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I-5 Killer, The

Ann Rule's Best True Crime Story Author: Ann Rule I’ve been on a true crime kick for a couple of years now, but I’ve only recently discovered Ann Rule. As a writer, Rule is thorough, complete, and more than a little obsessive. She is either very, very chilling or, frankly, very, very boring as she goes through tangents about people who are barely involved in the story. The I-5 Killer, however, is one of her best books to date. It captures everything: from the details of the story to the horrifying sense of this man, Randall Woodfield, who on the outside [...]

2022-07-26T09:10:59-07:00May 8th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Buried Secrets

A True Story of Black Magic and Murder Author: Edward Humes In the 1980s a rash of strange murders took place in Mexico along the U.S. border. No one reacted until an American spring breaker, Mark Kilroy, went missing. Spurred by a sudden interest (and pressure) from the U.S., the Mexican federal police began to unravel a long string of drug deals, human sacrifice, and black magic leading all the way back to a vicious cult lead by Adolfo Constanzo (El Padrino). Buried Secrets is a nonfiction book told with the flair and vividness of a novel. Edward Humes’s investigation is [...]

2021-08-07T19:12:50-07:00August 7th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

Thrilling True-Crime Books

What could be more fun for cozy winter reading than ghastly, gory true-crime tales? If you love real-life tales of heists, fraud, and murder most foul, you’re sure to find plenty of sordid thrills in these tell-alls. For more true-crime stories, check out our Girls, Abducted reading list. The Book of Matt Author: Stephen Jimenez Some real-life murder stories are cut and dried. We know the victim, we know the perpetrator and we know what happened. Sometimes we even know why. Until someone comes along and turns the entire story upside down. Screenwriter Stephen Jimenez did just that when spent [...]

2020-12-13T18:22:55-07:00January 16th, 2015|Tags: |
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