Books like Murder by Gaslight

#1

H. H. Holmes The True History of the White City Devil

Adam Selzer

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

#2

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson

Themes: Serial Killers • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#3

Blood & Ink The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder that Hooked America on True Crime

Joe Pompeo

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#4

Paddy Whacked The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster

T. J. English

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#5

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher Hunting America’s Deadliest Unidentified Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology

Max Allan Collins

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#6

They All Love Jack Busting the Ripper

Bruce Robinson

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#7

Murdered in Their Beds

Troy Taylor

Themes: Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Occultism • Murder

#8

The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer Richard Biegenwald — John O’Rourke

John O'Rourke

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#9

Hunting Charles Manson The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter

Lis Wiehl

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#10

Bad Boy from Rosebud The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

Gary M. Lavergne

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#11

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher Hunting a Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology

Max Allan Collins

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#12

Tragedy in the North Woods The Murders of James Hicks

Trudy Irene Scee

Themes: Serial Killers • Criminals & Outlaws • Murder

#13

Glensheen’s Daughter The Marjorie Congdon Story

Sharon Darby Hendry

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#14

Holmes’ Own Story Confessed 27 Murders – Lied Then Died (87 Historical Illustrations)

Jd Crighton

Themes: Serial Killers • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#15

American Demon Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper

Daniel Stashower

Themes: Serial Killers • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#16

A Killing in Amish Country Sex, Betrayal, and a Cold-blooded Murder

Gregg Olsen

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#17

Life of the Marlows A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

William Rathmell

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Murder • 19th Century

#18

The Michigan Murders

Edward Keyes

Themes: Serial Killers • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#19

Texas Pistoleers The True Story of Ben Thompson and King Fisher — G R Williamson

G. R. Williamson

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Murder • 19th Century

#20

The Ghosts of Eden Park The Bootleg King, the Women who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-age America

Abbott Kahler

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#21

The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock

Otto A. Rothert

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • 19th Century

#22

The Murder of the Century The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars

Paul Collins

Themes: Serial Killers • Murder • 19th Century

#23

Muncie Murder & Mayhem

Douglas Walker & Keith Roysdon

Themes: Criminals & Outlaws • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder

#24

Notorious Memphis Gangster Diggs Nolen — Patrick O’Daniel

Patrick O'Daniel

Themes: Serial Killers • Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) • Murder