Notorious Pittsburgh

by Chris Whitlatch, Joe Wos (Illustrator)

Overview

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. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798987863213
Publisher:	Christopher Whitlatch
Publication date:	03/15/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	156
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Chris Whitlatch is an author and game creator, but he likes to be best known as a storyteller. For the past several years, he hosted two walking tours in downtown Pittsburgh, telling stories of Pittsburgh’s Notorious past. He collected those stories as well as several more of his favorites into this book.

Table of Contents

 

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