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Jun 24, 2024 · A conniving showgirl known as The Canary (Louise Brooks) is blackmailing several men for money and has set her cap on the son (James Hall) of a millionaire who's engaged to another girl (Jean Arthur). When the showgirl is found strangled to death, there's no shortage of suspects.
Jun 10, 2024 · S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels.
Jun 13, 2024 · "Nightclub singer Margaret Odell, the famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her ransacked apartment, her jewelry stolen. It appears at first to be a robbery gone wrong, but the police can find no physical evidence to pinpoint a culprit.
Jun 26, 2024 · His mother, Debbie Duncan, flew to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Tuesday morning to search for him. Ms Duncan told how she has “not slept” since the 19-year-old disappeared.
Jun 27, 2024 · This famous murder case involved two friends who were intellectually curious about committing a so-called perfect crime. The media followed the story closely, and today many still refer to its...
Jun 12, 2024 · THE CANARY MURDER CASE (1929) – Who silenced The Canary? A scheming showgirl known as The Canary turns up dead, and so does the lone witness to the killing. Only Philo Vance stands a chance at cracking this case.
Jun 28, 2024 · Jay Slater, 19, called a friend and told her he was "in the middle of mountains with nothing around" and was attempting to walk the 10-hour trek back to his holiday apartment. Here is...
