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Unbridled Rage
A true story of organized crime, corruption, and murder in Chicago.
The brutal 40-year-old murders of three Chicago boys were never solved, until two "cold case" agents decided to launch their own investigation. From eyewitness accounts, old police reports, and new information they delved deep into the Chicago Horse Syndicate, an underworld of violence, greed, and sex that produced--and protected--a brutal killer
The brutal 40-year-old murders of three Chicago boys were never solved, until two "cold case" agents decided to launch their own investigation. From eyewitness accounts, old police reports, and new information they delved deep into the Chicago Horse Syndicate, an underworld of violence, greed, and sex that produced--and protected--a brutal killer
- GenresTrue CrimeNonfiction
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 6, 2005
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January 17, 2009
The story of the death of the Peterson-Scheussler boys in 1955. This event helped to change freedom of children in Chicago. No longer would most parents let relatively young children just hop on the bus or the el and go around town.
This book is full of perversion, family hatred, the horse scandals, organized crime, crooked cops, etc. All the normal things for a true crime story taking place in Chicago.
The thing was that the investigators were really working on the Helen Voorhees Brach case, the missing candy heiress, when certain informers started talking about the three boys. And since the investigators were from Chicago, they knew what talk about the three boys meant.
Despite living in Chicago at the time of the trial, I hadn't remembered much about it.
And this books includes a 20-pp chronology of events.
This book is full of perversion, family hatred, the horse scandals, organized crime, crooked cops, etc. All the normal things for a true crime story taking place in Chicago.
The thing was that the investigators were really working on the Helen Voorhees Brach case, the missing candy heiress, when certain informers started talking about the three boys. And since the investigators were from Chicago, they knew what talk about the three boys meant.
Despite living in Chicago at the time of the trial, I hadn't remembered much about it.
And this books includes a 20-pp chronology of events.
November 26, 2023
A fantastic book!!! Defy you to put it down.
September 7, 2020
Excellent documentary-style nonfiction telling of the brutal murder of three young boys in Chicago in the 1950s.
April 2, 2022
Not very well written, but I was certainly interested in learning all the terrible things that were going on in the forest preserves and horse stables near where I was born and raised.
July 14, 2009
Straightforward account of an incredibly sad real-life event. It reminded me a bit of the novel Mystic River.
This is only a minor point--I knew there is no statute of limitations on murder, but I was surprised to learn that in some states (including Illinois) there is no statute of limitations on arson, either, because arson is such a heinous crime.
This is only a minor point--I knew there is no statute of limitations on murder, but I was surprised to learn that in some states (including Illinois) there is no statute of limitations on arson, either, because arson is such a heinous crime.
March 11, 2008
Story about the Peterson boys murders in Chicago in the 1970's. Sad story, I read it completely on a layover from Puerto Rico..
February 25, 2010
awesome book!!
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