The harsh discipline of Puritan life bred the hard-bitten and
hard-working people of Massachusetts, but did it also breed a unique
type of criminal? This book explores the headline crimes of the state to
find an answer. Included are the cases of the alleged ax-wielding Lizzie
Borden, the executed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, the legendary
Brink's robbery, the mysterious Boston Strangler, the Big Dan's
spectator rape, the desperate college professor who murdered a young
prostitute, and the fur salesman who slaughtered his wife and unborn
child in cold blood.