Treasury of Victorian murder

Presents a graphic novel that recounts the conspiracy by John Wilkes Booth and other Confederate sympathizers to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, the capture of the conspirators and death of Booth, and the funeral procession and entombment of the President in Springfield, Illinois.

Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

This is an engrossing, illustrated journey into true crime classics of the Victorian era. This second omnibus of storied treasuries of murder includes the famous double axe murder by Lizzie Borden; the mysterious drowning of the lovely Mary Rogers; the Bloody Benders, a Kansas family of murderous innkeepers; Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith who poisoned an inconvenient suitor; and the famous assassination of President Lincoln. Each true crime story includes a bibliography of research sources, presenting true facts about famous murders in an entertaining fashion.

Combines fact and fiction in a black-and-white cartoon chronicle of the Jack the Ripper murders, following the case from the perspective of a Victorian Englishman.

A graphic novel account of the Victorian crime saga involving the Benders, an odd family that arrived in Kansas in the early 1870s and set up a combination dwelling, grocery store, and inn from which wealthy travelers vanished at an alarming rate.

Uses comic art to examine the question of who killed Mary Rogers, a young nineteenth-century New York woman rumored to have died of a botched abortion attempt; includes discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's story based on the case, "The Mystery of Mary Roget.".

Tells the story of Madeleine Smith, a prosperous Scottish architect's daughter, who in 1855, was accused of poisoning her lover so she could marry a wealthy merchant.

A graphic novel account of the murder trial of Lizzie Borden who was accused of murdering her parents in a vicious attack with an ax in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892.

A graphic novel account of the life and grisly career of serial killer H.H. Holmes, particularly focusing on his life in Chicago, where he was responsible for an unknown number of deaths in the late nineteenth century.