Panzram

This unique history of the last 100 years of criminal psychology shares insights about infamous murderers from the psychiatrists and other trained psychological professionals who analyzed and treated them. • 18 primary case histories, with comparisons to several other cases for comparison • Chronological arrangement of cases, showcasing a century

This book paints a picture of how humanity is willing to kill and murder it's own people.

The infamous escape from the maximum security federal prison is recounted in gripping detail in this Depression Era true crime history. On December 11, 1931, chaos erupted behind the limestone walls of Leavenworth Penitentiary as seven desperate men put months of planning into action. Aided by notorious gangsters Frank Nash,

Who are they? Where do they come from? Why do they do it? Serial killers are the headline-grabbing criminals of the modern world. With the body count rising, and shallow graves giving up their secrets, almost weekly new names join the list of terrifying murderers, already swollen with the 20th

The brutally graphic memoirs of one of America's most notorious and urepentant murderers who killed 21 people and committed thousands of burglaries and numerous acts of vioence and sexual abuse. Born in 1891 in Minnesota, he died on the gallows in 1930 after having spent a large portion of his

On July 1, 1895, under the direction of warden James French, the first federal prison was born. That same year, St. Louis architects Eames and Young went to work drawing up plans for an institution that would house the most notorious offenders in the nation's history. At sunrise on March

Carl Panzram was a lifelong criminal and hate-filled serial killer. A single act of kindness by prison guard Henry Lesser sparked a friendship that eventually influenced Panzram to write his gruesome autobiography. John Borowski deftly weaves reenactments of Panzram's own words, Lesser?s recollections and letters and expert analysis to take

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Contains memoirs of Carl Panzram, letters written by Carl Panzram to Henry Lesser (a prison guard who worked for reform in American prisons), newspaper articles and manuscripts collected by Henry Lesser, and a poster of the book based on this collection.