House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying

John Dean

Univ. of Queensland Press, Jul 29, 2008 - True Crime - 256 pages

Death came knocking...

In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come...

Behind closed doors...

When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many others—including some of Baniszewski's own children—participated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in one HOUSE OF EVIL

*With 8 pages of startling photos! *

Contents

• The Most Terrible Crime: 1
• They Didnt Pry: 11
• The Honeymoon Ends: 21
• School Days: 34
• Mob Psychology: 41
• No Friends in Need: 56
• Cinderella Without a Prince: 61
• The Longest Weekend: 69
• Death of Two Women: 75
• Indicted for Murder: 84
• A Judge and Five Lawyers: 97
• A Nice Girl a Jury and an Angry Young Man: 120
• A Sluggish Start: 135
• The Defendants Fall Out: 142
• Star Witness: 150
• The State Rests Its Case: 161
• A Passive Personality: 172
• Perjury: 181
• The Defendants Rest: 192
• Neurotic But Not Psychotic: 204
• THE PENALTY SHOULD BE DEATHThe Penalty Should Be Death: 210
• Epilogue: 225
• Afterword: 229

About the author

John Dean is a former newspaper reporter who has had articles published in Rolling Stone, Esquire, and the Chicago Journalism Review. His books include House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying.

Bibliographic information

• Title: House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying; St. Martin's True Crime Library
• Author: John Dean
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0312946996, 9780312946999
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: True Crime / General; True Crime / Murder / General; True Crime / Murder / Mass Murder