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Hooked Up for Murder by Robert Mladinich and Michael Benson (July 2007)
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 1 CommentA drunk college kid, a hot chick, a party full of wanna be gang-bangers in Brooklyn equals a horrific murder. -
A Socialite Scorned: The Murder of a Tucson High-Roller by Kerrie Droban (January 2012)
Posted on February 27, 2012 | No CommentsPam Phillips was used to living the high life on alimony and child support but when her ex-husband filed bankruptcy, she knew the free ride was coming to an end. There was a solution to the threat of poverty, however: murder. -
Precious Victims by Don Weber and Charles Bosworth Jr. (1993)
Posted on February 23, 2012 | 1 CommentIn June 1986, Paula Sims claimed a masked gunman abducted her daughter. Three years and a new daughter later, she'd make the same claim. Can lightening really strike one family twice? -
A Murder in West Covina: Chronicle of the Finch-Tregoff case by James Linder Jones M.D. (August 2011)
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsBarbara Jean Finch wanted a divorce from her cheating husband. Dr. Bernard Finch wanted to keep everything: assets, wife, and girlfriend. Since they both couldn't have what they wanted, someone was going to die. -
Beyond Reason: The True Story of a Shocking Double Murder, a Brilliant and Beautiful Virginia Socialite, and a Deadly Psychotic Obsession by Ken Englade (June 2004)
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe double homicide of the Haysoms rocked the community of Boonsboro, outside of Lynchburg, Virginia, but the identity of their killers would be even more stunning. -
Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons, and a Horrifying Murder by Tina Dirmann (October 2005)
Posted on February 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhen family members, friends, neighbors, and school officials ignore the obvious troubles of two kids with a paranoid schizophrenic mother, why are they outraged when those same kids feel that murder is the only path to freedom? -
The Doctors Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Deception, and Two Gruesome Deaths by John Glatt (March 2007)
Posted on February 13, 2012 | No CommentsIt was fine and dandy for Bart Corbin to have his own affair but when his wife Jennifer took an online lover and told him she wanted a divorce, Bart decided if he couldn't have her then no one could. -
Friday Fiction: The Wicked Wives: A Novel Based On A True Story by Gus Pelagatti (July 2011)
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1938, seventeen disenchanted Philadelphia wives insured their husband and poisoned them in a murder-for-profit scheme. It was a long forgotten crime until Philadelphia attorney Gus Petagalli revived them in his fictional novel about the case that rocked America's last great generation. -
Blues and Bad Blood: A True Story of Drugs, Music, and A Cold-Blooded Murder by Kathryn Casey (February 2011)
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 1 CommentWhen the Texas oil but happened, musician John Vandiver had to do whatever it took to make ends meet for him and his girlfriend Debbie Davis. Unfortunately, his secondary career would lead to their brutal murders. -
A Deadly Affair: The Shocking True Story of a High Profile Love Triangle and Gruesome Death by Tom Henderson (June 2007)
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsMick and Leann Fletcher had just returned from a lesson at the firing range when he called 911 and said his wife had committed suicide after an afternoon rendezvous. But what police uncovered would point more toward murder than suicide.