American Murder: Criminals Crimes and the Media (Dark Minds True Crimes)

About this book

How would you treat a murderer? If youre from Hollywood and hes notorious you might turn him into a folk hero. Separate the facts from the many legends and revisions that have blossomed around these killers in this frightening look at the bloody real lives of movies infamous antiheroes. Youll find a blood-curdling assortment of the criminal elite in American Murder: Criminals Crime and the Media a rogues gallery of our most famous killings killers and other scoundrels (and some that ought to be more famous than they are). A collection of high-profile murderers gangsters assassins psychopaths such as O.J. Amy Fisher Robert Blake Susan Smith Claus Von Bulow the Menendez brothers Jeffrey Dahmer Ted Bundy John Wayne Gacy Richard Speck Al Capone Pretty Boy Floyd Bugsy Siegel Jesse James John Dillinger Charles Manson Albert Fish T. Cullen Davis Ronald DeFeo Jr. Edmund Kemper Beulah Annan Bonnie and Clyde Billy the Kid Charlie Starkweather as well as an assortment of lesser known killers with some incredible tales! With numerous photos and illustrations this tome is richly illustrated and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness. American Murderexplores the legends as depicted in movies stories and songs. Youd not want to meet any of them in person either the real or Hollywood versions!