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Authors: Catherine Pelonero
“Public Apathy: Why? The Spectre of the Schuster Case.” By Edward Weiland. May 25, 1964.
“Public Apathy: Why? Self-Preservation Man’s First Concern.” By Edward Weiland. May 27, 1964.
“Anti-Apathy Drive Shaped.” June 2, 1964.
“Apathy Rx: Togetherness.” June 10, 1964.
“Moseley Sentenced To Death.” July 6, 1964.
Memories (magazine):
“25 Years Ago: A Victim’s Cries Go Unanswered.” By Martin Gansberg. February/March, 1989.
New York Daily News:
“Queens Barmaid Stabbed, Dies.” By Thomas Pugh and Richard Henry. March 14, 1964.
“The Scream No One Answered.” By Joseph McNamara. January 8, 1984.
“Kitty’s Death Still Haunts Us.” By John Melia and Don Singleton. March 11, 1984.
“Stigma Remains from Genovese Case.” By John Melia. 1984.
“Retry Me: Genovese Killer.” By Jerry Capeci. June 16, 1995.
“Kitty Genovese Killer Gets Hearing.” By Greg B. Smith. June 17, 1995.
“New Day for Kitty’s Killer.” By Dave Saltonstall. June 25, 1995.
“Kitty’s Kin Face Murderer, Killer Bids for New Trial.” By Greg B. Smith and Corky Siemaszko. July 24, 1995.
“Family Sees Nightmare in the Flesh.” By Michael Daly. July 25, 1995.
“Kin See Kitty’s Killer, He Asks New Trial Amid Their Glares.” By Robert Gearty and Corky Siemaszko. July 25, 1995.
“Kitty Killer: I’m Victim Too, Says Notoriety Causes Him Hurt.” By Greg B. Smith. August 5, 1995.
“New Trial is Denied for Killer of Kitty.” By Greg B. Smith. November 14, 1995.
“Fed Court to Mull Kitty Killer Plea.” By Greg B. Smith. May 4, 1996.
“Kitty Genovese’s Killer Loses Bid For a New Trial.” By Greg B. Smith. December 25, 1996.
“For Whom the Bell Tolls, Kitty Genovese, 1964.” By Jay Maeder. October 7, 1998.
“Kitty’s Cries Still Shock 40 yrs. Later, Neighbors Insist They Would Help.” By Tony Sclafani. March 14, 2004.
“Deny Parole to ‘64 Kitty Genovese Horror Killer, Says Victim’s Brother.” By Larry McShane. March 10, 2008.
“Keep on rottin’, Parole Board tells Kitty Genovese’s Vile Killer.” By Larry McShane. March 13, 2008.
“Kitty Genovese’s Murderer Must Remain Off the Streets.” (Editorial). By Lion Calandra,
Daily News
Editorial Board member. March 18, 2008.
“Kitty Genovese’s Killer Blames His Wife-beating Father for Vicious Murder.” By Larry McShane. April 3, 2008.
New York Herald-Statesman:
“Koop: Prosecute ‘Bad Samaritans.’ ” By Walter Kane. March 11, 1984.
New York Herald Tribune:
“2d Autopsy: ‘Stabbing’ Victim Shot 6 Times.” By Robert Parrella. April 1, 1964.
“Three Hero Citizens Who Dared To Help Police.” By Sue Reinert. April 2, 1964.
“Own Lawyer Sure His Client Slew Girl.” By Robert Parrella and Maurice C. Carroll. April 3, 1964.
“Moseley On Stand: Tells of Killing 3.” By Robert Parrella and Fred C. Shapiro. June 11, 1964.
New York Journal-American:
“A Knife Flashes . . . A Life Ebbs.” March 13, 1964.
“40 Mins. That Cut a Lifeline in A Girl’s Slaying.” By Joan Hanauer and Seymour Spector. March 15, 1964.
“This Is the Shocking Story of 37 Witnesses Who Saw Evil, But Chose to Do Nothing.” March 27, 1964.
“Astonishing Things Some of the Witnesses Told Us Today.” By Helen Sutton and Charles Roland. March 27, 1964.
