Tag: Vintage Crime
Coming Face-to-Face with the Night Stalker in Broad Daylight
It was a muggy day in late August 1985, when a creepy guy wearing a black Jack Daniels T-shirt and dirty jeans sidled up to the History Department desk, asking for books on torture and the occult
Thugs with Spoons: The Courtroom Assault of Sergeant Ned Lovretovich
On May 12, 1958, in Department 42 of the Hall of Justice, two punks from East L.A. were on trial for a murder committed during the course of a robbery.
She Went Out for Gas and Was Left for Dead: The Unsolved Story of Diane Sparks
It was Sunday, March 10, 1946, and Barbara Hensley, 11, Mary Young, 8, and a small terrier named Bozo walked to a spot near their homes for a picnic in Van Nuys.
Revenge of the Celebrity Secretary: The Career-Ending Extortion of Screen Star Clara Bow
Clara Bow had appeared in about 40 films by the time she made Wings and It in 1927.
They Did It for Money: The Mob-Style Murder of Burbank Widow Mabel Monahan
If Mabel Monohan’s former son-in-law, Tutor Scherer, hadn’t been a Las Vegas gambler, the 64-year-old widow would never have been murdered.
Manson Murders
In "Manson: An Oral History," those involved in the murders and their aftermath—Manson's followers, the cops, defense attorneys, and the prosecutor—reconstruct the crimes and speak to the terror they...