From Scarface to Miami Vice Hollywood has created indelible images of Miami s criminal underworld. Yet beyond the lurid depictions exists a fascinating history of dramatic true-life crimes--tales of vigilante justice family tragedies politically motivated homicides and rampageous cross-country killers. And of course the inevitable stories of celebrities behaving badly--as when Jim Morrison allegedly exposed himself during a 1969 Doors concert--along with accounts of celebrity murders such as the shocking 1997 slaying of fashion designer Gianni Versace. Edgy and compulsively readable Miami s Criminal Past presents the dark acts that have marred Florida s most alluring metropolis.