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Body Count by Burl Barer (September 2002)
Posted on March 4, 2008 | No CommentsRobert Yates, Jr., a serial killer responsible for 18 murders in a time span of approximately 20 years. -
Broken Doll by Burl Barer (May 2004)
Posted on January 1, 2008 | 2 CommentsRoxanne Doll, an eight-year-old Washington state girl who was kidnapped from her own bed then raped and murdered -
Stolen in the Night: The True Story of a Family’s Murder, a Kidnapping and the Child Who Survived by Gary C. King (February 2007)
Posted on February 24, 2007 | No CommentsStolen In the Night is the first book that I have read by Gary C. King. I can only hope that this wasn’t one of what is considered to be... -
You Belong to Me and Other True Cases: Volume 2 by Ann Rule (September 1994)
Posted on September 14, 2006 | No CommentsAnn Rule is one of my favorite true crime authors, but I'm sad to report that this is the first of her books that I did more skimming than reading -
Worth More Dead And Other True Cases: Volume 10 by Ann Rule (November 2005)
Posted on August 31, 2006 | No CommentsThese five unique true crime short stories make readers question their worth to those closest to them -
Bitter Almonds : The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders by Gregg Olsen (October 1993)
Posted on August 13, 2006 | 1 CommentStella Nickell wanted to collect the double indemnity on her husband Bruce's life insurance after she killed him with cyanide, so she devised a plan similar to the Tylenol poisonings -
The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule (September 1983)
Posted on August 7, 2006 | No CommentsHarvey Carignan was sentenced to hang in 1949 in Alaska, but managed to walk free, unleashed on society to become a serial killer.