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the killing vincent trilogy
Book one, Killing Vincent: The Man, The Myth and The Murder, proved forensically that it was not possible for Vincent to inflict his mortal wound. If Vincent did not shoot himself in the belly (of all places), then whoever put that penetrating wound in his abdomen, murdered him!
Book two, Love and Murder: The Last Days of Vincent van Gogh, tells the sad story of why Vincent was honor-killed, how he was murdered, and what was the trigger or catalyst for killing him. It also has a sneak preview of chapter one from book three.
Book three, The Day van Gogh was Murdered: The Honor Killing That Changed Art History Forever and Led to the Greatest Art Heist in Modern Times. (Available now for Pre-order).
On July 30, 1890, a hot and muggy afternoon, shortly after Vincent van Gogh was laid to rest after his honor-killing for “compromising” his doctor’s twenty-one-year-old daughter, twenty-six (26) of his unknown paintings and other art material were taken by his doctor and his son from the hotel where his final viewing occurred. This was the largest art heist of a single artist ever and led to the Gachet art forgery ring and many fakes, forgeries, and altered provenance for years.
Hopefully, these three books and related publications will excite you to put the entire Killing Vincent Trilogy together in your mind’s eye in preparation for the major movie, Finally Love, a new docu-drama, and to review all aspects of the Killing Vincent Project on our interactive website www.KillingVincent.com
other publications
- Vincent had Meniere’s Disease and not epilepsy — self-described violent vertigo (“vertige”). Arenberg, IK, Countryman, LF, Bernstein, LH, Shambaugh Jr, GE, Van Gogh Had Meniere’s Disease and Not Epilepsy. JAMA. Vol. 264. No. 4: 491-493. July 1990.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2094236/
- Vincent did not commit suicide. He was murdered, proved forensically by modern criteria. Arenberg, IK, Di Maio, VJM, Baden, MM, A Reevaluation of the Death of Vincent van Gogh, American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, Vol. 41. No 4: 291-298, 2020.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32732590/
- Vincent was not insane or crazy! He had Asperger’s Syndrome, a variant of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Friedman, SL, Krier, L, Arenberg, IK, Autism Added to Behavioral Profile of Vincent van Gogh, International Journal of Forensics Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2022.
https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/autism-added-to-behavioral-profile-of-vincent-van-gogh.pdf
- Vincent’s death certificate should have stated that the cause of his death was sepsis and septicemia secondary to a non-fatal GSW. This was primarily due to medical-negligence. Arenberg, IK, Ferraro, BA, Krier, L, Systemic-Septicemia Overwhelms Late Nineteenth Century Non-Lethal Abdominal Gunshot Wounds (GSW): President James A. Garfield (1831 – 1881) & Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2022.
https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/systemic-septicemia-overwhelms-late-nineteenth-century-nonlethal-abdominal-gun-shot-wounds-gsw-president-james-a-garfield-18311881-vincent-van-gogh-18531890.pdf
- The negative suicide risk profile of Vincent in his last seventy days before his murder showed no risk of suicide by modern clinical criteria. The psychological analysis of Vincent van Gogh’s state of mind in his last 70 days in Auvers-sur-Oise does not indicate any reason(s) for suicide. Vincent did not have any propensity for suicide nor a positive suicide profile. This analysis further cements that “suicide” was only a brilliant cover-up for his murder! Krier, L, Arenberg, IK, Vincent van Gogh: A Negative Result from his Modern Suicidal Profile Assessment, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 8, Issue 1, 2023.
https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/vincent-van-gogh-a-negative-result-from-his-modern-suicidal-profile-assessment.pdf
- Vincent did NOT commit suicide: Response and Open Challenge to those “Denier’s” of his Murder. Arenberg, IK, Krier, L, Provide Evidence Base Proof that Vincent van Gogh Committed Suicide: An Open Challenge and Direct Cross-examination for the Forensic Truth, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 8, Issue 2, 2023.
https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/provide-evidence-based-proof-that-vincent-van-gogh-committed-suicide-an-open-challenge-and-direct-cross-examination-for-the-forensic-truth.pdf
- Did they Really Find the “Smoking Gun” in the Murder of Vincent van Gogh?
Arenberg, I, Kobobel, EK, Tufford, A, “The Smoking Gun” in the Tragic Death of Vincent Van Gogh, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2024.
https://killingvincent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IJFSC16000372.pdf
- Narcissistic and Antisocial Personality Profiles of the Person(s) of Interest in the Murder of Vincent van Gogh. Krier, L, Arenberg, IK, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 9, Issue 3, Published July 17, 2024.
https://medwinpublishers.com/IJFSC/narcissistic-and-antisocial-personality-profiles-of-the-persons-of-interest-in-the-murder-of-vincent-van-gogh.pdf
other publications
The three “Peasant Girl” Portraits, when unmasked as his doctor’s “compromised” daughter, got Vincent murdered!
International Journal of Forensic Sciences…In Press
Van Gogh’s respectful Autopsy to uncover the secrets he took to the Grave! A documentary SYPHER FILMS (in process)!
Is a bullet present among his remains? If not, then he either died by some other method or the bullet was removed from his body before he was buried or from the coffin when he was reburied. If a bullet is found, a forensic analysis can determine the caliber, the type, and possibly the model of the gun that fired the bullet. Much additional evidence may turn up in addition to his DNA.