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He Killed Our Janny: A Familys Search for Truth by Sherrie Lueder (September 2011)
Posted on December 16, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Hansens appeared to be a glamorous family blessed with success. But behind the closed doors was a story of drugs, orgies, physical and sexual assault, and constant fear. -
My Heart Stopped Beating: A True Story: Teen Survivor Memories of Horror Mad Houses in Italy by Chamed (July 2011)
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsShe overcame the horrible inflictions of poliomyelitis, yet it would prove to easy compared to surviving her aunt and a mental institution. -
The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Terror by Alan Prendergast
Posted on July 18, 2011 | No CommentsRichard Chester Jahnke bullied and berated his son Richie to stop acting like a sissy and be a man. On November 16, 1982, Richie took his father's words to heart. -
My Name Is Katherine by Joe Treen and Maria Eftimiades (May 1993)
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsWritten within months of the recovery of Katie Beers, this book is nothing but a rewrite of the information published in newspapers and police records -
Tragedy In Tin Can Holler by Rozetta Mowery (May 2007)
Posted on April 9, 2010 | 4 CommentsA story of murder, incest, poverty, and the effects that sins of the have on the generations to come -
House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffiel (November 1999)
Posted on January 4, 2010 | 15 CommentsEddie Sexton couldn't get his own religous following, so he created a cult with the only ones he could control: his family. -
Till Murder Do Us Part by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings (January 1994)
Posted on November 17, 2009 | No CommentsJustice began when two brave little girls exposed the dark secrets of their stepfather Robert Fioretti with a school principal who cared enough to believed them -
Movie Review: An American Crime (August 2008)
Posted on September 30, 2009 | No CommentsWhat follows are scenes that will outrage any human with even just an inkling of sympathy -
No One Can Hurt Him Anymore by Carol Rothgeb (May 2005)
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsHaving been one of the most emotion provoking books I've read in quite some time