MURDER IN THE 1930s

Softcover. True Crime File Series. One of the most famous decades in the history of murder, the thirties brought to the fore such infamous criminals as Peter Kurten, one of the most sadistic killers in the annals of crime. Buck Ruxton, the dismembering doctor and Albert Fish, the first convicted cannibal killer. You will meet Bruno Hauptmann, the man who shocked the world with the kidnapping of the Lindburgh baby and Tony Mancini, acquitted of a horrifying murder, but who confessed afterwards in the pages of a national newspaper. Also features : Julia Wallace, Vera Page, Winnie Ruth Judd, Al Capone, Ma Barker Gang, Samuel Furnace, the Rattlesnake Murder, Sylvestre Matuska, Mona Tinsley etc. These and many more shocking and fascinating stories of killers and the men who caught them combine in this portrait of a classic era of crime. 258pp. trade size softcover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name rubber stamp and green felt-tip date to inside back cover. Browned pp., small mks. to fr. cover (see image) o/w Vg. with no creasing to covers.