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Crimes Against Children Archive
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The Last Six Minutes: A Mother’s Loss and Quest for Justice by Sandra Martins-Toner
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 8 CommentsHow does a mother cope with the loss of a son, especially when he is murdered in cold blood? There's only one way: by fighting back -
True Stories of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit by Kevin Dwyer and Jure Fiorillo (November 2007)
Posted on December 6, 2010 | 1 CommentA great true crime short stories collection featuring 25 of the most popular cases from the hit television show -
Mom, Dad, Mike and Pattie: The True Story of the Columbo Murders by Bonnie Remsberg (December 1992)
Posted on December 1, 2010 | 4 CommentsWhen Frank and Mary Columbo struggled to keep their daughter Patty from seeing her older and married boyfriend, Frank DeLuca, their little princess would turn on them...and her 13-year-old brother -
Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones (Reprint May 2005)
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 6 CommentsA lesbian love triangle turns deadly when 17-year-old Melinda Loveless recruits friends to help her murder her rival: 12-year-old Shanda Sharer -
My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story by Susan Markowitz with Jenna Glatzer (September 2010)
Posted on October 27, 2010 | 2 CommentsBen Markowitz owed drug money to Jesse James Hollywood. When it was time to pay up, Ben wasn't around. But his 15-year-old half brother, Nick, was and he would pay Ben's debts with his life -
Serial Killers: Butchers and Cannibals by Nigel Blundell (July 2010)
Posted on October 20, 2010 | No CommentsFrom the beginning of mankind, there has those who roam among us that suffer a depravity like no others. They are the lowliest of killers. They are the Butchers and Cannibals. -
Through the Valley of the Shadow by Rod Gehl (May 2009)
Posted on September 20, 2010 | No CommentsOn their way to a birthday party, two 16-year-old girls are brutally attacked. One would die, the other would live to exhibit the courage to help police catch a killer -
Toxic Love by Tomas Guillen (May 1995)
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 1 CommentSteven Roy Harper vowed to get revenge against Sandy Johnson for dumping him to marry another man. His weapon? A cancer causing toxin that would kill his competition and an infant -
Bizarre Murderers edited by Rose G. Mandelsberg (March 1991)
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 1 CommentTwenty true crime short stories about some of the world's most bizarre murders. From authors such as Gary C. King, Bob Carlsen, Andrew Lowen, and Gary Miller. -
Lethal Charmer by Patricia Springer (May 2010)
Posted on August 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsStephen Barbee didn't want to tell his new wife about his pregnant ex-girlfriend. So he killed the girlfriend, her 7-year-old son, and the baby who died before she could be born