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Mothers Who Kill Their Children Archive
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Hush Little Babies: The True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children by Don Davis (November 1997)
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 1 CommentDarlie Routier told police someone broke into their Eagle Drive home, stabbed her sons while she was sleeping, then the intruder stabbed her when she fought with him. Within the hour, however, police would say her story was nothing but lies to cover-up her only vicious deed. -
Sleep, My Child, Forever by John Coston (March 1995)
Posted on March 6, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Ellen Boehm's youngest son died, everyone had a lot of sympathy for her. but when her daughter suffered an electrical shock and her other son died suddenly while watching television, her friends began looking at things very, very differently. -
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? -
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