Criminal Cold Cases: Fugitives Finally Brought to Justice

by Charlotte Greig

There's nothing more chilling than an unsolved crime, particularly one involving direct harm to human life; be it murder or rape, these are the crimes whose effects extend furthest and cause most pain to how much worse when they go unsolved and, as such, unpunished?Such crimes, so-called 'cold cases', are all too common, especially in the big cities where hundreds if not thousands of such incidents remain on file. After the initial furore of questioning suspects and analyzing motives has died down, investigators are often left with no leads, and the uneasy knowledge that a dangerous person is still on the loose, possibly preparing to strike again.But there is hope. With the development of science, and the continuing improvements in detection techniques, the re-examination of old, unsolved crimes is yielding positive results, often decades after the cases originally went 'cold'. This book documents the most fascinating of these cases, and • The murdered heiress, Helen Brach• Albert Fish, child killer• The Green River killer, Gary Leon Ridgway• Gerald Parker, the 'Bedroom Basher'• The woman in a box• The bone breaker, Joe Clark• Frank Bender, forensic sculptor• Dennis Rader, the 'Bind, Torture, Kill' killer

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime

267 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2011

Reviews

[Wesam Karam · Rating 4 out of 5]

الجريمة والغموض عشق لا ينتهي

[Tony · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing book. The author has just rehashed old crime stories, some well known and some not, (American crimes) and summarised each one in about four to five pages. Each case is one that was not solved immediately, hence the cold case title, so the stories could have been quite good . However, there is no detail in the story telling and as a rest there is little satisfaction for the reader. As well as that of course, the deceased person and family just become a commodity and a means to and end for each story and there is little regard shown for them.

[Roz Curney-Sherod · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically this book is a rehash of true crime stories that mostly made headlines. You have the "Green River Killer", "BTK", "Albert Fish", "Bedroom Basher", etc. It also had stories like "Murdered heiress, Helen Brach". Lots of criminals were packed into this book but you also had a section on individuals who helped crack the cases such as "Frank Bender, Forensic Sculptor". I mainly skipped some of the more famous cases and read about the ones that I had little or no knowledge about. I'm fascinated with reading about serial killers whether fictional or true crime because it's interesting to see the ways humans can torture one another. This book was well put together and even included some photos but still a bit dry!

[Adrielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having a sister that wanted to be a criminologist, I ocassionally read a book or two about crime. Albeit mafia or cold cases. I didn't learn anything terrible earth breaking here but I did read about some cases that I had never heard of before and found myself astounded by the despicable nature of predators. Perhaps it is good for me to stay away from stuff like this because I lean towards advocating for the death penalty when I close the book.

[Corbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different true crime book

This book either assumes you know the details of the crimes or lets you check the web for details. It does exactly what the title says, gives you details of long delayed adjudication. Usually by DNA tests not available to original law enforcement. It also covers crimes with wrong convictions that were corrected by later research.

[Wendy Lovatt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat repetitive.

[EmilyP · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book discussing crimes and the various ways law enforcement use to solve crimes, including cold cases. A brief but informative look at cold cases and law enforcement processes.

[Tommie Sebastian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book very much. Lots of crimes packed in....made me want to look up several for more detail since the author couldn't go deep on all.