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April 02, 2025

The Scientist and the Serial Killer by Lise Olsen

April 02, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
The Scientist and the Serial Killer by Lise Olsen

The quest to identify the last victims of one of America’s worst serial killers

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April 02, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
The Scientist and the Serial Killer, Lise Olsen, Dean Corll, Candyman, serial killer, crime, true crime, American history
March 24, 2025

Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold

March 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold

A new history of the infamous Crippen murder case centers on the women of the story

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March 24, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Hallie Rubenhold, Crippen, Story of a Murder, true crime, English history
January 11, 2025

Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Postmortem by Courtney Lund O'Neil

A new account of the long shadow cast by an infamous serial killer.

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January 11, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Postmortem, Courtney Lund O'Neill, John Wayne Gacy, serial killerm, true crime, Rob Piest, Kim Byers
February 22, 2021

American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

February 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, 1950-2000 by Peter Vronsky

A new history of the unprecedented surge in serial killers in the second half of the 20th century.

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February 22, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Health & Psychology, History
Peter Vronsky, American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years, serial killers, true crime, American history, Steve Donoghue
September 02, 2019

Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe

September 02, 2019/ Olive Fellows
Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe

Monroe ruminates about what might motivate today's women to consume a diet of violent crime stories.

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September 02, 2019/ Olive Fellows/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Society & Culture
Rachel Monroe, Scribner, cable television, media, true crime, crime fiction
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