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A story made all the more shocking because it's true.
In 1880, an organized mob of the Donnellys' enemies murders four family members and burns their house to the ground. Another sibling is shot to death in a house a short distance away. William Donnelly and a teenage boy are the only witnesses to the murders.
The surviving family members seek justice through the local courts but quickly learn that their enemies control the jury and the press. Two sensational trials follow that make national and international headlines as the Donnellys continue to pursue justice for their murdered parents, siblings, and cousin.
Behind the scenes, political factors are at play, as Oliver Mowat, the premier/attorney general of the province of Ontario, fearing the backlash a conviction would render, gradually withdraws support from the prosecution of the killers. After the trials, the Donnellys' enemies continue their crusade against the family, paying off potential witnesses to the murders and fabricating one last set of charges that they hope will put the remaining Donnellys away forever.
Contains mature themes.
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On New Year's Eve, 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in rural Oklahoma. Within a matter of days, investigators identified several suspects: convicts who had been at a craps game with one of the victims the night before. Also at the craps game was a young black farmer named W. D. Lyons. Political pressure mounted to find a villain. The governor's representative settled on Lyons, who was arrested, tortured into signing a confession, and tried for the murder. The NAACP's new Legal Defense and Education Fund sent its young chief counsel, Thurgood Marshall, to take part in the trial.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a piece of history 💕
- De GenXtinction en 01-12-21
De: Denver Nicks, y otros
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The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns
- De: Mitzi Szereto - editor
- Narrado por: Holly Palance, Phil Thron
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Whether in Truman Capote’s detailed murder of the Clutter family or Ted Bundy’s small-town charm, criminals have always roamed rural America and towns worldwide. Featuring murder stories, criminal case studies, and more, The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns contains all-new accounts from writers of true crime, crime journalism, and crime fiction. And these entries are not based on a true story - they are true stories. Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, the stories in this volume span the globe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Crime in other countries is not my cup of tea.
- De Brenda en 01-03-21
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Race Against Time
- De: Jerry Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jerry Mitchell
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 161
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 160
In Race Against Time, Mitchell takes listeners on the twisting, pulse-racing road that led to the reopening of four of the most infamous killings from the days of the Civil Rights Movement, decades after the fact. His work played a central role in bringing killers to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, the firebombing of Vernon Dahmer, the 16th Street Church bombing in Birmingham, and the Mississippi Burning case. Mitchell reveals how he unearthed secret documents and found long-lost suspects and witnesses, building up evidence strong enough to take on the Klan.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely horrible reading
- De Grace O'Malley en 03-14-20
De: Jerry Mitchell
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H. H. Holmes
- The True History of the White City Devil
- De: Adam Selzer
- Narrado por: David Bendena
- Duración: 17 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 234
This is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of the murderer who has become one of America's great supervillains. It reveals not only the true story but how the legend evolved, taking advantage of hundreds of primary sources that have never been examined before, including legal documents, letters, articles, and records that have been buried in archives for more than a century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The truth
- De Anna Fluellen en 09-08-17
De: Adam Selzer
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Hell's Princess
- The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
- De: Harold Schechter
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,471
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,280
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,281
In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it. Between 1902 and 1908, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana “murder farm". Some were hired hands. Others were well-to-do bachelors. All of them vanished without a trace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can a book about a serial killer be entertaining?
- De Lori Hanson en 05-08-18
De: Harold Schechter
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Duel with the Devil
- The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
- De: Paul Collins
- Narrado por: Mark Peckham
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 168
In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached - with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge - their animosity reached a fever pitch.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Trial of the Century
- De Jean en 09-06-15
De: Paul Collins
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver
- De: Sharyn McCrumb
- Narrado por: Sharyn McCrumb
- Duración: 6 h y 15 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
One hundred years after a woman is hanged, the search for justice reveals a story of simple faith, obsession, and murder. In 1832, an 18-year-old Frankie Silver was charged with murdering her young husband. In 1833, she became the first woman in the state of North Carolina to be hanged for murder. But was she guilty? More than 100 later, Tennessee sheriff Spencer Arrowood is determined to reveal the truth behind this unanswered question.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing story!
