Format:
Video disc
Title:
Crimes of the century : a selective history of infamy
ISBN:
9781644650943
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2021]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (iii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Series title(s):
General Note:
12 lessons.
"Course No. 30130"--Container
Title from container.
Accompanying course guidebook contains lecture notes and bibliographical references.
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 -- California's zodiac killer -- The Charlie Manson crime family -- Son of Sam: New York's tabloid terrorist -- Italy's search for the monster of Florence.
Summary:
Delve into some of the most infamous, ghastly, and mysterious crimes of the last hundred-odd years in Crimes of the Century: A Selective History of Infamy. Taught by Professor Richard B. Spence of the University of Idaho, this enthralling course gives you a dozen case studies of murders most foul. From an intriguing Irish domestic murder to a world-shaking political assassination, survey some of the most heinous crimes in modern history.
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