Contact: Marilyn J. Bardsley
Tel: 912.704.3249
editor@crimescape.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Marilyn J. Bardsley’s Eliot Ness: The Man behind the Myth cited in Senator’s bid to honor the
famously honest G-Man.
On February 3, 2014, The Sandusky Register cited Marilyn J. Bardsley’s Crime Library biography of Eliot
Ness as part of Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s bid to honor Ness by naming the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms building in Washington, D.C., the “Eliot Ness ATF Building.”
Most people don’t know that after wrecking Al Capone’s breweries in Chicago, Eliot Ness spent much of
his law enforcement career in Cleveland, Ohio as the head of the police and fire departments, cleaning
up and modernizing the corrupt Cleveland police force. Eliot Ness’ crusades against crime inspired two
television series and a movie starring Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness.
As the founder and former executive editor of Court TV’s (now truTV) Crime Library, Bardsley wrote an
online biography of Al Capone and the detailed account of Eliot Ness’ toughest case, the hunt for the
unique serial killer known as “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.”
Bardsley is now the editor of Crimescape and author of the Wall St. Journal bestselling book, After
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Crimescape is a RosettaBooks collection of compelling short nonfiction crime books by the best true
crime authors in the business, many of whom have seen their books made into major motion pictures.
Taking readers into the dark heart of the criminal mind and the tense hunt to bring perpetrators to
justice, Crimescape authors stand apart from other true crime writers because they are selected for
their experience in crime investigation, whether as police detectives, investigative reporters, forensics
professionals or criminal psychologists. Riveting storytellers, our Crimescape short nonfiction writers
give readers all the information they need to understand relevant clues and the interwoven influences in
each criminal case.
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For more information, an author interview or review copy, please contact:
Marilyn Bardsley―912.704.3249―editor@crimescape.com