Who Killed...? Pittsburgh, Pa

Who Killed...? Pittsburgh, Pa
Author: Jack Swint
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2007-07
Genre: Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
ISBN: 1600080405

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Who Killed...? Pittsburgh depicts 20 of Pittsburgh's most notorious, heinous, and mysterious unsolved murders. Through laborious research and interviews with investigators and families of the victims, investigative reporter Jack Swint has laid out particulars of these unsolved crimes. These chapter-length sketches provide a glimpse into twenty unsolved murders: from the frustrations of law enforcement officials, to grieving family members, to the coping of local communities trying to make sense of the random acts of madness. As a whole, Who Killed...? Pittsburgh reveals the dark underbelly of Pennsylvania communities still struggling to diffuse the rage and brutality that so many of its inhabitants possess.

Murder in Pittsburgh

Murder in Pittsburgh
Author: Walter McKeever
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2005
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 0595336140

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When psychology professor Redmond "Mac" McClain and his artist wife, Jennifer, begin a sabbatical at Patten University in Pittsburgh, they are intrigued by the city's beauty and turbulent history. While visiting the Welsh Museum of Art, Jen wonders how the museum managed to acquire three of the five great paintings of the tragically short-lived Parisian artist, Paul Deschamps. How could these extremely valuable works have come to the smoky city of Pittsburgh in 1903, rather than to Paris or London? Mac and Jen find that little is known about Deschamps beyond his drowning in 1904. They undertake a casual research to uncover information about Deschamps. Their more immediate attention is devoted to learning about the city, and to their concerns for the faculty at Patten. Patten is facing serious financial problems, and there is a venomous ongoing struggle between the faculty union and the new, authoritarian, president of Patten. The shocking, mysterious drowning death of a faculty member whom Mac and Jen know, also preoccupies them. Finding their way through a puzzling multiple of remote and current mysteries tests the cleverness, persistence, and courage of Mac and Jen!

Murder in Pittsburgh

Murder in Pittsburgh
Author: Walter McKeever
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595336140

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When psychology professor Redmond "Mac" McClain and his artist wife, Jennifer, begin a sabbatical at Patten University in Pittsburgh, they are intrigued by the city's beauty and turbulent history. While visiting the Welsh Museum of Art, Jen wonders how the museum managed to acquire three of the five great paintings of the tragically short-lived Parisian artist, Paul Deschamps. How could these extremely valuable works have come to the smoky city of Pittsburgh in 1903, rather than to Paris or London? Mac and Jen find that little is known about Deschamps beyond his drowning in 1904. They undertake a casual research to uncover information about Deschamps. Their more immediate attention is devoted to learning about the city, and to their concerns for the faculty at Patten. Patten is facing serious financial problems, and there is a venomous ongoing struggle between the faculty union and the new, authoritarian, president of Patten. The shocking, mysterious drowning death of a faculty member whom Mac and Jen know, also preoccupies them. Finding their way through a puzzling multiple of remote and current mysteries tests the cleverness, persistence, and courage of Mac and Jen!

HoloBall: A Pittsburgh Murder Mystery

HoloBall: A Pittsburgh Murder Mystery
Author: Tom Rinkes
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1483452433

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Centered around a late 1995 clandestine bar in the Strip District that shows Steelers games in holographic form upstairs and a Russian-born psychic waitress downstairs for further entertainment, Jake Johnson looks to solve a brutal murder of a young female Pitt student on the city's bike trail.

Death by Cyanide

Death by Cyanide
Author: Paula Reed Ward
Publisher: University Press of New England
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1611689996

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At just forty-one years old, Dr. Autumn Klein, a neurologist specializing in seizure disorders in pregnant women, had already been named chief of women's neurology at Pittsburgh's largest health system. More than just successful in her field, Dr. Klein was beloved - by her patients, colleagues, family, and friends. She collapsed suddenly on April 17, 2013, writhing in agony on her kitchen floor, and died three days later. The police said her husband, Dr. Robert Ferrante, twenty-three years Klein's senior, killed her through cyanide poisoning. Though Ferrante left a clear trail of circumstantial evidence, Klein's death from cyanide might have been overlooked if not for the investigators who were able to use Ferrante's computer, statements from the staff at his lab, and his own seemingly odd actions at the hospital during his wife's treatment to piece together what appeared to be a long-term plan to end his wife's life. In Death by Cyanide, Paula Reed Ward, reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, describes the murder investigation and the trial in this sensational case, taking us from the poisoning and the medical staff's heroic measures to save Klein's life to the investigation of Ferrante and the emotion and drama inside the courtroom.

The Case of Jennie Brice

The Case of Jennie Brice
Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2014-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1609778936

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A blood-stained rope and towel, and a missing tenant, convince Mrs. Pittman that a murder has been committed in her boarding house. But without a body, the police say there is no case. Now, it's up to Mrs. Pittman to ferret out the killer. For as the landlady, she has the perfect excuse to do a little snooping--and the key to Jennie's apartment.

The Chase for Beauty

The Chase for Beauty
Author: Robert Mendelson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781600372773

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Dr. Hurwitzs real-life drama of murder, love, malpractice, and medical breakthroughs results in an unparalleled chase for beauty.

Brothers and Keepers

Brothers and Keepers
Author: John Edgar Wideman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982148764

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“A rare triumph” (The New York Times Book Review), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American literature: a reflection on John Edgar Wideman’s family and his brother’s incarceration—a classic that is as relevant now as when originally published in 1984. A “brave and brilliant” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, the classic John Edgar Wideman memoir, Brothers and Keepers, is a haunting portrait of two brothers—one an award-winning writer, the other a fugitive wanted for a robbery that resulted in a murder. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother, Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of the American prison system. A gripping, unsettling account, Brothers and Keepers weighs the bonds of blood, affection, and guilt that connect Wideman and his brother and measures the distance that lies between them. “If you care at all about brotherhood and dignity…this is a must-read book” (The Denver Post). With a new afterword by his brother Robert Wideman, recently released after more than fifty years in prison.

Unsolved Civil Rights Murder Cases, 1934-1970

Unsolved Civil Rights Murder Cases, 1934-1970
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2016-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476623627

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The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 called for review and reinvestigation of "violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death." The U.S. Attorney General's review observed that date, while examining cases from 1936 (a date not specified in the Till Act) onward. In selecting violations for review, certain "headline" cases were included while others meeting the same criteria were not considered. This first full-length survey of American civil rights "cold cases" examines unsolved racially motivated murders over nearly four decades, beginning in 1934. The author covers all cases reviewed by the federal government to date, as well as a larger number of cases that were ignored without official explanation.

Fall Guys

Fall Guys
Author: Jim Fisher
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780809321032

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Too young to prosecute, Charlie Zubryd was adopted after his confession and a brief stay in a mental ward. A childless couple gave Zubryd a new name and identity. It would be twenty years before Charlie Zubryd - now going by the name Chuck Duffy - would have any contact with his blood family. When Zubyrd/Duffy made an effort to get his real family back, he was rejected because his relatives still believed he had murdered his mother. Until Fisher began to investigate the case in 1989, Chuck Duffy was not sure he had not killed his mother during some kind of mental blackout.