by Bill James
Moore, Fred H., 125, 126–27
Morgan, J. P., 90–92, 93, 124
Morgenthau, Robert, 320
Morris, Errol, 288
Morse, John, 61
Mortal Error (Donahue and Menninger), 245, 247, 248, 253, 255, 451
Moscone, George, 306
Mosher, Bill, 38, 39, 40
“Most Dangerous Game, The,” 269
movies:
crime stories adapted as, 139, 215, 218, 222, 223, 230, 244–45, 285, 368, 466
serial murderers in, 352
Moxley, Martha, 427–28, 429
Mueller, Robert, 427
Muenter, Erich, 75, 76, 89–93, 108, 110
Muenter, Leone (Krembs), 75–76
Muhammad, John, 430
murder:
changing definitions of, 95–96
conviction rates for, 102–3, 104
premeditated, 261–62
sentencing for, 332–34
trial rates for, 101–2
see also serial murderers
Murder, Inc., 140
Murder at Harvard (Thompson), 28, 452
Murder in New Hampshire, 368
Murder of Helen Jewett, The (Cohen), 447, 453–56, 459–60, 462, 463–65
Murder One (Kilgallen), 204, 450
Murder Trial of Judge Peel, The (Bishop), 447
Murray, Conrad, 435
My Brother’s Keeper (Sheppard and Holmes), 204
“Mystery of Marie Roget, The” (Poe), 17–18
NAACP, 176
Nason, Susan, 273, 274, 303
Nassar, George, 228, 229, 239
National Center for Health Statistics, 95, 96
Natural Born Celebrities (Schmid), 290, 452
Natus, Fortune, 4
NBC, 370
Need to Kill, A (Pettit), 335, 336
Neeson, Liam, 244
Neff, James, 204, 211, 451
Nelson, Baby Face, 173
Nero, 2
Nesbit, Evelyn, 76, 78–79
Ness, Eliot, 159, 160, 162, 167
Neulander, Carol, 375–76
Neulander, Fred, 48, 375–86
Newgate Calendar, The, 453
newspapers:
in Charlie Ross case, 37, 38
consolidation of, 157–58, 365
crime stories in, 15, 22, 68, 107, 157–58, 173, 453, 467, 469–70
in early 20th century crime cases, 91, 107, 130, 139–40, 157–58, 365–66, 466, 467, 469–70
in Elma Sands case, 12, 13
in Hall-Mills case, 107, 130, 131, 369
in Lindbergh case, 145, 151, 154, 157, 365–66, 369, 443
in Mary Phagan case, 107, 111, 114, 115–16
in Mary Rogers case, 16
penny press, 15
police information in, 199
in Sacco and Vanzetti case, 107, 125, 126
in Sam Sheppard case, 199–200, 202, 203
in Snyder-Gray case, 107, 139
Newton, Francis, 232
New York, N.Y.:
18th–19th century crime rate in, 11
19th century police in, 17, 18, 22, 40–41
population growth in, 15
New York Times, 39
Ng, Charlie Chitat, 343–45, 346
Nickel, Steven, 160, 161, 162, 451
Nifong, Mike, 114, 433
Nilsen, Dennis, 451
Nizer, Louis, 451
No Remorse (Stewart), 337
Normand, Mabel, 467–68, 470
Norman Leslie, 465
Numantina, 1
Oakley, Susan, 340
O’Connor, Sandra Day, 60
O’Donnell, Thomas J., 316
O. J. Simpson case, 368–73, 451
defense strategy in, 14, 241, 371, 372
media involvement in, 130, 157, 242, 366, 368–71, 373, 392
prosecution mistakes in, 14, 45–46, 371–72
significance of, 442–43
Olsen, Jack, 446
Once Upon a Time (MacLean), 274
Onion Field, The (Wambaugh), 108, 222, 223, 224, 297, 452
Orchard, Harry, 75
organized crime, 108, 140, 173, 324–25
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 245–46, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254
Otis, Harrison Gray, 80, 81
Palmer, A. Mitchell, 124
Palmer raids, 124
Panzram, Carl, 449
Parker, Ellis, 148
Parkman, George, 26–31, 67
Parton, Margaret, 202
Patrick, Albert, 72–74
Payne, Daniel, 15–16, 17, 19–20
Peavey, Henry, 466, 469, 470
Perfect Gentleman, A (Fletcher), 336
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (Schiller), 398–99, 451
Perot, Ross, 255
Perrone, Joseph, 150, 152, 155, 156
