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From the murder of Kitty Genovese to The French Connection drug bust, this is your location guide to New York City's most infamous crimes. Crime scene addresses, along with hideouts, crash pads, and safehouses give the reader a better understanding of events. The guide includes names, dates, times and photos! Armchair detectives can now study the NYC crimeswhich have inspired books, articles, films, documentaries, countless headlines, and unending fascination. One of New York's many hidden delights is the history of its buildings and the ability for the armchair detective to research and visit locations that stand as they were years ago. Scouting locations shows the armchair sleuth what the victim or attacker was looking at, how far the location is from their home, or the nearest subway. Each crime story includes multiple addresses related allowing the reader review the story as a sequence of events, timing, and distances. This volume includes chapters on the mysterious death of C.I.A. scientist Frank Olson, the tragic murder of Kitty Genovese, the night Norman Mailer stabbed his wife, the assassination of Malcolm X and many more. Addresses to secret lairs, authors' apartments, and hidden hotels will have the reader zipping uptown and downtown, to the east and to the west, attempting to unravel the mythology around these vexing crime events.

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University of Missouri - School of Journalism graduate, author Stephanie Hughes lives in Florida working as a crime writer, artist, and graphic designer. Her crime location app Walking & Stalking NYC was featured on the iPhone/App Store. She has also recently completed a children's book, Our Baby Sitter and Will Feral, the story of a feral cat and how to help local feral cat programs. Stephanie received a Grammy Nomination for Album Art Direction, 1998 and is currently at work on the next volume of her crime location series, The New York Crimes - Volume II - The '70s.

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