Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases: Machine Gun Kelly Kidnapping, US vs. David Hall, Girl Scout Murders, Karen Silkwood, Sirloin Stockade Murders, OKC Bombing - Hardcover

Kent Frates

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1937054330 ISBN 13: 9781937054335

Publisher: The RoadRunner Press, 2014

Synopsis

Oklahoma has had more than its share of sensational legal battles with national ramifications, but for the first time in one volume, attorney/historian Kent Frates reveals the facts behind six cases that helped shape the history of the state ... and, in some cases, the nation. From bloody murders, to political scandal, to a horrific act of domestic terrorism, Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases captures the stories, the times, and the import of these landmark trials. Populated by a host of stranger-than-fiction characters a machine-gun-toting gangster, a Cherokee outlaw, a bloodthirsty con man, a crooked governor, and a twisted soldier, the stories reveal the cold calculation inherent in the perpetrators and the guts, guile, and tenacity required of the dedicated law enforcement professionals who brought these men and women to justice. The book includes sixteen pages of historic photographs. The six cases: Machine Gun Kelly & The Urschel Kidnapping, U.S. vs. David Hall, The Girl Scout Murders, The Karen Silkwood Case, The Sirloin Stockade Murders, and the Oklahoma City Bombing.

About this title

About the Author

Kent Frates is an Oklahoma City attorney who has practiced law in the state since 1964. He is the author of numerous award-winning historical articles, the poetry book THE CAPTAIN AND HIS CREW, and the novel DON T SHOOT SHORT, as well as two works of nonfiction, OKLAHOMA HIKING TRAILS and OKLAHOMA COURTHOUSE LEGENDS.

From the Inside Flap

Oklahoma has had more than its share of sensational legal battles, but for the first time in one volume, attorney and historian Kent Frates reveals the facts behind six cases that helped shape the history of the state and the nation. From bloody murders, to political scandal, to acts of domestic terrorism, Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases captures the stories, the times, and the import of these landmark trials.Covering a time span from 1933 to 2004, Frates begins with the trial of the Machine Gun Kelly Gang for the kidnapping of a prominent oilman and ends with the convictions of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.Populated by a host of stranger-than-fiction characters a Cherokee outlaw, a bloodthirsty con man, a crooked governor, and a twisted soldier, the stories reveal the cold calculation inherent in the perpetrators and the guts, guile, and tenacity required of the dedicated law enforcement professionals who brought these men and women to justice.Rounding out the six cases profiled: Thee Girl Scout Murders, The Karen Silkwood Case, The Sirloin Stockade Murders, and U.S. vs. David Hall stories of crimes solved and unsolved and all of the turmoil and controversy that comes with such crimes.

Edition details

• Publisher: The RoadRunner Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937054330
• ISBN 13: 9781937054335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382