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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. -
Tonight on Natonial Geogeographic TV Explorer: Taking Down the Mob
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsWhen five New York crime families come together for a multimillion dollar jewelry heist, it's up to three NYPD detectives to take on the Mafia and crack the case wide open. -
Mob Killer: The Bloody Rampage of Charlie Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man by Anthony M. DeStafano
Posted on September 21, 2011 | 1 CommentCharles Carneglia dissolved some of his victims with acid and poured them down the sewer. Some pieces of his victims hung as grisly souvenirs on nails in his junkyard. -
Glasgows Godfather: The Astonishing Inside Story of Walter Norval, The Citys First Crime Boss by Robert Jeffrey (June 2011)
Posted on July 13, 2011 | 1 CommentSeasoned criminals called Walter Norval "Kid Millions" because he had a knack of turning an illegal buck long before he was an adult. So it was of little surprise to anyone that he would become the first Godfather of Glasgow's mob. -
We’re Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-up of a Mafia Crime Buster by Lin DeVecchio and Charles Brandt (February 2011)
Posted on May 11, 2011 | No CommentsLin DeVecchio was a celebrated mob buster in the 1970s and 80s. But in 2006, he would find himself the target of the very system he defended. -
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... -
Never Tell Our Business to Strangers by Jennifer Mascia (February 2010)
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 2 Comments"Jennifer Mascia has written an incredible true story of family secrets, lies, and, ultimately, forgiveness.”—Janice Erlbaum -
Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder by Zachary Lazar (November 2009)
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No CommentsAt just the tender age of seven-years-old, author Zachary Lazar lost his father to a mafia-ordered murder