Beulah Annan murder case

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The Beulah Annan murder case was a sensational 1920s Chicago homicide involving a young woman accused of killing her lover, which inspired the play and later musical "Chicago."

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instanceOf criminal case
homicide case
murder case
associatedWith Chicago crime history
Jazz Age
linked to: The Jazz Age
chronicledBy Maurine Dallas Watkins
cityAtTimeOfCrime Chicago
country United States
countryAtTimeOfCrime United States
crimeType homicide
shooting
dateOfCrime 1924
decade 1920s
eraOfAdaptations 20th century
genreOfAdaptations drama
musical theatre
hasDefendant Beulah Annan
hasLoverVictim Harry Kalstedt
hasPerpetrator Beulah Annan
hasVictim Harry Kalstedt
influenced popular culture depictions of female criminals
inspiredCharacter Roxie Hart
inspiredWork Chicago (1927 film)
Chicago (musical)
Chicago (play)
linked to: Chicago (1926 play)

Roxie Hart (1942 film)
jurisdiction Illinois
languageOfProceedings English
legalOutcome acquittal
legalSystem common law
location Chicago
mediaCoverage sensational
tabloid press
motiveClaimed self-defense
notableFor inspiring the musical Chicago
portrayal of a glamorous female defendant
publicPerception cause célèbre
setting apartment
stateAtTimeOfCrime Illinois
theme crime and celebrity
gender and justice
media sensationalism
timePeriod Prohibition era
trialCity Chicago
trialLocation Cook County
weaponUsed revolver

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