407 // The Mysterious Death of Eugene Izzi

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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