Poison Widows

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): St Martins Pr
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Summary

A true story of disgruntled wives, old world witchcraft, and murder as revealed in the trials of the infamous "Poison Widows" in Philadelphia in 1939. of photos.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
PART ONE: LA FATTURA
Professor P. Patril
3(3)
Herman the Hustler
6(7)
Louie the Rabbi
13(5)
Gone Fishin'
18(5)
Strong Medicine
23(9)
Colonel Bolber
32(4)
The Wrong Victim
36(17)
PART TWO: LA GIUSTIZIA
Da McDevitt
53(4)
The Secret Service Murder Plot
57(9)
Chemotherapy
66(12)
Herman on Trial
78(13)
For the Defense, Raymond Pace Alexander
91(6)
The Witch
97(12)
The Caged Bird Sings
109(7)
Run, Rabbi, Run
116(3)
The Great Bolber
119(4)
Rosie Bananas
123(6)
Hanging Juries
129(13)
Witness for the Prosecution
142(4)
The Lost Little Lambs
146(12)
Stella Gets Her Man
158(10)
A Modern Portia
168(20)
The Kiss of Death
188(9)
Rakish Rose
197(15)
The Tide Turns
212(7)
The Last Widow
219(14)
PART THREE: LE CONSEGUENZE
The Debt to Society
233(9)
(In)Justice
242(13)
The Iniquities of the Mothers
255(16)
Appendix A: Victims 271(6)
Appendix B: Defendants and Case Outcomes 277(8)
Source Notes and Acknowledgments 285

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