Download or read book Unsolved Indiana written by Autumn Bones and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring mysteries from the Hoosier State Crime and tragedy have all too often disturbed the peace and stained the memory of Indiana's bucolic countryside. The small town of Dupont was thrust into the nation's spotlight in 1947 after a series of suspicious deaths were blamed on a well-known local housekeeper--suspected serial killer Lottie "Tot" Lockman. On a fall day in 1976, a Benton County farmer found an unusual package in his cornfield--a corpse. Dubbed "The Box Lady of Benton County," her identity remains a mystery. On September 13, 1989, Joseph Bova was killed outside of his Merrillville home when a pipe bomb rigged to his truck's ignition exploded. With no witnesses, suspects, or motive, his case remains unsolved. Author Autumn Bones explores some of Indiana's least-known unsolved cases.
Download or read book Unsolved Indiana Murder Mysteries Bizarre Deaths Unexplained Disappearances written by Autumn Bones and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring mysteries from the Hoosier State Crime and tragedy have all too often disturbed the peace and stained the memory of Indiana's bucolic countryside. The small town of Dupont was thrust into the nation's spotlight in 1947 after a series of suspicious deaths were blamed on a well-known local housekeeper--suspected serial killer Lottie "Tot" Lockman. On a fall day in 1976, a Benton County farmer found an unusual package in his cornfield--a corpse. Dubbed "The Box Lady of Benton County," her identity remains a mystery. On September 13, 1989, Joseph Bova was killed outside of his Merrillville home when a pipe bomb rigged to his truck's ignition exploded. With no witnesses, suspects, or motive, his case remains unsolved. Author Autumn Bones explores some of Indiana's least-known unsolved cases.
Download or read book Cold Cases written by Hélèna Katz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-14 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explicitly chronicles 40 cases of unsolved murders and disappearances over a period of more than 160 years, tracing the evolution of criminal investigation and forensic techniques. Murders and other violent crimes often leave an indelible mark on society. The 18th-century murder of "Beautiful Cigar Girl" Mary Rogers helped the then newly emerging tabloid papers become a fixture in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration was spurred into requiring electronic screening of passengers and carry-on luggage by a series of highly-publicized hijackings. Abductions of youth gave birth to Amber Alerts and advertising missing children on milk cartons. And popular TV shows like Law and Order, CSI, and Cold Case document our fascination with police investigations, heinous criminals, and the complicated aftermath of their actions. This book examines 40 well-known cases of unsolved murders and suspected abductions over a period of over 160 years. Cases are organized chronologically to give readers insight into the evolution of criminal investigation techniques and forensics in the last century and a half. Later chapters detail how modern forensics were used in attempts to solve old cold cases or helped generate new leads.
Download or read book Cold Case Indiana written by Autumn Bones and published by History Press. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting mysteries from America's Heartland Indiana rightly prides itself as a safe place to live. Nevertheless, the Hoosier State has experienced its share of unexplained deaths and unsolved disappearances. The state's oldest missing child case, the disappearance of four-year-old Richmond Byers from Seelyville in 1904, may never be solved. The 1998 attempted bombing of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse remains one of the only unsolved instances of domestic terrorism in the United States. The identities of Bedford's so-called Carnival Babies will likely forever be unknown. The 1929 murder of Elizabeth Miller tragic death may have been the result of the community's belief that she was a witch, but the true culprit has never been brought to light. Author of Unsolved IndianaAutumn Bones explores some of Indiana's least known unsolved mysteries.
