The WORLD'S STRANGEST CRIMES -- 27 of the Most Bizarre Crimes Ever Imagined . by Maine, C.E. (Charles Eric) - 1970

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.: Pocket Books./ Simon & Schuster, 1970. Book. FINE+, Near New. Soft cover. Second Canadian Edition By Publisher.. 222 pages. "27 of the most bizarre crimes ever imagined. In South Africa in 1934, a detective investigated the brutal rape and murder of a young girl - a crime which he himself had committed. In early seventeenth-century Scotland, Sawney Beane and his family, using a cave as their headquarters, operated as highwaymen. They murdered scores of travellers whose bodies were never found. Reason: the ate their victims! The bizarre and the unique are featured in this group of astounding true stories of crime gathered from all over the world." CHAPTERS - (1) The Stone of Destiny; (2) Haydn's Head; (3) The People Eaters; (4) The Saga of the 'Santa Maria'; (5) One-Man 'Coup d'etat"; (6) Little Boy Lost; (7) Heart Failure; (8) Skeleton in the Pipe; (9) The Chancellor of the Exchequer; (10) The Artless Forger; (11) The Bogus Princess; (12) The Severed Hand;(13) The Art of Self-Investigation; (14) The Doll Lady; (15) The Cheat; (16) The Lost-Property Office; (17) The Train-Wreaker; (18) Arsenic Galore; (19) The Castro Impersonation; (20) He Got Away with Murder; (21) The Cigarette Vendetta; (22) Murder Without Motive; (23) The Fantasia Fantasy; (24) The Odd Prophet; (25) The Missing Link; (26) Operation Inflation; (27) The Posthumous Gangster; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall..