The Greenlease Kidnapping

Bibliography

Books

James Deakin, A Grave for Bobby, 1990, New York, William Morrow/Berkeley

Paula Fass, Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America, 1999, Harvard University Press.

Ann Hagedorn, Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping, 1998, Henry Holt & Co.

Newspaper Stories

“Greenlease kidnapping changed child safety ideas,” by the Associated Press, Jefferson City, Mo., News Tribune, Sept. 29, 2003.

“The Greenlease Kidnapping,” by John M. McGuire, St. LouisPost-Dispatch, September 28, 2003.

”Greenlease kidnapping happened 50 years ago today,” by Brian Burnes, Kansas City Star, Sept. 28, 2003.

“Virginia Greenlease, benefactor of Rockhurst schools, is dead at 91,” by Tim Higgins, Kansas City Star, Sept. 25, 2001.

“FBI Files Unlock Mystery of Greenlease Ransom,” by Sue Ann Wood and Edward W. O’Brien, St. LouisGlobe-Democrat, Oct. 8, 1982.

Other Resources

FBI Files: The Greenlease Kidnapping

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

FBI “Famous Cases” account of the Greenlease kidnapping:

“Ransom Kidnapping in America,” by Patterson Smith, AB Bookmans' Weekly, April 23, 1990.

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1. Introduction
2. The Snatch
3. The Victims
4. 'A Worthless Streak'
5. Bonnie and Carl
6. Stalking and Planning
7. The Ransom Demand
8. Scourge of the Wealthy
9. The Scavenger Hunt
10. The 38-Hour Binge
11. Bad Cop/Bad Cop
12. Execution of Justice
13. The Ransom Mystery
14. Progress on Kidnapping?
15. The Greenlease Legacy
16. Bibliography