Download or read book Spine Chilling Murders in Illinois written by Nick Vulich and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine-Chilling Murders in Illinois is a collection of true-life stories, most of which were rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago. Few events in this book have made it into print, except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, they are lucky to rate a paragraph. Burglars killed Chicago millionaire Amos Snell during a home invasion in 1888. The investigation took detectives on a winding course across the country, but the killer was never found. Finally, twenty-five years later, a deathbed confession showed the police had the killer in their hands just days after the murder. But unfortunately, they let him go due to a lack of evidence. H. H. Holmes murdered as many twenty-seven people during his fifteen-year crime spree. Holmes's base of operations was his murder castle in Elgin, Illinois. Most of his victims died so Holmes could collect the insurance policies he took on their lives. The others were sold to body snatchers for $25 to $55 per head. The car barn bandits were every Chicagoan's worst nightmare-four bored boys, armed and out for thrills, let the consequences be damned. They killed eight men in less than a year and injured almost a dozen more. After Gustave Marx's capture, the gang leader told reporters: "There are too damn many people walking around town. They ought to be glad to be put out of their misery." Johann Hoch, the Chicago Bluebeard, married as many as fifty women in the ten years between 1895 and 1905. Most times, he took their money and disappeared. Unfortunately, at least nine of Hoch's wives died shortly after marrying him. Later, when asked what all his wives died from, Hoch chuckled and said, "kidney problems, I suppose. "Ask the doctors. They know better than I do." The Cambridge Curse defied explanation. During the three years between 1905 and 1908, Henry County experienced ten murders, five suicides, two attempted suicides, and a bank robbery. The statistics were totally out of whack for a community of 1500. Chicago Tribune crime reporter Jake Lingle was gunned down in cold blood in a city subway station on June 9, 1930. At first, the city mourned his passing as a martyr in the fight against crime. But, before the month was out, evidence surfaced that Lingle was in deep with the city's mobsters. He was a personal friend of Al Capone and worked as a go-between for the gangsters and police. Of course, there's more, but you get the idea. Illinois was a dangerous place at the turn of the century. Read them if you dare.
Download or read book Spine Chilling Murders in Chicago written by Nick Vulich and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in the Chicago takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in Chicago. Nineteen-year-old Amelia Olesen was outraged, strangled, and dragged across the prairie in Northwest Chicago. Rumors spread through the city, that she was drugged and hauled away by a group of young men, or that a married neighbor stalked and murdered her. The primary suspect, Tom Shehan, had an airtight alibi, but police held him for over a month hoping for a break in the case. The Lady's Murder Club consisted of six women incarcerated in the Cook County Jail. They all had one thing in common. They murdered their husband, lover, or some other close relative and were set free because no jury would convict a woman for committing a capital crime. The club members included Rene Morrow, Louise Vermilya, Sadie Blaha, Jane Quinn, Lena Musso, and Florence Bernstein. Detectives believed Augusta Dietz waited until her husband, George Dietz, fell asleep, then crept into his bedroom and bashed his head in with a hammer. Afterward, she planted a false trail of evidence, placing a note from the killer under the hammer where the police could not help but find it. Chicago serial killer Henry Spencer took credit for killing twenty-nine people (mostly women) during his twenty-year run. He bragged to detectives he bagged twelve of them in as many months after being released from the Joliet Prison in 1912. The so-called "Man-Girl Murderer" was one of the most baffling cases to confront the Chicago Police Department in the 1920s. Mrs. Richard Tesmer told detectives Freddy Frances was the "girl bandit" she saw murder her husband, but when officers caught up with her, they discovered Freddy was a man in woman's clothes. Add to that, he had a husband and a wife, and things got confused. Someone bludgeoned twenty-year-old Theresa Hollander to death in the St. Nicholas Cemetery in Aurora, Illinois, in 1914. The police quickly focused their attention on a former suitor, Anthony Petras, but a jury failed to convict him after two trials. William Bartholin killed his mother and fiancé, Minnie Mitchell, in what came to be known as the Calumet Avenue Death House. Several months and suspects later, Bartholin's body turned up in a field in Riceville, Iowa. Detectives found a suicide note that cleared the other suspects yet refused to release them pending the decision of the grand jury. Six-year-old Paul Paszkowski disappeared from his home in 1903. A week later, his body was discovered buried in a gunny sack in a shallow grave. Suspicion immediately fell on eleven-year-old Julius Wiltrax. After being interrogated for a week, he blamed his parents, John, and Elizabeth Wiltrax. Actress Margaret Leslie was found dead in room 420 at the Palace Hotel in Chicago on October 18, 1906. Suspicion quickly fell on a one-legged theatrical producer, Howard Nicholas. He broke after a week of extreme "sweating" and gave police a 24-page confession implicating his partner, Leonard Leopold. Nicholas later recanted his confession, saying Assistant Chief Herman Schuettler hypnotized him into making it. Read them if you dare!
