In 1990 died, let i wrote did it did not get made but we try to get a major cable based on the psychotic book from these amazing prosecutor with the Associated Press and there wrote this book 1951 i was familiar with Murder Incorporated in this is an example of the wall or the wall of fame but to zoom in and of what we will be talking about. Gregory scarpa sr. Is featured in the wall look how he is among one of the dozens and dozens but as you can see what we get into the presentation today he was by far the most bloodthirsty he and vicious a hint coming mafioso one of the of the land of Epic Proportions in we will get in to him today as we will discuss today in deal with the devil. But quickly i will tell you how i got into this story because when you see the book those of you who have bought it, it is 2 pounds we sell them by the pound you to use it to press your shirt. To wonder 10,000 words, 80 pages a documentary appendices, some pages there are three endnotes for one sentence wou
We wrap up tonights primetime programming and other 00 eastern with peter lance who talks about the relationship between the fbi and gangster gregory scarpa. Join us for more for the booktv television schedule. Up next author and surgeon Benjamin Carson. The president ial medal of freedom recipient would talks about his life from poverty to the top of the medical field, the current Political Landscape in the u. S. And the Affordable Care act. The former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins he is the author of five books including gifted hands the ben carson story, the big picture and his 2012 release america the beautiful rediscovering what made this nation great. Dr. Benjamin carson, who is the bender twins. Guest conjoined twins joined the the back of the head from west germany that we separated at Johns Hopkins in 1987. They were the first twins of that tight, very complex, to be separated and survive. Host and today . As far as they know they are still surviving but
Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is outside the federal courthouse in boston. Kristen, this was a 32count indictment. Break down the findings for us. Some of the murders he was found guilty of, some of them he was not. Reporter yeah, these they all fell sort of under this racketeering charge, which is a catch all. There were 19 murders. He was found guilty of committing or being coconspirator in 11 of them. This all during the time when he was reported to be an fbi informant. Were now hearing outside of the courthouse from some of the victims families. We heard from pat donahue. Her husband michael was one of the murders that was proven in this case. She says today she really feels like she got justice. We also heard from steven davis. Hes been very vocal through all of this. His sister debra was murdered, but that was the one charge that was found no finding. So it wasnt proven or not proven. The jury just couldnt reach a finding on that. So he was understandably disappointed. He said, though, y
They were both acquitted in the 70s. Or the case of the austrian perpetrators who go back to vienna and dont even, i mean, their cases are heard in a kind of closed court, but theyre treated with the utmost kind of respect as being these ladies and told to go home. Host so most of these women who worked with the nazis kind of faded back into normal, socalled normal life, correct . Guest yes, yes. And this is really another astounding piece of the story, is how much contact, how much this brought out the horrific behavior, and after the war they slipped back into society. You could say they got away murder. They did. Scholars refer to, psychologists that i refer to in my book, the chameleon effect which is this ability for these perpetrators to, you know, just slip back in. They dont go on, theyre not psychopaths, you know, who continue to kill after the war. They become normal, upstanding theyre no longer threats to society. Its a different system. The system that kind of nurtured that
Her experiences and the experiences of others with the american foster care system. That all happens tonight on cspan2 book tv. And now on book tv jesse walker talks about his new book, the the United States of paranoia, in which he discusses the popularity of political conspiracy theories and paranoia going back to the founding of the country. This is about 45 minutes. Our author. Today we present a book dealing with an American History of conspiracies, just three days ago the cra admitted that such a place known as area 51 those actually exist. Even though they disavow all knowledge of any aliens, socalled conspiracy theorists rejoice. [inaudible conversations] the best way the some of mr. Walkers book is from page a worries says, pond and stand to write off political paranoia has the future of the french, they are wrong. The fear of conspiracies has been a potent force across the political spectrum from the colonial era to the presence. In the establishment as well as at the extreme