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The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp
The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp
The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp
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The life, crimes, and rise to fame of Alfred Knapp, “The Strangler,” from the award-winning journalist and author of Cincinnati’s Savage Seamstress.
 
Just before Christmas 1902, Alfred Knapp strangled his wife in her sleep. He put her body in a box and sent the box floating down the Great Miami River, telling everyone that Hannah had left him. When the truth came out, Knapp confessed to four other murders. Newspapers across the Midwest sent reporters to interview the handsome strangler. Despite spending most of his adulthood in prison, he had a charming, boyish manner that made him an instant celebrity serial killer. True crime historian Richard O. Jones examines the strangler’s alleged crimes, the family drama of covering up Knapp’s atrocities and how a brain-damaged drifter became a media darling.
 
Includes photos
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 4, 2015
ISBN9781625855534
The First Celebrity Serial Killer in Southwest Ohio: Confessions of the Strangler Alfred Knapp
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Richard O Jones

After 25 years as an award-winning feature writer, editor and arts critic for the Hamilton Journal-News, Richard O Jones left daily journalism in the fall of 2013 for a life of true crime. A 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Miami University, he was recently honored for his by his alma mater for his written work on the centennial commemoration of the Great Flood of 1913.

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