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Unsolved Cases
Was John Kennedy's death really the work of a lone assassin? What happened to Lord Duncan? Could Marilyn Monroe have been murdered? Who was the fifth man? Despite tireless police work, advanced technology and the attention of the media, the case files of many major crimes remain resolutely open.
This volume examines 23 of those intriguing mysteries, bringing together all the available facts and examining each case objectively and at length. n a few instances, it has been possible to construct a scenario that fits the existing information, but in the final analysis, it may be that the truth about these deaths, disappearances and defections will never be revealed.
Bibliographical note: The ISBN according to Amazon is invalid but it can't be deleted .from here! There is another edition, exactly the same but without an ISBN, published by Marks & Spencer.
This volume examines 23 of those intriguing mysteries, bringing together all the available facts and examining each case objectively and at length. n a few instances, it has been possible to construct a scenario that fits the existing information, but in the final analysis, it may be that the truth about these deaths, disappearances and defections will never be revealed.
Bibliographical note: The ISBN according to Amazon is invalid but it can't be deleted .from here! There is another edition, exactly the same but without an ISBN, published by Marks & Spencer.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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Lorrie Mack
60 books4 followersLorrie Mack is a journalist and stylist specializing in home-interest subjects. She also writes for a number of consumer magazines, including Homes & Gardens, Period Living, Homes and Ideas, and Inspirations.
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March 1, 2023
Wow, these unsolved cases sure present food for thought; some are well known others not quite so but they all end in circumstances that are not understood by those involved in the investigations. The editors treat them all the same in outlining the situations but in some they do apply what could be called conspiracy theories that leave the reader wondering ... or alternatively prepared to make their own judgement.
One should for instance be able to say that the shooting of JFK would be cut and dried by now but there are still those who have their doubts about what exactly happened in Dallas on that fateful day. And sticking with he Kennedys, there was certainly some doubt as to the goings on at Chappaquiddick Island when Mary Jo Kopechne died as Teddy Kennedy's reasons for his actions did seem somewhat suspect.
There is also some doubt about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart somewhere over the Pacific Ocean on her round the world trip in 1937. On the surface it just seemed like a missing aircraft that had probably gone down in the ocean but once investigations began all sorts of rumours about her spying and on a special mission for the government were aired. Similarly TE Lawrence's motor cycle accident appeared on the face of it just that but once again investigations started rumours about him being involved somehow with the secret service. Even Julius and Ethel Rosenberg protested their innocence when charged with conspiring to betray American atomic secrets to the Soviet Union but all their protestations came to naught as they became the first Americans to be executed for espionage in peacetime.
The case of Marilyn Monroe, Burgess and Maclean, Stephen Ward and the Profumo affair - now there is a case for further investigation as Ward appeared very much to have been the patsy - frogman 'Buster' Crabb and many others are well reviewed. As is also the case of James Hanratty, who was discovered in a snack bar in Blackpool when on the wanted list, gets a good airing. This is not surprising because in hindsight the evidence seems to point to the fact that he was definitely not guilty of the 1961 murders of which he was accused. Indeed, in 2002, years after he was hanged, the case was still raging with so many experts convinced of his innocence. And innocence, too, may have been the verdict on Bruno Hauptmann who was accused, convicted and eventually died in the electric chair four years after the alleged kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.
There are other cases that offer alternative solutions but, of course, sadly it is far too late now for all of them.
One should for instance be able to say that the shooting of JFK would be cut and dried by now but there are still those who have their doubts about what exactly happened in Dallas on that fateful day. And sticking with he Kennedys, there was certainly some doubt as to the goings on at Chappaquiddick Island when Mary Jo Kopechne died as Teddy Kennedy's reasons for his actions did seem somewhat suspect.
There is also some doubt about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart somewhere over the Pacific Ocean on her round the world trip in 1937. On the surface it just seemed like a missing aircraft that had probably gone down in the ocean but once investigations began all sorts of rumours about her spying and on a special mission for the government were aired. Similarly TE Lawrence's motor cycle accident appeared on the face of it just that but once again investigations started rumours about him being involved somehow with the secret service. Even Julius and Ethel Rosenberg protested their innocence when charged with conspiring to betray American atomic secrets to the Soviet Union but all their protestations came to naught as they became the first Americans to be executed for espionage in peacetime.
The case of Marilyn Monroe, Burgess and Maclean, Stephen Ward and the Profumo affair - now there is a case for further investigation as Ward appeared very much to have been the patsy - frogman 'Buster' Crabb and many others are well reviewed. As is also the case of James Hanratty, who was discovered in a snack bar in Blackpool when on the wanted list, gets a good airing. This is not surprising because in hindsight the evidence seems to point to the fact that he was definitely not guilty of the 1961 murders of which he was accused. Indeed, in 2002, years after he was hanged, the case was still raging with so many experts convinced of his innocence. And innocence, too, may have been the verdict on Bruno Hauptmann who was accused, convicted and eventually died in the electric chair four years after the alleged kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.
There are other cases that offer alternative solutions but, of course, sadly it is far too late now for all of them.
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