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Bad Apples: Inside the Teacher/Student Sex Scandal Epidemic by Rebecca Morris (February 2012)
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsTeenage boys having sex with their female teachers may seem like a harmless initiation into manhood, but the truth is these relationships can be even more dangerous than those between girls and their male teachers. -
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. -
The FBI Most Wanted: An Encyclopedia by Michael and Judy Ann Newton (July 1993)
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsEver been curious about the characters of the FBI Most Wanted "honor roll"? This nifty little reference provides readers with a story history of the first 420 fugitives to make "the list." -
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? -
Murder in Memphis: The True Story of a Family’s Quest for Justice by Dorris D. Porch and Rebecca Easley (April 2005)
Posted on June 22, 2011 | 1 CommentBill Groseclose didn't want to be divorced a third time. So when his wife, Debbie, told him she wanted a divorce, he devised a plan that would keep it from happening. -
A Season of Darkness by Douglas Jones and Phyllis Gobbell (December 2010)
Posted on December 13, 2010 | No CommentsAll of the Story…35 Years Later Review by Kim Cantrell When Marcia Trimble was murdered in Nashville in February 1975, I wasn’t even out of diapers. But her murder would... -
A Matter of Conscience by Sherry Hoppe with Dennie Burke (October 2010)
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 1 CommentA Beautiful Tribute in True Crime Review by Kim Cantrell In 1957, Bobby Hoppe was on a blessed path. Being a local hometown hero after being the star player for... -
Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber by Dane Batty
Posted on June 23, 2010 | 1 CommentThe story of Leslie Rogge's career as gentlemanly bank robber is funny and engaging; a real breath of fresh air in the true crime genre -
Tragedy In Tin Can Holler by Rozetta Mowery (May 2007)
Posted on April 9, 2010 | 4 CommentsA story of murder, incest, poverty, and the effects that sins of the have on the generations to come -
Jackson The True Story by Robert Dailey III (September 2009)
Posted on September 8, 2009 | No CommentsWhen DNA and other forensics don't exsist, how do you track a killer?