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Description edit
Washington D.C. isn't known as the "District of Crime" or "Murder Capital of America" for nothing. Though the capital city's motto is "justice for all," D.C. has a darker side, including an extensive history of crimes and misdemeanors, some political and some not. The Crime Buff's Guide to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- John Wilkes Booth: Assassin
- John Allen Muhammad: Beltway Sniper
- Albert Fish: Cannibal and sado-sexual serial killer
- Bunny Man: Urban legend or real serial killer in rural Virginia?
- Richard Nixon: Former president at center of Watergate scandal
- Dashiell Hammett: America's greatest mystery writer
- Edgar Allan Poe: Author of the world's first mystery story
- J. Edgar Hoover: Legendary director of the FBI and the original "G-Man"
- Hadden Clark: Cross-dressing Maryland serial killer
- Charles Guiteau: Assassin of President James Garfield
- Mary E. Surratt: Lincoln conspirator and first women executed by the US government
- Vincent Foster: Suicide or murder? A Clinton insider who died under mysterious circumstances
- John Hinckley: Would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan, now America's most famous mental patient
- Mary Jo Kopechne: Victim of senatorial mishap at Chappaquiddick
- Mary Pinchot Meyer: JFK paramour and murder victim
- Henry Wirz: Andersonville commander hanged as a war criminal after the Civil War
- Mary Ann Hall: Washington's most elegant madam
- Marvin Gaye: Reared in Washington DC, soulful R&B singer meets a tragic end
- Chandra Levy: Former congressional intern's murder sparked a national scandal ... and we were wrong
- Marion Barry: Crack-smoking DC mayor
- George Lincoln Rockwell: American Nazi leader ... and assassination victim
- John F. Kennedy: Assassination victim
- Robert F. Kennedy: Assassination victim
- H.L. Mencken: Journalist who covered Scopes "Monkey Trial," ampong other crime stories
- Madalyn Murray O'Hair: Atheist who challenged prayer in schools ... and met a murderous end
- Babe Ruth: From reform school to the Major Leagues
Quotes edit
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“As a child, I saw Washington, D.C., as a sort of Emerald City, a wondrous place where great men gathered to do great deeds in the great halls of our exceptional nation. This city of soaring marble and extraordinary possibilities, in my young mind, was a place where good things happened. I knew from my early fascination with the Lincoln assassination that bad things happened, but I presumed they were exceedingly rare. After all, even Oz had its Wicked Witch and flying monkeys.”
Author (in Introduction)
Setting & Locations edit
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Ford's Theatre
- Bladensburg Dueling Grounds
- White House
- Cabin John Bridge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Glen Echo Amusement Park
- The Capitol
- NCIS Headquarters
- FBI Headquarters
- Congressional Cemetery
- The Pentagon
- Washington
- Maryland
- Baltimore
- Virginia
- America
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- D.c.
- Florida
- Silver Spring
- Tennessee
- Texas
- California
- Philadelphia
- Decatur
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Annapolis
- Catonsville
- Los Angeles
Organizations edit
- Federal Bureau of Investigation: America's main crime-fighting agency
- Central Intelligence Agency: America's international intelligence-gathering unit
- NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigation Service
- National Rifle Association: Pro-gun lobby
- National Museum of Crime and Punishment: A unique museum
- Holocaust Memorial Museum: A living lesson in genocide ... and a crime scene, too
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Washington DC (and immediate environs) Sites
Lincoln Assassination Sites
Maryland Sites
Arlington National Cemetery Sites
Series & Lists edit
This book is in THE CRIME BUFF'S GUIDE books. (standard series)
This book is in True Crime: By Region. (community list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2012
ISBN: 978-0762773855
Page Count: 232
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 2012
ISBN: 978-0762773855
Page Count: 232
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Washington D.C.
- Books › Travel › United States › Regions › Northeast › Mid Atlantic
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Criminals
- Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts › True Crime
- Books › Nonfiction › Crime & Criminals › Forensic Science
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Maryland
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