In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Christy Arnhart about the interesting life and tragic death of Eugene Izzi of Chicago, Illinois.
Eugene was abused as a child and went on to become a successful crime writer. Izzi wrote about crime in Chicago until his mysterious death in 1996.
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Sources:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a36168227/eugene-izzi-crime-novelist-death/
Lists all of Guy’s books, even the ones he wrote under a pseudonym: https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/eugene-izzi-nick-gaitano/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegewisch,_Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-01-08-9701080214-story.html
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/dec/12/mystery-writers-own-death-a-mystery-police-think/
https://www.historicmysteries.com/eugene-izzi/
https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1997/rt9701/970119/01200114.htm
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/izzis-honor/
https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/eugene-izzi-nick-gaitano/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/study-writers-are-twice-as-likely-to-commit-suicide/263833/
https://imprintnews.org/research-news/abused-children-may-become-abusive-adults/5548
Pictures:
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https://www.historicmysteries.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/eugene-izzi-1.jpg
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/dangling-man-spread-1619196857.png
Guy Izzi
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