Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection: Unidentified Serial Killers, Unsolved Kidnappings, and Mysterious Murders (Including the Zodiac Killer, Natalee Holloway's Disappearance, the Golden State Killer and More)

by Cheyna Roth

Overview

Discover the fascinating true crime stories of JonBenét Ramsey, the Black Dahlia, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft, the Amber Alert case, the Cleveland Torso Murders, and more—a must-read for murderinos, armchair detectives, and online sleuths of all kinds!

From mystifying heists to shocking murders, Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection features case file facts, fascinating details, and chilling testimonies of the world’s most famous cold cases. Written for true crime junkies who love to speculate on the facts and theories surrounding their favorite cases, this book reads like you’re having a conversation with a friend or listening to your favorite crime podcast. Each chapter delves deep into the facts, while also illuminating the many theories surrounding these mysteriously fascinating cases:

- The Zodiac Killer
- The disappearance of Natalee Holloway
- The murder of JonBenét Ramsey
- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist
- The Kingsbury Run murders, aka the Cleveland Torso murders
- The Black Dahlia murder
- The Freeway Phantom murders
- D. B. Cooper’s airplane heist
- The Amber Alert case (the death of Amber Hagerman)
- The Golden State Killer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646040346
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	24,318
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Raised on an early diet of Nancy Drew novels, Cheyna Roth has always had a deep fascination with crime and a good mystery. A prosecuting attorney at the age of twenty-four, Cheyna started out wanting to put the dregs of society in jail. But she soon learned that the criminal justice system is far from black and white. Cheyna became a journalist in 2016. She started out in public radio as a political reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network and has been a guest on popular shows such as 1A, Here and Now, and All Things Considered. Now Cheyna is an investigative journalist for The Grand Rapids Press and MLive. Her work has also been featured in Broadly, Bustle, and on NPR. Cheyna is also an adjunct professor of journalism and law at Aquinas College.

Table of Contents

The Zodiac Killer A Control Freak Puts on a Hood 1

The Black Dahlia Patron Saint of Mutilated Women 28

The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway White Girl Missing…News at 11:00 49

The Death of Jonbenét Ramsey Big Curls, Big Press 73

The Freeway Phantom Choose Your Own Victim 94

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Where Exactly Do You Hide Stolen Art? 115

D. B. Coopers Big Jump Airplane Outlaw 137

The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run Dead at the Sink 161

The Death of Amber Hagerman One Person, One Idea 184

The Golden State Killer Prolific Coward 204

Notes 230

Bibliography 253

Acknowledgments 272

About the Author 274