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Soliah: the Sara Jane Olson story
Par Sharon Darby Hendry. 2002
Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002Severed: the true story of the Black Dahlia murder
Par John Gilmore. 1998
Investigation of the infamous 1947 Hollywood case of a murdered aspiring starlet. Nicknamed the "Black Dahlia" by her party crowd,…
Elizabeth Short was twenty-two when she was killed. Traces her life and that of the main suspect, who was never convicted. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1994The spy who stayed out in the cold: the secret life of FBI double agent Robert Hanssen
Par Adrian Havill. 2001
Traces the life and crimes of convicted FBI spy Robert Hanssen. Analyzing his motives and personality, delves into his membership…
in the Catholic organization Opus Dei, his non-sexual relationship with a stripper, and the vast damage his information did to the country. Some strong language. 2001The adversary: a story of monstrous deception
Par Emmanuel Carrère. 2000
An account of the career of Jean-Claude Romand, who in 1993 murdered his wife, children, and parents. For eighteen years…
he had posed as a physician at the World Health Organization in Geneva, while defrauding--and perhaps killing--his elderly relatives. The author examines Romand's deception, looking for explanations for evil. Some strong language. 2000A cold case
Par Philip Gourevitch. 2001
In 1997 New York City detective Andy Rosenzweig reopens a 1970 double homicide case when he remembers that he had…
known one of the victims. Frank Koehler, the now-elderly murderer with a new identity, confesses without a hint of remorse after Andy traces and apprehends him. Strong language and some violence. 2001In the cellar
Par Jan Reemtsma. 1999
A wealthy, noted German intellectual describes his harrowing 1996 abduction, the thirty-three days he spent chained in a cellar during…
ransom negotiations, his release, and the onslaught of reporters. Throughout, he explores the effect the ordeal has had on his psyche. Some violence. 1999Halfway heaven: diary of a Harvard murder
Par Melanie Thernstrom. 1997
In 1995 Ethiopian Harvard student Sinedu Tadesse stabbed to death her Vietnamese immigrant roommate, Trang Phuong Ho, and then hung…
herself. Excerpts from Tadesse's journals reveal a woman so troubled by loneliness that Ho's decision to move out caused Tadesse to kill. Some strong language and some violenceMidnight in the garden of good and evil: a Savannah story
Par John Berendt. 1994
In the 1980s, New Yorker Berendt began visiting Savannah, Georgia. Enchanted by the city and its inhabitants, he spent more…
and more time there. He introduces Savannah and the hodgepodge of friends he made, especially Jim Williams, an antique dealer active in the restoration of Savannah. He also discusses the murder on May 2, 1981, for which Williams went to trial--four times. Strong languageI have lived in the monster
Par Robert Ressler. 1997
A former FBI agent and advisor on serial killings profiles and analyzes a number of notorious cases in the United…
States, Japan, and England. Discusses investigative techniques and includes personal interviews with mass murderers John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey DahmerThe new jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden and the future of terrorism
Par Simon Reeve. 1999
British journalist traces the capture of Pakistan-born Muslim extremist Ramzi Yousef, who masterminded the 1993 bombing of the World Trade…
Center, among other crimes. Examines Yousef's relationship to Osama bin Laden, the creation of the al Qaeda terrorist network, and the dangers of jihad against the West. 1999Shallow grave in Trinity County
Par Harry Farrell. 1997
In April of 1955, Berkeley junior high student Stephanie Bryan disappeared on her way home from school. California journalist Farrell…
describes the events that happened after her purse was found in the basement of a young Alameda couple. The husband, Burton Abbott, was soon accused of her murderMurder on the highway: the Viola Liuzzo story
Par Beatrice Siegel. 1993
The author tells of Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who felt compelled to join the 1965…
civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. After marching with blacks to obtain their right to vote, Liuzzo gave a fellow marcher a ride home. Ku Klux Klan members shot and killed Liuzzo as she was driving, making her the first white woman killed in the movement. For senior high and older readersBeyond all reason: my life with Susan Smith
Par David Smith. 1995
Smith looks at his life before and after the death of his two sons, Michael and Alex. He explains how…
he and Susan met and discusses their rocky marriage, their separation, and finally the days leading up to and following the devastating news that his wife had murdered their two sons. Some strong language. BestsellerThe search for the Green River killer
