) |
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| Mrs. Harris Found Guilty of Murder and She Is Quickly Removed to Jail |
| | 211 | (6) |
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| Not Guilty: The Overview; Jury Clears Simpson in Double Murder; Spellbound Nation Divides on Verdict |
| | 217 | (5) |
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| Colorado Murder Mystery Lingers as Police Press On |
| | 222 | (3) |
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| Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime |
| | 231 | (4) |
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| Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City |
| | 235 | (2) |
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| A Trial Ends, but for South Africans, the Debate May Be Just Beginning |
| | 237 | (3) |
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| Straight From TV to Jail: Durst Is Charged in Killing |
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| | 246 | (4) |
| 9 Hostages and 28 Prisoners Die as 1,000 Storm Prison in Attica--"Like a War Zone" |
| | 250 | (7) |
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| No Way Out: Dashed Hopes--Serving Life, with No Chance of Redemption |
| | 257 | (5) |
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| Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished from Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later |
| | 262 | (4) |
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| How El Chapo Was Finally Captured, Again |
| | 266 | (7) |
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| Prison Rate Was Rising Years Before 1994 Law |
| | 273 | (5) |
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| Dismay in Whitechapel: Two More Murdered Women Found |
| | 278 | (3) |
| | 281 | (8) |
| DeSalvo, Confessed "Boston Strangler" Found Stabbed to Death in Prison Cell |
| | 289 | (2) |
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| 44 Killer Wounds 12th and 13th Victims |
| | 291 | (5) |
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| The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: "It Was a Command I Had a Sign" |
| | 296 | (4) |
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| Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All |
| | 300 | (6) |
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| Bundy Is Put to Death in Florida After Admitting Trail of Killings |
| | 306 | (4) |
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| Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison |
| | 310 | (3) |
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| Retracing a Trail: The Sniper Suspects; Serial Killing's Squarest Pegs: Not Solo, White, Psychosexual or Picky |
| | 313 | (7) |
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| Polanski Guilty Plea Accepted in Sex Case |
| | 320 | (2) |
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| Crimmins Found Guilty of Murder as the Jury Accepts His Confession |
| | 322 | (3) |
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| Darkness Beneath the Glitter: Life of Suspect in Park Slaying |
| | 325 | (5) |
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| Lorena Bobbitt Acquitted in Mutilation of Husband |
| | 330 | (4) |
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| A Crime Revisited: The Decision; 13 Years Later, Official Reversal in Jogger Attack |
| | 334 | (5) |
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| Boston Church Papers Released; A Pattern of Negligence Is Cited |
| | 339 | (5) |
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| Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys |
| | 344 | (6) |
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| Marijuana Smoking Is Reported Safe |
| | 350 | (4) |
| Speakeasy Census Shows Brisk Trade |
| | 354 | (4) |
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| Kingpin of Crime Syndicate |
| | 358 | (4) |
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| Head of Medellin Cocaine Cartel Is Killed by Troops in Colombia |
| | 362 | (4) |
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| Spitzer, Linked to a Sex Ring as a Client, Gives an Apology |
| | 366 | (6) |
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| Exchange "Wizard" Is Paying Claims |
| | 372 | (4) |
| Van Doren Pleads Guilty; Is Freed |
| | 376 | (2) |
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| Milken Gets 10 Years for Wall St. Crimes |
| | 378 | (4) |
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| 2 Enron Chiefs Are Convicted in Fraud and Conspiracy Trial |
| | 382 | (4) |
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| Madoff Goes to Jail After Guilty Pleas |
| | 386 | (3) |
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Acknowledgments | | 389 | (1) |
Contributors | | 390 | (6) |
Index | | 396 | (4) |
Picture Credits | | 400 | |