title	author	my rating	shelves	added by	date added
The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne	Dawson, Kate Winkler *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c..., sarah-maria-cornell	Fishface	2024/11/15	view activity »
The 'Peyton Place' Murder: The True Crime Story Behind The Novel That Shocked The Nation	Mallett, Renee	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, basis-of-a-tv-show	Fishface	2022/02/28	view activity »
True Crime: THE TRUE STORIES BEHIND REAL LIFE MURDERS: 10 EVENTS THAT INSPIRED THE BOOKS AND MOVIES	STORIES, W.L.	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, collected-crime-t...	Fishface	2022/01/04	view activity »
The Diamond and the Vengeance: The True Crime that Inspired The Count of Monte Cristo	Peuchet, Jacques	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c...	Fishface	2021/09/08	view activity »
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee	Cep, Casey *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel	Fishface	2021/02/27	view activity »
The Scenery of Dreams: The True Story of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Kidnapped'	Munro, Lachlan	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c..., kidnapped	Fishface	2019/06/05	view activity »
The Lightwood Chronicles: Murder and Greed in the piney woods of South Georgia, 1869-1923, being the true story of Brainard Cheney's novel, Lightwood	Whigham, Stephen	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c..., lightwood-murders, true-crime-by-era, true-crime-by-region	Fishface	2018/12/01	view activity »
Born Bad	Sargeant, Jack *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, charles-starkweather, crimes-against-ch..., fictionalized, public-reactions	Fishface	2018/11/13	view activity »
Trial of Deacon Brodie about	Roughead, William	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c..., william-brodie	Fishface	2018/11/12	view activity »
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World	Weinman, Sarah	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, kidnapped, sally-horner, sex-crimes	Fishface	2018/06/30	view activity »
Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby	Churchwell, Sarah *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, hall-mills-murder, historical-true-c...	Fishface	2018/03/30	view activity »
Headline: Starkweather	Dyer, Earl	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, charles-starkweather, crimes-against-ch...	Fishface	2018/01/27	view activity »
The Case of the Great Train Robbery	Brookins, Carl *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, great-train-robbery, heists	Fishface	2017/11/16	view activity »
In Search of "Alias Grace"	Atwood, Margaret *	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, alias-grace-case, basis-of-a-novel, did-they-or-didn-..., historical-true-c..., the-help	Fishface	2017/09/24	view activity »
Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders about	Lowry, Beverly	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, cold-cases, mass-murder, yogurt-shop-murders	Fishface	2017/07/15	view activity »
The Girl On The Lonely Beach	Cook, Fred J.	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, starr-faithfull	Fishface	2017/06/11	view activity »
Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case	Waller, George	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, lindbergh-case	Fishface	2017/04/19	view activity »
What Really Happened	Lowndes, Marie Belloc	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, bravo-case, did-they-or-didn-..., happy-families	Fishface	2016/09/16	view activity »
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder	Gilmore, John	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, black-dahlia, cold-cases, did-they-or-didn-...	Fishface	2016/06/06	view activity »
The Killer Department: Detective Viktor Burakov's Eight-Year Hunt for the Most Savage Serial Killer in Russian History	Cullen, Robert	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, andrei-chikatilo, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, cannibals, crimes-against-ch..., serial-murder, sex-crimes	Fishface	2016/04/01	view activity »
The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives about	Lyle, Katie Letcher	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, historical-true-c..., paranormal, zona-shue	Fishface	2016/03/09	view activity »
The Love-Murders of Harry F. Powers: Beware Such Bluebeards! about	Bartlett, Evan Allen	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, bluebeard-killers, harry-powers, serial-murder	Fishface	2016/03/07	view activity »
Urge to Kill about	Damio, Ward	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, curious-cases, ed-kemper, herb-mullin, john-frazier, mass-murder, serial-murder, terrorist-acts, totally-messed-up	Fishface	2016/03/04	view activity »
Why-The Serial Killer in America about	Cheney, Margaret	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, ed-kemper, serial-murder	Fishface	2016/03/04	view activity »
The Cannibal	Heimer, Mel	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, albert-fish, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, cannibals, crimes-against-ch..., serial-murder, sex-crimes	Fishface	2016/02/27	view activity »
Edward Gein: America's Most Bizarre Murderer	Gollmar, Robert H.	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, ed-gein	Fishface	2016/02/27	view activity »
The List	Dettlinger, Chet	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, atlanta-child-mur..., basis-of-a-novel, crimebusters-stories, crimes-against-ch..., serial-murder, sex-crimes, wayne	Fishface	2016/02/27	view activity »
The Victims about	Lefkowitz, Bernard	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-novel, career-girls-murders, cases-that-change...	Fishface	2016/02/25	view activity »
Found Naked and Dead	Ist, Brian McConnell,	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, basis-of-a-movie, basis-of-a-novel, jack-the-stripper	Fishface	2016/02/25	view activity »
Ordeal by Trial: The Alice Crimmins Case about	Carpozi Jr., George	1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars	to-read, alice-crimmins, basis-of-a-novel, crimes-against-ch..., did-they-or-didn-..., happy-families, mother-of-the-year	Fishface	2016/02/18	view activity »

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