The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes
The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes is a book written by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell which was first published in 1984 by Octopus Books as part of their World's Greatest series.[1] It contains accounts of various unsolved mysteries such as murders, unexplained disappearances and scandals.
 First edition | |
| Author | Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Octopus World's Greatest |
| Genre | True crime |
| Publisher | Octopus Books, Hamlyn |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 192 pp |
| ISBN | 0-600-57231-5 |
| 364.1 | |
List of entries
- Who Was R.M. Qualtrough? - the case of William Herbert Wallace
- Advertisement of Death - the murder of Josephine Backshall
- The Green Bicycle Murder - better known as the Green Bicycle Case
- The Enigma of Nuremberg - the story of Kaspar Hauser
- Sherlock Holmes' Real Case - the trial of Oscar Slater and Arthur Conan Doyle's involvement
- Dead Men Cannot Talk - the sinking of the MS Georges Philippar
- Disappearing Dorothy - the disappearance of Dorothy Forstein
- Mystery at Wolf's Neck - the death of Evelyn Foster
- Spring-Heeled Jack, The Demon of London - the sightings of Spring-heeled Jack
- The World's Last Airship - the Hindenburg disaster
Part 2: Crimes of Our Time
- The Computer as Crook - the computer fraud of Jerry Schneider
- A Sadistic Revenge - the disappearance of Dora Bloch in Idi Amin's Uganda
- Piracy 20th Century Style - an account of modern-day piracy in the Caribbean
- Double Dealing at the Dogs - a greyhound racing scam at White City, London in 1945
- A Fatal Flight - the disappearance of two SAETA Airliners over the Andes
Part 3: Crimes of Greed
- Conviction Without a Corpse - the disappearance of Murial McKay
- Doctor Death - the trial of John Bodkin Adams
- The Nazi's Gold - the widespread theft carried out by the Nazi Party during World War II
- The Unpaid Debt - the murder of Arnold Rothstein
- The Black Widow - the serial murderer, Belle Gunness
- The Wreck of the Chantiloupe - the sinking of the Chantiloupe and the murder of Mrs. James Burke
Part 4: Vanishing Tricks
- The Disappearing Parachutist - the aircraft hijacking committed by D. B. Cooper
- The Canine Sherlock Holmes - the discovery of the missing FIFA World Cup Trophy by Pickles the dog
- The Missing Murderers - the fate of Nazi war criminals who fled after World War II
- France's Uncrowned King - Louis XVII of France and the many imposters claiming to be him
- The Sinking of the Salem - the staged sinking of the Salem oil tanker for the sake of an insurance fraud
- A Peer's Great Gamble - the famous disappearance of Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
- Suspect Deceased - the disappearance of Linda Sturley
- The Disappearance of Goodtime Joe - Joseph Force Crater
- Death at the Opera House - the disappearance of Ambrose Small
- The Impossible is Possible - the murder of Roy Orsini
- A Riddle in Life and a Riddle in Death - the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa and the surrounding conspiracy theory
- The Mysterious Mummy - an ornamental mummy which was discovered to contain a real corpse during the filming of a Six Million Dollar Man episode
- The Prairie's Murder Inn - the Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers
- Who Did She Bury? - the disappearance of Nels Stenstrom and the strange funeral ceremony conducted in his absence
- Acrobats of Death - the murder of Ugo Pavesi by a man described by witnesses as a giant
- The Oldest Kidnap Victim? - The discovery of Homo erectus pekinensis and the complete disappearance of the fossils in transit
Part 5: Murder Most Foul
- House of Horror - the murder by Timothy Evans of his infant daughter
- Poetry, Passion and Prison - the Pimlico Mystery
- The Vicar and the Choirmistress - the murder of Eleanor Mills along with her vicar lover and the severing of their vocal folds
- Death in Happy Valley - the murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll
- Lizzie and the Axe - the trial of Lizzie Borden
- The Harry Oakes Affair - the murder of Harry Oakes
- Killings in the Congo - the murder of Patrice Lumumba and the death of Dag Hammarskjöld
- Streets of Fear - serial killer, Jack the Ripper
- Jack the Stripper - serial killer, Jack the Stripper
- Death in the Churchyard - the murder of Olive Bennett
- The Arm in the Shark Case - the discovery of a severed human arm in the body of a tiger shark and subsequent murder investigation
- The Motorway Monster - the murder of Barbara Mayo, a hitchhiker
- Death of the Black Dahlia - the murder of Elizabeth Short
- The Torso in the Trunk - a gruesome discovery in a trunk at Brighton railway station
- Katyn - 1940 - the unattributed Katyn massacre
References
- "The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes" by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell, Octopus Books Ltd. 1984
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