The Hollywood Murder Casebook
The Hollywood Murder Casebook by Michael Munn, published by Robson Books in 1987, offers a survey of 13 mysterious deaths in Hollywood, exploring cases that range from potential murders to suicides. This first edition, comprising 192 pages, delves into notable unsolved incidents, including the 1922 shooting of director William Desmond Taylor and the 1924 death of Thomas Ince, which Munn speculates may have occurred on William Randolph Hearst’s yacht.
Readers will find an examination of various infamous cases, such as the murder of underworld figure Bugsy Siegel and the tragic events surrounding the deaths of actor Gig Young and his bride Kim Schmidt. Munn also discusses the stabbing of Lana Turner’s lover by Cheryl Crane, the Sharon Tate massacre, and the knifing of Sal Mineo. The book presents these accounts in a concise manner, with some cases receiving as little as five pages of coverage, accompanied by photographs that enhance the narrative.
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This superficial survey investigates 13 mysterious Hollywood deaths, some of them possible murders, others perhaps suicides. Munn is particularly interested in unsolved cases, like the fatal shooting of director William Desmond Taylor in 1922, the death of actor-writer-director-producer Thomas Ince in 1924, which, the author speculates, may have occurred aboard William Randolph Hearst’s yacht, and the simultaneous deaths of actor Gig Young and his bride Kim Schmidt in 1978. Also covered are infamous cases involving the gunning down of underworld figure Bugsy Siegel, Cheryl Crane’s stabbing of her mother Lana Turner’s lover, the Sharon Tate massacre and the knifing of Sal Mineo. Munn’s (Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston) overview is macabre and so sketchy that some cases are dealt with in as few as five pages. Photos.
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