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I Am Cain: A Harrowing True Story of Murder, Compulsion, and Unrepentant Evil by Gera-Lind Kolarick and Wayne Klatt
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsWho would murder a young Winnetka, Illinois, man and his pregnant wife? And why? For months police would ask themselves these questions over and over and when the answer finally came, the answer was so simple yet nonetheless shocking. -
Precious Victims by Don Weber and Charles Bosworth Jr. (1993)
Posted on February 23, 2012 | 1 CommentIn June 1986, Paula Sims claimed a masked gunman abducted her daughter. Three years and a new daughter later, she'd make the same claim. Can lightening really strike one family twice? -
The FBI Most Wanted: An Encyclopedia by Michael and Judy Ann Newton (July 1993)
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsEver been curious about the characters of the FBI Most Wanted "honor roll"? This nifty little reference provides readers with a story history of the first 420 fugitives to make "the list." -
Women Behind Bars by Wensley Clarkson (August 2001)
Posted on January 9, 2012 | No CommentsLife behind bars is easy no one, especially the women profiled in this 2001 true crime book by author Wensley Clarkson. -
Blind Justice: A Murder, a Scandal, and a Brothers Search to Avenge His Sister’s Death by Edie and Ray Gibson with Randall Turner
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsDianne Masters wanted to divorce her powerful attorney husband, but Alan had too much to lose to let her out of the marriage alive. -
Silent Witness: The Karla Brown Murder Case by Don W. Weber and Charles Bosworth Jr. (September 1993)
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsKarla Brown dreamed of having a husband, a home, and children. John Prante would steal it all in one afternoon. -
John Wayne Gacy: Defending A Monster by Judge Sam L. Amirante and Danny Broderick (August 2011)
Posted on August 5, 2011 | 5 CommentsWhat's it like to defend the child-killing man that everybody hates? Sam Amirante knows first hand! Now he shares the stories of midnight death threats and closed door confessions. -
Too Young To Kill by M. William Phelps (August 2011)
Posted on August 3, 2011 | No CommentsSixteen year old Adrianne Reynolds wanted what every girl that age wants: to fit in. Moving to Illinois was supposed to be a first step in accomplishing her goal. She didn't know it was the beginning of the end. -
Die Free: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal and Miscarried Justice by Peter Rooney (eBook)
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsIn America, how can a man be convicted of murder and sent to death row when there is no proof he committed the crime? -
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.