One of Americarsquos most acclaimed investigative journalists re-investigates some of the most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last years The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasnrsquot an accident Theories behind the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe change yearly and some believe Jack the Ripper was a member of the royal family History books say Hitler burned down the Reichstagmdashbut did he And who really organized the conspiracy to kill Abraham Lincoln Acclaimed investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein cut his teeth on one of the most notorious murder mysteries of the th century in his first book Inquest The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth one of the first books on the assassination and an instant bestseller His conclusion The Commission left open too many questions He examines those questions here as well as some of the most famous ldquounsolvedrdquo or mysterious crimes of all time coming to some startling conclusions His method in each investigation is simple outline what is known and unknown and show the plausible theories of a case Where more than one theory exists he shows the evidence for and against each And when something remains to be proved he says as much In The Annals of Unsolved Crime Epstein re-visits his most famous investigations and adds dozens of new cases From the Lindbergh kidnapping to the JonBenet Ramsey murder case from the Black Dahlia murder to anthrax attacks on America from the vanishing of Jimmy Hoffa to the case of Amanda KnoxmdashEpstein considers three dozen high-profile crimes and their tangled histories and again proves himself one of our most penetrating journalistsFrom the Hardcover edition.
