Kitty Genovese
This case, although I had heard of it before, made it to my list after watching the Investigative Discovery (ID) show, Crimes to Remember. This was also the case in the blog I posted last about the Alice Crimmins case. What I did not realize before researching is that it appears that both these cases happened in the same apartment complex in Queens New York. Kitty's case happened in March of 1964 and the Crimmins case happened in July of 1965. This case is an interesting one in that it spawned studies in human behavior, and even got it's own name, Genovese Syndrome. The problem is that the behavior that was reported as happening at the time of the crime was not in fact accurate. Sadly, although this case did not take place until the 1960's it was nearly a case of Yellow Journalism. If you have read any of my blog in the era of yellow journalism you know my feelings about it. The inaccuracies that were published through the newspapers and media were...