Download or read book Spine Chilling Murders in the Quad Cities written by Nick Vulich and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine-Chilling Murders in the Quad-Cities is a collection of true-life stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, they are lucky to rate a paragraph.Cities covered include Davenport, Bettendorf, Muscatine, and Clinton, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Silvis, Illinois.Read them now, if you dare!
Download or read book Murder in the Heartland Book One written by Harry Spiller and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a place where murder isn’t supposed to happen—Southern Illinois—deputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesn’t matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churches—murder is swift and can happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. All too often, victims fall prey in places we think are safe to raise our families, where we take walks on hot summer nights, where our children play in the park or yard without concern, and where we leave our doors unlocked at night. Murder in the Heartland tells the stories of innocent victims in these seemingly innocent places. From his research and investigations of twenty murder cases, Spiller recounts the gruesome details of an axe murder, a hitchhiking incident, serial killings, and even a victim buried within the concrete floors of her own basement. As much as we like to think we’re safe, murder can happen even in rural America—and it does. Join Spiller in his first of three installments of these horrifying murders in the heartland.
Download or read book Gruesome Illinois written by Nick Vulich and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When I came out [of prison], I wanted blood--anybody's blood. I wanted to kill people and see it run," said Chicago serial killer Henry Spencer. The penitentiary gave him ten dollars when they turned him loose. He spent eight dollars on a pistol and started robbing people. "I have been killing people...ever since. I liked it in a way. When I robbed anyone, it was a sort of satisfaction to clean up the job by shutting the victim's mouth forever." "After my first stretch in the penitentiary, I became cold-blooded, and for five cents would kill a man and drink his blood," said Spencer. "The treatment I received down there was enough to drive a man crazy. They would beat me and hang me up by the fingers for some slight infraction of the rules." "I've always had a natural hatred for women. I killed them as I would so many flies." "Whenever I felt like killing anyone, I'd hit them with a hammer or shoot them, whichever happened to be handiest." Henry Spencer murdered as many as 29 people between 1900 and 1912, and yet no one alive today knows who he is. Henry Bastian killed nine people on his Milan Murder Farm in as many years, but like Spencer, he's fallen through the cracks and disappeared to history. Gruesome Illinois is a collection of true-life stories - most of them rescued from old newspaper accounts published over 100 years ago. Only a few of the events in this book - such as the Monmouth Ax Murders and Chicago serial killer H. H. Holmes have ever made it into print. Except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, they are lucky to rate a paragraph. Read them now, if you dare!
