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Collins, Max Allan, author.

Eliot Ness and the mad butcher : hunting America's deadliest unidentified serial killer at the dawn of modern criminology / Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz.

First edition.

New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

xii, 558 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"In the spirit of Devil in the White City and Furious Hours comes the haunting true story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final case-his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run," a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the 1936 World Fair"-- Provided by publisher.

Ness, Eliot.

Serial murderers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies.

Serial murder investigation -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies.

Murder -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Case studies.

Case studies.

True crime stories.

Biographies.

Schwartz, A. Brad (Austin Bradley), author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-541) and index.

Prologue: Untouchable -- Public safety. The dark city ; An impossible mission ; Showdown ; The mad butcher ; This is a raid! ; The butcher's meat ; Perfect victims -- The unknowns. Hero of the hour ; A modern Dracula ; Who will be next? ; Doctor X ; Butcher paper ; Good riddance ; Mystery man ; Right-hand man ; A new suspect ; The right man? ; That's the man ; Whatever became of Eliot Ness? ; The heat is on ; EN-3 -- Private sector. Social evil ; The old restlessness ; Vote yes for Ness ; Head man Ness ; You should write a book ; Valuable citizen -- Epilogue: A modern myth -- An informal afterword.

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