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Man with the Killer Smile : The Life and Crimes of a Serial Mass Murderer /

"On a cold, windy December night in 1926, hell was unleashed on a tenant farm near Farwell, the last Texas town before the New Mexico border. Prone to the bottle and fits of rage, the burly man with the smiling blue eyes was in no mood to quarrel with his third wife over his bootleg whisky and...

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Autor principal: Roth, Mitchel P., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: George Jefferson Hassell, the First "Texas Bluebeard"
  • George J. Hassell: The Early Years
  • First Love, Last Love
  • Whittier
  • On the Road
  • Farwell: The Last Mile
  • Kill Them All
  • The Last Victim
  • Suspicion
  • The Lindops Move In
  • Auction Day
  • The Noose Tightens
  • Suicide
  • Exhumation
  • The Jig Is Up
  • Picking a Jury
  • Life or Death: The Trial of George J. Hassell
  • Verdict
  • It Was a Good Job
  • Appeals, Reprieve, and the Texas Death Penalty
  • Urge to Kill
  • Riding the Thunderbolt
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Hassell Farm Auction Sale
  • Notes.