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Book San Diego Murder   Mayhem

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steve Willard
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2018-11-12
  • ISBN : 1439665818
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book San Diego Murder Mayhem written by Steve Willard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early twentieth-century San Diego was growing fast, and the officers sworn to protect the city encountered more than their fair share of wily lawbreakers. From a shootout with a lone gunman in Mission Hills to gunfights with a gang of bank robbers that involved enthusiastic bystanders hoping to assist, detectives and patrolmen alike tried to maintain the peace. They encountered unexpected bodies, confronted car thieves and pursued criminals through neighboring states and into Mexico. Join author Steve Willard as he unearths stories directly from the case files of the early San Diego Police Department.

Book San Diego Murder   Mayhem

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steve Willard
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 146713855X
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book San Diego Murder Mayhem written by Steve Willard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early twentieth-century San Diego was growing fast, and the officers sworn to protect the city encountered more than their fair share of wily lawbreakers. From a shootout with a lone gunman in Mission Hills to gunfights with a gang of bank robbers that involved enthusiastic bystanders hoping to assist, detectives and patrolmen alike tried to maintain the peace. They encountered unexpected bodies, confronted car thieves and pursued criminals through neighboring states and into Mexico. Join author Steve Willard as he unearths stories directly from the case files of the early San Diego Police Department.

Book Tiger King  Murder  Mayhem and Madness

Download or read book Tiger King Murder Mayhem and Madness written by Jaimie Baron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume in the Docalogue series, this book explores the significance of the documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020), which became 'must-see-TV' for a newly captive audience during the global Covid-19 pandemic. The series – a true-crime, tabloid spectacle about a murder-for-hire plot within the big cat trade – prompts interesting questions about which documentaries become popular in particular moments and why. However, it also raises important questions related to the medium specificity of documentary in the streaming era, as well as the ethics of both human and animal representation. By combining five distinct perspectives on the Netflix documentary series, this book offers a complex and cumulative discourse about Tiger King’s significance in multiple areas including, but not limited to, animal studies, queer theory, genre studies, labor relations, and digital culture. Students and scholars of film, media, television, and cultural studies will find this book extremely valuable in understanding the significance of this larger-than-life true-crime documentary series.

Book Assorted Hits  Music  Murder  Mayhem and the Mob

Download or read book Assorted Hits Music Murder Mayhem and the Mob written by Rose Gross-Marino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting: New York City, the 1980s, the music business and the underworld. Meet Savannah, the sassy, sexy heroine of Assorted Hits: Music, Murder, Mayhem and the Mob©. A girl who fi nds herself in a bit of trouble after aiming her pearl-handled .22 caliber in the direction of Leonardo Ingrasio Pasquale (better known in the music biz as LIP), owner of AlBea Records and Savannah’s boss of several years. (Once, she would have taken a bullet for LIP. Now she put three in him.) After pulling the trigger, her adventures really begin. Surrounded by a cast of characters that includes the suave and oh-so-manly Jimmy Big Balls (Bs to his friends), who loves Savannah like a daughter and has friends in important (read: connected) places to keep her from harm. The Chuppah Boys, record company types who are so busy kissing ass that they are constantly in need of Chapstick and in danger of missing the next big thing. I.C. Greenfi elds, the lawyer extraordinaire who can work both a courtroom and a press junket at the same time. Through it all Savannah fi nds herself on the ride of her life, dishing out attitude and sex appeal in generous doses. There’s the mystery man, whose involvement in her defense reveals juicy tidbits from LIP’s past. The oldworld parents, who raised Savannah née Shoshanna Sneider in Brooklyn to be a good Orthodox Jewish girl. This is the story of Savannah in all her glory. With street-smart savvy, music business mojo and leopard skin stilettos, she’s the girl behind the gun, behind the scenes and in front of the jury. It’s a story you don’t want to miss, because this is only the beginning.

Book Mystery at the Blue Sea Cottage

Download or read book Mystery at the Blue Sea Cottage written by James Stewart and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “fast-paced, thoughtful true-crime” examines the cultural shifts of Jazz Age America through a beautiful dancer’s mysterious and scandalous death (Kirkus, starred review). In January 1923, twenty-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning, the dancer’s barely clad body washed up on Torrey Pines beach, her party dress and possessions strewn about the sand. The scene baffled investigators, and abotched autopsy created more questions than it answered. However, the investigation revealed a scandalous secret. When a Hollywood A-lister was arrested for Fritzie’s murder, it led to the most sensational trial in San Diego’s history. Set against the backdrop of yellow journalism, Prohibition Era corruption, and a lively culture war, Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguing story of a beautiful dancer, a playboy actor, a debonair doctor, and a tragic mystery that remains unsolved to this day.