Download or read book Bloody Illinois written by Troy Taylor and published by Whitechapel Productions. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join author Troy Taylor as his "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" Series continues with a terrifying and blood-soaked look at Illinois crime, mystery and tales of hauntings from all over the state - many of which have never appeared in any book before! In this volume, Taylor unlocks files of rare, seldom-told and favorite stories from both the cities and rural areas of the Prairie State, revealing true accounts of violence, murder, bloodshed and ghosts. Journey back into Illinois' past and discover tales of bandits, thieves, pirates and killers from the early days of the state; haunted prisons, jails and police stations; bloody vendettas; Illinois hangings; unsolved murders; ruthless murderesses; Charlie Birger, the Shelton Gang and War in Illinois; Pat Quinlan, the Devil's Apprentice; the Herrin Massacre; the Hundley Murders; the famous Coliseum Ballroom; the Battle of Barrington; Hell Hollow; the Lake Club; Fred Vannuci's "One-way Ride"; the Starved Rock Murders; Ghosts of the old Cook County Jail & the Joliet Penitentiary; and dozens more! You don't want to miss this collection of uncut and uncensored tales from the pen of Troy Taylor. It's a chilling book that is not for the faint of heart!
Download or read book Rushville s Gold Coin Murders written by Chick Lung and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rushville, a small sleepy farming community in the middle of the state of Illinois awake to the gruesome murders of two of its citizens in the early summer days of June. In the following days as the F.B.I. and Secret Service swarm over the town the citizens learn the dark secret of their oldest resident. Gold coins, with dates that the United States Mint has no record of minting, have surfaced one hundred years later. Three murders have been committed because of the coins and more lives will be lost in the coming days as the Sercret Service tracks down one lead after another. They find that all leads are traced back to the United State Mint more than one hundred years ago.
Download or read book Take Two Bullets Call Me in the Morning written by Dan Churney and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of ill-meaning residents of North Central Illinois tried to iron out their problems with questionable solutions in the years before World War II. The Golden Age of Crime if you will. Read of more than 40 cases of mayhem from a kinder, gentler time in rural America. A time so law abiding, you could walk for blocks in some towns and never leave a crime scene.
Download or read book Murder in the Heartland Book Two written by Harry Spiller and published by Murder in the Heartland. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a place where murder isn't supposed to happen--rural Missouri and Southern Illinois--deputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesn't matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churches--murder is swift and can happen to anyone, anywhere, and any time. All too often, victims fall prey in places we think are safe to raise our families, where we take walks on hot summer nights, where our children play in the park or yard without concern, and where we leave our doors unlocked at night. Murder in the Heartland, Book 2 tells the stories of innocent victims in these seemingly innocent places. From his research and investigations of ten murder cases, Spiller recounts the gruesome details of a fraternity hazing gone deadly, teen killings, and even murders by those living and working with the victims. As much as we like to think we're safe, murder can happen even in rural America--and it does. Join Spiller in the second installment of his three-book series of these horrifying murders in the heartland.
Download or read book Spine Chilling Murders in Iowa written by Nick Vulich and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in Iowa takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in Iowa. Only a few of the events in this book have ever made it into print, except maybe in musky-old county histories. Even then, they are lucky to rate a paragraph. Read them if you dare.
Download or read book Murder on the Rehab Unit written by Randall L. Braddom and published by Writers Advantage Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Jack Culver is the medical director of a rehabilitation unit in a small town hospital in southern Illinois. After six rehabilitation inpatients die in one quarter, he becomes convinced that a serial killer is loose in the hospital. He and Rickie Davis, a rehabilitation nurse, are the only ones who believe the deaths were murders. In an attempt to convince the hospital that a serial killer exists and must be stopped, Culver risks his reputation, financial stability, and even his health. The book follows Culver through a startling series of events in which he bravely loses most of what he holds dear in life, and even faces his own death in uncovering a serial-killer conspiracy. Follow the hero and see what happens when he sticks to his beliefs in the face of overwhelming criticism and personal loss. The story accelerates into a surprise and bloody ending. Readers will enjoy the author's refreshingly different approach to medical mystery writing, and will find the book educational, spine tingling, inspiring, difficult to put down, and a must read.
