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Stories
The following stories are not excerpts from Alchemy of Bones. These are tangential tales related to the Luetgert case and articles offering additional background information on topics covered in the book.
Oct. 22, 2005, UPDATE: What
Happened to the Bones? A Possible Answer
Luetgert
Witness Back in the News ... in 2003
Where Mrs.
Luetgert Was Seen
Ben Hecht Borrows From
Luetgert Story?
Luetgert Case Compared to
Berlin Sausage Scare
A Research Hunt: The Luetgert
Factory Fire
Judge:
Bacon Wrote Shakespeare's Plays
Luetgert Lawyer Dies in
Insane Asylum
Mr. Dooley's Thoughts on
"Lootgert"
The Murder Case of George Painter
Chicago Lingo of the Late
1800s
The Body-Snatchers at Dunning
"Be Careful, or You're
Going to
Dunning!"
A Case of Blackmail in
London
Chicago's Bank Panic of 1896
Mrs. Luetgert in New York?
The New York Bribery Plot
Alderman O'Malley Charged With Murder
A Merry Murderer
The Police Hiring Scandal of
1897
Bates the Bigamist
The Old Cook County Jail
A Crank Takes Interest in the
Luetgert Case
The Hypnotist Returns
Luetgert
Tells His Life Story
A Newspaper Article by
Luetgert
Luetgert's Hometown:
Gütersloh
Luetgert's Cellmate, the
Murderous Butcher
The Corpus Delicti: A
Fictional Parallel
The "Science" of Palmistry
A Peek Inside a Chicago
"Poolroom"
Luetgert Trial Draws Bets
False Witnesses at a
Veterans Home
Luetgert Watchman's Son
Killed in 1916
A Parallel Case?
A Burglar's Tale About
the Luetgerts
The Luetgert Factory's
Psychic Connection
A Bone-Setter
Visits Chicago
© 2003 by Robert Loerzel.