Download or read book Murder Mayhem in the Hoosier Heartland written by David Boyer and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 8, 2001, Vincennes, Indiana: A small town is shocked and stunned as a young married couple, just sitting back watching TV and following their nightly routine, are suddenly and viciously murdered - by one of their own relation for no apparent reason; May 31, 2000, Bloomington, Indiana: A pretty young woman, popular, happy, and carefree and looking forward to the future suddenly vanishes into thin air, only to be found later dead, a possible victim of murder by jealous classmates; December 1, 1971, Indianapolis, Indiana: Three men known for throwing lavish parties, popular within their social circle, are found slaughtered in their home, possibly the victims of a life insurance scam gone horribly wrong; February 14, 1977, Hollandsburg, Indiana: A woman and her four sons are shot in the back of the head execution style - because one of their killers thought it would be "fun" to see how a human being died: April 7, 1989, Indianapolis, Indiana: A young woman is brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight in the laundry room of her apartment complex, and stuffed into a closet like trash, her killer still remaining at large to this day. These crimes - and many more - are profiled in MURDER & MAYHEM IN THE HOOSIER HEARTLAND: MYSTERIOUS DIAPPEARANCES & BIZARRE MURDER CASES IN INDIANA. In this book, the second volume in a trilogy of books by author David Boyer, these crimes are examined with a fresher, up to date perspective. Why weren't these crimes given more exposure, which may have lead to an arrest much sooner? How could someone just disappear without a trace, with so much critical evidence already present? Why would someone suddenly commit a terrible crime with NO apparent motive or reason? Although at times stunning, shocking, and graphic in nature, this book will hopefully spark a memory or an idea that will shed a light on unsolved cases and bring the perpetrators to justice. More true crime books by David Boyer: Small Town Murder: True Crime Stories From Knox County, Indiana Murder In the Hoosier Heartland: Infamous Indiana Murderers & Fledgling Serial KillersCriminal Activity In the Hoosier Heartland: Small Town Crime StoriesThe Blitz: A Rape Victim's StoryThe Long Journey Home
Download or read book Murder Mayhem in Indiana written by Keven McQueen and published by Murder & Mayhem. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes various historical murder cases from Indiana history ranging from the late 19th century to the 1930s. The cases include solved and unsolved crimes, along with social insight into the times in which they were committed"--
Download or read book Cold Cases of Indiana written by Edward Collins and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Cold cases from Indiana discussed, mapped, and brought back into public eye. In this book, every chapter is a new case with new victims. From Burger Chef to Lauren Spierer, i cover all types of unsolved cases. Theories and serial killer studies included*** Why weren't these crimes given more exposure, which may have lead to an arrest much sooner? How could someone just disappear without a trace, with so much critical evidence already present? Why would someone suddenly commit a terrible crime with NO apparent motive or reason? They say that the truth is always stranger than fiction, and that often times the obvious reasons for someone's disappearance is in all actuality the least likely reason for their disappearance. The number of people in Indiana - men, women, teenagers, and children - that have disappeared without a trace over the last forty years is almost staggering. Did they run away from home to start a new life somewhere else? Were they kidnapped and sold into white slavery? Were they killed by a former, jealous lover? Or were they the victim of a drifter, a roaming serial killer? So many possibilities, and so few real answers for their disappearance, so may cases left unsolved. So, what does it take to bring down a monster? After reading this book, I will let you decide. **You might be interested: ** Darkest Unsolved Mysteries: From The Netflix Series 'Unsolved Mysteries' https: //www.amazon.com/dp/B08KH47ZQL
Download or read book The Burger Chef Murders in Indiana written by Julie Young and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cold case that put Speedway, Indiana, on the map. “What may be the definitive public accounting of the murder mystery that still resonates today.” —Fox59 The evening of November 17, 1978, should have been like any other for the four young crewmembers closing the Burger Chef at 5725 Crawfordsville Road in Speedway, Indiana. After serving customers and locking the doors for the night, the kids began their regular cleanup to ready the restaurant for the following day. But then something went horribly wrong. Just before midnight, someone muscled into the place, robbed the store of $581 and kidnapped the four employees. Over the next two days, investigators searched in vain for the missing crewmembers before their bodies were discovered more than twenty miles away. The killer or killers were never caught. Join Julie Young on an exploration of one of the most baffling cold cases in Indiana history. “Young doesn’t try to solve the murders. Instead, her goal is to make sure no one forgets the victims.” —IndyStar
Download or read book Missing or Murdered in Missouri Unsolved and Solved Cases written by Barbara Kemm-Highton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most other states, Missouri has a growing list of cold cases. Three women vanish from a home in Springfield in 1992 on high school graduation night. A young woman is abducted in Ava and murdered after mowing a church cemetery. A 9 year-old disappears and her body is found in 1975. A nurse and her children are killed in their home in a quiet new subdivision, and two mothers have vanished without a trace. An elderly woman who has been featured on the album cover of a popular band is murdered in her Aldrich home. Just as solved cold cases have become popularized in a variety of television documentaries, Missouri cases are also becoming closed. DNA has been the smoking gun in one 25 year-old homicide and has sent a prominent businessman to prison. People are talking and in the case of a 15 year-old murdered in 1982, there have been convictions. Surveillance tapes and cell phones have been added to the arsenal of evidence. Files are being revised and the media is featuring their stories again. These are some of the victims cases and their families who press on and the organizations, detectives, and experts who support them.
Download or read book Missing People written by Seth Balfour and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chilling True Stories Of Strange And Unusual Disappearances, Unexplained Missing People And Missing Persons Cases Most of us just skip over the info about missing person cases on the news because our reality doesn't involve losing anyone we like or love. But for those people whose day starts and ends with a prayer of safe homecoming, the reality is cruel, sad and dark. Not that your reality will be affected if you listen to the missing persons updates, but in an era when no child is left behind, it's shameful to leave behind someone who somebody cares about. Most missing people cases usually end up as murders. A large number of them are just people who are trying to escape their life and forge a new identity. But the most interesting cases are those with few clues and evidence to never be completely solved-- the cases remain as mysteries forever. One thing's for sure: even though they say that the truth always wins, missing people cases can prove that with enough planning, money and power you can make anybody disappear and get away with it.
