Milwaukee Mayhem : Murder and Mystery in the Cream City's First Century (Paperback)

from ElizaJane

A collection of dark tales from Milwaukee's early history taken from the newspapers, written in the author's own words. Divided into four sections: Murder, Accidents, Vice, and Secrets. The stories have no segues between them and are in no chronological order; they are simply vignettes ranging fr...

from NellieMc

I should state first that I don't know Milwaukee. If you do know Milwaukee this should be an especially enjoyable book (4 stars), since you could identify the neighborhoods and the geography - I will confess to getting somewhat lost. The second important fact to know is that all of the stories he...

from BellaFoxx

This is the history of a city's one-hundred-year struggle to leave its past behind, to understand, itself, and to make sense of the everyday mayhem of life in a metropolis being born. Jeffrey Dahmer was called "The Milwaukee Cannibal", but he wasn't the only bad boy in the city. Although most of ...

from arelenriel

This really excellent book makes it clear that crimes -- major crimes are not just limited to large cities like Boston, LA, or NYC. Prigge's writing is refreshing in that he looks at these crimes from the perspective of citizens of Milwaukee rather than detectives or forensics experts. This helps...

from cuicocha

This historical collection of short mystery and crime stories is well written and provides a diverting look at Milwaukee's unseemly past. These vignettes are easily read all in one sitting or rationed over a period of time. Either way, the stories illuminate the dark side of Milwaukee's past and ...