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Helter Skelter

"You can convince anybody of anything if you just push it at them all of the time." Author: Vincent Bugliosi After claiming to too tasteful to fall for true crime, I read a random Ann Rule book and discovered that true crime books are both addictive and amazing. Since then, I’ve been slowly but surely reading some of the more well-known books and following the exploits of famous killers such as John Wayne Gacy and Jeffery Dahmer. Despite my new addiction, which went from a temporary guilty pleasure to a years’ long interest, I’d never read anything about the famed Charles [...]

2025-06-09T10:03:43-07:00June 9th, 2025|Tags: , , |

After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search

"Grief requires imagination: mental images of the one you've lost, of the world that would have been." Author: Sarah Perry Sarah Perry’s life is divided into the before and after. There was her childhood, imperfect but still eclipsed by love, and then there was her mother’s brutal murder and everything that came afterwards. After the Eclipse is Sarah’s memoir in which she relives the murder, the trauma, the blame and suspicion, and seeks answers. It’s not fiction – so don’t expect the gumshoeing aspect, the grand payoff, the whodunnit that ties everything together into a neat bow. Instead, expect the poignant, [...]

2025-05-06T09:51:39-07:00May 6th, 2025|Tags: , , , |

To Kill and Kill Again

The Man Who Said He Did It . . . Did It Author: John Coston The “Missoula Mauler” was a serial sex killer of opportunity. During the day, he supposedly moved about his small, Montana town unnoticed: your average next-door guy. But when opportunity presented itself, he became a sadist with a penchant for ropes, rape, and murder. He targeted everyone from the girl next door, to a lost child, to a minister’s unfortunate wife, only meeting his end when his fascination with one potential victim went terribly wrong. I admit, I’d never heard of this particular serial killer before, but [...]

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