1936 — If vintage true crime is your thing, you just hit the jackpot! 48 pages of fascinating cover-to-cover articles on sensational crimes of the day and related topics, all generously illustrated with quality black and white reproductions of photos. Features: Rehabilitation As I See It - by Richard E. Davis, Warden, Utah State Penitentiary; Inside Story of the Murder of Curtis W. Dobbins, brilliant young engineer of the RCA Victor Corporation, in the exclusive Camden suburb of Haddonfield; The Skull That Came Back To Life - the bones of Lillian White, murdered on Cheesecock Mountain near Haverstraw, New York, were used to reconstruct her identity and make possible a feverish manhunt; Sex Behind Bars - an expose of the ways of prison love and the unscrupulous "wolves" therein; The Most Wanted Man in Portland - Roy "Ted" Massey, alias Jack Henry, wanted for Hold-up and Murder Investigation; Rise and Fall of Racketeer Barons - Dossier of the Fabulous Volpe Brothers of Pittsburgh - they reached out for racketeer gold - and ruin; The Rape and Murder of pretty NYU student Helen Clevenger; What Happened to Vanished New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Carter?; Sterilization - If legalized it could have prevented the heinous love racket killings of Harry F. Powers; Amazing photo of a portion of the throng of 20,000 souls who turned out to witness the hanging of 'Negro rapist' Rainey Bethea in Owensboro, KY; Brief write-ups (with small photos) of the murders of Japanese actress Neda Taka in Los Angeles, and Louise Trammell in Chicago; San Quentin Penitentiary Inmates caught operating a counterfeiting plant that circulated queer money from Canada to Mexico!; Modern Science in Crime Detection - fingerprints at the scene; Spicy color-illustrated back cover ad for the next issue features young lady being whipped; Somewhat above-average external soiling, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this outstanding vintage issue. Book
