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On December 17, 1927 in Los Angeles, twelve year old Marion Parker, daughter of a prominent banker, was called to the school office where a stranger told her that her father had been in an accident and that she must leave with him right away. Fewer than 48 hours later, she was dead.
What started as a tragic, but otherwise ordinary, kidnapping turned out to be a shocking murder by one of the period’s most twisted killers, William Edward Hickman. James L. Neibaur takes a step into history, depicting how this abduction was soon labeled the “crime of the century” and sparked a change in the nation’s attention to such cases. With a media-driven nationwide manhunt, one of the biggest and most wide-ranging in California history, and then a desperate attempt at sparing the killer’s life with the unfamiliar insanity plea, this infamous case left the abduction and murder of Marion Parker to be etched into 1920s pop culture.
The murder of Marion Parker brought to light the unthinkable reality of child abduction. Neibaur resourcefully weaves together the events surrounding the crime in the context of the contemporary culture and attitudes of the late 1920s, covering the impact of the media’s first involvement in a criminal justice case, and how the admired notions of the glamorized ‘20s were crushed by this ordinary family’s chilling reality.
- Sales Rank: #1175609 in eBooks
- Published on: 2016-02-25
- Released on: 2016-02-25
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
It's hard to imagine a more depressing narrative than the kidnap-murder recounted by film historian Neibaur in this intriguing but embellished account of the crime. In 1927, a man entered a Los Angeles elementary school and asked to take 12-year-old Marion Parker out of school, claiming that her father, Perry, had been in an accident. Despite indications that the man was lying, the teacher released the child. That night, the Parkers received a telegram from the kidnapper, the first in a series of demands that ended tragically. When Perry finally handed over the ransom, after seeing Marion and believing her to be alive, he received a bundle that contained the dismembered corpse of his daughter, her eyes sewn open to simulate life. A fingerprint the killer left behind led to his swift identification and apprehension, and much of the book focuses on the perpetrator, William Edward Hickman, a 19-year-old who had been fired from Perry's bank for forging checks. Neibaur follows the crime, short investigation, and trial as well as the national uproar over the horrific crime. The latter included criticism of the motion picture industry after Hickman's love of movies became known . . . Neibaur puts forth a fast-paced, highly readable book for those who can tolerate the gruesome nature of the crime. (Publishers Weekly)
[Neibaur] improves on earlier books about the case by inserting atmospheric bits of ‘20s music and movie lore into his account of this truly nutty Jazz Age crime. (LA Weekly)
The abduction and murder of Marion Parker by William Hickman was at one time the crime of the century, and rivaled the horrible crime of Leopold and Loeb in 1920s America. James Neibaur’s new book vividly captures this true crime and the workings of the criminal justice system in California, showing how far things have changed in some regard (e.g., the swift execution of Hickman) and how other things remain the same (e.g., the existence of heinous crime). Butterfly in the Rain is a fascinating book that will interest not only true crime buffs, but also crime historians and criminologists of any stripe. (Matt DeLisi, Iowa State University, professor, Iowa State University)
Butterfly in the Rain is a genuine “life is stranger than fiction” account of a little known and long forgotten capital crime. Neibaur recounts the Marion Parker abduction and murder in a fast-paced, action-packed read that will captivate criminologists and crime buffs, alike. (J. Mitchell Miller, Professor, University of North Florida; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Fellow)
James Neibaur has stepped out of his usual offerings of movie and drama criticism and crafted a truly beautiful reading book of True Crime that captures your imagination from the very start. The book is a case of abduction and murder of Marion Parker, forgotten and crowded out by time and events. Neibaur has written a very descriptive tale that captures the spirit and time of the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, and the heyday of the silent movies and the post war era period of brilliant literature, the Charleston as only a master of true crimes writing and of Hollywood cinema and movies could deftly perform. (Donald A. Tubman, former New York State Medicological Investigator and Private Investigator)
Historical true crime at its best. A sensational depiction of a senseless crime. As vivid a portrait of a psychopath as I’ve read in a long time. (Michael Benson, author of The Devil at Genesee Junction)
About the Author
James L. Neibaur is a film historian who has published over 15 books and written hundreds of articles, including more than forty essays in the Encyclopedia Britannica. He books include Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts, The Elvis Movies, The Clint Eastwood Westerns, and The Charley Chase Talkies.
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then shaping the story of a terrible tragedy in such a way as to honor Marion ...
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he 2016 release of Butterfly in the Rain, an account of the kidnapping and murder of Marion in 1927, prolific author and film historian, James L. Neibaur, resident of Racine, Wisconsin, has once again focused his considerable literary skills in the area of gathering rigorous detail, organizing it, and sharing the story in a compelling, page-turning fash
Though clearly fascinated with the early 20th Century period, and past books which reviewed and analyzed classic films from that period by headliners such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, James followed a different literary impulse to explore the macabre and bring together all the gruesome elements of what at the time was the crime of the century, into a story ultimately brimming with many reassuring human elements.
James certainly did his homework on this one, drawing material from a number of books, articles, loaded with a level of detail that by necessity takes a simple headline of a few words and turns it into an 80,000-word text. So, that is the nature of this kind of literary beast, and yet when we finished reading it our first thought was a genuine admiration for the author.
As writers ourselves, it was apparent that James labored over this manuscript for many long hours, first gathering the source material, then shaping the story of a terrible tragedy in such a way as to honor Marion Parker’s memory. Our next thoughts involved the realization that behind each of the news headlines we’re exposed to lies an entire book if only a writer had the skills and passion and persistence to gather that story and publish it.
Again, completing Butterfly in the Rain, and recognizing it took an exceptional writer to produce the book, we looked into the publisher, Roman & Littlefield, and quickly learned that they only represent authors who are capable of presenting material that lives up to their exacting standards, primarily producing non-fiction books. All that said about James L. Neibaur as an author, let us turn more to the story.
Again, writing a book in this genre, by necessity some grizzly detail had to be presented, but in the tradition of noted authors like Truman Capote and his acclaimed work, In Cold Blood, James was able to preserve the dignity of Marion Parker throughout the telling of her story, while, at the same time painting such a clear, detailed picture of her murderer, that served as a soul-searching lesson for the reader as to what a depraved human soul is capable of. A chilling portrait, because there is some of all of us in the monster the world came to know as Edward Hickman.
In an era when kidnapping was becoming a national crime epidemic, Edward Hickman, a petty thief and criminal, and yes, a product of a disturbed home, simply wanted enough money to cover the cost of college tuition. Sound familiar? Of course, the method he chose to achieve that goal is what makes him the monster and not the rest of us.
On a lighter note, all through the story James draws in relevant themes and material from the many period films of that era. For example, when covering the visits prison priest, Father William Fleming, had with Edward Hickman just before he was hung, James references the Cagney film, Angels with Dirty Faces, and the scene where a priest visits the Cagney character, Rocky Sullivan just before he’s executed. The inclusion of this background material does help soften the horror that keeps surfacing as more and more of the unthinkable details are revealed.
We certainly recommend you pick up a copy of Butterfly in the Rain. The fact that it is a literary achievement will become obvious to you after turning the first few pages. If you can put it down, by the last page you’ll be shaking your head, stunned that a fellow human being, probably more alike than that different from most "normal" people could possibly have a dark enough soul to murder and dismember the precious 12-year-old girl, Marion Parker.
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