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Murder before Divorce Archive
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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. -
Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars: A Southern Tragedy of Money, Murder, and Innocence Betrayed by R. Robin McDonald (June 1998)
Posted on October 31, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Sara Tokars learned too much about her husband's money laundering legal practice, Fred Tokars devised a plan to keep Sara quiet - forever. -
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. -
Legally Dead: A Father and Son Bound by Murder by Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie (October 2011)
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 CommentSeth Bader loved his money and his gold-digging mistress. Paying alimony and child support to his ex-wife didn't leave him a lot to work with, so something had to give. -
The Soldier of Fortune Murders: A True Story of Obsessive Love and Murder-for-Hire by Ben Green (October 1992)
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsJohn Wayne Hearn was looking for a little post-Vietnam action when he placed the ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. He got much more than he could ever bargain for: a woman named Debbie Banister. -
Whisper to the Black Candle: Voodoo, Murder, and the Case of Anjette Lyles by Jaclyn Weldon White (August 1999)
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsShe was a wife, mother, daughter-in-law, restaurateur, and almost the first white woman to be electrocuted in Georgia. -
Sex, Money, and Murder in Daytona Beach by Lee Butcher
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsKosta Fotopoulos lived in the lap of luxury with a home large home on the Halifax River, a rich wife, and a teenage mistress. And he wanted it to himself. No one would stand in his way. -
Murder At 75 Birch by Richard T. Pienciak (1993)
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsTMI Review by Kim Cantrell Edward Glenn “Glen” Wolsieffer married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth Tasker Wolsieffer, before he finished dental. While he worked toward a professional career, Betty (as... -
Marrying the Hangman by Sheila Weller (June 1993)
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsA divorce turns fatal when a wealthy Wall Street stock analysts ups the ante in a bid to win a heated child custody battle. -
Almost Perfect: The True Story of the Crawford Family Murders by Greg Fogarty (February 2011)
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 1 CommentWhere Is Elmer Crawford? Review by Kim Cantrell The house at 136 Cardinal Road in Melbourne, Victoria, always held a fascination for Greg Fogarty. His family’s home was just a...