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Bill James' research began with an attempt to solve one famous unsolved crime, the Villisca axe murders, in which a family of six and two house guests were slaughtered in Villisca, Iowa, on the night of June 9, 1912. James suspected a possible serial killer based on what seemed like the actions of a practiced criminal at Villisca.
Sep 19, 2017 · Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.
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The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.
The Father-Daughter Duo Who Found the Truth Behind a String of Century-Old Murders. ‘The Man From the Train’ co-author Rachel McCarthy James on unraveling the identity of a long-ago serial killer along with her famous father, the statistician and baseball writer Bill James. About 40 minutes into our phone call, as Rachel McCarthy James and ...
Dec 8, 2017 · Bill James, the famous baseball writer who is credited with developing sabermetrics, and his daughter, Rachel McCarthy James, may have identified the person responsible for brutally murdering...
James is back with a book that focuses on only one historical criminal case, The Man From the Train. This is the story of a serial killer who brutally killed probably over 100 people, yet the full extent of his activities remains clouded by the passage of the years.
- Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James
“Bill James, with his daughter, Rachel, has done something truly extraordinary. Not only has he solved one of the most tantalizing mysteries in the annals of American crime--the sensational case of the 1912 “Villisca Axe Murders”--but he has tied it to a long string of equally savage, though completely obscure, atrocities.
