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  financial gain as, 66–67

  in Hall-Mills case, 131, 132

  in Helen Jewett case, 460, 462–65

  in Lindbergh case, 150, 151–52, 156

  in Lizzie Borden case, 49, 50–65

  in Mary Phagan case, 111–13, 115

  misleading, 299–300

  motive, means and opportunity as, 44, 46–47, 53, 380

  in Neulander case, 378, 379–84, 386

  prior acts as, 45–46, 48, 49–51

  in Ramsey case, 397, 399–405

  repressed memories as, 274

  in Sheppard and Peterson cases, 214

  see also blood spatter; confessions; criminal profiling; DNA; forensics; identifications

  ex-convicts, 41

  Eye of Evil (Harrington and Burger), 345–46

  Eyler, Larry, 167, 331

  Face of Justice, The (Chessman), 188, 447

  Fair Game (Bernard DuClos), 331

  Falco, Edie, 326

  Falcon and the Snowman, The (Lindsey), 450

  Family Affairs (Hoffman), 316

  Fassitt, Lewis, 26

  Fatal Vision (McGinniss), 294, 296, 297

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 318, 387, 403, 426–27

  Feige, David, 101, 102

  Fielding, Henry, 4, 5

  Final Verdict (St. Johns), 99–100, 452

  Finkel, Michael, 449

  Fish, Albert, 301

  Fisher, Amy, 139

  Fisher, Russell, 248–49

  Fletcher, Jaye Slade, 336

  Flight of the Falcon, The (Lindsey), 450

  Flynn, Billy, 367–68

  Fonda, Henry, 230, 244

  Ford, Harrison, 215

  forensics, 7, 136, 426, 469, 471

  see also blood spatter

  Forrest Gump, 255

  Fortescue, Grace, 174

  Foster, Abby Kelley, 30

  Frank, Gerald, 230, 231, 233, 449

  Frank, Leo, 106, 107, 111, 112–13, 114–20

  Frankfurter, Felix, 127

  Franklin, Bert, 82–83, 86

  Franklin, Eileen, 273, 274

  Franklin, George, 273–74

  Franklin, Leah, 273

  Freedom of Information Act (1966), 154

  French, Jeanne, 183

  French, Rick, 387

  Friedland, Martin, 74

  Fugitive, The, 203, 204, 215

  Fuhrman, Mark, 241, 372, 428

  Furman v. Georgia (1972), 286

  Gacy, John Wayne, 230, 241, 291, 292, 293, 351

  Gaddis, Thomas, 219, 449

  Galleani, Luigi, 123, 124

  Gambino crime family, 324–25, 327

  Gandolfini, James, 326

  Garcetti, Gil, 371

  Garland, Bonnie, 307

  Garrison, Jim, 246

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 30

  Gascoyne, Crispe, 5

  Gatling, Richard, 32

  Gaylin, Willard, 307, 449

  Gentry, Curt, 447

  Gerber, Samuel, 200

  Gibson, Jane, 130–31

  Gilbert, Robin, 429–30

  Gilmore, Gary, 109

  Gilmour, Walter, 331

  Gilyard, Lorenzo, 290

  Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, The, 76

  Goebel, William, 69–71, 78

  Goetz, Bernard, 319, 320

  Gompers, Samuel, 80

  Goodman, Andrew, 118, 243–44

  Gore, Thomas P., 99

  Gough, Elizabeth, 148

  Gow, Betty, 148

  Grave for Bobby, A (Deakin), 448

  Gray, Henry Judd, 107, 137–39

  Graysmith, Robert, 265–66, 268, 269, 270, 337, 449

  Great Depression, 127

  Greenawalt, Randy, 291, 294

  Green River Killer, 352

  Griffin, Will, 247

  Griffith, Griffith J., 74–75, 76, 81

  Grisham, John, 340, 449

  Grissom, Richard, 354–56

  Guandique, Ingmar, 424–25

  guns, 31–32, 173, 422

  Gwen, Jeff, 423

  Gyllenhaal, Jake, 265–66

  hackers, 362–63

  Hacking, Lori, 432

  Hacking, Mark, 432

  Hackman, Gene, 244

  Hale, Leland E., 331

  Hall, Edward, 129–34

  Hall, Frances Stevens, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134

  Hall, Virtue, 4

  Hall-Mills case, 107, 129–35, 139, 157, 369, 388, 389–90, 394

  Halloran, Jack, 177

  Hamer, Frank, 96

  Hamilton, Alexander, 12, 13, 15

