Unusual Punishment: The Penitentiary in Walla Walla – 1970 to 1985 by Christopher Murray

by Sarah Hutchins | Feb 26, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, History, Sponsored, True Crime

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Washington State University Press Formats: Paperback Purchase: Amazon [/alert] Who knew that Walla Walla was famous for something far more serious than their delicious, sweet onions? Unusual Punishment: The...

The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer by Thierry Cruvellier

by Nicole McGillagreen | Jun 12, 2015 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, True Crime

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Ecco Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] In writing Master of Confessions, Cruvellier covers the trial of Duch, a former...

Cover Up by Damien Comerford

by Site Owner | Oct 1, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, True Crime

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Createspace Formats: Paperback, Kindle, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] A good conspiracy theory is like a good detective movie. Half the fun is watching...

American Desperado: My Life–From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset

by michaeld | Nov 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime

    A Lifetime in Orgainized Crime By Jon Roberts, Evan Wright Crown 28.00 547 pages “For my father evil was a tool. In the early 1970’s I realized I was different than him. Evil for me was not just a tool. I liked doing the evil thing.” This book is about a...

The Killing Jar: Based on a True Story

by Site Owner | Sep 28, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Psychology, True Crime

by Gloria Nixon-John & Robert “Skip” Noelker, PhD Neverland Publishing Company, $16.95, 340 pages Ted knew only pain, despair, and darkness, which he focused in to studying etymology, reading, and science. The darkness is ever present in his otherwise...

I, Monster: Serial Killers In Their Own Words

by Site Owner | Jul 22, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime

By Tim Philbin, Prometheus Books, $20.00, 263 pages “This book will not be everyone’s cup of tea. But for true crime fans who like to take their murder stories straight, it would be hard to think of anything more appealing…” I, Monster by Tim...