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- Author: Alan G Gauthreaux
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 212
- ISBN-10: 1476662959
- ISBN-13: 9781476662954
- Format: 15 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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This collection chronicles the most mysterious, bizarre and often overlooked homicides in Louisiana history. Drawing on contemporary records and, where available, the recollections of those who provide a coherent version of the facts, these mesmerizing tales detail some of the more gruesome episodes: the rise of the first Mafia godfather in the United States; the murder of two New Orleans police chiefs; the brutal murder of a famous New Orleans madam; the story of a respectable young woman who "accidentally" poisoned her younger sister and is a suspect in other family deaths; the ritual killing of blacks in southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas; the mysterious death of a young housewife which still generates debate; and the demise of a local celebrity who believed in his own invincibility.
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- Author: Alan G Gauthreaux
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 212
- ISBN-10: 1476662959
- ISBN-13: 9781476662954
- Format: 15 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
This collection chronicles the most mysterious, bizarre and often overlooked homicides in Louisiana history. Drawing on contemporary records and, where available, the recollections of those who provide a coherent version of the facts, these mesmerizing tales detail some of the more gruesome episodes: the rise of the first Mafia godfather in the United States; the murder of two New Orleans police chiefs; the brutal murder of a famous New Orleans madam; the story of a respectable young woman who "accidentally" poisoned her younger sister and is a suspect in other family deaths; the ritual killing of blacks in southwestern Louisiana and eastern Texas; the mysterious death of a young housewife which still generates debate; and the demise of a local celebrity who believed in his own invincibility.
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