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A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard (July 2011)
Posted on August 15, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat is life like for a young girl who spend 18 years as a sex offender's captive? How do you survive? Why don't you try to escape? Jaycee Lee Dugard has the answers. -
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. -
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal (June 2011)
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsNot missing persons or backyard skeletal remains could take down the man known as Clark Rockefeller. Instead it would be a mere child that would lead to the fall of a conman. -
Hunting Evil: The Startling True Story of a Man-Woman Team Alleged to be Brutal Serial Rapists by Carlton Smith (October 2000)
Posted on May 30, 2011 | 1 CommentNo woman was safe from this serial raping duo in California...not even their own daughters. -
Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law by Harry Maclean (July 1994)
Posted on May 23, 2011 | No CommentsWhen 9-year-old Susan Nason was murdered in 1969, no one knew it would take 20 years to solve the case. Or that it was be a daughter's recovered memories that led to her father's arrest for the crime -
Seeds of Evil by Carlton Smith (September 1997)
Posted on May 16, 2011 | No CommentsGreedy Little Bastard Review by Kim Cantrell Easter Sunday 1992 would come to a fatal close for the Ewell family of Fresno, California. Moments after their arrival home from a... -
The Bone Garden: The Sacramento Boarding House Murders by William P. Wood (1994)
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 1 CommentDorothea Puente looked like anybody's sweet little old grandma. Instead she was a (former) hooker, forger, thief, and serial killer -
You’ll Never Find My Body by Don Lasseter with Ronald E. Bowers (January 2009)
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsAnn Racz disappeared on April 22, 1991, but her former Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy husband, John Racz, didn't seem to care. Could it be because he killed her? -
Serial Killers: Murder Without Mercy by Nigel Blundell (December 2010)
Posted on February 21, 2011 | No CommentsThis amazing collection of true crime short stories covers stories about Serial Killers from around the world. Includes both historical true crime and contemporary stories -
Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery by Vincent Bugliosi (1978)
Posted on February 16, 2011 | 1 CommentAlthough it resembles a hollywood script of double indeminity murders, the deaths of Marlin Cromwell and Cheryl Greene were all too real.