Peterson, Drew, 434
Peterson, Laci, 25, 369
Peterson, Scott, 214–15, 369
Peterson, Stacy, 434
Petiot, Marcel, 450
Pettit, Mark, 335, 336
Phagan, Mary, 106, 107, 110–17, 387, 449
Philadelphia Ledger, 33
Phillips, Nancy, 375, 377–78, 384
“Philosophy for Laymen” (Russell), 284–85
Physick, Stanley, 91
Pina, Ron, 353, 354
Pinkerton agency, 37, 96
Plauché, Jody, 319, 320
Plauché, Leon Gary, 320
Plautius Silvanus, 1
Poe, Edgar Allan, 17–18, 20, 30
police:
in American frontier, 32, 41
in Boston Strangler case, 227–28, 229, 230–31, 232, 233, 239–40
in crime books, 349
crime scene preservation by, 389–91
in Dunkle case, 348–51
in 18th century London, 3
entrapment by, 350
evidence withholding by, 435–37
in Hall-Mills case, 130, 135, 388, 389–90, 394
in Lake and Ng case, 346
in Lindbergh case, 148–49, 151
modern, 102–3, 428
in movies, 244–45
murders by, 96
newspaper information from, 199
in 19th century New York, 17, 18, 22, 40–41
in O. J. Simpson case, 371
in Ramsey case, 387–88, 389–91, 392–94, 395–96, 397, 398, 399–402, 403, 404, 405, 406–8
in Sam Sheppard case, 199, 201, 202, 210–11, 212, 213
and serial murderers, 160, 162, 165, 183, 186, 230–31, 233, 257–58, 260, 289–91, 303–5, 330, 338–39, 353–54, 358–59, 360
see also justice system; Los Angeles Police Department
police sketches, 300, 303–5
Polifrone, Dominick, 325
Polillo, Flo, 161
politics:
and crime stories, 108, 127, 197
in early 20th century Kentucky, 69–71
and justice system, 128, 419–22
Pollack, Jack Harrison, 204
Posner, Gerald, 245, 247, 249, 251, 252
Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 137
Powell, Gregory, 220–22, 224
Power, Katherine Ann, 274–76, 277, 285, 290, 295
Powers, Caleb, 70–71
Powers, John, 221
Preston, Douglas, 451
Price, Victoria, 177
prison reform, 223, 224–25, 308–9, 332–34, 412–20, 422
prisons:
conditions in, 225, 308, 309, 412, 413–14, 417, 418, 419
technology and, 419, 420
see also Alcatraz; Leavenworth
Privileged Information (Alibrandi), 336, 446
Prongay, Robert, 324
prostitution, in mid-19th century, 458–60
Pruiett, Moman, 96–99, 100, 101, 109
psychiatric hospitals, 308
Psycho, 352
psychology, 194–95, 306–7, 322
Quincy, Josiah, 26
Rabbi and the Hit Man, The
(Magida), 384–85, 450
racism:
in crime coverage, 24, 25, 244
in Mary Phagan case, 116
in O. J. Simpson case, 372
see also African Americans
Rader, Dennis, 289, 339
radicalism:
early 20th century, 77–78, 79, 87, 122–28, 140, 277
1960’s, 78, 79, 87, 122, 123, 255–56, 275, 277–78
see also labor movement
Ragtime (Doctorow), 79
Ragtime (film), 76
Ramirez, Richard, 305
Ramsey, Burke, 403
Ramsey, John, 387, 388, 389, 391, 394, 395, 396–97, 398, 399, 403, 404, 407–8, 409, 410–11, 443
Ramsey, JonBenet, 25, 241, 242, 387–408, 423, 443, 451
Ramsey, Patsy, 387, 390, 394, 395–97, 398, 399–403, 404, 405, 411
Ramsey case:
alternative theory in, 405–6, 407, 409–12
evidence in, 397
media involvement in, 389, 391–92, 393, 398, 407, 408
police mistakes in, 388, 389–91, 394, 402, 407, 408
police/prosecutor feud in, 389, 392–93, 400, 402, 408
police theory in, 391, 395–96, 397, 399–402, 403, 404, 405, 406–7
Randall, Pete, 368
Reading Eagle, 37
Reagan, Ronald, 306
Reasonable Doubt, 254
Red Ripper, The (Conradi), 447–48
Reed, John, 87
Rehnquist, William, 60
Reinert, Susan, 297–98
Ressler, Robert, 164, 167, 230, 290, 291, 292, 293, 335, 336, 339–40
Retrial: Murder and Dr. Sam Sheppard (Holmes), 204, 210
