Author: John Clucas CannellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
New Light on the Rouse Case
Author: John Clucas CannellNew Light on the Rouse Case
Author: John Clucas CannellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Murder)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Nabokov at Cornell
Author: Gavriel ShapiroPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801439094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Table of contents
Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century
Author: David K. FrasierPublisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Profiles of crimes that occurred prior to 1992 and the criminals.
Murder on Rouse Hill
Author: Alan Terry WrightPublisher:
ISBN: 9780976041399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Around noon, November 22, 1915, everyone in Stoutland, Missouri, who could walk or ride rushed to view the mortal remains of one of the area's most prosperous farmers and leading citizens. Hidden in a brush pile on nearby Rouse Hill, the victim's body displayed the marks of a determined and vicious killer.Six years later, a dozen lawyers, four doctors, one hundred witnesses, four jury trials, a Missouri Supreme Court decision, and the only eyewitness--a Missouri fox-trotter horse named "Sam"--had not resolved the brutal murder of Jasper Jacob "Jap" Francis.Alan Terry Wright's suspenseful tale of greed, fraud, political influence, and cold-blooded murder will keep you riveted. His descriptions of the predawn killing, carried out in pitch darkness on a public road, and the agony of "Sam," Francis's prized horse, tied by the killer and left to starve, are both frightening and moving. The accused killer, Charlie Blackburn, nearly lynched by townsfolk, died in his bed in a California nursing home in 1964 at the advanced age of 91. The victim, Jasper Francis, had been dead for 49 years. Wright's account of a young girl's unwitting visit to the murder scene in 1928 is chilling. Her return there as a feisty 84-year-old accompanies events so bizarre and puzzling they verge on the paranormal.Recent interviews with the accused killer's family, the opinion of a renowned medical examiner, and the report of a handwriting expert shed important new light on this nearly forgotten case.Wright's skillful weaving of the story line with gently humorous vignettes of backwoods living sets this book apart from typical "true crime" stories. His love for the history and lore of Missouri helps craft a tale that rings with authenticity.
The Trial of Alfred Arthur Rouse
Author: Alfred Arthur RousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Murder)
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The New Murderers' Who's who
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880295826
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
""I met murder on the way" wrote Shelley, and who of us has not met murder in some form or another-on the way? In our books and newspapers, on the radio and television, some famous murder will be mentioned and we will want to know more about it. This revised and updated edition of a classic work is a reference book with a difference-it features hundreds of notorious murderers-from Jack the Ripper to Jack Henry Abbott. The entries, spanning a period of more than 160 years, are listed alphabetically and give full treatment to some of the most ghastly crimes in history. THE NEW MURDERERS' WHO'S WHO also includes more than 150 contemporary photographs, drawings and newspaper cuttings, and a bibliography of more than a thousand titles to guide the reader to books of further interest. More than 100 entries examining new trends in murder such as serial killings and mass murder have been added."--Jacket
Murder Whereabouts
Author: J. H. H. GautePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Trial of Alfred Arthur Rouse
Author: Alfred Arthur RousePublisher:
ISBN: 9781561691777
Category : Trials (Murder)
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
To Rouse Leviathan
Author: Matt CardinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781614982708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Since the early years of the twenty-first century, Matt Cardin has distinguished himself by writing weird fiction with a distinctively cosmic and spiritual focus, publishing two short story collections that have now become rare collector's items. In this substantial volume, Cardin gathers the totality of his short fiction, including the complete fiction contents of Divinations of the Deep (2002) and Dark Awakenings (2010). Several of the tales have been substantially revised from their original appearances. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, and other masters of cosmic horror, Cardin's fiction explores the convergence of religion, horror, and art in a cosmos that may be actively hostile to our species. In tales long and short (including a new novella co-written with Mark McLaughlin), Cardin rings a succession of changes on those fateful words from the Book of Job: "Let those sorcerers who place a curse on days curse that day, those who are skilled to rouse Leviathan." Aside from his short story collections, Matt Cardin is the editor of Born to Fear: Interviews with Thomas Ligotti (2014) and Horror Literature through History (2017). He is also co-editor of the journal Vastarien.