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True Crime Documentaries and Books

  • Chantal W.
  • Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Do you enjoy tales that scare and fascinate you and have the added element of being true?  Ever found yourself glued to the TV when Dateline NBC, The First 48, or Cold Justice comes on?  Then you will  probably like true crime (if you are not already reading it).

To get started, try the selections below to sample the true crime books and documentaries in Richland Library's collection.

Bonnie & Clyde

Bonnie & Clyde

Published in 2016
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2 of 3 available
Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans

Published in 2004
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2 of 2 available
Cartel Land

Cartel Land

Published in 2016
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2 of 2 available
The Central Park Five

The Central Park Five

Published in 2013
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1 of 2 available
Cropsey

Cropsey

Published in 2011
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1 of 1 available
The Invisible War

The Invisible War

Published in 2012
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2 of 2 available
The Jinx the Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

The Jinx the Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

Published in 2015
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3 of 4 available
A Murder in the Park

A Murder in the Park

Published in 2015
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The Seven Five

The Seven Five

Published in 2015
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The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

Published in 1988
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The Witness

The Witness

Published in 2016
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Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

CSI, Whitechapel
Begg, Paul.
Published in 2012
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1 of 1 available
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

A Savannah Story
Berendt, John, 1939-
Published in 1994
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1 of 1 available
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
Published in 2002
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3 of 4 available
The Brothers Bulger

The Brothers Bulger

How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century
Carr, Howie
Published in 2006
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Columbine

Columbine

Cullen, David, 1961-
Published in 2009
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A Stolen Life

A Stolen Life

A Memoir
Dugard, Jaycee Lee, 1980-
Published in 2011
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2 of 2 available
Midnight in Peking

Midnight in Peking

How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
French, Paul, 1966-
Published in 2012
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The Lost Girls

The Lost Girls

The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus
Glatt, John, author.
Published in 2015
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2 of 3 available
Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge

Godfrey, Rebecca
Published in 2005
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The Skies Belong to Us

The Skies Belong to Us

Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
Koerner, Brendan I.
Published in 2013
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The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Larson, Erik.
Published in 2003
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2 of 4 available
Fatal Vision

Fatal Vision

McGinniss, Joe.
Published in 2012
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4 of 4 available
A Wilderness of Error

A Wilderness of Error

The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald
Morris, Errol
Published in 2012
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The Red Parts

The Red Parts

Autobiography of a Trial
Nelson, Maggie, 1973-
Published in 2016
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People Who Eat Darkness

People Who Eat Darkness

The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
Parry, Richard Lloyd.
Published in 2012
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1 of 3 available
The Monster of Florence

The Monster of Florence

Preston, Douglas J.
Published in 2008
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2 of 2 available
The Stranger Beside Me

The Stranger Beside Me

Rule, Ann.
Published in 2009
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God'll Cut You Down

God'll Cut You Down

The Tangled Tale of a White Supremacist, a Black Hustler, a Murder, and How I Lost a Year in Mississippi
Safran, John.
Published in 2014
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A Good Month for Murder

A Good Month for Murder

The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad
Wilber, Del Quentin, author.
Published in 2016
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4 of 4 available
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Chantal W.

Research and Readers' Advisory Manager

British mystery show addict and lover of fantasy, romance and mystery novels.

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