The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes

The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes is a book written by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell which was first published in 1984 by Octopus Books as part of their World's Greatest series.[1] It contains accounts of various unsolved mysteries such as murders, unexplained disappearances and scandals.

The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes
First edition
AuthorRoger Boar and Nigel Blundell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesOctopus World's Greatest
GenreTrue crime
PublisherOctopus Books Limited, Hamlyn
Publication date
1984
Media typePaperback
Pages192 pp
ISBN0-600-57231-5
364.1

List of entries

Part 1: Crimes Without Call

Part 2: Crimes of Our Time

Part 3: Crimes of Greed
  • Conviction Without a Corpse - the disappearance of Murial McKay
  • Doctor Death - the trial of John Bodkin Adams
  • The Nazi's Gold - the widespread theft carried out by the Nazi Party during World War II
  • The Unpaid Debt - the murder of Arnold Rothstein
  • The Black Widow - the serial murderer, Belle Gunness
  • The Wreck of the Chantiloupe - the sinking of the Chantiloupe and the murder of Mrs. James Burke

Part 4: Vanishing Tricks
  • The Disappearing Parachutist - the aircraft hijacking committed by D. B. Cooper
  • The Canine Sherlock Holmes - the discovery of the missing FIFA World Cup Trophy by Pickles the dog
  • The Missing Murderers - the fate of Nazi war criminals who fled after World War II
  • France's Uncrowned King - Louis XVII of France and the many imposters claiming to be him
  • The Sinking of the Salem - the staged sinking of the Salem oil tanker for the sake of an insurance fraud
  • A Peer's Great Gamble - the famous disappearance of Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
  • Suspect Deceased - the disappearance of Linda Sturley
  • The Disappearance of Goodtime Joe - Joseph Force Crater
  • Death at the Opera House - the disappearance of Ambrose Small
  • The Impossible is Possible - the murder of Roy Orsini
  • A Riddle in Life and a Riddle in Death - the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa and the surrounding conspiracy theory
  • The Mysterious Mummy - an ornamental mummy which was discovered to contain a real corpse during the filming of a Six Million Dollar Man episode
  • The Prairie's Murder Inn - the Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers
  • Who Did She Bury? - the disappearance of Nels Stenstrom and the strange funeral ceremony conducted in his absence
  • Acrobats of Death - the murder of Ugo Pavesi by a man described by witnesses as a giant
  • The Oldest Kidnap Victim? - The discovery of Homo erectus pekinensis and the complete disappearance of the fossils in transit

Part 5: Murder Most Foul

References
  1. "The World's Greatest Unsolved Crimes" by Roger Boar and Nigel Blundell, Octopus Books Ltd. 1984
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