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Crimes Gone By
Crimes Gone By is a collection of essays by Albert Borowitz, collector, historian and author in the field of true crime literature. A noted true-crime historian, he is the author of several books, including The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case, The Woman Who Murdered Black Satin, and Terrorism for Self-Glorification.
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Terrorism for Self-glorification
In this timely study of the roots of terrorism, author Albert Borowitz deftly assesses the phenomenon of violent crime motivated by a craving for notoriety or self-glorification. He traces this particular brand of terrorism back to 356 BCE and the destruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus by arsonist Herostratos and then examines similar crimes through history to the present time, detailing many examples of what the author calls the Herostratos Syndrome, such as the attempted explosion of the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, the Taliban's destruction of the giant Buddhas in Afghanistan, the assassination of John Lennon, the Unabomber strikes, and the attacks on the World Trade Center bui...
Musical Mysteries
In Musical Mysteries, renowned true crime historian Albert Borowitz turns his attention to the long and complex history of music and crime.
Voices from the Reichstag Fire
This study of Berlin's Reichstag Fire of 1933 analyzes several views of the cause of the fire and its impact on the ensuing Nazi takeover of power.
Blood & Ink
The interplay between crime fact and crime fiction can be detected back to literature's earliest beginnings. True crime has long been the basis of many plots of memorable literature - from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter to Jean Genet's play The Maids, there has often been blood on the page.
