"Unsolved crimes takes an illuminating look at forty of history's most notorious felonies, from the axe-murderer who terrorized New Orleans to the disappearance of the British toddler Madeleine McCann. The notorious crimes covered in these pages have one thing in common: despite extensive investigations by professional and amateur sleuths alike, the culprits have so far evaded justice"--Cover flap.

Murder. Did Napoleon Bonaparte die from arsenic poisoning? -- Was Edgar Allan Poe murdered? -- Did Lizzie Borden murder her father and stepmother with an axe? -- Who assassinated Michael Collins? -- Was Al Capone behind the St. Valentine's Day massacre -- Who killed Sir Harry Oakes? -- Who was responsible for the Black Dalia murder? -- Who was behind the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero? -- Who murdered the Italian banker Roberto Calvi? -- Who killed Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme? -- Who killed hundreds of women in the Mexican city of Cuidad Juárez? -- Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? -- Were the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls connected? -- Who ordered the murder of Anna Politkovskaya? -- What is the explanation for the Salish Sea feet mystery? -- Terrorism. Who was responsible for the Wall Street bombing? -- Who were the real Birmingham pub bombers? -- Who was responsible for the East African U.S. embassy bombings? -- Who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine? -- Serial killing. Who was Jack the Ripper's real identity? -- Who was the Axeman of New Orleans? -- Who committed the Cleveland torso murders? -- Who was the Zodiac Killer? -- What was the identity of the Original Night Stalker? -- Who was responsible for the Chicago Tylenol murders? -- Why haven't police caught the Long Island serial killer? -- Robbery and fraud. Who stole the Irish Crown Jewels? -- Who was the Mystery Man with 21 faces? -- Who robbed the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum? -- Who committed the Amsterdam diamond heist? -- Who was behind the Banco Central robbery in Fortaleza, Brazil? -- Who stole four masterpieces from a Zurich art museum? -- Who committed the Carlton Hotel diamond heist? -- Unexplained disappearances. What happened to Judge Crater? -- What happened to the Alcatraz escapees? -- Did Lord Lucan murder the family nanny and then make his escape? -- Why did Jimmy Hoffa disappear? -- What happened to Madeleine McCann?