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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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal case
homicide case
murder case
associatedWith Chicago crime history
Jazz Age NERFINISHED
chronicledBy Maurine Dallas Watkins NERFINISHED
cityAtTimeOfCrime Chicago NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryAtTimeOfCrime United States GENERATED
crimeType homicide
shooting
dateOfCrime 1924
decade 1920s
eraOfAdaptations 20th century
genreOfAdaptations drama
musical theatre
hasDefendant Beulah Annan NERFINISHED
hasLoverVictim Harry Kalstedt NERFINISHED
hasPerpetrator Beulah Annan NERFINISHED
hasVictim Harry Kalstedt NERFINISHED
influenced popular culture depictions of female criminals
inspiredCharacter Roxie Hart NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Chicago (1927 film) NERFINISHED
Chicago (musical) NERFINISHED
Chicago (play) NERFINISHED
Roxie Hart (1942 film) NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Illinois NERFINISHED
languageOfProceedings English
legalOutcome acquittal
legalSystem common law
location Chicago NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
theme crime and celebrity
gender and justice
media sensationalism
timePeriod Prohibition era
trialCity Chicago NERFINISHED
trialLocation Cook County NERFINISHED
weaponUsed revolver

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