World's Greatest True Crime

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Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2004 - 452 pages

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Contents

The Sicilian Dons
3
A Miscellany
19
Murder Incorporated
29
Public Enemy Number
52
Depression Mobsters
61
The London Villains
85
Rachman and Michael X
98
Drug Barons
104
The Brinks Bank Robbery
204
98
206
Public Enemy Number One
211
The BrinksMat Bullion Robbery
220
The Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Robbery
226
Sporting Swindles
237
The Chicago White Sox and the 1919 World Series
249
Fakers and Forgers
259

If You Think Today is Lawless
113
The Theft of the Crown Jewels
120
The Great Vidocq
129
The Drysdale Bank Robbery
135
Jesse James
141
The DAutremont Brothers
150
The Great Bullion Robbery
158
The Case of Orrocks Chisel
166
The Age of Detection
172
The First CatBurglar
181
The Count of Gramercy Park
187
The Age of Gangsters
196
The Howard Hughes Biography
271
Financial Fraudsters
282
The Fall of a National Hero
288
Impish Imposters
295
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
302
Lady Liars
311
The Impecunious Millionaire
318
A Fairytale Princess?
324
Sex Scandals
333
The Preacher and the Adoring
342
The Abode of Love Scandal
351
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