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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? -
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. -
Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of The Joe Cool’s Tragic Final Voyage by Carol Soret Cope(March 2011)
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsIt should have been a pleasant and quick charter to the Bahamas, but it turned into a deadly nightmare for the owners and crew of The Joe Cool. -
Murder on the High Seas: The True Story of the Joe Cool’s Tragic Final Voyage by Carol Soret Cope (March 2011)
Posted on October 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsOn a routine patrol a Coast Guard cutter spotted a “ghost ship” drifting north of Cuba. No one was on board the luxury sport fishing boat, which was out of fuel, its deck spattered with blood. -
True Crime Movie: Bully (2001) starring Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips and Rachel Miner
Posted on October 7, 2011 | 1 CommentMore About the Sex Than the Crime Review by Kim Cantrell A little over a year ago, I read the book Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge by... -
A Killers Touch by Michael Benson (October 2004)
Posted on October 5, 2011 | 1 CommentWhen a young mother is abducted from her home, she begged 911 to help. Unfortunately it came too late, but she left behind clues that put her killer on death row and change Florida's emergency standards forever. -
The Soldier of Fortune Murders: A True Story of Obsessive Love and Murder-for-Hire by Ben Green (October 1992)
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsJohn Wayne Hearn was looking for a little post-Vietnam action when he placed the ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. He got much more than he could ever bargain for: a woman named Debbie Banister. -
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. -
Trails of Death by Fred Rosen (August 2011)
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsGary Michael Hilton sold a movie scripted about a man who captured women so he could set them free to hunt and kill. Within a decade, he would begin a true life re-enactment using hiking trails as his hunting grounds. -
Henry Lee Lucas: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Notorious Serial Killer by Dr. Joel Norris (July 1991)
Posted on August 17, 2011 | No CommentsDr. Joel Norris authored this book that allows Henry Lee Lucas to tell the story of his killings in his own words - grandstanding at its finest