The Chronicle of Crime

Over Two Centuries of Crime, Committed by the World's Most Infamous Murderers and Villains, are Documented Here in a Year-by-Year Format. Read All About: * The violence and squalor of London's criminal slums * Lawless thieving and shootings of the "Wild" West * Kidnapping, blackmail and extortion committed by the desperate and despicable * The global phenomenon of organized crime, the power-hungry bosses and the brutality of gangland killings * Latter-day serial killers and gun massacres * Terrorist attacks and sniper slayings There is also in-depth commentary on the most notorious men and women in the history of crime: Burke and Hare, Jack the Ripper, Ned Kelly, Lizzie Borden, Al Capone, Albert Fish, Dr. Crippen, Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, Charles Manson, Peter Sutcliffe, Theodore Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Fred and Rosemary West, Dr Harold Shipman and Ian Huntley; and special features on September 11, 2001 and killers who commit suicide.