Reynolds, Melvin, 299, 302, 304
Reynolds, Quentin, 101, 451
Rice, William Marsh, 71–73
Ridgway, Gary, 270
Riehl, Arthur, 131
Ring, Catherine (Sands), 10, 11
Ring, Elias, 10, 11
Riverside Killer, The (Keers and St. Pierre), 358–59
Riverside murder, 266–68
Roberts, Emory, 251
Robey, Ames, 232, 236
Robinson, Richard, 15, 453, 454, 456–57, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462–66
Robinson, Robert, 171
Rockefeller, John D., 124
Rogers, Earl, 80–81, 84–85, 99–100, 101
Rogers, Mary, 15–22, 24, 25
Rollins, Howard, 76
Rome, ancient, 1–2, 452
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 124, 187
Roosevelt, Franklin, 124
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 108, 177, 187, 193, 196–97, 451, 452
Ross, Charlie, 46–40
Ross, Christian, 36–37, 38, 39, 41
Ross, Walter, 36, 37, 39
Royall, Anne, 454
Ruby, Jack, 246, 254
Rule, Ann, 292–93, 336, 451
Runyon, Damon, 133–34, 139
Rusch, Christine, 355
Russell, Bertrand, 284–85
Sacco and Vanzetti case, 107, 122, 123–27, 128, 140, 177, 276, 277
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 99–100, 452
St. Pierre, Dennis, 359
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, 140
Sanborn, F. B., 30
Sands, Elma, 10–14, 18, 24, 25, 465
Sands, Hope, 10, 11
San Francisco Chronicle, 264, 265, 266
San Francisco Examiner, 264
Sasser, Charles W., 337–40, 451
Savage, John, 222
Savio, Kathleen, 434
Saxe, Susan, 274, 275, 276, 278
Scaduto, Anthony, 152, 153, 154–55, 232, 451
Scapegoat (Scaduto), 152, 153, 232, 451
Schaefer, Brenda, 363–65
Schell, Joan, 259
Schiller, Lawrence, 398–99, 451
Schmid, David Frank, 290, 452
Schreiber, Flora Rheta, 321, 452
Schroeder, Walter, 274
Schwarzkopf, Norman, 147
Schweitzer, Albert, 187
Schwerner, Mickey, 118, 243–44
Scopes Monkey Trial, 88, 140
Scotland Yard, 428
Scottsboro Boys, 101, 117, 174, 176–77
Seales, Franklyn, 222
Search for the Strangler (Sherman), 233
Seattle Star, 467
Secret Service, U.S., 251, 253, 255, 403
Secundus, L. Pedanius, 2
security, 93–94
Sensabaugh, Leone, 89
serial murderers:
characteristics of, 160, 162, 164–67, 168–69, 172, 184, 233, 238–39, 260, 266, 270, 302, 303, 326, 329–30, 340, 350, 351–52, 355, 360–61
crime books about, 292–93, 321–22, 331, 335, 336–37, 352–54, 355–56, 359, 447–48, 450, 451
crime books’ descriptions of, 336–37
fictional, 351–52
investigation of, 257–58, 260, 303–5, 338–39, 353–54, 358–59, 360
justice system and, 328, 329, 331–32
police beliefs about, 160, 162, 165, 183, 186, 230–31, 289–91, 338–39
police sketches of, 303–5
proliferation of, 291, 327
sexual assault, 20, 235, 263
Sharkey, Joe, 281, 283, 284, 452
Sharpe, Violet, 147, 369
Shawcross, Arthur, 167
Shelby, Charlotte, 468, 469, 470, 471–72
Sheppard, Marilyn, 25, 198, 201, 202, 205, 206, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214
Sheppard, Sam, 157, 198–215, 240, 241, 451
Sheppard, Samuel Reese (Chip), 199, 204–5, 211, 213
Sheppard, Stephen, 199, 204
Sheppard Murder Case, The (Holmes), 203, 204, 210, 449
Sherman, Casey, 233
Shoemaker, The (Schreiber), 321–22, 452
Shore, Mary Ann, 364
Short, Elizabeth, see Black Dahlia
Siegel, Bugsy, 185, 449
Silence of the Lambs, The (Harris), 352
Simon, David, 337, 452
Simpson, Alexander, 131
Simpson, Nicole Brown, 108
see also O.J. Simpson case
Simpson, O. J., see O. J. Simpson case
Sins of the Father (Franklin and Wright), 274
60 Minutes, 153, 274
