The Mad Sculptor (55 page)

Peterson, West,
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,
172
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73
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34
,
259

Petro, Andy,
232

Philpot, Mary Swope,
7

Phipps Psychiatric Clinic,
115
–
16
,
144

Piatak, Christina,
291

Pilie, Sydney,
298

Pollens, Bertram,
48

Preston, Frank,
199

psychiatry

catathymia,
127
,
144
–
45
,
321

forensic,
116
–
17
,
126
–
27

Freudian,
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,
117
,
119
–
20

hebephrenia,
127
,
280

insanity defense,
262
–
66
,
267
–
76
,
280
,
281
,
287
–
90

lunacy commission system,
272
–
73

schizophrenia,
127
,
150
–
51
,
280

“Psychiatry in Court” (Leibowitz),
267
–
68

“Pyrophobia” (Irwin, B.),
56

Quinn, John J.,
226

Randall, Ruth,
240

rape.
See
sex crimes

Rath, Ernst vom,
286

Reidy, John,
188

Reles, Abe “Kid Twist,”
14

religion

evangelism,
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,
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,
138

glossolalia in,
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59
,
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,
315

metaphysical,
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,
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95

Methodist,
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,
138

Pentecostal,
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,
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utopian Tantric,
150
–
51

See also
Irwin, Benjamin
;
Irwin, Mary
;
Irwin, Robert

Reynolds, William T.,
219

Robinson, Charles,
163

Rocco, Anthony,
199

Rockland State Hospital,
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28
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37
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39
,
151

Romanelli, Carlo,
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,
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,
85

Romanoff, Harry,
xi
,
241

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
91

Rosenbaum, Zachary,
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,
227

Rosenblum, Jacob J.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
286
,
288

Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
(Heindel),
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Ross (Rosenbaum), Mischa

arraignment of,
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–
28

background of,
225
–
26

Nussenbaum murder and,
223
–
30

Nussenbaum’s relationship with,
226
–
27

sentencing of,
229
,
230

Rowland, Thomas and Elmer,
104

Rowley, Walter,
224

Runyon, Damon,
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82
,
286

Ryan, Alice,
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133

Ryan, Charles,
273

Sabbatino, Peter,
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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus,
84

St. Lawrence University Theological School,
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–
44

Santangelo, Viscenzo,
15

schizophrenia,
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,
150
–
51
,
280

Schlenner, Frank,
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,
167

Schmeling, Max,
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,
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Schmidt, Hans,
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Schnee, Edith,
228

Schopenhauer, Arthur,
105

Scottsboro Boys,
268

Seduction of the Innocent
(Wertham),
114

sensationalism,
7
–
8
,
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,
299
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300
,
311

sex crimes

catathymia and,
321

Easter Sunday Massacre as,
169
–
71
,
245

Lonergan murder,
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–
8

necrophiliac pedophilia,
48
–
49

tabloid assumptions of,
170
–
71

Titterton murder,
31
–
46
,
49

wave of,
47
–
49

The Sex Criminal
(Pollens),
48

Sheldon, Leonora,
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,
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,
152
–
53

Sheldon, William G.,
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49
,
323

Sherlock Holmes
(Doyle),
162
,
163

Sherman, Mortimer,
211

Shuttleworth, John,
199

Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,”
14

Silvestri Art Manufacturing,
99

Simon, Carleton,
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,
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,
313

Singer, Caroline,
38

Sing Sing prison,
118
,
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,
294
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95
,
331

“Skyscraper Slayer.”
See
Stretz, Vera

Smith, Charles,
66

Smith, Charles “Chuck,”
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–
9
,
111

Smith, Edward,
226

Smith, Gerald L. K.,
180

Smith, LeRoy,
7

Smithmead, Oneda,
31

The Snake Pit
(Ward),
125

soap carvings,
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,
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–
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–
46
,
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–
27

