The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes

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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; EVIDENCE BY ENTRAPMENT; THE SHORT, SWEET MARTYRDOM OF JAKE LINGLE; THE SECRET JANET TOOK TO THE GRAVE; THE REAL MARIE ROGET; CHECKMATE; A CASE THAT ROCKED THE WORLD; THE BUILT-IN LOVER; THE MYSTERY OF THE POISONED PARTRIDGES; FLORENCE MAYBRICK; THE OBSESSION WITH THE BLACK DAHLIA; "COLONEL HOGAN'S" UNSOLVED MURDER; MURDER HATH CHARMS; DR JOHN BODKIN ADAMS; A SORT OF GENIUS; WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN GUERRE; THE CASE OF THE SALMON SANDWICHES; DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE; THE MYSTERY OF THE HANSOM CAB; A COINCIDENCE OF CORPSES.;The biggest and best collection of unsolved murder and mystery cases -- updated and expanded. This compelling volume presents thirty-five of the most intriguing crime cases that still defy solution, as reported by leading authors and journalists in the field of crime writing. Expanded and updated, this new edition includes the mystery of 'Jack the Stripper' who preyed on prostitutes in Hammersmith in the 1960s, the death of Starr Faithful whose young body was found on Long Island, the vicious murder of Oxford nurse Janet Brown in her own home in 1995, and the case of Lizzie Borden who, accordi. Cover Title page Copyright page CONTENTS INTRODUCTION EVIDENCE BY ENTRAPMENT THE SHORT, SWEET MARTYRDOM OF JAKE LINGLE THE SECRET JANET TOOK TO THE GRAVE THE REAL MARIE ROGET CHECKMATE A CASE THAT ROCKED THE WORLD THE BUILT-IN LOVER THE MYSTERY OF THE POISONED PARTRIDGES FLORENCE MAYBRICK THE OBSESSION WITH THE BLACK DAHLIA "COLONEL HOGAN'S" UNSOLVED MURDER MURDER HATH CHARMS DR JOHN BODKIN ADAMS A SORT OF GENIUS WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN GUERRE THE CASE OF THE SALMON SANDWICHES DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE THE MYSTERY OF THE HANSOM CAB A COINCIDENCE OF CORPSES. THE SECRET OF IRELAND'S EYETHE CASE OF THE MOVIE MURDER THE DUMB BLONDE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH TEMPTATION AND THE ELDER THE HOOPLA MURDER TRIAL JACK THE RIPPER THE MURDER OF MARGERY WREN THE ZODIAC KILLER AND TO HELL WITH BURGUNDY FOOLS AND HORSES THE FALL RIVER AXE MURDERS THE CAMDEN TOWN MURDER ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN'S FINAL PAYOFF THE DEATH OF BELLA WRIGHT THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF STARR FAITHFULL THE MAN WHO CONTRACTED OUT OF HUMANITY JACK THE STRIPPER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES.