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Evidence of Evil: The Ed Gein Story

Another So-So Ed Gein Book Author: Adam King My friend and I have recently started watching the third season of Monster, which focuses on Ed Gein’s story. I’d previously read Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho", which was more focused on Gein’s effect on popular culture (including movies such as Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre) than on what he actually did. I still felt, after reading it, that I didn’t really understand the true breadth of the story. Was Gein a serial killer or a grave robber or both? Who did [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-11T17:18:21-07:00November 11th, 2025|Tags: book review, Ed Gein, Monster, murder, read, reading, serial killer, true crime|

If You Really Loved Me

Like Daughter, Like Father? Author: Ann Rule California, 1985. A 17-year-old woman (Julia Brown) calls the police, weeping. She thinks her sister, Linda Brown, who is sleeping in the next room, has been shot. The police arrive and Linda’s husband, David Brown, opens the door. In the background, they see Julia in the living room cradling her sister’s baby. Neither Julia nor David had gone into the room to check and see if Linda was indeed shot. Both, however, instantly accuse David’s missing fourteen-year-old daughter, Cinnamon, of the crime. Fast forward – Cinnamon has confessed to killing her stepmother and is [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-02T16:37:12-07:00November 2nd, 2025|Tags: ann rule, book review, Cinnamon Brown, David Brown, murder, read, reading, true crime|

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 [...]

Frances Carden2025-06-09T10:03:43-07:00June 9th, 2025|Tags: helter skelter, manson, true crime|