The man from the train: the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery
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"Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated baseball statistician and true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal. In turn, they uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. Riveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history"--
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Subjects
History
Mass murder
Mass murder -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Mass murder -- Middle West -- History
Mass murder investigation
Mass murder investigation -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Mass murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
Nonfiction
Serial murderers
Serial murderers -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Serial murderers -- Middle West -- History
Sociology
True Crime
Mass murder
Mass murder -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Mass murder -- Middle West -- History
Mass murder investigation
Mass murder investigation -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Mass murder investigation -- Middle West -- History
Nonfiction
Serial murderers
Serial murderers -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History
Serial murderers -- Middle West -- History
Sociology
True Crime
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9781476796253
9781508241515
9781508241515
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subject_facet | Mass murder -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History Mass murder -- Middle West -- History Mass murder investigation -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History Mass murder investigation -- Middle West -- History Serial murderers -- Iowa -- Villisca -- History Serial murderers -- Middle West -- History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | The Man from the Train The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery The man from the train : the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery / Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | History Mass murder Mass murder investigation Nonfiction Serial murderers Sociology True Crime |