True Crime is a fascinating genre. These complex stories allow us to examine humanity’s darkness from a distance – and think closely about how and why people could commit such horrid acts. We have a natural desire to solve mysteries and seek answers to the most daunting questions. True Cri...
The CrimeReads editors select the year’s best crime nonfiction books. Article continues after advertisement True crime has been going through a monumental shift in tone and topic over the past ten years. The genre has turned away from sensational storytelling in favor of victim-focused narratives,...
Thunderstruckreads like the best of novels, but has the weight of truth behind it. Carefully crafted and brilliantly written, it is a true crime story that compares with the best fiction for twists, turns, and moments of crime-solving worthy of Dr. Thorndyke or Sherlock Holmes. A fascinating...
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“But did you really get your ideas from watching some crime show?’” Certainly, the assault reads like something from a primetime crime drama. Kelavos and Wenskunas met at a 24 Hour Fitness in Southern California where he was her personal trainer. They had never exercised outside of ...
WOMAN, 25, TELLS HER TALE OF TERROR VICTIM OF RAPIST WHO READS TRUE CRIME BOOKS KEPT HER COOL.(Local)Ensslin, John C
Despite the dark side seen in Cohle, his past is haunting and he usesinsomniato spend hours looking atcrimescene photos. We then see Cohle on a blind date. He smiles and dances, giving her a couple of whirls, but it’s forced. It was a fleeting glimpse of “normal’ before ...
The second leg is crime prevention, and the third is reentry, Purdon said. “Criminal justice reform is an issue that over the last three or four years – setting aside the current Attorney General – is something that has had large bipartisan support,” Purdon said. “There’s been a re...
Robert Mitchum plays a seriously disturbed killer who acts like a preacher: while in prison for an evidently minor crime (stealing a car is a 30 day sentence), he learns of a man who robbed a bank and hid the money with his son. Mitchum, upon getting freed, and knowing that the bank...
“True crime has come to mainstream prominence in the viewing-on-demand era because of how well it lends itself to Google search culture,”writesTanya Horeck, author ofJustice on Demand: True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era. “To an extent, we are all ‘desktop detectives.’” Jean ...