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. Follow Christy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrimeChristy Follow Christy on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crimechristy Main Theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com. Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/ Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ 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: https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/eugene-izzi-1619196657.png 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 https://media.gettyimages.com/id/50675888/photo/the-chicago-office-building-from-which-crime-novelist-eugene-izzi-hanged-himself-by-a-rope-tied.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=iOztguVFM-xctE1nQ3idOfm7vzCPanB9rLANfgyhGDE= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices