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Notorious San Francisco, true tales of crime, passion and murder, by Paul Drexler

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-233)

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Notorious San Francisco

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by Paul Drexler

true tales of crime, passion and murder

Notorious San Francisco brings back the glamorous depravity and noir atmosphere that made it the premier location for muder thrillers like "The Maltese Falcon, "Vertigo," and "Zodiac." This book contains more thna 20 compelling tales of serial killers, deadly women, con-men, masters of escape, and unsolved mysteries. San Francisco criminals were as colorful as the city they inhabited. Take William Thoreson, murderous millionare who hid the nation's largest private armory in his Pacific Heights mansiion. Then there's Issabella Martin, the muderous "Queen of Grudges" who tried to poison an entire town, Ethen McNabb and Lloyd Sampsell, the "Yacht Bandits," who used a luxurious sloop as a getaway vehicle for their dozens of bank robberies. Most of these ununusual cases are largely unknown and have never appeared in book form. Included are the cases that are still mysteries today, including the mysterious tale of the Zodiac Killer, complete with a new anyalysis and startling new theory on the murder"--Page [4] of cover

Notorious San Francisco -- Copyrights -- Acknowledgedments -- Synopsis -- Dangerous Women -- Jazzmania -- The Duchess -- The Grandma from Hell -- Isabella J. Martin, The Queen of Grudges -- Serial Killers -- The Terror Bandits -- Earle Nelson : the Dark Strangler -- The Butterilk Bluebeard -- The house on Billionaire Street -- Purveyors of Sin -- Jerome Bassity : KIng of the Tenderloin -- A Necessary Evil -- Bones Remmer -- Sally Stanford -- Con Artists- The Confidence Queeen -- The Greater Diamond Hoax --The Man of 1000 aliuses -- The Father of Electrical Medince -- Masters of escape -- The Literate Larcenist -- King of the Escape Artistss -- Literate Larcenist -- Manhunt: The Joe Tanko Story -- The Yacht Bandits -- Unsolved mysteries -- Was he Erdnase? -- The Preparedness Day Bombing -- The Zodiac Killer -- The Suspects -- My Father was the Zodiac! -- The Suspects -- Nondemoninational -- The Radian Theory -- Appreciation -- About the Author -- Other true crime books -- Contact information -- Sources

RJ Parker presents Notorious San Francisco