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Buried Memories: The Bloody Crimes and Execution of the Texas Black Widow by Irene Pence (April 2008)
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsBetty Lou Beets was quite a character. Seven marriages, six husbands, domestic violence, attempted murder charges, public lewdness in a topless bar, and, as icing on the cake, murder - times two! -
The Confessions of an American Black Widow : A True Story of Greed, Lust and a Murderous Wife by Gregg Olsen (June 1998)
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsSharon Lynn Fuller Nelson Harrelson used men like other people use paper towels. And when this gold-digging floozy was done, she used the one man she'd ever really loved to set her free by making her a widow. -
Whisper to the Black Candle: Voodoo, Murder, and the Case of Anjette Lyles by Jaclyn Weldon White (August 1999)
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsShe was a wife, mother, daughter-in-law, restaurateur, and almost the first white woman to be electrocuted in Georgia. -
Sex, Money, and Murder in Daytona Beach by Lee Butcher
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsKosta Fotopoulos lived in the lap of luxury with a home large home on the Halifax River, a rich wife, and a teenage mistress. And he wanted it to himself. No one would stand in his way. -
Everything She Ever Wanted by Ann Rule (December 1993)
Posted on February 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsPat Allanson wanted everything money could buy. She was willing to do anything for it...willing to kill for it. Family, friends, employers - no one was safe from Pat. -
Lethal Intent by Sue Russell (November 2002)
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 1 CommentAileen Wournos is America's most famous female serial killer. What leads a woman to kill seven men? An abusive childhood? Mental illness? Author Sue Russell digs deep into the past in an effort to answer that question -
Murder and Mayhem: An A-Z of the World’s Most Notorious Killers by James Ellroy (May 1993)
Posted on June 9, 2010 | 3 Comments75 True Crime Short Stories Review by Kim Cantrell It’s a little dated. 17 years old, to be exact. And it’s a bit difficult to find anymore. What am I... -
Widow’s Web by Gene Lyons (August 1993)
Posted on June 2, 2010 | 3 CommentsOh, What A Tangled Web She Weaved Review by Kim Cantrell On March 12, 1982, Ron Orsini was murdered in his home while he lay sleeping in his bed. His... -
They Call Them Grifters by Alice McQuillan (March 2000)
Posted on March 31, 2010 | 1 CommentEveryone knows that mothers and sons share a special bond, but that between Sante Kimes and son Kenneth anything but ordinary -
For a Mothers Love by Lee Butcher (December 1992)
Posted on March 17, 2010 | 1 CommentFull of vivid testimony about murder, incest, bisexuality, homosexuality, hit men, wealth, and deceit, readers will find there is never a dull moment