“The Agony Ignored.” March 28, 1964.
“Did Hushed-Up Attack on Girl Cost a Life?” By Marjorie Farnsworth and Charles Roland. March 29, 1964.
“Why City People Go Blind to Evil.” By Dr. Joyce Brothers. March 30, 1964.
“Autopsy Solves Killing Of Queens Housewife.” By Alfred Robbins and Seymour Spector. March 31, 1964.
“Murder . . . Fire . . . Terror in Subway! But Do We Care?” By Joan Hanauer. April 1, 1964.
“His Lawyer Is Certain Mosely (sic) Killed Girl, 15.” April 2, 1964.
“ ‘When Can I Come Home?’ ” By Mike Pearl. April 3, 1964.
“Lawyers Clash Over Mosely (sic) ‘Guilt’ in Kralik Murder.” April 4, 1964.
“Step by Step, the Story: Who Killed Barbara?” By George Carpozi, Jr. and Seymour Spector. April 5, 1964.
“Own Words Haunt ‘Monster.’ ” By Helen Sutton and Richard Piperno. April 6, 1964.
“State Rests in Kitty’s Slaying; Moseley Defense: Insanity.” June 9, 1964.
“Moseley Murder Case Goes to Jury.” June 11, 1964.
“Chair for Kitty’s Killer, Spectators Applaud Verdict.” By Seymour Spector. June 15, 1964.
“Mitchell’s Defense: Moseley.” June 17, 1964.
“Jury Gets Mitchell Case.” June 26, 1964.
“Hung Jury Ends Trial Of Mitchell.” June 27, 1964.
“Kitty Genovese—One Year Later.” By Helen Sutton. March 11, 1965.
New York Observer:
“A. M. Rosenthal, 1922–2006.” By Charles Kaiser. May 15, 2006.
New York Post:
“Youth in Girl’s Killing Says Fear Made Him Confess.” By Vincent Austin and Don Kirk. April 5, 1964.
New York Sun:
“A. M. Rosenthal, Influential
New York Times
Editor, Dies at 84.” By Stephen Miller. May 11, 2006.
New York Times:
“Queens Woman Is Stabbed To Death in Front of Home.” March 14, 1964.
“Queens Man Seized in Death of 2 Women.” March 20, 1964.
“Queens Reopens Murder Inquiry; Confession Throws Doubt on Case Against Youth.” By Martin Gansberg. March 24, 1964.
“Suspect Committed in Slaying of Two.” March 26, 1964.
“37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police; Apathy at Stabbing of Queens Woman Shocks Inspector.” By Martin Gansberg. March 27, 1964.
“Apathy Is Puzzle In Queens Killing.” By Charles Mohr. March 28, 1964.
“What Kind of People Are We?” March 28, 1964.
“Apathy to Crime Discussed; Moral Issues Examined in Failure of Witnesses to Intervene.” Letters to the
Times.
David R. Singleton. March 31, 1964.
“Police To Honor 3 Who Gave Help.” By Martin Gansberg. March 31, 1964.
“Autopsy Report On Slaying Erred.” By Martin Gansberg. April 1, 1964.
“TV Effect on Viewers.” Letters to the
Times.
Henri Peyre. April 2, 1964.
“New Way To Call Police Aid Sought.” By Martin Gansberg. April 2, 1964.
“Lawyer Says Client Murdered 3 Women.” April 3, 1964.
“Treatment of Witnesses.” Letters to the
Times.
Percival E. Jackson. April 7, 1964.
“TV Called Factor In Slaying Apathy.” April 12, 1964.
“Blood Sport.” April 16, 1964.
“Study of the Sickness Called Apathy.” By A. M. Rosenthal. May 3, 1964.
“Neighborly Spirit Asked By Wagner.” By Irving Spiegel. May 8, 1964.
“Trial Begins in Queens Slaying; Some of 38 Witnesses to Testify.” By David Anderson. June 9, 1964.
“4 Kew Gardens Residents Testify To Seeing Woman Slain on Street.” By David Anderson. June 10, 1964.
