Best of
True-Crime

1967

Rivers of Blood, Years of Darkness: the first full story of America's long hot summer of hate


Robert E Conot - 1967
    Discusses the social uprisings of the 1960's and 1970's.

My Most Unforgettable Convicts


Leo L. Stanley - 1967
    Stanley talks about some of the San Quentin inmates he treated in his 30+ year career at that institution.Leo Stanley was born in Oregon in 1886, and raised in San Luis Obispo County, California. After receiving his bachelor's degree at Stanford University in 1903, and matriculating to Cooper Medical College in 1908, Stanley served his medical residency at San Quentin State Prison. In 1913, Stanley accepted the position of Chief Medical Officer at the prison, a position he held until his retirement in 1951. During his tenure at San Quentin, Stanley performed medical experiments on prisoners involving testicular transplants, attracting national media attention (the "Buck" Kelly case). This notoriety would cling to him until his death in 1976.Throughout his life, Stanley traveled the world, working as a physician, studying prison hospitals, and observing conditions at prison road camps. He penned a number of articles for San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, medical journals, and published several books. The final years of his life were spent writing, and working, on his farm ("Crest Farm") in Marin County, California, with his second wife, Bernice Holthouse.

Justice in the Back Room


Selwyn Raab - 1967
    Through an examination of one of the goriest murder cases in America's history, the brutal killing of Janice Wyle and Emily Hoffert in New York City in August of 1963, Selwyn Raab explores the explosive issue of forced confessions.

Confessions of the Boston Strangler


George W. Rae - 1967
    13 murders, numerous rapes, 1950s thru early 1960s. F. Lee Bailey was his defense attorney.