Monsters on the Loose: The True Story of Three Unsolved Murders in Prohibition Era San Diego

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Richard L Carrico

Monsters on the Loose

The True Story of Three Unsolved Murders in Prohibition Era San Diego

Richard L Carrico

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Wildblue Press
17 October 2023

True crime; Forensic science

In 1931, San Diego's idyllic image as a beach town with peaceful suburbs concealed a harrowing reality: a series of unsolved crimes targeting women, fueling fear and vulnerability. MONSTERS ON THE LOOSE tells the tragic and true stories of three women murdered early that year: Virginia Brooks, Louise Teuber, and Hazel Bradshaw.

Local law enforcement, out-of-town criminologists, and investigators from what would become the FBI pursued hundreds of leads. Statewide, newspapers covered every angle and clue and sometimes played a role in the investigations. Yet, the killer(s) were never identified and brought to justice.

In MONSTERS ON THE LOOSE, award-winning author and historian Richard L. Carrico pieces fragments of evidence together for three cold cases, shedding light on a dark chapter in San Diego's history.

More than ninety years after the murders, Carrico emerges as an advocate for the victims, meticulously reconstructing their stories. Immersed in dusty files, long-forgotten oral histories, and newly discovered investigation records, his primary objective remains unwavering: to seek justice for the three young women. With no witnesses to the crimes, the significance of circumstantial evidence and speculation, both then and now, became paramount.

And he may have even solved one of the murders.

By: Richard L Carrico
Imprint: Wildblue Press
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9781960332424
ISBN 10: 1960332422
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 17 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

RICHARD L. CARRICO is an award-winning archaeologist, historian, and university instructor based in San Diego, California. With an emphasis on non-fiction, over three decades, he has published articles in professional and academic journals, authored four books, and written chapters in three others. His interests span from true crime to Spanish colonial history.

Reviews for Monsters on the Loose: The True Story of Three Unsolved Murders in Prohibition Era San Diego

"""As an archaeologist, historian, and now murder investigator, the intellectual curiosity of Richard Carrico has no limits. Well researched and written, his new work, as with all good mysteries, takes us into unknown territories and keeps us reading well into the dark night. -GEORGE H. HARWOOD, Author and Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado"