Download or read book The Phantom Killer written by James Presley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The salacious and scandalous murders of a series of couples on Texarkana's "lovers lanes" in seemingly idyllic post-WWII America created a media maelstrom and cast a pall of fear over an entire region. What is even more surprising is that the case has remained cold for decades. Combining archival research and investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize nominated historian James Presley reveals evidence that provides crucial keys to unlocking this decades-old puzzle.Dubbed "the Phantom murders" by the press, these grisly crimes took place in an America before dial telephones, DNA science, and criminal profiling. Even pre-television, print and radio media stirred emotions to a fever pitch. The Phantom Killer, exhaustively researched, is the only definitive nonfiction book on the case, and includes details from an unpublished account by a survivor, and rare, never-before-published photographs.Although the case lives on today on television, the Internet, a revived fictional movie and even an off-Broadway play, with so much of the investigation shrouded in mystery since 1946, rumors and fractured facts have distorted the reality. Now, for the first time, a careful examination of the archival record, personal interviews, and stubborn fact checking come together to produce new insights and revelations on the old slayings.
Download or read book The Murderous Phantom written by K-Ray McClure and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2017-06-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen friends yet strangers, one manor. Who will walk out alive? This tale of murder and chaos starts off in Ireland in 1774. A series of murders goes unsolved even with the best minds in town working the case. It was nine years later when a missionary group of twelve people find themselves in a furious thunderstorm. They were forced to take shelter in the home of an acquaintance. When they woke up in the morning, they found that they were trapped in. Friends and neighbors do what they can to help out, but it was no use. Then one by one, they are murdered off in the most horrific style. With what seems like no way out, will they discover the killer in time to save themselves?
Download or read book Phantom Murder written by Sadie Montgomery and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having laid to rest the Phantom, Erik Costanzi dedicates himself to his family and to his work at the Teatro dellOpera. An illness forces Meg to withdraw from the stage and Erik to hire a competent but uninspiring replacement. When Meg resists his encouragement to resume her place as diva, Erik wonders why she is reluctant. As Erik and Meg come to a crossroads, tensions flare at the Teatro among the other members of Eriks domain. Just as the Phantom learned that he could not impose his will with impunity, Erik comes to understand the limits of his own powers. But when a murder stuns the opera world and casts suspicion on everyone, who would be a more likely suspect than the enigmatic Masked Genius of the Opera?
Download or read book The Texarkana Moonlight Murders written by Michael Newton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, years before the phrase "serial murder" was coined, a masked killer terrorized the town of Texarkana on the Texas-Arkansas border. Striking five times within a ten-week period, always at night, the prowler claimed six lives and left three other victims wounded. Survivors told police that their assailant was a man, but could supply little else. A local newspaper dubbed him the Phantom Killer, and it stuck. Other reporters called the faceless predator the "Moonlight Murderer," though the lunar cycle had nothing to do with the crimes. Texarkana's phantom was not America's first serial slayer; he certainly was not the worst, either in body count or sheer brutality. But he has left a crimson mark on history as one of those who got away. Like the elusive Axeman of New Orleans, Cleveland's Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, and San Francisco's Zodiac Killer, the Phantom Killer left a haunting mystery behind. This is the definitive story of that mystery.
Download or read book Murder at the Met written by David Black and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the exclusive accounts of Detectives Mike Struk and Jerry Giorgio of how they solved the Phantom of the Opera Case.
Download or read book The Murderous Phantom written by K-Ray Mcclure and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is to be a horse and carriage traveling up a slight hill on a dirt road. They are heading toward a house that is near a cliff. Below the cliff is the Irish Sea. There is a furious thunder storm going on and a bright bolt of lightning above the house is making the house and the surrounding area clearly visible. (If it proves easier to focus on one detail and make the other details smaller, go ahead and do that. If you do go that route, could you make the house and lightning strike the focus?) Here is a description of the house: It is a huge silver-grey granite building with beautiful vines growing on the side. It is a four story building with an attic and a basement.
Download or read book Fangs of Murder Phantom Detective Saga written by Robert Wallace and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Phantom is actually Richard Curtis Van Loan, a world-famous detective, whose true identity is only known by one man—Frank Havens. "Ricco scowled. But a crafty light showed in his eyes. "Mob?" he echoed naively. "I don't know what you're talking about." "Cut the stall, Ricco. Just get this! Your mob's taken a powder on you! They've all sold out to Monk Gorman--every one of 'em!" Ricco's fleshy body stiffened. The diagonal scar on his cheek suddenly stood out, livid. His voice roared."
Download or read book Killers of the Flower Moon written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!
