Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America

Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Timeline: Milestones in Forensics......Page 12
The Cigar Girl: The Death of Mary Rogers (1841)......Page 18
Polar Poisoning: The Death of Charles Francis Hall (1871)......Page 28
Bloody Murder: The Death of Abby and Andrew Borden (1892)......Page 42
Help Wanted: The Murder of Nora Fuller (1902)......Page 54
The Missing Socialite: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold (1910)......Page 62
Killing Spree: The Axeman of New Orleans (1918–1919)......Page 70
The Wizard of Whist: The Murder of Joseph Bowne Elwell (1920)......Page 80
Married Lovers: The Murders of Edward Wheeler Hall and Eleanor Mills (1922)......Page 92
Hollywood Murder: The Case of William Desmond Taylor (1922)......Page 102
The Wrong Man: The Murder of Father Hubert Dahme (1924)......Page 116
Pull a Crater: The Disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater (1930)......Page 124
The Mad Trapper: Who Was Albert Johnson? (1931)......Page 134
Preying on the Poor: The Cleveland Torso Killer (1934–1938)......Page 148
Downed: The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart (1937)......Page 160
The Case of the Missing Activist: Lloyd L. Gaines (1939)......Page 174
Millionaire Murder: The Case of Sir Harry Oakes (1943)......Page 182
Georgette Bauerdorf: The Mysterious Death of an Oil Executive’s Daughter (1944)......Page 194
The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short (1946)......Page 200
Unknown Child: The Boy in the Box (1957)......Page 210
Escape from Alcatraz: Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers (1962)......Page 222
Presidential Friend: The Murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer (1964)......Page 234
The Millionaire’s Daughter: The Murder of Valerie Percy (1966)......Page 242
Material Man: The Disappearance of Jim Thompson (1967)......Page 252
Cryptic Killer: The Case of the Zodiac Killer (1968–1969)......Page 262
The Vanishing Hijacker: The Disappearance of D. B. Cooper (1971)......Page 274
Missing Sisters: The Disappearance of Katherine and Sheila Lyon (1975)......Page 288
The Union and the Mafia: The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa (1975)......Page 294
No Hero: The Murder of Actor Robert Crane (1978)......Page 304
The Milk Carton Kid: The Disappearance of Etan Patz (1979)......Page 316
The Missing Medic: Kathleen Durst (1982)......Page 326
Paper Boy: The Disappearance of Johnny Gosch (1982)......Page 336
Fishing for a Killer: The Murder of Matthew Margolies (1984)......Page 344
Dog Breeder: The Case of Camilla Lyman (1987)......Page 350
Amber Alert: The Murder of Amber Hagerman (1996)......Page 356
Child Beauty Queen: The Murder of JonBenet Ramsey (1996)......Page 364
Rap Race: The Death of Tupac Amaru Shakur (1996)......Page 374
Rap Race Part Two: The Murder of Biggie Smalls (1997)......Page 380
Bringing Down a Congressman: The Death of Chandra Levy (2001)......Page 386
Murder on the High Seas: The Case of Basketball Player Bison Dele (2002)......Page 396
The Collar Bomber: The Death of Brian Wells (2003)......Page 404
Selected Bibliography......Page 412
Index......Page 414