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A Killer among Us (Onyx True Crime)
Charles Bosworth
Onyx, 1998
Memorable Story!
+ A True Story of a Psychopath
Despite the fact that women are more likely to be killed by their husbands and lovers rather than strangers is a sad fact of reality. The victim was a good woman came from a loving family who would do anything for her. Sadly, greed and her husband's own problems led to planning and killing the ...
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
Vintage, 1994
Anarachy in the heartland : an American story
+ Brutal Event in Journalistic Focus
+ The first true crime book is still the best
+ In Cold Blood in a new edition
+ A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture
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City Confidential: Battle Creek: Bad News In Battle Creek
A&E Home Video, 2001
A peaceful Michigan city is shocked when a local TV anchorwoman is murdered and her husband is charged with the crime.
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Biography: Ma Barker - Crime Family
Ma Barker
A & E Home Video, 2000
Crime Family Values
The Biography episode on Ma Barker is one of the best gangster episodes they've done, perhaps second only to the one on John Dillinger. In addition to the many (some very rare) photos and commentary from Barker historians, including Paul Maccabee and yours truly, there are also interviews with ...
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Blood Justice (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Tom Henderson
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004
Very Good Read
+ Recommended - Very Interesting Crimes
Fast delivery by Amazon. This book covered all the details of the murder case that I wanted to find out. Good style of writing by author. I would recommend.
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Internet Slave Master (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
John Glatt
St. Martin's True Crime, 2001
Welcome to cyber serials!
+ Torture for Pleasure
+ Excellent book
+ Mesmerizing
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City Confidential: Akron: Brother Against Brother
A&E Home Video, 2001
The tycoons of the "Rubber Capital of the World" are shocked when a fellow multi-millionaire is murdered and the trail leads to a voluptuous go-go dancer, a hired killer, and the dead man's own family.
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City Confidential: Mob Hits and Misses in Youngstown (A&E)
A&E, 2001
Youngstown, Ohio, was once a thriving city. At the turn of the century, the steel mills stretched as far as the eye could see. Not surprisingly, with all the money being made, Youngstown attracted the attention of the mob. And when the U.S. steel industry crashed in the 1970s, taking Youngstown's economy with it, the Mafia became even more powerful, for they had the ability to help out those who ...
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Indiana Gothic : A Story of Adultery and Murder in an American Family
Pope Brock
Nan A. Talese, 1999
This is one of the best books I've ever read!
+ smooth transaction
+ Loved It!!!
+ Fascinating....Haunting...
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City Confidential: Detroit: A Co-eds Secret Life
A&E Home Video, 2001
Tina Biggars had recently moved back to the suburban town of Farmington Hills to be close to her family. A bright, pretty young woman, she was doing research on the health of prostitutes. CITY CONFIDENTIAL reveals how she got caught up in the lives of her subjects and joined their ranks, all the while maintaining a double life as a devout Catholic student dedicated to her longtime boyfriend. And ...
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American Justice: Sam Sheppard Story
Bill Kurtis, Sonny Vellozzi
A & E Home Video, 2000
The Fugitive had movie audiences at the edge of their seats, cheering for a doctor wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. But most people do not know that the film was based on a real case. In July of 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was found murdered in her home in a quiet Ohio suburb. Marilyn's husband, a prominent doctor, was charged with murder, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 12 ...
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The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case, Second Edition
Richard L. Rashke
Cornell University Press, 2000
One Conspiracy Theory That Just Might Be True
+ An important piece of recent American history.
+ An Excellent Addition to Studying Karen Silkwood!
+ Courage Where We Find It
+ Outstanding
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Biography - John Dillinger
Biography
A & E Home Video, 2000
The Best Dillinger Documentary
This is the best and most entertaining gangster episode ever from A&E's Biography series and the only Dillinger documentary I've ever seen that's totally accurate. Vintage films and rare photos enhance the program, along with great commentary and little known anecdotes from leading Dillinger ...
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History's Mysteries - Contaminated: The Karen Silkwood Story
History's Mysteries
A & E Home Video, 2000
A Decent Overview of the Silkwood Saga
I became interested in the Karen Silkwood story after watching the 1983 movie "Silkwood", starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher. Subsequently, I read the only two books available on the subject - Richard Rashke's "The Killing of Karen Silkwood" and Howard Kohn's "Who Killed Karen ...
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Torso: The Story of Eliot Ness and the Search for a Psychopathic Killer
Steven Nickel
John F. Blair Publisher, 2001
50% Ness, 50% Serial Killer, but important document!
+ Chilling Murders That Remain A Mystery Today
+ Cleveland's "Jack the Ripper"
+ Very good book
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