Over 300 pages compiling Rick Geary's depictions of the 20th century's more notorious crimes! In this second volume, learn about the prosecution of Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti; the tragic murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, known as the "Black Dahlia"; the mysterious deaths in a New Jersey park of Reverand Hall and his affair partner, Mrs. Eleanor Mills; and the extinguished life of William Desmond Taylor in the midst of the early motion picture scene.
400 pages of real murder cases from the 20th century! From the famous Sacco & Vanzetti story through the ever-intriguing renowned Black Dahlia murder of a striking aspiring actress in Los Angeles, the mysterious murder of silent movie director William Desmond Taylor in early Hollywood to that of a preacher and his lover found murdered in a park, here is a collection of scandalous murders which were never solved or marked the century. Meticulously researched, they are presented in Geary’s inimitable tongue-in-cheek style.