Skakel, Michael, 427–28, 429, 430
Skakel, Tommy, 427, 428
Skelton, Royce, 252
Slaton, John, 111, 116–17
Sleeping Lady, The (Graysmith), 337
Smart, Gregg, 367, 368
Smart, Pam, 367–68
Smit, Lou, 405, 406, 407
Smith, Carlton, 352–54
Smith, Dexter, 38
Smith, Horace, 32
Smith, Jay, 297, 298
Smith, Jimmy, 221–22
Smith, Perry, 217, 218, 332, 344
Smith, Stephen, 455
Smollett, Tobias, 5
Snyder, Albert, 137–38
Snyder, Ruth, 107, 137–39
Sobell, Morton, 220
solitary confinement, 178
Soltysik, Patricia, 277–78
Solved, 139
Something Terrible Has Happened (Van Slingerland), 175, 452
Soncini, Elaine, 375, 378, 379, 381–82, 385
Son of Sam, see Berkowitz, David
Sopranos, The, 326–27
Sorrentino, Paul, 314–16
Speck, Richard, 242
Spector, Phil, 431
Spezi, Mario, 451
Spungen, Deborah, 310, 452
Spungen, Nancy, 310
Squires, Mary, 4, 5, 6
Stano, Gerald, 358, 360
Starkweather, Charles, 108
Steele, Michelle, 300, 301
Steenburgen, Mary, 76
Steunenberg, Frank, 75, 108
Stevens, Willie, 129–30
Stewart, Bob, 337
Stewart, James B., 452
Stewart, Martha, 316
Stine, Paul, 264, 266, 272
Stoll, Clifford, 362–63, 452
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Stout, Rex, 130
strangulation, 19
Stroud, Elizabeth, 119, 120
Stroud, Robert, 108, 119–20, 178–80, 218–20, 224
Suddenly Gone (Mitrione), 355–56
Suetonius, 452
Suff, William Lester, 358–59, 360
Sullivan, Bridget, 43–44, 52, 61, 62, 63
Supreme Court, U.S.:
Caryl Chessman’s appeals to, 187
justice system decisions of, 101, 102, 103, 105, 221, 223–24
1972 death penalty ruling in, 285–86
and prison reform, 309
Randall Dale Adams’ appeal to, 288
Robert Stroud’s appeals to, 119, 120
Sam Sheppard’s appeal to, 203
Supreme Court of Alaska, 329
Suspense, 269
Sutcliffe, Peter, 304
Sutton, Willie, 450
Swango, Michael, 108
Swope, Thomas Hunton, 76–77
Tacitus, 1
Taken, 244
Tarnower, Herman, 319
Tate, Sharon, 256, 289
Taylor, William, 70–71
Taylor, William Desmond, 466–72
Taylorology (website), 472
television:
crime coverage on, 7, 366, 368, 370–71, 438–39
crime stories adapted for, 215, 297–98, 326–27
O. J. Simpson case on, 368–69, 370–71
serial murderer stories on, 293, 351–52
terrorism, 93, 126
see also radicalism
Terry, Maury, 452
Texas Bankers Association, 96
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 289
Thaw, Harry Kendall, 76, 78, 110, 121, 122
Thebaut, Jim, 325
Thin Blue Line, The, 288
Thomas, Clarence, 197
Thomas, Pat, 335
Thomas, Steve, 389, 392, 393, 398–402, 403, 405
Thompson, Helen, 28, 452
Thoreau, Henry David, 30
3 Lives for Mississippi (Huie), 449–50
Tiberius, 1
Ticknor, George, 30
Tierney, Kevin, 86
Till, Emmett, 243
Tison, Gary, 293–96, 298, 336
To Die For, 368
Torsney, Robert, 308
Torso: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run (Nickel), 160, 171, 451
Toschi, Dave, 265, 266, 268, 269
Townsend, Rosina, 460–61, 462, 463–64
Train, Arthur, 73–74
Treat, John, 6
Trial of Levi Weeks, The (Kleiger), 12, 450
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 95
Troy, Thomas, 232
True Stories of Crime (Train), 73–74
True Story (Finkel), 449
truTV, 8, 46, 68, 305
Tucker, Preston, 319
Turner, Andrew, 119
Turner, Ted, 293
12 Angry Men, 280
Twelve Caesars (Suetonius), 452
Ultimate Evil, The (Terry), 452
Underwood, Naomi, 280
Unspeakable Crime of Dr. Petiot, The (Maeder), 450
Until You Are Dead (Drimmer), 190–91
Urgulania, 1
Urgulanilla, 1
Vallejo Times-Herald, 264