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Dana (24 KP) rated Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery in Books

Mar 23, 2018

This was a very sad and true tale about the disappearances of women in the North Eastern coast of America. If you know me, you will know I love true crime stories. I don't know why, I just find them so interesting and compelling. That being said, this one was incredibly sad. These women who were abducted, killed, and buried without any feeling for their lives or their families lives is heinous and callous. The fact that these women's killer still has yet to be found is just as horrifying. I am definitely planning on looking into these murders more, not really to see if I can help, because I don't think I can. But I would like to see if there is more information that can be gathered on it.

To the friends and families involved, I hope you are able to find peace in knowing your childrens' stories are getting out into the world. Thank you for sharing their stories.

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Murder on the Home Front: A True Story of Morgues, Murderers and Mysteries in the Blitz

Molly Lefebure

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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It is 1941. While the 'war of chaos' rages in the skies above London, an unending fight against...

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)

5.7 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Professor Hershel Layton—renowned archaeologist, puzzle-solver, and extraordinary gentleman—and...

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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

May 19, 2022

Check out my blog, and read some excerpts from the true crime biography WASHED IN THE BLOOD by Shelton L. Williams. If you like what you read, enter the giveaway to win an autographed paperback, an Audible copy, or an eBook copy of the book - three winners total!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2022/05/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-washed-in.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
The true story behind the Kiss and Kill murder in Texas in 1961. Author Larry King says: Washed in the Blood is a page-turning read about the time--early 1960s--and place--Odessa, Texas--during its rowdy oil boom days when violence often rode the range. It is at once an examination of local mores and foibles, piety and hypocrisy and an inside-look at the famed 'Kiss and Kill' murder of a 17-year-old would-be actress, Betty Jean Williams, whose ghost is said to haunt the Odessa High School campus to this very day.

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Fruit Bat (42 KP) rated Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee in Books

Mar 1, 2018

I had never heard about this true crime cases till I come upon Ann Marie Ackermann most excellent book. The story begins in the German town of Bonnigheim in the year 1835 where the town is left shocked by the assassination of its most respected citizen it's mayor. The reader follows the twists and turns of the muder investigation as a killer is searched for.

Eventually the investigation leads to the other side of the world and to one of Americans most respected Civil War heroes General Robert E Lee. The author has produced an excellent well researched study of the case and I would highly recommend this to other readers .

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Bren (4 KP) rated A Very Fatal Murder in Podcasts

Jun 2, 2018

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I really enjoyed this podcast from the Onion. In this, we are listening to "OPR" which styled itself very much like something you would hear on NPR, complete with a fake pledge break about halfway through. I found it by mistake when I looking for a new True Crime podcast to listen to. I was glad I did. The satirical tones were pretty good, and while I generally believe you can't take satire too far, this did have some gags that were a bit much or seemed to drag on to me. Overall, it was well done and very much worth a listen!