Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College library employee David Breithaupt walked off with $50,000 worth of rare books and documents from the college. John Dillinger hit banks all... Read More
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Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College library employee David Breithaupt walked off with $50,000 worth of rare books and documents from the college. John Dillinger hit banks all... Read More
Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College library employee David Breithaupt walked off with $50,000 worth of rare books and documents from the college. John Dillinger hit banks all over Ohio, and Alvin Karpis robbed a train in Garrettsville and a mail truck in Warren. Jane Ann Turzillo writes of these and other notable heists and perpetrators.
Details
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 19th April 2021
State: Ohio
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467145565
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime TRUE CRIME / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Author Bio
Jane Ann Turzillo is a several-time National Federation of Press Women award winner and double Agatha Award nominee. She is a full-time author of ten books on Ohio history and true crime. As one of the original owners of a large weekly newspaper, she covered police and fire news. When she is not digging up history in old newspapers, police files, court records and cemeteries, she enjoys photography and playing with her German shepherd, Doc Holliday, and her border collie mix, Pretty Boy Floyd. Visit her website at www.janeannturzillo.com and read her blog at http://darkheartedwomen.wordpress.com.
Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College library employee David Breithaupt walked off with $50,000 worth of rare books and documents from the college. John Dillinger hit banks all over Ohio, and Alvin Karpis robbed a train in Garrettsville and a mail truck in Warren. Jane Ann Turzillo writes of these and other notable heists and perpetrators.
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 19th April 2021
State: Ohio
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467145565
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime TRUE CRIME / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Jane Ann Turzillo is a several-time National Federation of Press Women award winner and double Agatha Award nominee. She is a full-time author of ten books on Ohio history and true crime. As one of the original owners of a large weekly newspaper, she covered police and fire news. When she is not digging up history in old newspapers, police files, court records and cemeteries, she enjoys photography and playing with her German shepherd, Doc Holliday, and her border collie mix, Pretty Boy Floyd. Visit her website at www.janeannturzillo.com and read her blog at http://darkheartedwomen.wordpress.com.