The Solitude of the Soul
(Taft),
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Sporrer, Einer,
49

Stage
(magazine),
153

Stahl, G. I.,
79

The Statler Hotel,
231

Stern, Julius David,
45

Stern, Sidney F.,
285

Stevenson, George H.,
224

The Story of Philosophy
(Durant),
105

Straughn, Wiley,
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Streit, Saul S.,
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30

Stretz, Frank,
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Stretz, Vera,
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acquittal of,
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,
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on crime scene,
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–
10

defense and testimony of,
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,
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Gebhardt murder trial of,
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–
28

Gebhardt’s relationship with,
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12
,
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prosecution of,
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–
20

Strickland Home for Boys,
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,
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Strong, George Templeton,
4

Stuart, John,
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Stuberg, Katherine,
85

Sullivan, John L.,
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,
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Swan, Sally,
90

Swander, George,
41

tabloids

Easter Sunday Massacre coverage by,
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,
169
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73
,
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77
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–
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,
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13
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Irwin, Robert, profiled by,
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18

sensationalism of,
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8
,
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,
311

sex crime assumptions of,
170
–
71

Stretz trial coverage by,
28

Titterton murder coverage by,
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,
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,
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45

Taft, Lorado

as mentor to Irwin, Robert,
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,
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,
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,
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work and background of,
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Taft, Mary,
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Taite, Leslie,
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9

Tepper, Saul,
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Thaw, Harry K.,
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Time
magazine,
171

Times Square murder,
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30

Titterton, Lewis,
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background of,
29
–
30

on murder crime scene,
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as murder suspect,
37

Titterton, Nancy

background of,
ix
,
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31

Easter Sunday Massacre compared to,
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,
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213

murder crime scene,
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murder investigation,
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See also
Fiorenza, John

Toman, John,
249

Topper, Louis,
200

Touchi (dog)

crime scene behavior of,
159
,
162
–
63

murder role of,
244
,
245

trials

“Christian Fish Defense,”
15

cognitive science on winning,
312

Easter Sunday Massacre,
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–
90

“Eskimo Pie Defense,”
14
–
15

Gebhardt murder,
17
–
28

Scopes Monkey,
18

Titterton murder,
45
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46

Triumphs of Faith
,
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True Detective
,
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Tucker, John C.,
214
–
15

Tyng, Sewell T.,
293

United Press Products,
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Universal Mind,
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Universal Service,
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Valentine, Lewis

background of,
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on Easter Sunday Massacre case,
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,
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on Titterton murder case,
41

van Gogh, Vincent,
141

Vanity Fair
,
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,
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–
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Vengalli, Michael,
14
–
15

visualization (of Irwin, R.)

devices for,
79

explanations and rants,
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,
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,
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43

first belief in,
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godhood and,
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partners,
74
,
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95

sex drive and,
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–
6

Universal Mind and,
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95
,
106
,
119
,
278

Wall Street Crash,
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–
4

Wallace, James G.,
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,
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,
293

Wanderer, Carl,
241

Ward, Mary Jane,
125

Warren, Robert Penn,
300

Washington, George and Martha,
3

Watson, Archibald,
273

Wattles, Wallace D.,
73

Wechsler, Israel,
273

Wertham, Fredric

background of,
x
,
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–
17

catathymia theory of,
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,
144
–
45
,
321

communication with Robert Irwin,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Lavin assessment by,
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lunacy commission for Robert Irwin,
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–
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at surrender of Robert Irwin,
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56

Wertzheimer, Friedrich Ignanz,
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15

Wesley, John,
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,
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Whalen, John J.,
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–
20

White, Stanford,
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Whitney, Richard,
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Whittier State School,
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71

Williams, Bunny,
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Winchell, Walter,
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,
18
,
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,
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Wing, Gale,
64

Winifred Masterson Burke Relief Foundation,
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–
9
,
110

World’s Fair,
86
,
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WOV radio station building,
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