Greed, Rage, and Love Gone Wrong - Murder in Minnesota (Hardcover)

"The O'Kasicks were stickup men and killers who committed at least fifteen armed robberies, stole more than $20,000, and gathered an arsenal of deadly weapons that they used with reckless disregard in three shoot-outs with the police. They dressed in the gangster style of their day to signify the status they craved, and their crimes, though carefully planned, were increasingly brazen. They wanted to be outlaws, and outlaws they were, but when they met James Crawford, they met the Sheriff. The movie was over." Ten thousand lakes, lots of snow, and Mary Tyler Moore conjure up a vision of Minnesota for much of the country--but murder? Bruce Rubenstein reveals the seamy side of life in Minnesota, from the Red River Valley to Hennepin Avenue. Unearthing interviews, records of court proceedings, newspaper stories, and police evidence, Rubenstein recounts in vivid detail ten murders in Minnesota, including the story of the O'Kasick brothers' killing spree in the 1950s, the notorious Congdon mansion murders in Duluth in the 1970s, and the chilling story of random killings in northeast Minneapolis committed by two drifters in 1998. Whether the killer is greedy and devoid of human compassion, desperate about money or love, or simply filled with bottled-up rage, "Greed, Rage, and Love Gone Wrong puts the reader at the scene of the most notorious murders in the state.