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2014.
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English
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A book that will be the basis for a documentary on the Lifetime Movie Network revisits one of the coldest case in U.S. history?́?the murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph in the winter of 1957?́?which attracted the attention of the FBI and President Eisenhower, but wasn't solved until 55 years later.
7) Love lies
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2011.
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Who killed suburban wife and mother Nancy Cooper? Suspicion fell on Nancy's handsome husband, Brad. But why would a devoted husband and father of two young girls want to kill his wife? Nancy's parents and friends knew why.
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2019.
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English
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In this exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Monroe interrogates the appeal of true crime through four narratives of fixation. In a combination of personal narrative, reportage, and a sociological examination of violence and media in the 20th and 21st centuries, she explores empathy, justice, and the persistent appeal of violence.
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2018.
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English
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Everyone thought they knew Aaron Hernandez. He was an NFL star who made the game of football look easy. Until he became the prime suspect in a gruesome murder. But who was Aaron Hernandez, really? Rich with in-depth, on-the-ground investigative reporting that gives readers a front row seat to Hernandez's tumultuous downward spiral, THE PATRIOT will reveal the unvarnished truth behind the troubled star, with first-person accounts and untold stories--from...
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2018
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English
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As seen on the Discovery ID TV series Murder is ForeverHome Sweet MurderMurder on the Run (with Scott Slaven): The middle-aged housekeeper found dead with a knife in her throat was bad. But the little boy was worse. After a bloody double homicide that puts Omaha, Nebraska, on the map, Detective Derek Mois promises the boy's parents he will catch the killer, no matter how long or far he runs . . .
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2018
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English
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As seen on Discovery's Murder is ForeverIn Murder, Interrupted Mother of All Murders (with Christopher Charles) is the story of local celebrity Dee Dee Blancharde. Television reports praise her as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill daughter. But when the teenaged Gypsy Rose realizes she isn't actually sick and Dee Dee has lied all these years, Gypsy Rose exacts her revenge . . .
19) Crime Bosses
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2020
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English
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AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP, IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN… -- Beer, served in contravention of liquor licence conditions, at heavily marked up prices, was the liquid gold that gave Abe Saffron his start as a crime boss. 'Mr Sin' rebuilt Kings Cross from there. -- For 12 years, nine blocks of Cabramatta were Heroin Central. Tri Minh Tran's 5T street gang ran them. L'Onorata Societa (The Honored Society), our mafia, in 2020, celebrated its first anniversary...
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MURDER BEYOND THE GRAVE. Stephen Small has it all-a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife, and three boys. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight hours of oxygen. The clock is ticking . . .MURDER IN PARADISE. High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, developers Jim and Bonnie Hood excitedly tour Camp Nelson Lodge. They intend to buy and modernize this beautiful...
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