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Mothers Who Kill Their Children Archive
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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... -
From Cradle to Grave by Joyce Egginton (May 1990)
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 1 CommentBetween 1967 and 1985, Marybeth Tinning gave birth to eight children and adopted one. All of them would die. What was the cause behind these mysterious deaths? -
Mommys Little Angels: The True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Seven Children by Mary Lou Cavenaugh (June 1995)
Posted on November 10, 2009 | No CommentsWhat kind of mother would kill her own six children, plus another in care? What kind of doctors and law enforcers would let her do away with victim after victim, year after year -
Cradle of Death by John Glatt (March 2000)
Posted on March 8, 2008 | No CommentsThis emotion provoking tale of a mother who kills her children one by one over a span of 18 years will leave its readers baffled, frustrated and angry with the justice system AND her seemily dimwitted husband, Arthur, who proclaims his wife's innocence. -
Cruel Deception: A Mother’s Deadly Game, a Prosecutor’s Crusade for Justice by Gregg Olsen (March 2005)
Posted on August 28, 2007 | No CommentsOnce again Gregg Olsen has produced a piece of written work that keeps him on my top ten list of favorite true crime writers -
Sleep In Heavenly Peace by M. William Phelps
Posted on May 19, 2007 | 1 CommentDianne Odell who murdered four of the twelve children she would give birth to and then proceeded to carry their bodies with her around the country