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Lipstick and Blood by John Kearney (October 2006)
Posted on October 19, 2011 | No CommentsA husband, a wife struggling with her sexuality, and a gay best friend who's tired of waiting equals a recipe for murder. -
Blind Justice: A Murder, a Scandal, and a Brothers Search to Avenge His Sister’s Death by Edie and Ray Gibson with Randall Turner
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsDianne Masters wanted to divorce her powerful attorney husband, but Alan had too much to lose to let her out of the marriage alive. -
The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of a TV Dating Show, A Violent Sociopath, and a Series of Brutal Murders by Stella Sands (October 2011)
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsHe was intelligent, handsome and charismatic. He enjoyed photographing little girls and young women. His true passions, however, were rape and murder. -
Equal Verdicts: The True Story of the Lex St. Massacre by Antonne Jones (September 2011)
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhat started out as a dispute over a used car purchase turned into a bloody battle that came to be known as The Lex Street Massacre. -
Brothers Blood: A Heartland Cain and Abel by Scott Cawelti (September 2011)
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 5 CommentsWho would murder a middle class Iowa farming family? The answer is too frighteningly close to home. -
True Crime Movie: Bully (2001) starring Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips and Rachel Miner
Posted on October 7, 2011 | 1 CommentMore About the Sex Than the Crime Review by Kim Cantrell A little over a year ago, I read the book Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge by... -
A Killers Touch by Michael Benson (October 2004)
Posted on October 5, 2011 | 1 CommentWhen a young mother is abducted from her home, she begged 911 to help. Unfortunately it came too late, but she left behind clues that put her killer on death row and change Florida's emergency standards forever. -
Legally Dead: A Father and Son Bound by Murder by Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie (October 2011)
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 CommentSeth Bader loved his money and his gold-digging mistress. Paying alimony and child support to his ex-wife didn't leave him a lot to work with, so something had to give. -
Death Row Inmates: Troy Davis and Samuel David Crowe: Two Cases of Questionable Justice: Crowe Allowed to Live, Davis Executed.
Posted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsSamuel Crowe and Troy Davis were both on Georgia's death row for murder. One man was allowed to live, one was put to death. Was race a factor in the state's decision? -
Tonight on Natonial Geogeographic TV Explorer: Taking Down the Mob
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsWhen five New York crime families come together for a multimillion dollar jewelry heist, it's up to three NYPD detectives to take on the Mafia and crack the case wide open.