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Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South by Brooks Blevins (March 2012)
Posted on May 8, 2012 | No CommentsIn 1929, Tillar Ruminer told a horrendous story of being rape and her fiancee being murdered in a remote area of Stone County, Arkansas. But when a man appears as the trial of five men accused of murder, a jury is left to decide if he is the alleged murder victim or someone be used to secure an acquittal. -
A Murder in West Covina: Chronicle of the Finch-Tregoff case by James Linder Jones M.D. (August 2011)
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsBarbara Jean Finch wanted a divorce from her cheating husband. Dr. Bernard Finch wanted to keep everything: assets, wife, and girlfriend. Since they both couldn't have what they wanted, someone was going to die. -
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. -
The Crime Buffs Guide to the Outlaw Rockies by Ron Franscell (September 2011)
Posted on August 29, 2011 | No CommentsTruly unique in combining a crime lover's reading collection with a traveler's easy guide. Features single crime scenes, grave sites, and museums throughout Colorado and Wyoming for historical and contemporary, little known and infamous crimes. -
Depraved: The Shocking True Story of Americas First Serial Killer by Harold Schechter (1994)
Posted on June 27, 2011 | 1 CommentAmerica's first documented serial killer was handsome and charasmatic in public, but behind the closed doors of his Chicago suburban castle, he was very, very cruel and manipulative. He was, simply put, depraved. -
The Devils Rooming House by M. William Phelps (April 2010)
Posted on February 2, 2011 | 1 CommentHow can a woman kill over 40 elderly roomers and still beat a death sentence? -
Arsenic and Clam Chowder: Murder in Gilded Age New York by James D. Livingston (July 2010)
Posted on November 8, 2010 | No CommentsResurrecting a Trial Long Forgotten Review by Kim Cantrell It’s the Victorian Era in the New York borough of Manhattan; specifically Nieuw Haarlem (now known as Harlem). It is an age... -
The Crime Buffs Guide to Outlaw Texas by Ron Franscell (November 2010)
Posted on October 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsA true crime book, a historical reference, and a travel guide all in one, Ron Franscell's coming in November has something for everyone. Whether you're a true crime addict or an armchair tourist, you're goining to want to put this one your reading list -
Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen (May 2005)
Posted on May 24, 2010 | 1 CommentHer patients came, often as a last resort, seeking a cure to their illnesses. After literally starving for weeks, some walked away cured. Others just never walked away -
Apparent Danger by David Stokes (March 2010)
Posted on April 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsDavid Stokes brings to the life the historical true crime of Frank J. Norris, Pastor of America's first megachurch, without the doldrums of a history book.