True Crime--Well Written

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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,310 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,725 ratings
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders 4.06 avg rating — 152,005 ratings
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,190 ratings
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The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
by: Ann Rule
4.14 avg rating — 109,000 ratings
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,759 ratings
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,430 ratings
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People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman
People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman 3.79 avg rating — 22,902 ratings
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Columbine
Columbine 4.29 avg rating — 99,719 ratings
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Small Sacrifices
Small Sacrifices
by: Ann Rule
4.26 avg rating — 31,788 ratings
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The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating — 22,784 ratings
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Fatal Vision
Fatal Vision 4.12 avg rating — 24,563 ratings
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Green River, Running Red
Green River, Running Red
by: Ann Rule
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,710 ratings
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The Onion Field
The Onion Field 4.11 avg rating — 21,240 ratings
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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray 3.66 avg rating — 8,373 ratings
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Justice Knot, #1)
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Justice Knot, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings
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Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups
Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups 3.66 avg rating — 736 ratings
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 3.86 avg rating — 82,836 ratings
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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake 4.04 avg rating — 61,414 ratings
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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery 3.61 avg rating — 26,197 ratings
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher 3.51 avg rating — 24,676 ratings
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Zodiac
Zodiac 3.91 avg rating — 26,799 ratings
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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China 3.86 avg rating — 7,295 ratings
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No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators
No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators 4.22 avg rating — 4,024 ratings
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The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross
The Misbegotten Son: The True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross 4.13 avg rating — 1,731 ratings
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All the President’s Men
All the President’s Men 4.18 avg rating — 56,971 ratings
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Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters
Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters 4.13 avg rating — 5,912 ratings
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Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family 4.24 avg rating — 20,788 ratings
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Blood and Money
Blood and Money 4.09 avg rating — 5,653 ratings
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Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels 3.98 avg rating — 53,560 ratings
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Bitter Harvest
Bitter Harvest
by: Ann Rule
4.10 avg rating — 10,747 ratings
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Written in Blood
Written in Blood 3.78 avg rating — 1,382 ratings
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Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters
Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters 3.83 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
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Serpentine : A True Odyssey of Love and Murderous Evil
Serpentine : A True Odyssey of Love and Murderous Evil 4.21 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,912 ratings
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Pure Murder
Pure Murder 3.97 avg rating — 1,415 ratings
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Vampire: The Richard Chase Murders
Vampire: The Richard Chase Murders 3.68 avg rating — 174 ratings
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In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,470 ratings
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I Know My First Name is Steven: The True Story of the Steven Stayner Abduction Case
I Know My First Name is Steven: The True Story of the Steven Stayner Abduction Case 4.16 avg rating — 6,115 ratings
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Son
Son 4.01 avg rating — 4,017 ratings
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Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco 4.08 avg rating — 8,059 ratings
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Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder 4.04 avg rating — 10,138 ratings
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Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago
Depraved: The Definitive True Story of H.H. Holmes, Whose Grotesque Crimes Shattered Turn-of-the-Century Chicago 3.98 avg rating — 2,427 ratings
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Kentucky Bloodbath: Ten Bizarre Tales of Murder from the Bluegrass State
Kentucky Bloodbath: Ten Bizarre Tales of Murder from the Bluegrass State 3.65 avg rating — 216 ratings
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The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars 3.58 avg rating — 8,672 ratings
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Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell
Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell 3.92 avg rating — 1,857 ratings
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy 4.14 avg rating — 44,117 ratings
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And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell 3.96 avg rating — 8,504 ratings
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The Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler 3.73 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer
Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer 3.96 avg rating — 3,151 ratings
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My Dark Places
My Dark Places 3.84 avg rating — 7,444 ratings
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Casino
Casino 4.05 avg rating — 7,470 ratings
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Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence In The Murder Of Jessica O'Grady?
Body of Proof: Tainted Evidence In The Murder Of Jessica O'Grady? 3.72 avg rating — 431 ratings
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Blind Faith
Blind Faith 4.10 avg rating — 6,465 ratings
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A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders
A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders 4.07 avg rating — 519 ratings
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Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 3.48 avg rating — 35,582 ratings
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century 4.08 avg rating — 45,972 ratings
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Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets and Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic
Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets and Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic 4.04 avg rating — 1,378 ratings
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets 4.36 avg rating — 19,836 ratings
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating — 57,731 ratings
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The Hillside Stranglers
The Hillside Stranglers 3.96 avg rating — 4,913 ratings
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And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano The Deadly Seducer
And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano The Deadly Seducer
by: Ann Rule
4.12 avg rating — 9,037 ratings
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Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
by: Dean Jobb
3.87 avg rating — 2,199 ratings
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating — 148,992 ratings
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Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
by: Ann Rule
4.13 avg rating — 8,964 ratings
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Dixie's Last Stand: Was It Murder or Self-Defense?
Dixie's Last Stand: Was It Murder or Self-Defense? 3.72 avg rating — 307 ratings
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating — 276,354 ratings
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Bogeyman - He Was Every Parent's Nightmare
Bogeyman - He Was Every Parent's Nightmare 3.95 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
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Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne
Man Overboard: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne 3.71 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho"
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original "Psycho" 3.92 avg rating — 9,197 ratings
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Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate 4.14 avg rating — 8,952 ratings
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Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions
Failure of Justice: A Brutal Murder, An Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions 3.95 avg rating — 419 ratings
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York 4.01 avg rating — 36,511 ratings
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The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories
The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories 3.48 avg rating — 569 ratings
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The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century
The Whiskey Au Go Go Massacre: Murder, Arson and the Crime of the Century 4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Sun Goes Down: The True Story of the Harvey Family Murder, and an Inquiry into the True Crime Story, The Music Industry and the American Dream
Sun Goes Down: The True Story of the Harvey Family Murder, and an Inquiry into the True Crime Story, The Music Industry and the American Dream 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Who Killed Betsy?: Uncovering Penn State University's Most Notorious Unsolved Crime
Who Killed Betsy?: Uncovering Penn State University's Most Notorious Unsolved Crime 3.50 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Happy Like Murderers
Happy Like Murderers 3.86 avg rating — 1,455 ratings
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Forty Years of Murder
Forty Years of Murder 4.19 avg rating — 329 ratings
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The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir 3.80 avg rating — 21,837 ratings
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The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,447 ratings
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Repeat Offender: Sin City's Most Prolific Criminal and the Cop Who Caught Him
Repeat Offender: Sin City's Most Prolific Criminal and the Cop Who Caught Him 4.07 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert 4.37 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck 3.78 avg rating — 55,020 ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers 4.16 avg rating — 2,725 ratings
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For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago 3.71 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
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Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery 3.69 avg rating — 2,746 ratings
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Cruel Doubt
Cruel Doubt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,730 ratings
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Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets
Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets 3.65 avg rating — 5,535 ratings
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The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers 4.08 avg rating — 4,684 ratings
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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor
by: Mark Seal
3.85 avg rating — 5,754 ratings
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Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer
Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer 3.86 avg rating — 572 ratings
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Lucky
Lucky 3.77 avg rating — 101,355 ratings
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True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders
True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders 3.51 avg rating — 426 ratings
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Sold
Sold 4.23 avg rating — 63,068 ratings
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Razor Wire Wilderness
Razor Wire Wilderness 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Day My Mother Never Came Home
The Day My Mother Never Came Home 3.98 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Sun Gone Down
Sun Gone Down 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank 4.07 avg rating — 474 ratings
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Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of The Yorkshire Ripper
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of The Yorkshire Ripper 4.18 avg rating — 807 ratings
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