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The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes

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If you lie awake at night wondering if Marilyn Monroe really was murdered or where the 'Tylenol Murderer' ended up or if New York's 'Dartman' is still roaming the streets...you need to get a life! But, seriously, you also need to get a copy of this marvelous book covering unsolved crimes of the past hundred and fifty years, mostly in America.

Author Michael Newton casts his net fairly wide, covering all the famous American cases (JonBenet, Judge Crater, the Lindbergh kidnapping, etc.). Obviously most of the cases deal with murder most foul but there's disappearances, thefts, etc.

Arranged alphabetically the book has lots of cross references. If you're a crime buff or just an "I wonder" type, you'll enjoy this book. It makes for interesting reading; you can read it straight through or jump in at any page. Recommended.

This is a great book for any crime buff. Or for any college student that may have to do a report on crime or a criminal. I only read true crime books. I do not read make-believe romance or anything else make-believe. Only true crime. 95% of my TV watching are true crime shows and movies. If a make-believe crime movie is good I'll watch that. This book is all about unsolved crimes and there are alot of people in the book that are not famous. There are a few other "The Encyclopedia of...." to go along with this one and I recommend them all. They are all great reading and alot of the stories leave you wondering "Why?".

This Encyclopedia is amazing and is really a must-buy book. If, like me, you have a real passion for True Crime/Serial Killers and Murder cases then you really need to buy this great book. I am surprised that this book doesn't have much reviews, this is really a fantastic book to own.

This Encyclopedia presents readers with the facts, evidences and theories of more than 800 cases. I repeat: more than 800 cases. Examining mysteries from the 19th and 20th Centuries this Encyclopedia looks at murders, robberies, missing persons, kidnappings, serial killers and much, much more. Each entry documents the events of the crimes, the victim(s), the alleged perpetrator(s), the key point of the police investigation and the current status of the case. 93 new cases have been added to this second edition and many others have been updated.

You'll find all the "legendary" or well-known cases: The Black Dahlia; The Zodiac; The assassinations of J.F.K., Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King; Jimmy Hoffa; DB Cooper; Judge Crater; JonBenet Ramsey; Jack the Ripper; The Lindbergh Kidnapping; The Boston Strangler; Natalee Holloway; The St-Valentine day Massacre; Bugsy Siegel; Chandra Levy and so, so many more, hundreds more cases that you might have heard or read about at one point in your life.

There's also hundreds of cases that most people might not know, I have discovered a lot of cases just by reading this book. Cases like: The Dartman (New York 1975-1976); Germany's Highway murders (1935); Ponoma Strangler (1993-1995); Texas' I-35 murders (1976-1981); Honolulu Strangler (1985-1986), The 2001's Myojo 56 fire in Japan and so many more, hundreds of cases the general public may have never heard or read about.

The list of cases covered in this encyclopedia is really outstanding, author Michael Newton did a wonderful job researching all the cases. I am happy that a lot of my favorite cases are featured in the book ( Joyce Chiang, Kristen Modafferi, the Butcher of Mons ) but I was a little disappointed that other cases ( Molly Bish, Betsy Aardsma, Danny Casolaro ) are missing from the list, but hey nothing is perfect and like I said the list of cases you'll find in this great book is really impressing and outstanding.

Do I need to say more ? Just buy this great encyclopedia, and for less than 20$ you can't say no. You won't be disappointed. ;)

This is quite an interesting book for true crime fans. It gives the basic details of quite a few crimes. The author seems to have made an effort to include crimes from all over the world.

However, he did not include the deaths of Bobby Fuller and Valerie Percy, nor the disappearance of Richard Cox.