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The hugely-popular podcast Serial, is a This American Life spinoff. Journalist Sarah Koenig narrates the story in an engaging and personal manner. Told over a single season, the series investigates the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a Baltimore County high school student. Part police procedural and part compelling drama, Serial explores the criminal justice system and the way in which age, race, and public interest can influence an investigation.
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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession
by David Grann
In a collection of adventurous narrative journalism, the best-selling author of The Lost City of Z explores unforgettable mysteries and the nature of obsession, from the Aryan Brotherhood's infiltration of the U.S. prison system to a chameleon con artist in Europe to the author's experience with a cyclone while searching for the elusive giant squid.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
by John Berendt
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly-beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case.
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The Monster of Florence
by Douglas J. Preston
Documents the author's discovery that his new family home in Florence had been the scene of a recent double-murder committed by an infamous and then-unidentified serial killer, his relationship with the investigative journalist co-author, and the prosecutorial vendetta through which the authors were wrongfully and devastatingly targeted.
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Practice to Deceive
by Ann Rule
A man is murdered on a sleepy island, and three people are accused of murdering him: an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and the widow.
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher : A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
by Kate Summerscale
[eAudio] In June of 1860, three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land, Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard. Whicher quickly believed the unbelievable-- that someone within the family was responsible for the murder of young Saville Kent. Without sufficient evidence or a confession, though, his case was circumstantial and he returned to London a broken man.
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Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
A vivid portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled the country with his mistress to build a new life in America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
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Confessions
Investigates the story of four former U.S. Navy sailors, known as the Norfolk Four, who were convicted of the 1997 rape and murder of Michelle Moore-Bosko based on confessions they later maintained were coerced.
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Cropsey
Growing up in Staten Island, Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio and other kids had often heard the legend of the escaped mental patient 'Cropsey' who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets. Urban legend was turned upside down in the summer of 1987 when a little girl with Down syndrome disappeared from their neighborhood. Two filmmakers delve into the mystery behind five missing children and the real-life bogeyman linked to their disappearances in their hometown of Staten Island, New York.
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The Imposter
In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive and well thousands of miles away in Spain. He tells a story of kidnap and torture when he returns. While his family is excited to bring him home, all is not quite as it seems. Is the boy really who he claims to be, or is he an imposter giving the family false hope for their child's return?
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Into The Abyss
In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill, and why a state kills. As he's so often done before, Herzog's investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.
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Jeffrey Dahmer Files
In the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those who knew Dahmer during and after his hidden killing spree.
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Staircase
Oscar winning documentary filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade helms this Sundance Channel production. Based on the 2003 trial of an author named Michael Peterson, who was accused of killing his wife, de Lestrade lets some fascinating material unravel on the screen. Taking the viewpoint that Peterson was innocent, the director paints a picture of an unfortunately framed man whose wife died an accidental death. The eight-part series is presented here in its entirety, offering plenty of food for thought on the case itself and on the American justice system.
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True Detective
[Fiction] In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995.
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
An account of a year inside a city homicide unit focuses on three detectives investigating murders in Baltimore--a city torn by racial tensions and plagued by drugs and crime, in a new edition of the book that became the basis for the acclaimed television series.
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And the Sea Will Tell
by Vincent Bugliosi
An account of a double murder on a remote South Pacific island describes how two couples--a wealthy yachtsman and his wife and an ex-con and his girlfriend--set sail in search of a peaceful life and converged on the same island.
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