Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label true crime. Show all posts
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Maids

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Maids is a crime tale based on the Papin sisters, Christine and L éa , who worked together as maids until they murdered their employer'...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Dark Knight: A True Batman Story

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This book's author Paul Dini should be very well known to superhero fans. He was one of the writers and producers of the much beloved...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

The True Death of Billy the Kid

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While reading this book I realized that pretty much all I know about Billy the Kid I know from popular versions of his story, like Young ...
Friday, December 15, 2017

The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry

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The Hunting Accident is a complex series of tales that are surprisingly true. Overall, it tells a series of stories about fathers and the...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

The Mystery of Mary Rogers

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No foray into the spooky and horrific genres of graphic novels would be complete without including Rick Geary 's work. He has been mak...
Friday, October 25, 2013

The Lindbergh Child

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One of the prime contenders for the title "trial of the century" as well as a landmark case in terms of its historical impact, t...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Saga of the Bloody Benders

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Based on shocking true events, The Saga of the Bloody Benders tells of a family that settled in Kansas as a result of the Homestead Ac...
Monday, September 10, 2012

The Case of Madeleine Smith

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Nowadays, if someone wants to break up and not get married, she might just tell the guy in person, on the phone, by email, or, most imper...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Wizzywig

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Kevin Phenicle is a slight, nerdy adolescent who gets picked on by his peers and who lives with his grandmother. He does not look like mu...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

My Friend Dahmer

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When faced with the fact that their friends or neighbors are murderers, we often hear people on the news say things like, "I had no i...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography

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J. Edgar Hoover was one of the largest public figures in the United States during the 20th century. The founding director of the Federal Bu...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Green River Killer: A True Detective Story

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A real life crime story, The Green River Killer is an intimate account of a decades long effort to find and bring to justice a serial murde...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Capote in Kansas

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A "nonfiction novel," In Cold Blood is a landmark work in that it brought nonfiction writing more into the literary mainstream an...
Monday, March 22, 2010

The Beast of Chicago

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H.H. Holmes is a considered by many America's first serial killer, and his story has been told and retold numerous times since his deat...
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