Hopes have been crushed. Fortunes gained. Lives celebrated while others were snuffed out too soon. In the shadows, where corners are cut, and ambition unchecked – that is where the notorious stories live. Step into the dark alleyways, back rooms and even board rooms with me, as I recount Pittsburgh’s seedier past. Notorious Pittsburgh features more than 20 stories, including Pittsburgh’s first bank robbery, a famous jailbreak, as well as several stories from our former red-light district and the prohibition era.
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Notorious Pittsburgh
Forward
Get to Know a Different Downtown
Judges, Lawyers, and Prostitutes, Oh My
Forbidden Love and Pittsburgh’s Great Escape
Pittsburgh’s Chinatown – Battles Won and Lost
Grant’s Hill
Gone, But Let’s Not Forget
Pittsburgh’s Longest Serving Brothel
Pittsburgh’s First Bank Robbery
Pittsburgh’s Most Infamous Bar and One of Its Most Creative Criminals
The Rise of the Rackets and Prohibition
One Monday in July 1926
The Wettest Building in Pittsburgh
The Bumpy Rise of Organized Crime
The Queen Before the King
Pittsburgh’s Red Light District Part 1
How did the Red-Light District Come About?
The Vice King is Dead
The Stage is Set
Pittsburgh’s Red Light District Part 2
The Christmas Bombing
A Hot August Night
The Toughest, Sweetest Person You Ever Met
Turning Off the Red Light
Some of My Other Favorite Notorious Stories
The Serial Killer That Most Pittsburgher’s Don’t Know
Another Tragic Last Supper
The Gentleman of Verona
Rob the Boss
A Notorious Future
Afterword
Tour Stops
Selected Bibliography