Trials of the century
Subtitle: a decade-by-decade look at ten of America's most sensational crimes
By: Mark J. Phillips and Aryn Z. Phillips
Contributors: Phillips, Aryn Z., 1990- author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781633881952
Subjects: Trials (Murder)
Description: "A lively review of ten famous murder trials of the twentieth century that became media sensations"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1900-1910: "He deserved it": the case of Harry Kendall Thaw; title: 1910-1920: The death of Mary Phagan: the trial of Leo Max Frank; title: 1920-1930: "Fatty" Arbuckle and the dead actress; title: 1930-1940: Bruno Hauptmann and the Lindbergh baby; title: 1940-1950: Wayne Lonergan and the bludgeoned heiress; title: 1950-1960: Who killed Marilyn? The Sam Sheppard case; title: 1960-1970: Eight dead student nurses and the Texas drifter; title: 1970-1980: The Tate-LaBianca murders and a man named Manson; title: 1980-1990: Jean Harris and the diet doctor; title: 1990-2000: O.J. Simpson and the bloody glove; title: 2000-2010: Casey Anthony and the trials for a new century.