Buhk, Tobin T.

Summary: Shows how the American Civil War created new opportunities for crime from revenge against personal enemies, counterfeiting, plunder, and abuse to massacre, and discusses the draft riot in Detroit, the Fort pillow Massacre, the rebel plot to burn New York City, and more.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2012

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Buhk, Tobin T.

Summary: "In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder.Follow detectives as they unravel...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364.152 BUH

Buhk, Tobin T.

Summary: For more than two decades, Dr. Stephen D. Cohle has been solving vexing forensic mysteries as the medical examiner for Kent County, Michigan. Based on his work with Dr. Cohle, true-crime writer Tobin T. Buhk recounts twenty-one riveting, real-life stories, each with a unique forensic twist. --from publisher description.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2008

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 614.1 BUH

Buhk, Tobin T.

Summary: "The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 BUH

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Buhk, Tobin T.

Summary: While the River City is known for its history of furniture making, it also has a sinister side. Jennie Flood was a widow with a get-rich scheme that involved a shotgun and an insurance application. Reverend Ferris went undercover in his war against the citys purveyors of vice. The police rounded up the usual suspects in an attempt to solve the infamous 1921 bank heist that led to the slaying of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2015

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Buhk, Tobin T.

Contents: A brief history of crime in Michigan -- Strang circumstances : the murder of Michigan's Beaver Island king -- Wild, wild West : the lawless frontier of Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- The subtle and daring poison plot of Arthur Waite -- Dynamite farmer : Andrew Kehoe and history's deadliest school day -- Motor city massacre and the end of the purple reign -- Lonely hearts : the Michigan victims...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2011

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Cohle, Stephen D.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.1 COH

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 614.1 COH