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Chapter 19: True Crime
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CLASSICS: NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED BLOOD
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by the District Attorney Who Put the Puzzle Together by Vincent Buglioski
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder-A Family Album by Shanna Alexander
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson
The Stranger Besides Me by Ann Rule
Fatal Vision by Joe McGinnis
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by the District Attorney Who Put the Puzzle Together by Vincent Buglioski
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder-A Family Album by Shanna Alexander
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
Savage Grace by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson
The Stranger Besides Me by Ann Rule
HISTORICAL TRUE CRIME: BLOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE
Anton Wonder: The Boy Mirderer by Dick Kreck
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at The Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Sunk Without a Sound: The tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde by Brad Dimock
Anton Wonder: The Boy Mirderer by Dick Kreck
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at The Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Sunk Without a Sound: The tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde by Brad Dimock
ORGANIZED CRIME: AS OPPOSED TO DISORGANISED CRIME
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
Gotti: Rise and Fall by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain
Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Live in the Mafia by Peter Maas
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
Gotti: Rise and Fall by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain
Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Live in the Mafia by Peter Maas
SERIAL KILLERS AND OTHER MURDERS: KILLING BY THE NUMBERS
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe
Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer by Gary C. King
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
The Innoncet Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
Last Rampage: The Shocking, True Story of an Excaped Convict's Killing Spreeby James W. Clarke
The Misbegotten Son, a Serial Killer and His Victims: the True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross by Jack Olsen
Sleep My Child, Forever by John Coston
St. Joseph's Children; A True Story of Terror and Justice by Terry Ganey
Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons, and a Horrifying Murder by Tina Dirmann
Teach Me to Kill by Stephen Sawicki
Whatever Mother Says: A true Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder by Wensley Clarkson
Who Killed My Daughter by Lois Duncan
Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith
Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe
Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer by Gary C. King
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
The Innoncet Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
Last Rampage: The Shocking, True Story of an Excaped Convict's Killing Spreeby James W. Clarke
The Misbegotten Son, a Serial Killer and His Victims: the True Story of Arthur J. Shawcross by Jack Olsen
Sleep My Child, Forever by John Coston
St. Joseph's Children; A True Story of Terror and Justice by Terry Ganey
Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons, and a Horrifying Murder by Tina Dirmann
Teach Me to Kill by Stephen Sawicki
Whatever Mother Says: A true Story of a Mother, Madness and Murder by Wensley Clarkson
Who Killed My Daughter by Lois Duncan
Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith
THEFT AND WHITE COLOR CRIME: WHEN GOOD BOYS GO BAD
Bringing Ballad of the Whisky Robber: A true Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pet Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich
Confessions of a Master Jewel Theif by Bill Mason
The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing masterpiece by Edward Dolnick
Bringing Ballad of the Whisky Robber: A true Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pet Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich
Confessions of a Master Jewel Theif by Bill Mason
The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing masterpiece by Edward Dolnick
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Historical true crime: blood under the bridge
Organizes crime: as opposed to disorganised crime
Serial killers and other murderers: killing by the numbers
Theft and white-color crime: when good boys go bad