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Word: murderings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dramatize the scene of the crime? Let the world hear the piteous cries and pleadings of that poor old woman when that burly black brute attacked her and why not turn back the "March of Time" a few years and dramatize the scene of the brutal attack and murder of a young woman-the mother of little children-that occurred near Durant, Okla. That little woman was a kinswoman of mine. That was one of the most fiendish crimes I have ever heard of. I can't say that I approve of the methods that are sometimes used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1933 | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

...spilled tears for "Emperor Jones" and his untimely end, "Walls of Gold" is recommended as a breather, because everything turns out rosy in the end. Ralph Morgan plays the part of the wrong husband and does a masterful job of being incredulously fiendish. A serious spectator might contemplate justified murder as the only dose of medicine to cure his high-handed treatment of the fair Sally...

Author: By O. F. I., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/8/1933 | See Source »

...attempt to vary the customary procedure in the writing of mystery stories, Carolyn Wells introduces us to the wholesale murder of an entire family of four people. Each has been put to death by different means and the situation presents a fine opportunity for the brain of Fleming Stone, long established master detective employed by Miss Wells to see that justice is done to the criminals and to the avid readers of her prolific creations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKS OF THE WEEK | 11/4/1933 | See Source »

...MURDER DAY BY DAY-Irvin S. Cobb -Bobbs-Merrill ($2). Murder of a scoundrel and his two servants on Long Island provokes this daily account of its investigation, which was previously serialized in newspapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Oct. 30, 1933 | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

...MURDER OF A BANKER-J. S. Fletcher- Knopf ($2). Deduction and chase by Chancy and Camberwell. in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murders of the Month: Oct. 30, 1933 | 10/30/1933 | See Source »

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