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Undisclosed Files of the Police

Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present

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By Bernard Whalen

By Philip Messing

By Robert Mladinich

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More than 175 years of true crimes culled from the city’s police blotter, told through startling, rarely seen images and insightful text by two NYPD officers and a NYC crime reporter.
From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York’s police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this visual history is an insider’s look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, including:
  • Architect Stanford White’s fatal shooting at Madison Square Garden over his deflowering of a teenage chorus girl.
  • The anarchist bombing of Wall Street in 1920, which killed 39 people and injured hundreds more with flying shrapnel.
  • The 1928 hit at the Park Sheraton Hotel on mobster Arnold Rothstein, who died refusing to name his shooter.
  • Kitty Genovese’s 1964 senseless stabbing, famously witnessed by dozen of bystanders who did not intervene.
  • Son of Sam, a serial killer who eluded police for months while terrorizing the city, was finally apprehended through a simple parking ticket.


Perfect for crime buffs, urban historians, and fans of Serial and Making of a Murderer, this riveting collection details New York’s most startling and unsettling crimes through behind-the-scenes analysis of investigations and more than 500 revealing photographs.

Genre:

  • "An extensive buffet of New York City's real crime history, served up in spicy bite-sized portions."
    Raymond W. Kelly, Former NYC Police Commissioner
  • "Fact rivals fiction in this gritty, well-researched collection, an insiders' look at more than 175 years of New York's most infamous crimes. The authors - NYPD Lieutenant Bernand Whalen, crime reporter Philip Messing and retired Detective, Robert Mladinich -- have detailed a history of many of the city's most notorious and zaniest capers."
    Nicholas Pileggi, author of the bestsellers Casino and Wiseguy
  • New York characters galore, both good guys and gangsters, leap from the pages of Undisclosed Files of the Police.
    Sam Roberts, The New York Times
  • Undisclosed Files of the Police has something for every crime aficionado, from Mafia buffs to those who are captivated by headline grabbing trials.
    Anthony M. DeStefano, Newsday
  • True-crime buffs should be sated by this morbid peek into the past.
    The Village Voice
  • Complete with incredible photographs, the book is a perfect gift for anyone with a love of true crime or New York history.
    Noah Cruickshank, Shelf Awareness

On Sale
Sep 27, 2016
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-13
9780316391238

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Bernard Whalen

About the Author

Bernard Whalen, a lieutenant in the New York Police Department, has published two books–The NYPD’s First Fifty Years and Justifiable Homicide–as well as Case Files of the NYPD with co-authors Philip Messing and Robert Mladinich.  He leaves near New York City, and speaks to groups about the history of the New York Police Department and his book frequently.

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Philip Messing

About the Author

Philip Messing is a long-time police reporter for the New York Post.
He is the author of Case Files of the NYPD: 175 Years of Solved and Unsolved Crimes, with Bernard Whalen and Robert Mdladinich.

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