Midwest Vice
A Chain of Midcentury Sex Trafficking and Murder
Published on 15. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-1-4766-9088-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book delves into four interconnected murders, each of them unsolved, in which the common denominator is the underground world of sex trafficking. Using police and FBI records never before made public, underworld links are made between numerous vice centers in the Midwest. What does a small mining town in upper Michigan have to do with organized crime in Peoria, Illinois? More than you might think!
Within these pages, meet corrupt night club owners, dancers who moonlight as callgirls, interstate burglary rings, Milwaukee Mafia members, bank robbers and more. All part of one giant web, they come together in a story that has remained largely untold--until now.
Within these pages, meet corrupt night club owners, dancers who moonlight as callgirls, interstate burglary rings, Milwaukee Mafia members, bank robbers and more. All part of one giant web, they come together in a story that has remained largely untold--until now.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
35 photos, notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-9088-9 (9781476690889)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Gavin Schmitt is a local historian working in northeast Wisconsin. He has previously written on Milwaukee organized crime, the Menominee tribe, and various film topics, with some of his work appearing in Horrorhound magazine.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Jay Bass
Midwest Vice: Hurley, Wisconsin
The Peoria Underworld?
Interlude: Malcolm O'Bannon
Interlude: Milwaukee Jazz?
Izzy Pogrob and the Brass Rail?
The O'Bannon Gang, Part Two: Robert Langenour
The Return of Willard Woodring?
The Continuing Saga of Layton and Fordyce
Further Suspects
Addendum: Where Did They Go?
Chapter Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Jay Bass
Midwest Vice: Hurley, Wisconsin
The Peoria Underworld?
Interlude: Malcolm O'Bannon
Interlude: Milwaukee Jazz?
Izzy Pogrob and the Brass Rail?
The O'Bannon Gang, Part Two: Robert Langenour
The Return of Willard Woodring?
The Continuing Saga of Layton and Fordyce
Further Suspects
Addendum: Where Did They Go?
Chapter Notes
Index