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Murder before Divorce Archive
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Buried Memories: The Bloody Crimes and Execution of the Texas Black Widow by Irene Pence (April 2008)
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsBetty Lou Beets was quite a character. Seven marriages, six husbands, domestic violence, attempted murder charges, public lewdness in a topless bar, and, as icing on the cake, murder - times two! -
Her Deadly Web: The True Story of a Former Nurse and The Strange and Suspicious Deaths of Her Two Husbands by Diane Fanning (January 2012)
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 1 CommentWhen Raynellas first husband died, some people questioned the circumstances even if he did have terminal cancer. When her second husband died of a suicide, police took a harder look and what they found was a woman who was not whom she appeared to be. -
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. -
The Officer’s Wife by Michael Fleeman (June 2006)
Posted on January 5, 2012 | 1 CommentPretty Good, I Say Review by Kim Cantrell Michelle Forcier grew up an Army brat, so it’s no surprise she was attracted to Frank Martin “Marty” Theer, a young man... -
I’m Just An Ordinary Girl: The Sharon Kinne Story by James C Hays (September 1997)
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsSharon Kinne was a dangerous woman to mess with. She killed a husband, a lover's wife, and a man she met during a Mexican vacation. And then she disappeared into thin air. -
Dont Look Behind You and Other True Cases by Ann Rule (November 2011)
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsI think Ann Rule may be listening (er, reading) what her fans are saying when it comes to her true crime volumes because number 15 is a great compromise with our desire for detail while still sharing some of her great cold cases. -
Poisoned Love by Caitlin Rother (July 2005)
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsIt Was Great, Updates Make It Greater! Review by Kim Cantrell Spoiled and overindulged as a child, Kristin Rossum was no different as a grown woman. She was never taught... -
While She Slept: A Husband, a Wife, a Brutal Murder by Marion Collins (June 2005)
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsJeff Cahill beat his wife to the point of near death with a baseball bat then, while out on bail, he disguised himself as a janitor and calmly strolled into her hospital room where he forced her to drink cyanide. -
Lifetime Movie: The Pastors Wife starring Rose McGowan and Michael Shanks (October 2011)
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsWas Matthew Winkler a the good kind man as his murderous wife first stated or was he really the kinky, domineering husband she later told about a trial? -
Deadly Divorces: Twelve True Stories of Marriages That Ended in Murder by Tammy Cohen (January 2008)
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsTwelve short stories of deadly matrimony out of the United Kingdom that'll make you look (suspiciously) at your significant other.