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Crimes of the century a selective history of infamy

Crimes of the century a selective history of infamy

DVD 2021

The Zodiac Killer. The Son of Sam. The Lindbergh kidnapping. Over the past century, certain crimes have captured the imagination of the public, dominating the front pages of newspapers and inspiring armchair investigators for generations. At the heart of these 'crimes of the century' is often a burning question: Who did it? Or, if the culprit is known, why did they do it? Crime is perennially appealing because it takes us into the dark recesses o...

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Crime History 19th century
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ISBN:
9781644650943
Description:
2 videodiscs (5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (iii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
digital
video
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD
polychrome
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Notes:
"Course No. 30130"--Container
Accompanying course guidebook contains lecture notes and bibliographical references
Lecturer, Richard B. Spence
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation
Closed-captioned
Contents:
Disc 1: A murder that almost killed Hollywood
The deadly Irish fairy tales of 1895
The Sarajevo conspiracy of 1914
The plot to assassinate the Romanovs
Three serial killers of Weimar Germany
American nightmare: The Lindberg kidnapping
Disc 2 : Murderous maids : the Papin sisters of France
The Moscow-to Mexico mission to kill Trotsky
Califronia's zodiac killer
The Charlie Manson crime family
Son of Sam: New York's tabloid terrorist
Italy's search for the monster of Florence
Control Number:
3102762
UPC:
978164465094
Other Authors:
Spence, Richard B., 1951- teacher
Teaching Company, publisher
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