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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. -
The Dating Game Killer: The True Story of a TV Dating Show, A Violent Sociopath, and a Series of Brutal Murders by Stella Sands (October 2011)
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsHe was intelligent, handsome and charismatic. He enjoyed photographing little girls and young women. His true passions, however, were rape and murder. -
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. -
The Killer Book of Infamous Murders by Tom Philbin and Michael Philbin (March 2011)
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsBrothers Tom and Michael Philbin explore some of America's most infamous murders. But don't think there just rehashing what you already know, because they offer plenty of new tidbits of information. Plus a lot of "extras" that'll test your knowledge of true crime. -
The Man In The Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal (June 2011)
Posted on June 1, 2011 | No CommentsNot missing persons or backyard skeletal remains could take down the man known as Clark Rockefeller. Instead it would be a mere child that would lead to the fall of a conman. -
The Club No One Wanted to Join: Madoff Victims In Their Own Words edited by Erin Arvedlund
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 44 Comments29 authors share their stories ofr financial ruin at the hands of one greedy man. But I don't know that I'd call them victims, as their stories show me they are fighters -
Mommy Deadliest by Michael Benson (December 2010)
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 4 CommentsStacey Castor murdered two husband by antifreeze poisoning. When police were closing in, she decided to kill her daughter in the same, slow agonizing manner