Download or read book Phantom Evil written by Heather Graham and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to where it all started: New Orleans, the birthplace of the Krewe of Hunters, the FBI’s elite paranormal investigation unit. Rediscover the first case in book 1 of the New York Times bestselling series, only from Heather Graham. Though haunted by the recent deaths of two teammates, Jackson Crow knows that it’s the living who commit the most heinous crimes. As a police officer using her sometimes-otherworldly intuition, Angela Hawkins already has her hands full of mystery and bloodshed. Under the oversight of Adam Harrison, Jackson and Angela will join a newly formed unit of the FBI, with the extraordinary opportunity to use their psychic talents. And the first assignment calls to them too strongly to resist. In a historic mansion in the French Quarter, a senator’s wife falls to her death. Most think she jumped; some say she was pushed. Yet others believe she was beckoned by the ghostly spirits inhabiting the house—once the site of a serial killer’s grisly work. In this seemingly unsolvable case, only one thing is certain: whether supernatural or all too human, crimes of passion will cast Jackson and Angela straight into danger. Originally published in 2011
Download or read book Tantamount written by Blaine L. Pardoe and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cold case investigation of a notorious serial killer who terrorized 1970s Washington D.C. by the New York Times bestselling true crime coauthors. In 1971 and 1972, a deadly predator stalked the streets of the nation’s capital. His targets were young girls whose fates included rape and torture before their brutalized corpses were left in plain view along busy roadways. Seven victims raging from the ages of ten to eighteen died in his hands. On one victim he left a note, taunting police and claiming the media’s name for him: The Freeway Phantom. Then, as abruptly as he started, the Freeway Phantom stopped. Decades later, Washington DC’s oldest unsolved serial killing spree is pried open with the suspects, the liars, and the evidence laid bare. Father-daughter true crime investigators Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester shed new light and provide tantalizing new clues as to who the Freeway Phantom may be.
Download or read book The Phantom Detective 5 Murder Mysteries in One Volume written by Robert Wallace and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited Phantom Detective collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Phantom is actually the wealthy Richard Curtis Van Loan. He is a world-famous detective, whose true identity is only known by one man—Frank Havens, the publisher of the Clarion newspaper. Richard Curtis Van Loan is orphaned at an early age but inherits wealth. Before World War I, he leads the life of an idle playboy, but during the war he becomes a pilot and downs many German planes. Contents: Empire of Terror Death Flight The Sinister Dr. Wong Fangs of Murder Tycoon of Crime
Download or read book The Phantom Detective Fangs of Murder written by Robert Wallace and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious doom hovers menacingly over the members of the Gargoyle Club! Follow the world's greatest sleuth as he pits brain and brawn against a vicious criminal! Ripped from the pages of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the lead novel from the January, 1938 issue!
Download or read book The Phantom Prince written by Elizabeth Kendall and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer This updated, expanded edition of The Phantom Prince, Elizabeth Kendall’s 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with serial killer Ted Bundy, includes a new introduction and a new afterword by the author, never-before-seen photos, and a startling new chapter from the author’s daughter, Molly, who has not previously shared her story. Bundy is one of the most notorious serial killers in American history and one of the most publicized to this day. However, very rarely do we hear from the women he left behind—the ones forgotten as mere footnotes in this tragedy. The Phantom Prince chronicles Elizabeth Kendall’s intimate relationship with Ted Bundy and its eventual unraveling. As much as has been written about Bundy, it’s remarkable to hear the perspective of people who shared their daily lives with him for years. This gripping account presents a remarkable examination of a charismatic personality that masked unimaginable darkness.
Download or read book A Phantom Death written by Annette Mahon and published by Worldwide Library. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the lead in a local production of 'Phantom of the opera' is found bludgeoned to death beside a huge saguaro in a remote, undeveloped area of Scottsdale, it's a shock to ranch owner Maggie Browne, who knew the actor as a boy. She's further drawn into the mystery when the victim's mother asks for her help in solving her only son's tragic ending. Enlisting the aid of her friends, the women of St. Rose Quilting Bee, Maggie begins to sort through the pieces of the dead man's life, wondering if one can ever truly 'know' an actor. What was he doing in the desert late at night? While police suspect a carjacking turned deadly, Maggie explores some strange doings in the life of Jonathan Hunter's nearest and dearest, exposing dangerous secrets meant to stay buried in the desert ... and in the past"--Book description.
Download or read book The Phantom of Manhattan written by Frederick Forsyth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-12-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera in which the disfigured Phantom goes to America. He builds the world's greatest opera house, hoping to lure his love, the opera diva who rejected him in Paris. By the author of The Day of the Jackal.
Download or read book The Gray Phantom s Return written by Herman Landon and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gray Phantom's Return" by Herman Landon. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Phantom Detective written by Robert Wallace and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ripped from the pages of the Fall, 1949 issue of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the complete lead novel (including illustrations) -- The Black Ball of Death! Marked for murder, the Phantom tackles the puzzling "eight-ball" mystery - in which a sinister clue at the feet of slain Arthur Arden is a harbinger of further violence! Exciting pulp action!
