Satan's circus [electronic resource] : murder, vice, police corruption and New York's trial of the century / Mike Dash.
Nearly five million men and women have served the United States as police officers. Only one has been executed for murder. Critically acclaimed author Mike Dash brings to life the scandalous tale of Charley Becker. Charley Becker was a New York police lieutenant widely reviled in the first decades of the twentieth century as "the crookedest cop who ever stood behind a shield." Becker began his career in New York's Tenderloin district, a twenty-eight-block strip notorious for its seedy late night activities. After making a series of high-profile arrests, Becker and his "strong-arm squad" were lauded for their success in stamping out vice throughout Manhattan. But the shooting of a casino proprietor in 1912 unfolded into the most sensational murder case New York had ever seen when Becker was charged with the killing, and corruption within the system was illuminated. Critically acclaimed author Mike Dash brings to life the scandalous tale of Charley Becker, a New York police lieutenant charged with a brutal murder.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415938867 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1415938865 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [Santa Ana, Calif.] : Books on Tape, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 12:51:01. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Robertson Dean. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 184667 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Murder > New York (State) > New York. Becker, Charles, 1870-1915. Police corruption > New York (State) > New York. Rosenthal, Herman, d. 1912. |
Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |