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Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender by Steve Miller (June 2011)
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Sarah Pender decided she'd serve enough time for double homicide, she set in motion a plan to escape. -
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. -
Fly, Colton, Fly: The True Story of the Barefoot Bandit by Jackson Holtz (April 2011)
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhen 17-year-old Colton Harris-Moore escaped from juvenile detention and cut a path cross-county by stealing planes, breaking into stores, and identity theft, he became a modern day hero of sorts -
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 -
Desire Turned Deadly by Kevin F. McMurray (March 2009)
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 5 CommentsWhen Michael and Cathryn Borden told 18-year-old David Ludwig he was no longer allowed to see their 14-year-old daughter Kara, he refused to take no for an answer and murdered them in cold blood. -
Killer Kids updated by Don Lasseter (December 1999)
Posted on September 13, 2010 | 2 CommentsA collection of true crime short stories about kids from around the world who have committed so of the most vicious, cold-blood murders on record -
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. -
Where the Bodies Are Buried by Fannie Weinstein and Melinda Wilson (September 1998)
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe Double Life of a Serial Killer Review by Kim Cantrell From a public viewpoint, Herb Baumeister was a happily married family man and a successful entrepreneur. Behind the closed... -
Movie Review: An American Crime (August 2008)
Posted on September 30, 2009 | No CommentsWhat follows are scenes that will outrage any human with even just an inkling of sympathy -
The Prom Night Murders by Carlton Smith (April 2009)
Posted on September 5, 2009 | 5 CommentsIs being grounded from driving your car to the prom reason enough to kill your father, stepmother, and two stepsisters? An Indiana jury believed so.