Download or read book Murder on the Rehab Unit written by Randall L. Braddom and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-08-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Jack Culver is the medical director of a rehabilitation unit in a small town hospital in southern Illinois. After six rehabilitation inpatients die in one quarter, he becomes convinced that a serial killer is loose in the hospital. He and Rickie Davis, a rehabilitation nurse, are the only ones who believe the deaths were murders. In an attempt to convince the hospital that a serial killer exists and must be stopped, Culver risks his reputation, financial stability, and even his health. The book follows Culver through a startling series of events in which he bravely loses most of what he holds dear in life, and even faces his own death in uncovering a serial-killer conspiracy. Follow the hero and see what happens when he sticks to his beliefs in the face of overwhelming criticism and personal loss. The story accelerates into a surprise and bloody ending. Readers will enjoy the author's refreshingly different approach to medical mystery writing, and will find the book educational, spine tingling, inspiring, difficult to put down, and a must read.
Download or read book Introduction to Forensic Psychology written by Curt R. Bartol and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-12-19 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by authors with extensive experience in the field and in the classroom, Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Research and Application, Sixth Edition demonstrates how to analyze psychological knowledge and research findings and apply these findings to the civil and criminal justice systems. Focusing on research-based forensic practice and practical application, the authors use real-life examples and case law discussions to define and explore forensic psychology. Students are introduced to emerging specializations within forensic psychology, including investigative psychology, family forensic psychology, and police and public safety psychology. Research related to bias, diversity, and discrimination is included throughout the text to give students a multicultural perspective that is critical to the successful practice of forensic psychology. Included with this title: Instructor Online Resources: Access online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site. Learn More
Download or read book Evil written by Colin Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the most shocking, horrifying accounts of true crime ever. Evil knows no boundaries. In 1614, Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory died, sealed in a tiny closet in her castle. Her crimes? She was rumored to have bathed in the blood of her victims, which may have numbered in the hundreds. More recently, Russia’s Andrei Chikatilo, the United States’ Ted Bundy, and Great Britain’s Peter Sutcliffe added to the horrors humans inflict upon their fellow man. Featuring maps, callouts, and facts that follow these criminals’ trails of crime, Evil is a groundbreaking volume. It explores some of the most famous crime cases of real-life murder and mayhem. In this epic account of history’s most infamous murder cases, leading true-crime researcher and writer Colin Wilson teams up with his son Damon Wilson to masterfully recount the shocking details of more than sixty cases of murder and mayhem. Illustrated with hundreds of color and black-and-white photos, Evil features images of criminals, forensic evidence, and key personalities and places that put each crime in historical context. In a continuing search for the meaning in murder, the Wilsons create one of the definitive books in the field of criminology.
Download or read book In Cold Blood written by Truman Capote and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote—also available are Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), Portraits and Observations, and The Complete Stories Truman Capote’s masterpiece, In Cold Blood, created a sensation when it was first published, serially, in The New Yorker in 1965. The intensively researched, atmospheric narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, who brutally killed them on the night of November 15, 1959, is the seminal work of the “new journalism.” Perry Smith is one of the great dark characters of American literature, full of contradictory emotions. “I thought he was a very nice gentleman,” he says of Herb Clutter. “Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.” Told in chapters that alternate between the Clutter household and the approach of Smith and Hickock in their black Chevrolet, then between the investigation of the case and the killers’ flight, Capote’s account is so detailed that the reader comes to feel almost like a participant in the events.
Download or read book Public Aid in Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Terror Town USA written by John Ferak and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson. In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight killing spree took five victims, including members of the Will County Sheriff’s Office. The following month brought a quadruple murder inside a shop known for its pottery classes. The plague of violence sparked the controversial New York City-based Guardian Angels to descend on Joliet, generating more unwanted media attention for the community. The National Enquirer labeled Joliet “Terror Town, U.S.A.” With an arrest that seemed to come out of nowhere, authorities linked their suspect to a chilling fourteen homicides, plus three women who miraculously survived their agonizing encounters. But with multiple murder trials on the horizon, it remained anyone’s guess whether Milton Johnson was guilty of mass murder and if so, would he die by means of lethal injection at the Illinois Department of Corrections?