  Hansen, Robert, 167, 327–32, 358, 360

  Harriman, Job, 81

  Harrington, Joseph, 345–46

  Harris, David, 287–89

  Harris, Jean, 319

  Harris, Thomas, 352

  Harvard and the Unabomber (Chase), 447

  Harvard murder, 26–31, 67

  Hatcher, Charles, 167, 300–304, 331

  Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 107, 150–56, 157, 318

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 31, 454–55, 467

  Hayes, Ira, 450

  Hayes, Susan, 202, 203

  Haywood, Big Bill, 75, 83, 87

  HBO, 325, 326

  Hearst, Patty, 241, 277, 278

  Heidenry, John, 449

  Heinrich, Edward, 136

  Heirens, William, 160, 181

  Helter Skelter (Bugliosi and Gentry), 447

  He Made It Safe to Murder (Berry), 100, 102, 447

  Henley, Elmer Wayne, 291

  Herrin, Richard, 307

  Hettinger, Karl, 220, 221, 222

  Hickey, George, 247–48, 250, 251, 252, 254, 255

  Hickock, Richard, 217, 218, 332, 344

  High Treason, 254

  Hill, Anita, 197

  Hill, Bob, 365, 449

  Hill, Clint, 253

  Hillside Stranglers, 291

  Hinckley, John, 306, 307, 308

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 352

  Hobson, Chris, 314–16

  Hobson, Sueanne, 315, 316

  Hochmuth, Amandus, 151, 369

  Hoffman, Andy, 316

  Hoffman, Harold, 150

  Hoffman, James, 318

  Holland, S. M., 251

  Holloway, Natalee, 24, 196, 244, 432

  Holmes, H. H., 67–69

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 29, 31, 124

  Holmes, Paul, 203, 204, 210, 211, 449

  Holt, Frank, see Muenter, Erich

  Homicide! (Sasser), 337–38, 339, 451

  Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Simon), 337, 452

  Houk, Spencer, 199

  Hoverston, Lester, 212, 214

  Howard, Jim, 71

  Howe, Julia Ward, 30

  Huie, William Bradford, 449–50

  Hunt, Helen, 349

  Hunter, Alex, 392, 393–94, 400, 401, 407

  Hurkos, Peter, 258

  Hurston, Zora Neale, 450

  Hurt, William, 139

  Huxley, Aldous, 187

  Hyde, B. Clark, 77

  I-5 Killer, The (Rule), 336, 451

  Ice Man, The (Bruno), 326, 447

  Ice Man, The (Carlo), 447

  Ice Man, The (film), 326

  identifications, 47, 141–44, 463

  in Caryl Chessman case, 190–91

  in Lindbergh case, 149, 151–52, 155, 156

  see also police sketches

  Ignatow, Mel, 363–65

  Implosion Conspiracy, The (Nizer), 451

  In Broad Daylight (MacLean), 321

  In Cold Blood (Capote), 99, 108, 217–18, 223, 297, 447

  Innocent Man, The (Grisham), 340–41, 449

  insanity defense, 216, 228–29, 300–302, 303, 306–8, 349, 425

  intellectualism, 194–95

  International Labor Defense Fund, 176

  internet, 420

  crime coverage on, 7, 366

  In the Company of Darkness, 349

  investigative journalism, 153

  Irresis
tible Impulse (Lindsey), 450

  Ito, Lance, 372

  Ivins, Bruce Edward, 426–27

  I Want to Live!, 223

  Jackson, Michael, 431–32, 435

  Jack the Ripper, 68, 69, 292, 352

  theories about, 10

  James, Frank, 41

  James, Jesse, 36, 41

  James, P. D., 297

  Jameson, 395

  Jenoff, Len, 375, 376, 377–78, 379–80, 383, 384–85, 386

  Jewett, Helen, 15, 18, 24, 25, 453–65

  JFK, 254, 255

  Johnson, Lyndon, 253

  Johnson-Reed Act (1924), 127

  Johnston, David, 452

  JonBenet (Thomas), 398, 399, 400, 401–2, 403, 405

  Jones, Charles, 71, 72, 73, 74

  Jones, David Allen, 429–30

  Jones, Richard Glyn, 139

  Jones, Tommy Lee, 215

  Joubert, John, 335–36

  Judd, Lawrence, 174

  Judd, Winnie Ruth, 108, 174, 177–78

  Judgment Day: The John List Story, 285

  Junger, Sebastian, 233, 234, 235–36, 240, 450

  juries:

  evidence withheld from, 9, 14

  tampering with, 82–83, 85, 86–87, 98, 101

  Jury (Villaseñor), 280–81, 452

  justice system, 412–22

  ancient Roman, 2

  and crime stories, 109, 305, 306, 443, 444

  crime stories’ effects on, 8–9

  definition creep in, 261–63

  double jeopardy in, 364

  early 20th century, 73–74, 82–87, 91, 96–97, 98–99, 101, 119

  evidence in, 9, 14, 44–50, 52–53, 56–57, 59

  failures of, 241–42, 321, 331–32, 341–42, 371–73

  false confessions in, 435–37

  false prosecutions in, 114

  hostile cross-examination in, 385, 386

  insanity defense in, 216, 228–29, 300–302, 303, 306–8, 349, 425

  and juvenile crime, 354

  media and, 130, 151, 157, 202, 203, 241–44, 297, 305, 373, 439–41

  19th century, 12, 13, 26, 96

  in O. J. Simpson case, 371–73

  politics and, 128, 419–22

  pretrial discovery in, 101, 102, 105

  procedure in, 8–9, 14, 305–6

  rights of the accused in, 102, 221, 223–24, 420, 422

  sentencing in, 332–34, 422

  in serial murderer cases, 328, 329, 331–32

  Supreme Court decisions on, 101, 102, 103, 105, 221, 223–24

  three strikes in, 262

  wrongful convictions in, 116–17, 287–89, 299, 341, 378–79

  see also death penalty; lawyers; police; prison reform

  Kaczynski, Ted, 270

  Kahahawai, Joseph, 174, 175

  Kallinger, Joseph, 291, 321–22

  Kanarek, Irving, 222

  Kansas Charley (Brumberg), 69, 447

  Kansas State Prison, 332

  Karpis, Alvin (Creepy), 220

  Kassab, Freddy, 296

  Katf, Michelle, 355

  Keers, Christine, 359

  Keffer Sheet Music Company, 38

  Keller, Amy, 424–25

  Kelly, Machine Gun, 173

  Kelly, Susan, 230–31, 232, 233, 450

  Kemper, Edmund, 291

  Kenilworth (Scott), 18

  Kennedy, John F., assassination of, 108, 227, 241, 245–56, 451

  Kennedy, Ludovic, 152–53, 155

  Kennedy assassination:

  ballistics evidence about, 246, 247–53

  conspiracy theories about, 246–47, 254

  cultural significance of, 255–56

  Kennedy family, 427

  Kent, Saville, 148

  Kentucky, early 20th century politics in, 69–71

  Kerr, James, 34, 35

  Keyes, Edward, 261, 450

  Kidman, Nicole, 368

  kidnapping, 37, 40, 98–99, 261

  see also Lindbergh case; Little Lindbergh Laws

  Kilgallen, Dorothy, 204, 450

  Killer (Gaddis), 449

  Killing of Bonnie Garland, The (Gaylin), 307, 449

  Killing Season (Smith), 352–54

  King, Larry, 434

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 450

  Kingsley, Ben, 319

  Kinne, Sharon, 291

  Kirk, Paul, 200–201, 202, 204, 210, 213

  Kirkpatrick, Sidney, 450, 466–67, 468, 469, 471

  Kleiger, Estelle Fox, 12, 14, 450

  Knowles, David, 187

  Koby, Tom, 391, 392, 393–94, 408

  Koch, Ed, 320

  Koehler, Arthur, 149, 150, 152, 153, 156

  Kraft, Randy, 291

  Kuklinski, Richard, 323–27, 447

  Ku Klux Klan, 117, 132

  Kunstler, William, 131–32, 133, 134, 296–97, 450

  Kurtis, Bill, 293

  Kyle sisters, 121

  LaBianca family, 289

  labor movement, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 96, 122–23, 140

  Lake, Leonard, 343–44, 346

  Lancaster, Burt, 220, 224

  Larson, Erik, 67, 68, 450

  Last Rampage (Clarke), 294–95, 336, 447

  law, see justice system

  Lawson, Winston, 251, 252

  lawyers, 8

  in Boston Strangler case, 227–28

  early 20th century, 86, 100–101

  judicial procedures exploited by, 14

  see also Bailey, F. Lee; Darrow, Clarence; justice system; Moore, Fred H.; Pruiett, Moman; Rogers, Earl

