True Crime: Ohio

True Crime: Ohio

Author: Patricia A. Martinelli

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 081174440X

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Includes the Torso Murderer, responsible for 12 homicides in Cleveland, investigated by Eliot Ness and more.


Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio

Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio

Author: Jane Ann Turzillo

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-12-07

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1625856350

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The Agatha Award–nominated account of Northeast Ohio’s most chilling unsolved crimes from the author of Wicked Women of Ohio. Cold case files litter the desks of authorities all across Northeast Ohio. Louise Wolf and Mabel Foote, Parma teachers, were on their way to school one winter morning when a maniac sprang from the bushes and bludgeoned them to death. When young Melvin Horst went missing on his way home from playing with friends in 1928, many thought he was kidnapped or accidentally killed by a bootlegger’s car. Charles Collins’s death looked like suicide but was proved otherwise by two preeminent surgeons and has remained a mystery for more than one hundred years. Author Jane Ann Turzillo recounts eight unsolved murders and two chilling disappearances in Northeast Ohio’s history. Includes photos!


The Serial Killer's Apprentice

The Serial Killer's Apprentice

Author: James Renner

Publisher: Gray & Company, Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1598510460

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Discusses twelve cold cases in Northeast Ohio involing murders and abductions.


True Crime

True Crime

Author: Tyler Crane

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-07-29

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781536805307

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True Crime: The 10 Most Notorious Serial Killers In Ohio And Their Horrible True Crime Cases Find out more about these Chilling Ohio Serial Killers Stories With names such as Neil Armstrong (the first human being to set foot on the moon), Steven Spielberg (considered the most successful movie director in history), Thomas Edison (inventor of the light bulb and much more), as well as eight U.S. Presidents - the State of Ohio is a land of rich history.Known as "The Buckeye State" because of the trees that grow there, this Midwestern state is a territory with a strong presence in sports, economy, and transportation.However, Ohio also has a dark side.The state's capital, Cleveland, has a crime rate two to three times the national average and has birthed some of the most disturbed criminals in the country. The amount of serial killers and psychopaths in the area is even considered disproportionate compared to other cities, whether nearby or far.What better a state than Ohio for our next book on serial killers?In this book, you shall read the stories of ten of the most dangerous human beings (a very loose term, considering their acts), who had no sort of remorse or mercy within them when unleashing their murderous desires on their victims.Whether it is eight or eighty victims they left behind, these killers are some of the worst in U.S. history, and it makes you wonder: where is all that darkness coming from?It is time to move on; prepare yourself, and be wary: you may not be the same after reading these accounts... Here Is A Preview Of the Book... The Cleveland Monster The Serial Slasher The Cleveland Strangler Brother Heidnik The Butcher of Kansas City The Angel of Death Murderers in Love Herb Arsenic Anna The Cleveland Torso Murderer Much, Much more Scroll Up and Click on "buy now with 1-Click" to Download Your Copy Right Now Tags: serial killers, true crime, crime stories, serial murder, serial killers uncut, serial killers free, true murder stories, serial killers true crime, serial killers wife, cold cases true crime


The Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio

The Moonlight Mill Murders of Steubenville, Ohio

Author: Susan M Guy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1439670676

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“Guy is not only a historian but a longtime police officer in Ohio, bringing firsthand knowledge of the criminal justice system” to the Phantom Killer tale (Crime Capsule). Prohibition ended on December 5, 1933, and Steubenville hoped that its reputation as “Little Chicago” would end with it. That hope was short-lived when, eight weeks later, the Phantom Killer made his midnight debut. Under the glow of a full moon, in the mill yards of Steubenville’s Wheeling Steel Plant, the killer ambushed a rail worker, shooting him five times. The Steubenville Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and Wheeling Steel Mill Police joined forces in the New Year to find the Phantom before he took another victim. The strongest of millworkers on the midnight shift began to arm themselves, wondering who would be next. As the investigation wore on, Steubenville was once again thrust into the national spotlight as the Phantom’s reign of terror continued. Local historian Susan M. Guy delves into one of the city’s most infamous crimes.


