The Man from the Train

Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James argue, through systematic statistical analysis and deep archival research, that a single travelling axe murderer was responsible for dozens of family killings across America between 1898 and 1912, including the famous Villisca, Iowa, murders. The book applies sabermetric rigour to cold-case history, connecting long-overlooked crimes through weapon, timing and victim patterns.

ISBN 9781476796260 · Scribner · 2017