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Deadly Lessons by Ken Englade (June 1991)
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsSixteen year old Billy Flynn fell hard and fast for teacher Pamela Smart. When she asked him to kill her husband, he had to decide which he feared more: killing or losing Pam? -
Driven to Kill: The Clara Harris Story by Clifford L. Linedecker (July 2003)
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhen Texas wife Clara Harris had enough of her cheating husband, she took matters into her own hands...by running over her husband with her Mercedes Benz...over and over and over again -
Fighting the Devil: A True Story of Consuming Passion, Deadly Poison, and Murder by Jeannie Walker (June 2010)
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsTrue Crime From a First Hand Account Review by Kim Cantrell Some said that Jerry Sternadel lived like a rat, and deservedly died like a rat. Considering his multiple affairs,... -
Fatal Seduction by Rena Vicini (July 1994)
Posted on December 29, 2010 | No CommentsLiz Turpin wanted a life full of excitement and marriage didn't fit that bill, so she seduced her lesbian friend into finding a hitman that could fix the problem. -
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 -
Playing With Fire: The True Story of a Nurse, Her Husband, and a Marriage Turned Fatal by John Glatt (March 2010)
Posted on November 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe marriage of Jimmy and Shelly Michael appeared to be a fairytale to those on the outside looking end. But this love wouldn't end with happily ever after, but in a fiery murder and with a wife behind bars -
Lie After Lie by Lara Bricker (November 2010)
Posted on November 1, 2010 | 37 CommentsJames Keown loved living the high life, but such a lifestyle requires plenty of money. When his financial well was running dry, Keown killed his wife, Julie, was anitfreeze to collect her $250k life insurance policy. -
What She Always Wanted: A True Story of Marriage, Greed, and Murder by Camille Kimball (October 2010)
Posted on October 18, 2010 | 34 CommentsPhoenix housewife Marjorie Orbin had beauty, wealth, and an ex-husband she wanted to be dead. When Jay Orbin's torso is found in a tub in the desert, it appears that Marjorie's wish has come true. But who granted it? -
Father of the Year by Glenn Puit (May 2009)
Posted on September 29, 2010 | 1 CommentIn the 1980s, Bill Rundle was named Father of the Year. In 2002, he murdered his wife in cold blood, tossed her body on the side of the road, and headed to Disney World -
Cold As Ice by Carlton Smith (August 2010)
Posted on September 27, 2010 | No CommentsMove Along, Nothing New To See Here Review by Kim Cantrell Let me lay my cards on the table: I’m sick of the Drew Peterson case. And I’m willing to...