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Depraved: The Shocking True Story of Americas First Serial Killer by Harold Schechter (1994)
Posted on June 27, 2011 | No CommentsAmerica's first documented serial killer was handsome and charasmatic in public, but behind the closed doors of his Chicago suburban castle, he was very, very cruel and manipulative. He was, simply put, depraved. -
Friday Fiction: Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo (June 2011)
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsThere's been a rash of hate crimes against the Amish in Painters Mill, Ohio. Will the slaying of an Amish couple be just a case of vandalism gone wrong or something much more tragic? -
Murder in Memphis: The True Story of a Family’s Quest for Justice by Dorris D. Porch and Rebecca Easley (April 2005)
Posted on June 22, 2011 | 1 CommentBill Groseclose didn't want to be divorced a third time. So when his wife, Debbie, told him she wanted a divorce, he devised a plan that would keep it from happening. -
Last Suppers: Famous Final Meals from Death Row by Ty Treadwell and Michelle Vernon (2001)
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No CommentsIf you were ordering your last meal would it be wild rabbit or 24 tacos, 2 cheeseburgers, 6 enchiladas, 6 tostadas, 2 whole onions, 5 jalapeno peppers, one quart of milk, and one chocolate milkshake? -
Friday Fiction: Trespasser by Paul Doiron (June 2011)
Posted on June 17, 2011 | No CommentsMaine Game Warden Mike Bowditch is bringing those cowboy-style adventures again to his otherwise mundane job. The mystery in this book is either that of a copycat killer or it means that an innocent man was wrongly convicted. Only Bowditch can solve the mystery. -
Death of Innocence: The True Story of an Unspeakable Teenage Crime by Peter Meyer (April 1985)
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Melissa Walbridge, 12, and Megan O'Rourke, 13, decided to take a shortcut through the Maple Street Park woods, they didn't know it would forever change their lives -
Dead But Not Forgotten: The True Story of a Cheating Husband, His Stunning Mistress, and a Murder Case Gone Cold by Amber Hunt (August 2010)
Posted on June 13, 2011 | No CommentsIn July 1993, Barbara George was murdered. Almost 20 years later, her husband Michael was accussed of the crime. Would a Judge and jury agree with investigators? -
Friday Fiction: Missing Persons by Clare O’Donohue (May 2011)
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsKate Conway is focused on her new show about missing people, when her soon to be ex-husband Frank drops dead and she finds herself in the role of suspect -
Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans by Ethan Brown (September 2009)
Posted on June 8, 2011 | No CommentsWhy did Zachery Bowen murder and dismember his girlfriend, Addie Hall? Was he suffering from post-war PTSD? The stress of living in post-Katrina New Orleans? Or maybe he was just a guy that couldn't take any more. -
The Killer Book of Infamous Murders by Tom Philbin and Michael Philbin (March 2011)
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsBrothers Tom and Michael Philbin explore some of America's most infamous murders. But don't think there just rehashing what you already know, because they offer plenty of new tidbits of information. Plus a lot of "extras" that'll test your knowledge of true crime.