Mobsters, Madams & Murder in Steubenville, Ohio

Mobsters, Madams & Murder in Steubenville, Ohio

Author: Susan Guy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017-10-16

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1625851014

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This true crime history chronicles more than a century in the life of a small Midwestern city with an outsized reputation for violence and vice. Gambling, prostitution and bootlegging have been going on in Steubenville for well over century. In its heyday, the city’s Water Street red-light district drew men from hundreds of miles away, as well as underage runaways. The white slave trade was rampant, and along with all the vice crimes, murders became a weekly occurrence. This revealing history chronicles the rise of Steubenville’s prodigious underworld from the 1890s to the modern day. By the turn of the century, Steubenville’s law enforcement seemed to turn a blind eye, and cries of political corruption were heard in the state capital. This scenario replayed itself over and over again during the past century as mobsters and madams ruled and murders plagued the city and surrounding county at an alarming rate. Newspapers nationwide would come to nickname this mecca of murder "Little Chicago."


The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio

The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio

Author: Richard O Jones

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-05-04

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1625855532

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The life, crimes, and rise to fame of Alfred Knapp, “The Strangler,” from the award-winning journalist and author of Cincinnati’s Savage Seamstress. Just before Christmas 1902, Alfred Knapp strangled his wife in her sleep. He put her body in a box and sent the box floating down the Great Miami River, telling everyone that Hannah had left him. When the truth came out, Knapp confessed to four other murders. Newspapers across the Midwest sent reporters to interview the handsome strangler. Despite spending most of his adulthood in prison, he had a charming, boyish manner that made him an instant celebrity serial killer. True crime historian Richard O. Jones examines the strangler’s alleged crimes, the family drama of covering up Knapp’s atrocities and how a brain-damaged drifter became a media darling. Includes photos


Ohio Heists

Ohio Heists

Author: Jane Ann Turzillo

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-04-19

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1439672334

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Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College library employee David Breithaupt walked off with $50,000 worth of rare books and documents from the college. John Dillinger hit banks all over Ohio, and Alvin Karpis robbed a train in Garrettsville and a mail truck in Warren. Jane Ann Turzillo writes of these and other notable heists and perpetrators.


The Deadly Groom

The Deadly Groom

Author: Joe Fenley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-06-25

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 0595182712

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The Deadly Groom is the compelling true crime saga of the slaying of Marcia Good, a vivacious 40-year-old widowed mother of three, by her second husband, Richard Bennett, who viewed her modest estate as a cash cow. At first, Bennett was able to convince authorities and even Marcia's relatives that her drowning death was a tragic fishing accident in a fall from a partially built bridge over the Arkansas River on a cold, windy, rainy night. It would be another 17 years before her case was closed officially when Bennett died in prison while serving a life sentence for first degree murder. He might have gotten away completely without the efforts of Marcia's brother-in-law, Dr. Lowell Good, who hired his own investigators, and her nephew, David Zoll, who successfully fought a civil wrongful death suit against Bennett. It also took the tenacious work of Arkansas State Police Investigator Doug Stephens, who worked with Dr. Good and Zoll, and compiled the evidence that finally resulted in successful criminal prosecution. Even at that, it took three murder convictions before Bennett went to prison because the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed the first two jury verdicts.


Historic Columbus Crimes

Historic Columbus Crimes

Author: David Meyers

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010-11-29

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1614231206

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A collection of true crime stories from the Ohio city, with photos included. In Historic Columbus Crimes, a father-daughter research team looks back at sixteen tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem culled from city history, both the distant and the more recent past. There’s the rock star slain by a troubled fan; the drag queen slashed to death by a would-be ninja; the writer who died acting out the plot of his next book; the minister’s wife incinerated in the parsonage furnace; and a couple of serial killers who outdid the Son of Sam. Also covered are a gunfight at Broad and High, grave-robbing medical students, and the bloodiest day in FBI history. Includes photos and illustrations