ILLUSTRATED TRUE CRIME. A Photographic Record

Softcover. Reprint. Indelible moments of crime caught on camera. This vast photographic record of the annals of crime features some of the 20th century's most infamous criminals and shocking crimes. Packed with more than 400 photographs arranged in chronological order, it covers everything from arson to cannibalism, con men, mass murderers, sabotage, victims and vital clues. Among the images are : justice's heavy hand as a body reels before the firing squad; the mid-Atlantic capture of wife-killer Dr.Crippen; Lucky Luciano and the mass trials of the mafia; American heiress Patty Hearst on camera robbing a bank; terror at the Munich Olympic Massacre; the elusive Lord Lucan; serial cannibalist Jeffrey Dahmer; the LA riots; Japanese doomsday cult Aum Supreme Truth's gas attack on Tokyo; and key footage from the O.J. Simpson case. Illus. + Index. 503pp. small 8vo. softcover.From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage, particularly if shipped overseas.