  LBJ: The Way He Was (Cormier), 253

  Leavenworth, 178–80, 449

  Lee, Harper, 217

  Leibowitz, Samuel, 100–101

  Leik, David, 259–60

  Levin, Peppy, 379–80, 383

  Levy, Chandra, 424–25

  Lewis, Bernard M., 121–22

  Lewis, Neil A., 452

  Lewis, Ray, 423–24

  Lidd, Ed, 450

  Likens, Sylvia, 451

  Lindbergh, Anne (Morrow), 144, 145, 147

  Lindbergh, Charles, 144, 146, 147, 156

  Lindbergh, Charles, Jr., 148

  Lindbergh case, 107, 138–39, 140, 144–57, 173, 318, 365–66, 369, 443

  Lindbergh Laws, 8

  Lindsey, Robert, 450

  List, John, 281–85, 295, 452

  Littlefield, Ephraim, 27–28

  Little Lindbergh Laws, 8, 188, 261

  Little Rascals day care case, 317

  Livingston, Brockholst, 12, 15

  Livingston, John R., 15

  Llewellyn Iron Works, 80

  Lockhart, Michael Lee, 336

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 29

  Loeb and Leopold case, 88, 140, 157

  Loggia, Robert, 297

  “Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The” (Dylan), 472–73

  Long, Bruce, 472

  Long, Huey, 255

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 30

  Los Angeles Police Department, in Onion Field case, 221, 222, 223

  Los Angeles Times, bombing of, 80–83, 87, 108

  Loss, Fredericka, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21–22

  Lowell, James Russell, 30

  Lucas, Henry Lee, 436

  Lucchese crime family, 325, 327

  Lunsford, Jessica, 432, 443

  Lusitania, 90

  Luster, Andrew, 430–31

  Luther, Thomas, 304

  Lynch, Jack, 386

  lynching, 111, 117, 243

  Lyons family, 293–94

  McAllister, Ann, 23–24

  McCormick, Jack, 357

  MacDonald, Jeffrey, 296

  McDuff, Kenneth, 167, 337

  McElroy, Kenneth, 319, 320–21, 334

  McGinniss, Joe, 294, 296, 297

  McGovern, Elizabeth, 76

  MacLean, Harry N., 274, 321

  McManigal, Ortie, 81

  McMartin Preschool case, 317

  McNamara, James B., 81, 82, 83, 84, 87

  Mc
Namara, John J., 81, 82, 83, 84, 87

  McQueen, Steve, 266

  Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, 159–72

  Madoff, Bernie, 435

  Maeder, Thomas, 450

  Magida, Arthur J., 384–85, 450

  Mailer, Norman, 76, 450

  Malden, Karl, 296

  Maness, Terri, 355

  Manhattan Company, 11

  Mann, Alonzo, 112, 116

  Manson, Charles, 108, 222, 224, 256, 277, 278

  Marston, George, 461, 463

  Masgay, Louis, 323, 324

  Mason, Larry, 408

  Massie, Thalia, 156, 157, 174–76, 177

  Masters, Edgar Lee, 86

  Mathewson, Larry, 258–59

  Maul and the Pear Tree, The (James), 297

  Mayer, Robert, 340, 451

  Mays, Mark, 288, 289

  media:

  in anthrax case, 426

  in Boston Strangler case, 226, 227

  changing structure of, 366

  crime coverage in, 6, 7, 24, 107, 130, 156–58, 186, 241–44, 293, 365–66, 369, 438–41, 443, 444

  in Drew Peterson case, 434

  in Duke Lacrosse case, 433

  and justice system, 130, 151, 157, 202, 203, 241–44, 297, 305, 373, 439–41

  in Menendez case, 365, 366, 367

  and Natalee Holloway case, 196

  in O. J. Simpson case, 130, 157, 242, 366, 368–71, 373, 392

  in Pam Smart case, 368

  in Ramsey case, 389, 391–92, 393, 398, 407, 408

  in Ted Bundy case, 292

  see also crime books; movies; newspapers; television

  medical malpractice, 96, 108

  Melville, Herman, 30

  men, crime stories about, 24–25

  Mencken, H. L., 157

  Menendez, Jose and Kitty, 365

  Menendez, Lyle and Erik, 67, 365, 366–67

  Menninger, Bonar, 245, 247, 248, 252, 253, 451

  Menninger Foundation, 216

  Men Who Killed Kennedy, The, 250, 254

  Merchants and Manufacturers, 80

  Mermaids, 255

  Merritt, Gilbert, 21

  Metesky, George, 231

  Michigan Murders, 257–61, 291

  Michigan Murders, The (Keyes), 261, 450

  Michigan State University, 310, 311, 312

  Milk, Harvey, 306

  Milland, Ray, 76

  Miller, Austin, 251

  Miller, Charley, 69

  Miller, Tom, 358

  Millett, Kate, 451

  Mills, Danny, 135

  Mills, Eleanor, 129–35

  Mills, James, 129, 133–35

  Milo, Dean, 314

  Minister and the Choir Singer, The (Kunstler), 132, 296–97, 450

  Minnehaha, 92

  minorities, crime stories about, 24, 25

  Minter, Mary Miles, 467, 468–69, 471

  Miranda, Ernesto, 221

  Miranda v. Arizona, 221, 223

  Missouri, University of, 158

  Mitchum, Robert, 298

  Mitrione, Dan, 355–56

  M’Naghten Rule, 216

  Mockery of Justice (Cooper and Sheppard), 204–5, 212–13

  Monster of Florence, The (Preston and Spezi), 43, 451

  Montgomery, Elizabeth, 63

  Mooney v. Holohan (1935), 101