Henry Carter Hull

Mikal Gilmore, brother of murderer Gary Gilmore, documents the origins of Gary's violence with the true story of their family.

A detailed account of a murder investigation that took 14 years and advances in DNA testing to solve.

Tells the story of Velma Barfield, a wife and mother who was executed by lethal injection in 1984 after admitting to killing four people over the course of ten years, including her own mother.

Lost and Found is a story of the struggle to survive and transcend murder, secrets, and abandonment. It is the story of a family captured by its own bloody history, and ultimately a triumphant tale of Babette's step-by-step passage from an ill-starred and dark destiny to selfhood, freedom, and a transported life.

Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "a brisk, colorful, and cleverly recounted selection of ten crimes," this gripping book ventures into rural America to uncover true tales of homicide. From "Death and Times of a Prophet," involving a hypnotic Oregon revivalist known as Joshua the Second, to "Who Called on Sarah Meservey?," an account of the mysterious slaying of a Maine sea captain's wife, these reports of backwoods bloodletting crackle with suspense....

Acclaimed true-crime journalist Linda Wolfe presents the chilling case of a college professor who bludgeoned to death the prostitute he loved-plus eight other true stories that expose the psychological forces that drive seemingly respectable people to commit violent, unexpected crimes A professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, a suburban husband, and father of three, William Douglas secretly frequented Boston's Combat Zone, a world of pimps,...

Five torn-from-the-headlines true crime books from an Edgar Award nominated author and one of our best reporters (John Leonard). Linda Wolfe delves deep into the crimes that defy explanation and the twisted minds of those who commit them. In these five books, she combines masterful storytelling with brilliant psychological insight. Wasted : On an August night in 1986, Jennifer Levin left a Manhattan bar with Robert Chambers. The next morning, her...

The horrific 1988 murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn shocked the citizens of Philadelphia. Plucked from her own front yard, Barbara Jean was found dead less than two and a half hours later in a cardboard TV box dragged to a nearby street curb. After months of investigation with no strong leads, the case went cold. Four years later it was reopened, and Walter Ogrod, a young man with autism spectrum disorder who had lived across the street from...