Haymarket : Chicago's deadliest day -- Assassin : the murder of Carter Harrison -- Castle : the legend of H. H. Holmes -- Butcher : August Becker's missing wife -- Bluebeard : the many wives of Johann Hoch -- Letters : the black hand in Chicago -- Tango : the long confession of Henry Spencer -- Bomb : A deadly explosion at the Federal building -- Lucky : Tommy O'Connor's getaway -- Murderess row. Part 1: "Dumpy" ; Part 2: The "chic" divorcée ; Part 3: "The prettiest woman ever tried for murder in Chicago" ; Part 4: "Beauty is happiness" -- Kidnapped : the thrill killing of Robert Franks -- Debonair : the FBI suffers its first casualty in Chicago -- Scarface : Al Capone, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and taxes -- Biograph : John Dillinger's bloody end -- Lipstick : the tale of William Heirens -- Hell : Richard Spec and eight innocent nurses -- Epilogue: "So long, Chicago."

Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel takes readers back in time to the days when H.H. Holmes lurked in his "Murder Castle" and guys named Al Capone and John Dillinger ruled the underworld. Drawing upon years of reporting, and with special access to the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times archives, Jon Seidel explains how men like Nathan Leopold, Richard Loeb, and Richard Speck tried to get away with history's most disturbing crimes