- De SandyJ en 08-30-19
De: Sharyn McCrumb
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A Cold-Blooded Business
- Adultery, Murder, and a Killer's Path from the Bible Belt to the Boardroom
- De: Marek Fuchs
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 365
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 331
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 325
In 1959, Olathe, Kansas was made famous by the murder of the Clutter family and Truman Capote's ground-breaking book on the crime, In Cold Blood. But fewer know that Olathe achieved notoriety again in 1982, when a member of Olathe's growing Evangelical Christian population, a gentle man named David Harmon, was bludgeoned to death while sleeping - the force of the blows crushing his face beyond recognition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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GOOD TRUE CRIME STORY
- De The Louligan en 08-17-14
De: Marek Fuchs
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The Wrong Man
- The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case
- De: James Neff
- Narrado por: Charles Constant
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
At 5:40 a.m. on July 4, 1954, the mayor of Bay Village, a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, received a frantic phone call from his neighbor Dr. Sam Sheppard. The news was too terrible to comprehend: Marilyn, Sam's lovely wife, was dead, her face and torso beaten beyond recognition by an unknown assailant who had knocked Sam unconscious and escaped just before dawn. In the adjacent bedroom, Chip, the Sheppards' seven-year-old son, had slept through the entire ordeal. Almost immediately, the police began to suspect Sam Sheppard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding! But troubling
- De Tyree en 09-26-22
De: James Neff
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Furious Hours
- Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
- De: Casey Cep
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,191
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,195
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the reverend. Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, needs a Southern narrator
- De Joseph Wu en 06-06-19
De: Casey Cep
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A Death in Belmont
- De: Sebastian Junger
- Narrado por: Kevin Conway
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 456
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 214
In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family, a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler. Roy Smith, a black man who had cleaned the victim's house that day, was convicted, but the terror of the Strangler continued.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Susanna en 01-13-15
De: Sebastian Junger
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- De: Gilbert King
- Narrado por: Peter Francis James
- Duración: 17 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,307
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,070
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,061
Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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5 out of 5 stars
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the fight for civil rights
- De Jean en 01-17-14
De: Gilbert King
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton
- How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
- De: Jeffrey Haas
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 777
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 684
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 679
Uncovering a cold-blooded execution at the hands of a conspiring police force, this engaging account relentlessly pursues the murderers of Black Panther Fred Hampton. Documenting the entire 14-year process of bringing the killers to justice, this chronicle also depicts the 18-month court trial in detail. Revealing Hampton himself in a new light, this examination presents him as a dynamic community leader whose dedication to his people and to the truth inspired the young lawyers of the People's Law Office.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narrator for a great story!!!
- De D. Rolland en 11-06-20
De: Jeffrey Haas
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John Adams Under Fire
- The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
- De: Dan Abrams, David Fisher
- Narrado por: Dan Abrams, Roger Wayne
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 279
History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country’s second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 04-23-20
De: Dan Abrams, y otros
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Emmett Till
- The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
- De: Devery S. Anderson
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
- Duración: 21 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 91
Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important story narrated with power and warmth
- De R. Nance en 10-04-16
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Little Shoes
- The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family's Secret
- De: Pamela Everett
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 7 h y 2 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
In the summer of 1937, a California crime stunned an already grim nation. Three little girls were lured away from a neighborhood park to unthinkable deaths. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged. Justice was swift, and the condemned man was buried away with the horrifying story. But decades later, Pamela Everett, a lawyer and former journalist, starts digging, following up a cryptic comment her father once made about losing two of his sisters. Everett unearths a truly historic legal case that included the genesis of modern sex offender laws and the last man sentenced to hang in California.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful presentation of secrets and crime case!
- De deb en 05-31-18
De: Pamela Everett
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
- The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
- De: Dean Jobb
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 115
In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. Largely forgotten today, this villain was as brazen as the notorious Jack the Ripper. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hard to Follow
- De Jessica en 08-26-21
De: Dean Jobb
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Butcher's Work
- True Crime Tales of American Murder and Madness
- De: Harold Schechter
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
A Civil War veteran who perpetrated one of the most ghastly mass slaughters in the annals of U.S. crime. A nineteenth-century female serial killer whose victims included three husbands and six of her own children. A Gilded Age “Bluebeard” who did away with as many as fifty wives throughout the country. A decorated World War I hero who orchestrated a murder that stunned Jazz Age America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another necessary work by Schector
- De Brandon en 12-27-22
De: Harold Schechter