Download or read book Cold Cases of Indiana written by Cedric Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Cold cases from Indiana discussed, mapped, and brought back into public eye. In this book, every chapter is a new case with new victims. From Burger Chef to Lauren Spierer, i cover all types of unsolved cases. Theories and serial killer studies included*** Why weren't these crimes given more exposure, which may have lead to an arrest much sooner? How could someone just disappear without a trace, with so much critical evidence already present? Why would someone suddenly commit a terrible crime with NO apparent motive or reason? They say that the truth is always stranger than fiction, and that often times the obvious reasons for someone's disappearance is in all actuality the least likely reason for their disappearance. The number of people in Indiana - men, women, teenagers, and children - that have disappeared without a trace over the last forty years is almost staggering. Did they run away from home to start a new life somewhere else? Were they kidnapped and sold into white slavery? Were they killed by a former, jealous lover? Or were they the victim of a drifter, a roaming serial killer? So many possibilities, and so few real answers for their disappearance, so may cases left unsolved. So, what does it take to bring down a monster? After reading this book, I will let you decide. You might be interested: Strangest Mysteries Of The World And Beyond: More Than 100 Mysteries Compiled In A Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FLX56FW
Download or read book Mysterious Deaths And Disappearances written by Hilton Clagg and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery elements are important in all genres, not only whodunits or suspense/thrillers. The author's stories of mysteries and tales of dread and terror will have your spine-tingling. Read a true account of a man who enters an elevator and is never seen again, and other tales of mysterious deaths, murders have gone wrong, inexplicable disappearances, and the utterly bizarre! Published here as a collection for the first time, these fifteen thrilling tales are sure to give the reader goosebumps and have you pulling up the covers in sheer fright!
Download or read book Mysterious Disappearances written by Ron Quinn and published by BZB Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many strange stories that just cannot be explained. This is a collection of reported mysterious disappearances, odd happenings, sightings of little people and very strange, unexplained tales. The following stories are a glimpse into a world that lies on the fringes of our reality. Only occasionally will these mysteries reveal themselves. This is one of those times.
Download or read book Mammoth Books presents Missing Persons and Mysterious Deaths written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mammoth book brings together some of the modern world's most head-scratching deaths and disappearances, from the murder of rap royalty Tupac Shakur to Princess Diana's car crash in Paris, via the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko and JFK's assassination. Is it possible that prisoners of war remain left behind in Vietnam? Could the most famous musician in the world stage his own death and recede into an ordinary life? Investigating these quesitons and more, this book is an A-Z of unsolved mysteries, cover-ups, conspiracies and bizarre crimes, bringing together famous names as disparate as Tupac, Elvis, Dr David Kelly, Malcolm X and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Download or read book No Place Like Murder written by Janis Thornton and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after. True crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song "Frankie and Johnny" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with a shotgun. Thornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was dubbed "Gun Girl" and went on to make headlines from coast to coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and revelations, No Place Like Murder also features such folks as Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two didn't meet until their fateful last night. An enthralling and chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true crime lovers.
Download or read book Strange Disappearances written by Karen Blackstone and published by Trellis Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of unsolved and unexplained disappearances which have plagued law enforcement for decades. The case of Leah Robert's is but one example of a missing person's case turned cold, with no new leads despite national attention and multiple re-dramatizations on shows like Unsolved Mysteries and Investigation Discovery. Her older sister and brother, Kara and Heath Roberts, are still searching for her although nearly seventeen years have gone by since her disappearance...also featured are Britannee Drexel and others...
Download or read book The 1926 Orland Park Murder Mystery written by Matthew T Galik and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind a Jazz Age crime that shook the Chicago region and shaped the fates of three very different men. On the morning of April 14, 1926, the Inland Steel payroll delivery was hijacked in Indiana Harbor. Later that afternoon, Will County deputy sheriff and Mokena resident Walter Fisher died in a hail of gunfire just outside Orland Park. That night, the bullet-riddled body of Santo Calabrese turned up on a Broadview road. The exact sequence of events remains uncertain, but a jury was able to trace enough of the day’s violent trajectory to send Daniel Hesly on the path to Alcatraz. Matthew Galik leaps into a drama of high-speed pursuit and mistaken identity that shocked the jaded sensibilities of Prohibition-era Chicago and plunged the town of Mokena into mourning.