“Moseley Recalls 3 Queens Killings.” By David Anderson. June 11, 1964.
“Moseley Is Found Guilty of Murder.” June 12, 1964.
“Moseley Gets Chair; Verdict Is Cheered.” By David Anderson. June 16, 1964.
“Moseley Refuses Kralik Case Role.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. June 23, 1964.
“Moseley Asserts at Murder Trial That He, Not Defendant, Is Killer.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. June 24, 1964.
“Moseley Hears Death Sentence, But Execution May Be Put Off.” By John P. Shanley. July 7, 1964.
“For Whom Does It Toll?” By Lewis Nichols. July 12, 1964.
“Moseley Is Cited In Murder Trial.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. March 4, 1965.
“Murder Street a Year Later: Would Residents Aid Kitty Genovese?” By Martin Gansberg. March 12, 1965.
“Police Report Some Gain in Cooperation by Public.” March 12, 1965.
“Mitchell Found Guilty in Slaying.” By Richard J. H. Johnston. March 12, 1965.
“Reporters’ Group Announces Awards.” March 24, 1965.
“Lindsay, Recalling the Genovese Murder, Deplores Apathy.” By Martin Gansberg. October 13, 1965.
“Judge Cacciatore Of Criminal Court.” (obituary) April 29, 1966.
“One Witness Better Than 38 in a Crisis, Study Here Shows.” July 10, 1966.
“Reticent Investigator Frederick Maurice Lussen.” October 31, 1966.
“Genovese Slayer Wins Life Sentence in Appeal.” By Ronald Maiorana. June 2, 1967.
“Genovese Slayer Escapes on Way To Attica Prison.” March 19, 1968.
“Genovese Killer Is Hunted Widely.” By Martin Gansberg. March 20, 1968.
“Genovese Slayer Yields Gun, Gives Up.” By Maurice Carroll. March 22, 1968.
“Moseley, Back in Custody, Wants New Try at Freedom.” March 23, 1968.
“Inquiry Sought in Buffalo Case Against Moseley’s Rape Victim.” April 3, 1968.
“Hostage Held Captive by Moseley Called in Buffalo Inquiry.” April 23, 1968.
“ ‘Witnesses,’ a Play About Indifference, Opens on the Coast.” July 10, 1968.
“Study Of A Slaying Brings Award To 2.” December 29, 1968.
“Kew Gardens Slaying: A Look Back.” By Martin Gansberg. March 17, 1974.
“Defense of Kew Gardens.” Letter to the Editor. Harry Wirth. March 24, 1974.
“A Model’s Dying Screams Are Ignored At the Site of Kitty Genovese’s Murder.” By Robert D. McFadden. December 27, 1974.
“Prisoners Stage Strike At Attica.” By Nathaniel Sheppard, Jr. August 24, 1976.
“Genovese Murderer Gets College Degree.” (UPI) April 10, 1977.
“ ‘Today I’m a Man Who Wants to Be an Asset.’ ” By Winston Moseley. April 16, 1977.
“Genovese Slayer Cites Victim’s Slur.” By Robert McG. Thomas, Jr. March 22, 1979.
“The Night That 38 Stood By as a Life Was Lost.” March 12, 1984.
“20 Years After the Murder of Kitty Genovese, the Question Remains: Why?” By Maureen Dowd. March 12, 1984.
“The 39th Witness.” By A. M. Rosenthal. February 12, 1987.
“Kitty Genovese: Would New York Still Turn Away?” By Douglas Martin. March 11, 1989.
“Frank D. O’Connor, 82, is Dead; Retired New York Appellate Judge.” (obituary) By Dennis Hevesi. December 3, 1992.
“The Way She Died.” By A. M. Rosenthal. March 15, 1994.
“Martin Gansberg, 74, a Reporter And Editor for 43 Years at
Times.
” (obituary) By Wolfgang Saxon. May 4, 1995.
“Nobody Helped Her Then, and Her Killer Wants Out Now.” By Michael T. Kaufman. June 17, 1995.
“Reviving Kitty Genovese Case, and Its Passions.” By Joe Sexton. July 25, 1995.
