Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Part I
3. Mystery of the Missing Person: An excerpt from Louis Pohl, Going, Going, Gone: Famous Disappearances in American History (Jersey City: The Wildcat Press, 1970) 7
4. New York City 1955 11
5. Part II
6. The Crater Chase: An excerpt from Louis Pohl, “Judge Crater, Please Call Your Office,” in Where in the World? A Collection of Unsolved Disappearances (San Francisco: The Conundrum Press, 1974) 71
7. New York City 79
8. Part III
9. Girls! Girls! Girls! Excerpt from Variety, July 30, 1930 109
10. Playa de Oro, Florida 113
11. Part IV
12. Crow the Cop: Excerpt from interview C-1487, NYPD Oral History Project: Captain John F. Cronin (ret.), NYPD 1929–1963, Missing Persons Bureau, Bureau Chief 1940–1963; conducted by Prof. Verlee Prybyloski, J.D., Fordham University School of Criminal Justice at Lincoln Center, September 5, 1966 159
13. New York City 165
14. Part V
15. Just the Facts: An excerpt from Erwin Schrödinger, What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell, with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992) 227
16. New York City 231
17. Part VI
18. Glad to Get Away: An excerpt from Sanford Teller and Richard Blaine, Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself: Myths and Legends of the Great Depression (New York: Center for the Study of Popular Culture, 1967) 273
19. New York City 279
20. “Bring Out Your Dead: West Side Remains Identified: No, They Don’t Belong to Judge Crater,” by Billy Sternberg, The Knickerbocker Journal: A Weekly Review of What’s New and Old in New York City, September 14, 1980 315
21. EPILOGUE
22. Playa de Oro, Florida 317
23. Author’s Note 325