Jul 6, 2011
Special to Crime Magazine
This is an excerpt from the book, Straight from the Hood: Amazing but True Gangster Tales, by Ron Chepesiuk and Scott Wilson. The book is published by Strategic Media Books (www.strategicmediabooks.com) and is available from the...
Jun 20, 2011
June 20, 2011 Crime Magazine's Review of True-Crime Books At their best, true-crime books are character studies — getting languorously, even microscopically up close and personal with criminals, victims, witnesses, law-enforcement personnel, and whomever else gets swept up...
May 30, 2011
May 30, 2011 Crime Magazine's Review of True-Crime Books Identity is a tricky thing. That name, that birthdate, and all those other details allegedly marking you as whom you claim to be are recorded on documents, in files, on cards, and in the archives of every institution...
May 9, 2011
An excerpt from the book Spinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion
by Kendall Coffey
The White Bronco
People love a good car chase. Or at least television news producers think we do. That's why we're treated to endless coverage of the police...
May 2, 2011
An excerpt from Dane Batty’s new book: Wanted: Gentleman Bank Robber: The True Story of Leslie Ibsen Rogge, One of the FBI’s Most Elusive Criminals (Nish Publishing, 2011)
by Dane Batty
My partner, Bo, and I were pretty successful. So much so that we bought a condo in the...
Apr 27, 2011
An excerpt from Mel Ayton recently published book Dark Soul of the South – The Life and Crimes of Racist Killer Joseph Paul Franklin
by Mel Ayton
In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for executions to start again in Missouri when it refused to hear the...
Mar 19, 2011
March 19, 2011Crime Magazine's Review of True-Crime Books The first two books this time around share a common modus operandi: A young and much-loved son, whose parents had always given him everything, brings about the vicious murders of those very parents in the would-be comfort...
Dec 9, 2010
Dec. 9, 2010by Denise Noe Historian Simon Baatz has written a 541-page book entitled For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that Shocked Chicago about the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. It is divided into three sections: “The Crime,” “The Attorneys,” and...
Nov 29, 2010
November 29, 2010Crime Magazine's Review of True-Crime Books Have history's best-known true-crime cases become "classics," their real-life supervillains now elevated to "legend" status? It's hard to choose the right words for actions that are so very, very wrong. Several volumes...
Nov 15, 2010
An excerpt from the book War in the Woods: Combating Marijuana Cartels on Our Public Lands.
by Lt. John Nores Jr. and James A. Swan
Nationwide, there are around 7,000 game wardens, or about as many of NYPD's finest as are assigned to cover the New Year's Eve celebration in...
