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The Charmer: The True Story of Robert Reldan – Rapist, Murderer and Millionaire – and the Women who Fell Victim to his Allure by Richard Muti and Charles Buckley (April 2012)
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsRobert Reldan left a trail of destruction with the rapes and murders he committed. Court officials warned authorities time and again what Reldan was capable of doing. But money can buy a lot of things - including freedom...at least until one victims' family fought back. -
Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket by Brian McDonald (May 2006)
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsBeth Lochtefeld had secured her financial future and now she wanted the rest of the dream - a husband, a home, a couple of kids. She thought she'd found it all in Tom Toolan, but then she discovered that the dream she thought had come true was actually a nightmare. -
Hooked Up for Murder by Robert Mladinich and Michael Benson (July 2007)
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 1 CommentA drunk college kid, a hot chick, a party full of wanna be gang-bangers in Brooklyn equals a horrific murder. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
The Piano Teacher by Robert K. Tanenbaum and Peter S. Greenberg (1987)
Posted on July 25, 2011 | No CommentsCharles Yukl was a quiet, introverted little man with a big hatred for women. After being quickly caught after his first murder, the state of New York would released him to kill again.











