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Murderous Seduction: Susan Wright and the Murder of her Husband Jeffrey Wright

It was a twisted road, filled with pole dances and drugs for a young couple that was about to join on a path that ended with the murder of one of them. Susan Lucille Wyche was a beautiful, blonde 21-year-old the day she met Jeff Wright. They were both ...
Jill Coit

Bigamist and Murderess: The Story of Jill Lonita Billiot Ihnen Moore Coit Brodie Dirosa Metzger Steely Boggs Carroll

No one is really certain when Jill Lonita Billiot was born. She was prone to lie so frequently about the date and her age that it makes it difficult to know for sure; but most are certain that she was born on June the 11th of 1943 or 1944. Jill experienced ...
5 True Crime Short Stories of Cheating Men Who Murdered Their Wives

5 True Crime Short Stories of Cheating Men Who Murdered Their Wives

It’s all too common in America today, the cheating spouse who murders their wife or husband to be with their new lover. Although the percentages of men and women who cheat are becoming almost equal, for now the men are still the majority of those ...
Anjette Donovan Lyles

Murder À La Carte: Anjette Donovan Lyles and The Murder of Two Husbands, A Daughter, and A Mother-in-Law

When Anjette Donovan married Ben Franklin Lyles, Jr. in 1948, she went to work in his family’s Macon, Georgia, restaurant on Mulberry Street. Lyles’ Restaurant was a hopping diner near the Bibb County Courthouse. Serving lawyers, judges, and ...
Joseph Pikul

Joseph Pikul, Wall Street Analyst, A Bitter Divorce, and The Murder of Diane Pikul

Born in a small Indiana town to well-to-do parents who thought they could never have children, Diane Jackson Whitmore always dreamed of shedding her heartland roots and finding success in the big city. After earning a degree from an all-girl college, ...
Dianne Turner

Mastermind of Murder: The Volatile Marriage of Alan and Dianne Masters and Its Tragic Ending

Dianne Turner Mueller was a married woman when she met Alan Masters in January 1969. Her husband Ronald Mueller was serving in Vietnam when she met with the divorce attorney. She’d already had a few affairs while Ronald was away – undoubtedly ...
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