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Killer Dads by Mary Papenfuss

Killer Dads: The Twisted Drives that Compel Fathers to Murder Their Own Kids by Mary Papenfuss (June 2013)

For years we’ve been bombarded with stories of mothers who kill their young but it seems more stories are beginning to emerge of killer dads. In the recently released book Killer Dads: The Twisted Drives that Compel Fathers to Murder Their Own ...
Bestial by Harold Schechter

Bestial: The Savage Trail of a True American Monster by Harold Schechter (September 1999)

Earle Leonard Nelson (born Earle Leonard Ferral) was born to two syphilis-infected parents and was orphaned within a couple of years of his birth. Raised by his grandmother, Earle showed signs of “arrested development” in his youth, which ...
Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule

Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule (July 1988)

Awhile back I did an interview with True Murder host Dan Zupansky and was asked what was the first true crime book I ever read. My answer was Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule, which I realized I had never reviewed because, of course, that was long before ...
I, Monster by Tom Philbin

I, Monster: Serial Killers In Their Own Chilling Words by Tom Philbin (February 2011)

Recently I was going through my massive supply of what I call my “surplus books” (usually purchased in huge lots off of eBay) and came across I, Monster: Serial Killers In Their Own Words by Tom Philbin and thought, “Hmmm, sounds interesting.” I’ve ...
The Original FBI Most Wanted 10

History of the FBIs Ten Most Wanted: The Original 10 Fugitives From Justice

It was a single conversation between former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and William Kinsey Hutchinson of International News Service from which the famous FBI’s Ten Most Wanted program was born on March 14, 1950. Who exactly were the men who will ...
Earle Leonard Nelson

Earle Leonard Nelson (Earle Leonard Ferral) Crime Scenes

Earle Leonard Nelson Crime Scenes: Not all sites (i.e., Detroit, Portland, Seattle) are listed as some street names have changed and the specific location is unknown. That said, does anyone else wonder about unsolved crimes in the areas without markings ...

The Last Time We Saw Her by Robert Scott (January 2012)

Nineteen year old Brigham-Young University student Brooke Wilberger was working for her sister and brother-in-law when she disappeared from the Oak Park Apartments in Corvallis, Oregon, on May 24, 2004. Even though an almost immediate search of the area ...
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