Book Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State

Download or read book Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Murder of Cara Knott

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jessi Dilmont
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-08-12
  • ISBN : 9781089999553
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Murder of Cara Knott written by Jessi Dilmont and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of True Crime stories: Three decades after a murder that shook the city of San Diego to its core, residents and visitors are still reminded of the tragic slaying each time they drive down Interstate 15. Near Mercy Road, where 20 year old San Diego State junior Cara Knott was killed in 1986, hangs a sign that reads "Knott Memorial Bridge."The killing was difficult enough for the community to swallow - a young, beautiful woman, full of potential, never even lives to see her college graduation. But what made the murder even more horrifying was the arrest that soon followed. California Highway Patrol officer Craig Peyer, who had pulled the student over as she'd been driving home, was charged with killing Cara Knott

Book Pros and  Comic  Cons

Download or read book Pros and Comic Cons written by Hope Nicholson and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the bestselling The Secret Loves of Geeks comes this brand-new anthology featuring comics and prose stories by cartoonists and professional geeks about the world of comic book conventions from the guests who've attended them across the world. Featuring stories that are funny, sad, sweet, embarrassing, and heartfelt; of a geek culture life that shapes us, encourages us, and exhausts us every summer. Featuring work by Brian Michael Bendis (The Man of Steel), Jim Zub (Wayward), Kieron Gillen (The Wicked and the Divine), Sina Grace (Iceman), and many more.

Book Report of the Attorney General of the State of California

Download or read book Report of the Attorney General of the State of California written by California. Office of the Attorney General and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Murder   Mayhem

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Thomas Barry
  • Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9780764339684
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Murder Mayhem written by Michael Thomas Barry and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive some of the most notorious and long-forgotten historical crime stories of early California, from the Gold Rush to the mid-twentieth century. Told through shocking newspaper headlines of the time, these 52 stories include the exploits and dastardly deeds of infamous bandits, Joaquin Murrieta, Juan Flores, and Tiburcio Vasquez. Experience the poetic adventures of the most famous stagecoach robber, Black Bart, the murderous rampages of fiends, such as John Anschlag, Mose Gibson, Leon Soeder, Theodore Durrant, and the infamous Black Widow, Louise Peete. Also discussed are a treasure trove of unsolved murders including the notorious Black Dahlia slaying, the killing of mobster Bugsy Siegel, and the San Diego Slayer case. These true tales come to life with dozens of rare photographs. Sit back and relax as the darker side of the Golden State is explored.

Book Torrey Pines Murders

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pete Driscoll
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-08-14
  • ISBN : 9781686139970
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Torrey Pines Murders written by Pete Driscoll and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A True Crime anthology featuring some of the more mysterious murders of the past twenty years... The Torrey Pines beach killings are two of the most hideous, savage murders in California history, made seemingly worse by the beautiful location at which they took place. But, as time has failed to heal the wounds torn into families by these horrific events, it now seems as though the crimes that took place could have claimed a third, and maybe even a fourth, victim.By day, the beautiful, stunning beach in San Diego, Southern California is a hot spot for sun seekers, surfers and those looking for a walk by the sea. The glittering ocean is contained, it appears, within the magnificent nearby cliffs and the long, wide soft sandy beach sneaks slowly towards an esplanade, complete with inevitable parking lot. The arches of a wide bridge provide a touch of privacy and quiet. Life towers offer safety from the waves.As wonderful as Torrey Pines is during the day, at night it changes. The dark brings out shadows. And those shadows became a lot deeper after the night of August 12th, 1978.

Book Searching for Golden Empires

    Book Details:
  • Author : William K. Hartmann
  • Publisher : University of Arizona Press
  • Release : 2014-10-23
  • ISBN : 081659872X
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Searching for Golden Empires written by William K. Hartmann and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively book recounts the explorations of the first generations of Spanish conquistadors and their Native allies. Author William K. Hartmann brings readers along as the explorers probe from Cuba to the Aztec capital of Mexico City, and then northward through the borderlands to New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, southern California, and as far as Kansas. Characters include Hernan Cortés, the conqueror; the Aztec ruler Motezuma; Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, a famous expedition leader; fray Marcos de Niza, an explorer-priest doomed to disgrace; and Viceroy Antonio Mendoza, the king’s representative who tried to keep the explorers under control. Recounting eyewitness experiences that the Spaniards recorded in letters and memoirs, Hartmann describes ancient lifeways from Mexico to the western United States; Aztec accounts of the conquest; discussions between Aztec priests and Spanish priests about the nature of the universe; Cortés’s lifelong relationship with his famous Native mistress, Malinche (not to mention the mysterious fate of his wife); lost explorers who wandered from Florida to Arizona; and Marcos de Niza’s controversial reports of the “Seven Cities of Cíbola.” Searching for Golden Empires describes how, even after the conquest of Mexico, Cortés remained a “wildcat” competitor with Coronado in a race to see who could find the “next golden empire,” believed to lie in the north. It is an exciting history of the shared story of the United States and Mexico, unveiling episodes both tragic and uplifting.

Book Murder   Mayhem in Dayton and the Miami Valley

Download or read book Murder Mayhem in Dayton and the Miami Valley written by Sara Kaushal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miami Valley of Ohio has a rich but gruesome and bloody history. In Dayton, Christine Kett murdered her daughter and confessed seventeen years later on her deathbed. William Fogwell of Beavercreek clung to life long enough to name his killer before he died. Joshua Monroe, a Yellow Springs man, killed his lover--also his sister-in-law--in a jealous rage. Reputed serial killer Oliver Crook Haugh was accused of murdering multiple women over several years, but he was ultimately convicted of killing "only" his family. Author and founder of the Dayton Unknown history blog Sara Kaushal uncovers the violent and horrific crimes of the past.

Book Monsters on the Loose

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard L Carrico
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-10-17
  • ISBN : 9781960332431
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Monsters on the Loose written by Richard L Carrico and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the chilling mysteries of San Diego's unsolved murders in 1931. This book focuses on the tragic stories of three young women whose lives were brutally taken within a span of four months.