The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told Quotes

“Witnessing violence and destruction, whether it is in a novel, a movie, on TV or a real-life scene playing out in front of us in real time, gives us the opportunity to confront our fears of death, pain, despair, degradation and annihilation while still feeling some level of safety.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“Their industriousness meant that they quickly accrued savings to put towards their dreams, quitting their jobs to open their own businesses. This was frustrating for the employers, who wanted their workers chained to the plantation forever. One plantation owner was quoted as saying the Italians would have ‘laid by a little money and are ready to start a fruit shop or grocery store at some crossroads town.’ Basically, they abandoned the plantation to follow their own path, and owners were upset they couldn’t exploit their labor anymore.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“The city itself, though, was not that inclusive. In the early 1900s, racism ran rampant in the streets of the city. Many Italian immigrants were coming to New Orleans from Sicily. They would initially work on cotton and sugar plantations, among African American and Asian people. They were reviled by the white population for associating with the lower class and experienced similar racism. Even the owners of the plantations they worked on didn’t like them much.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“Charles’s death, as well as those of Doug Johnston and Danny Casalero, remain documented as suicides.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“As for Charles Morgan, Don Devereux has essentially concluded that he was, indeed, an informant for the government, and was simply found out and taken care of before he could compromise any operations. He said, ‘There is a great likelihood that Mr. Morgan was, in fact, doing something with the government. I think this was a guy who was extremely naive about a lot of things. I think somebody blew his cover and he got killed.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“The hotel room where Danny had died was not treated as a crime scene, as the death was ruled a suicide. The housekeepers cleaned up the room as normal, potentially destroying evidence that it may have been a murder. One of the cleaning staff later recalled finding blood-stained towels on the floor of the bathroom, indicating that someone may have attempted to stop Danny’s bleeding or clean it up.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“Only days after his call with Devereux, Danny was found dead in a hotel room bathtub, having slit his wrists twelve times. His family was not notified for two days. When his brother Tony found out how Danny had died, he was immediately suspicious. Danny was famously squeamish when it came to blood and things like needles penetrating his skin. If Danny were to take his own life, Tony didn’t believe that he would do it in such a way. He also said Danny had told him about some of his findings and expressed fear that his life was in danger because of what he knew. Danny had told Tony that if he ended up dead, it would not have been by his own hand.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You

“Devereux also uncovered that Charles had used his position as an escrow agent to help Mafia crime boss Joseph Bonanno with shady real estate deals. Devereux found that Charles had kept detailed copies of all his transactions, possibly intending to hand them over to the government as part of his undercover Secret Service duties. It is possible that someone in Bonnano’s organization knew that Charles was keeping these records and needed to dispose of him before he did anything with them. It certainly seemed like Devereux had uncovered some dangerous truths.”
― Jack Rosewood, The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told: 20 Unforgettable and Twisted True Crime Cases That Will Haunt You