Par Carlton Smith. 1991
In the early 1980s, the Strip in Washington state had become an outdoor sex market. Suddenly women were disappearing--their bodies…
turning up in the Green River. By the time the third body was found in August 1982, the Green River police department knew a serial killer was responsible. By the end of the 1980s, forty-nine bodies had been found and the police still had no suspects. Violence. BestsellerDesperados: Latin drug lords, U.S. lawmen, and the war America can't win
Par Elaine Shannon. 1989
A journalist's research into the politics of drugs and the contradictions among the United States' domestic policies, its economic interests,…
and its national security concerns. The focus is on the Drug Enforcement Administration and specifically on the disappearance and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in February 1985. BestsellerLines and shadows
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 1984
In this true crime story, Wambaugh focuses on the Border Crime Task Force, an eighteen-month experiment conducted by the San…
Diego Police. This task force foot-patrolled the Mexican-U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego in an effort to stop the gangs who mug, rob, rape, and murder Mexican, illegal aliens. Powerful and compassionate. Strong language. Violence. Bestseller 1984An investigative reporter goes inside one of the most shocking cases in California history—the brutal murder of a devoted husband…
by his con artist wife.Larry McNabney seemed to have it all. A horse enthusiast, successful attorney, and pillar of the community, he was loved and admired by everyone he knew—especially his much younger wife, Elisa. For six years of marriage, Larry and Elisa spent their spare time on the country club and horse racing circuit. But then his perfect life went perfectly wrong. On September 10, 2001, Larry attended a horse show . . . and disappeared.Months later, police put out a missing persons report. They soon discovered that Elisa McNabney was not the person she had claimed to be. A fugitive on the run, Elisa was a con woman who had enlisted the help of a girlfriend to slowly poison her loving husband with horse tranquilizers—all in the name of pure greed. Larry was found buried in a vineyard, after Elisa kept his corpse in her deep freezer for months. The only thing more appalling than the horrific murder was the shocking manhunt that followed and the end to this tragic story of deception, murder, and deadly seduction.Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders
Par Mitchell Zuckoff, Dick Lehr. 2003
This “irresistibly absorbing” true crime investigation uncovers the brutal murder of two Dartmouth professors by a pair of students in…
2001 (Publishers Weekly).On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that Half and Susanne Zantop, two of its most beloved professors, had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims to their murderers. Weeks later, in the nearby town of Chelsea, Vermont, they sought out a pair of high school seniors for questioning. Then Robert Tulloch and his best friend, Jim Parker, fled. Suddenly, two of Chelsea’s brightest and most popular sons had become fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop.Authors Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr provide a vivid explication of a murder that captivated the nation, as well as dramatic revelations about the forces that turned two popular teenagers into killers. Judgement Ridge conveys the devastating loss of Half and Susanne Zantop, while also providing a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community—and, perhaps, a warning to any parent about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.Gilded Age Murder & Mayhem in the Berkshires (Murder And Mayhem Ser.)
Par Andrew K. Amelinckx. 2015
This criminal history of the Berkshires is brimming with unforgettable stories of greed, jealousy, and madness from the turn of…
the twentieth century. The Berkshires of Western Massachusetts are known for their picturesque beauty, but this history offers a fascinating look at the region&’s dark side. This chronicle includes true tales of greed, betrayal and violence in The Bay State. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dressed burglar plundered the massive summer mansions of the upper crust . . . A visit from President Teddy Roosevelt in 1902 ended in tragedy when a trolley car smashed into the presidential carriage, killing a Secret Service agent . . . A psychotic millworker opened fire on a packed streetcar, leaving three dead and five wounded, shocking the nation . . . These and many more stories—from axe murders to botched bank jobs—paint a stark portrait of the inequities that shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age.