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An Hour To Kill: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town by Dale Hudson (March 2001)
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No CommentsWhen the body of Crystal Faye Todd is discovered in a rural ditch outside of Conway, South Carolina, the young boy who comes under suspicion would be the last most would expect - especially Crystal's mother. -
Hush Little Babies: The True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children by Don Davis (November 1997)
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 1 CommentDarlie Routier told police someone broke into their Eagle Drive home, stabbed her sons while she was sleeping, then the intruder stabbed her when she fought with him. Within the hour, however, police would say her story was nothing but lies to cover-up her only vicious deed. -
Sleep, My Child, Forever by John Coston (March 1995)
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Ellen Boehm's youngest son died, everyone had a lot of sympathy for her. but when her daughter suffered an electrical shock and her other son died suddenly while watching television, her friends began looking at things very, very differently. -
Bad Apples: Inside the Teacher/Student Sex Scandal Epidemic by Rebecca Morris (February 2012)
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsTeenage boys having sex with their female teachers may seem like a harmless initiation into manhood, but the truth is these relationships can be even more dangerous than those between girls and their male teachers. -
Ted and Ann: The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy by Rebecca Morris (September 2011)
Posted on December 27, 2011 | 1 CommentCould eight-year-old Ann Marie Burr who disappeared from her Tacoma home in 1961 have been Ted Bundy's first victim? -
Shattered Justice: A Savage Murder and the Death of Three Families Innocence by John Philpin (July 2006)
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsThis books serves as a bold reminder that we should all teach our children about the rights afforded to them by the Miranda ruling and how to invoke them. -
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. -
Death Cruise by Don Davis (April 1996)
Posted on November 23, 2011 | 1 CommentOba Chandler invited Florida tourists Joan Rogers and her daughters, Christe and Michelle, for a sunset cruise. They had fun in mind, he had murder on his. -
The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule writing as Andy Stack (March 1984)
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsHandsome and athletic Randy Woodfield could have been an NFL superstar but instead gained his fame as the I-5 killer.