“Killer of Kitty Genovese Is Denied a New Trial.” By Joseph P. Fried. November 14, 1995.
“Court Rejects Killer’s Appeal in Genovese Case.” (AP) December 26, 1996.
“No Sympathy for Killer of Kitty Genovese.” By Joseph P. Fried. November 11, 2001.
“Kitty, 40 Years Later.” By Jim Rasenberger. February 8, 2004.
“Once Again, a Killer Makes His Pitch.” By Dan Barry. March 25, 2006.
“A. M. Rosenthal, Editor of the
Times,
Dies at 84.” (obituary) By Robert D. McFadden. May 11, 2006.
“A. M. Rosenthal Is Remembered for ‘Tender Ferocity.’ ” By James Barron. May 15, 2006.
New York World-Telegram and Sun:
“DA Rules Out 2nd Confession In Fatal Stabbing of Schoolgirl.” March 23, 1964.
“Judge OKs Beating of Stay-Out Wife.” (UPI) March 31, 1964.
“Slugs Found in Body Of ‘Stabbing’ Victim.” March 31, 1964.
Newsday:
“38 Just Watched as a Woman Was Slain.” March 27, 1964.
“2nd Killing Confession Is True One: Lawyer.” By Stuart Dim. April 3, 1964.
“Case May Be Rerun Of ‘The Wrong Man.’ ” April 3, 1964.
“Neighborhood Wound That Refuses to Heal.” By Kenneth Gross. March 11, 1984.
“Genovese Horror Lingers.” By Barbara Fischkin. March 11, 1984.
“ ‘Let It Go.’ ” By Curtis L. Taylor. July 23, 1995.
“The Killing of Kitty Genovese.” By Michael Dorman. April 4, 2006.
People
(magazine):
“Bearing Witness” By Patrick Rogers and Maria Eftimiades. July 24, 1995.
Saturday Evening Post
(magazine):
“Who Didn’t Kill Barbara Kralik?” By Bard Lindeman. January 16, 1965.
Queens Chronicle:
“40 Years After Genovese Murder, Another Look At The Number 38.” By Keach Hagey. March 18, 2004.
Queens Courier:
“Kitty Genovese Killer Seeks Freedom.” By Howard Girsky. December 20, 2001.
“In Kew Gardens, Mixed Reactions To Genovese Murder.” By Joe Orlando. December 20, 2001.
Queens Tribune:
“Remembering Kitty Genovese.” By Liz Goff and Aaron Rutkoff. March 11, 2004.
“Amateur Sleuth Debunks Genovese Tale.” By Vladic Ravich. April 9, 2009.
Time
(magazine):
“A Savage Stalks at Midnight.” June 26, 1964.
Letter to the Editor from Elizabeth Moseley, published July 3, 1964 under “Crime in the Streets.”
“Why People Don’t Help.” July 18, 1969.
“The Fine Art of Dying Well.” By Charles Krauthammer. March 5, 2007.
Union-Sun Journal:
“Killer’s Escape Triggers Buffalo, 16-State Search.” (AP) March 19, 1968.
FILM, TELEVISION, AND RADIO PROGRAMS
Silent Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Murder
(television documentary). Director: Damian Weyand. Produced by The History
Channel as part of the “History’s Mysteries” series, A&E Television Networks, 1999.
The Wrong Man
(feature film). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail. Story by Maxwell Anderson. Released by Warner Bros., 1956.
Death Scream
(TV movie). Director: Richard T. Heffron. Writer: Stirling Silliphant. Production Company: Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO). 1975.
Remembering Kitty Genovese.
(radio program) National Public Radio, Sound Portraits Productions. Produced by Matthew Ozug. Broadcast March 13, 2004.
Mind Changers: Case Study-Kitty Genovese.
(radio program) BBC Radio 4. Produced by Marya Burgess. Reported by Claudia Hammond. Broadcast May 7, 2008.
Catherine Genovese Memorial Conference, 2004.
Recording on DVD of the March 2004 conference at Fordham University, New York. DVD provided by Professor Harold Takooshian.