Eliot Ness and the mad butcher : hunting America's deadliest unidentified serial killer at the dawn of modern criminology
by Collins, Max Allan (Author), Schwartz, A. Brad (Author)
Summary
"In the spirit of Devil in the White City and Furious Hours comes the haunting true story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final case-his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run," a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the 1936 World Fair"-- Full description
- Prologue: Untouchable
- Public safety. The dark city ; An impossible mission ; Showdown ; The mad butcher ; This is a raid! ; The butcher's meat ; Perfect victims
- The unknowns. Hero of the hour ; A modern Dracula ; Who will be next? ; Doctor X ; Butcher paper ; Good riddance ; Mystery man ; Right-hand man ; A new suspect ; The right man? ; That's the man ; Whatever became of Eliot Ness? ; The heat is on ; EN-3
- Private sector. Social evil ; The old restlessness ; Vote yes for Ness ; Head man Ness ; You should write a book ; Valuable citizen
- Epilogue: A modern myth
- An informal afterword.