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A quiet homestead on the Kansas frontier hides a killing ground that shocks a nation still recovering from civil war.
Hell’s Half-Acre
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A quiet homestead on the Kansas frontier hides a killing ground that shocks a nation still recovering from civil war. In Hell’s Half-Acre, the discovery of bodies buried near the Bender family’s cabin exposes a series of brutal murders that sent investigators and newspapers into a frenzy. This historical true crime account examines how a family of killers vanished into the uncertainty of nineteenth century America.
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One of NPR's "Books We Love"
New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022"
"Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street Journal
A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war.
In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for decades, sparking an epic manhunt for the Benders.
The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders—one among the thousands relocating farther west in search of land and opportunity after the Civil War—were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree and whether justice ever caught up to them is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set against the backdrop of postbellum America, Hell’s Half-Acre explores the environment capable of allowing such horrors to take place. Drawing on extensive original archival material, Susan Jonusas introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, many of whom have been previously missing from the story. Among them are the families of the victims, the hapless detectives who lost the trail, and the fugitives that helped the murderers escape.
Hell’s Half-Acre is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact and an entire family of criminals can slip through a community’s fingers, only to reappear in the most unexpected of places.
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A sudden illness turns into a chilling mystery when a respected woman dies under suspicious circumstances.
We Thought We Knew You
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A sudden illness turns into a chilling mystery when a respected woman dies under suspicious circumstances. In We Thought We Knew You, the poisoning of Mary Yoder in upstate New York fractures her family and community as investigators pursue a tangled web of accusations. With multiple suspects and shifting loyalties, this true crime narrative traces how betrayal, hidden resentment, and deception led to two gripping trials.
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In this chilling true crime thriller by New York Times bestselling journalist M. William Phelps, a woman’s mysterious death in upstate New York plunges her family into a nightmare of accusations and vengeance.
In July 2015, Mary Yoder fell ill in the chiropractic center she operated with her husband, Bill. Doctors in the ER and ICU were baffled—and unable to save her life. Weeks later, her family received startling news from the medical examiner: Mary had been deliberately poisoned. Another shock followed when the local sheriff received a claim that Adam Yoder had poisoned his mother. But Adam was not the only person of interest . . .
Kaitlyn Conley, Adam’s ex-girlfriend, worked at the Yoders’ clinic and was at Mary’s bedside during her last hours. Still, some spoke of her history of rage-fueled behavior. Had Kaitlyn and Adam conspired to kill Mary? Yet another suspect emerged when accusations were hurled at grieving husband Bill Yoder . . .
M. William Phelps unravels a twisting trail of evidence to reveal the heartless scheme that tore a family apart, divided a community, and culminated in two gripping, high-profile trials.
“Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers.” —Allison Brennan
“Phelps knows how to work it.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
“Anything by Phelps is an eye-opening experience.” —Suspense Magazine
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A picture perfect marriage hides a darker truth beneath suburban respectability.
Blind Faith
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A picture perfect marriage hides a darker truth beneath suburban respectability. In Blind Faith, the murder of Maria Marshall shatters the polished world of Tom’s River, New Jersey, after her husband reports a brutal roadside attack. As investigators probe deeper into Rob Marshall’s life, secrets of adultery, addiction, and mounting debt expose how privilege and deception can conceal violence in plain sight.
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The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town—from author and journalist Joe McGinniss.
The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful wife and the perfect mom to their three great kids.
Then one night while the couple drove home from Atlantic City, Rob, his head bloodied, reported Maria had been brutally slain. Sympathy poured in—until disquieting facts began to surface…and the true story of adultery, gambling, drugs and murder tore the mask off Rob Marshall and the blinders off the town that thought he could do no wrong.
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Incident at Big Sky recounts a Montana kidnapping and manhunt that began with one athlete’s disappearance and became a brutal test of wilderness survival, law enforcement, and nerve.
Incident at Big Sky
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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Incident at Big Sky recounts a Montana kidnapping and manhunt that began with one athlete’s disappearance and became a brutal test of wilderness survival, law enforcement, and nerve. When biathlete Kari Swenson is abducted by father-and-son survivalists, Sheriff Johnny France joins a months-long search through unforgiving backcountry, making this true crime account tense, strange, and grounded in the terrifying reality of a case that stunned the country.
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Edgar Award Finalist: The "exciting" true story of the abduction of biathlete Kari Swenson and the five-month manhunt to bring her tormentors to justice (The New York Times Book Review).
Former rodeo cowboy Johnny France had been sheriff of Madison County, Montana, for three years when Kari Swenson, a Bozeman resident training for the World Biathlon Championship, went missing near Big Sky Resort in July 1984. Her friends feared that Kari had been attacked by a grizzly bear, but the truth was far scarier: She'd been kidnapped at gunpoint by father-and-son survivalists Don and Dan Nichols. The pair had been living in the wilderness off and on for years and hoped to make Kari a "mountain woman" and Dan's bride. But the plan went horribly wrong from the start, and after a deadly firefight with rescuers, the kidnappers vanished into the rugged terrain of the Spanish Peaks.
As Montana's summer froze into brutal winter blizzards, SWAT teams, forest rangers, and antiterrorist units searched the backcountry but sighted the mountain men only once. Then came the call about a strange campfire on a slope above the Madison River. Sheriff France decided to go into the forest to face the fugitives—alone. The resulting showdown made him "perhaps the most famous Western sheriff since Wyatt Earp . . . a modern legend" (Chicago Tribune).
Incident at Big Sky is an "amazing . . . exciting retelling of a modern crime" that made headlines around the world (The New York Times Book Review). In a voice as distinctive and compelling as the Montana landscape, France takes readers on a high-stakes adventure so bizarre and unforgettable it could only be true.
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A small-town murder accusation fractures trust long before the truth emerges.
The Edge of Innocence
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A small-town murder accusation fractures trust long before the truth emerges. In The Edge of Innocence, Casper Bennett stands trial for the death of his wife in 1960s Lorain, Ohio, while an inexperienced defense attorney, the author’s father, confronts a case built on suspicion rather than certainty. This true crime courtroom narrative examines justice before modern forensics, where memory, reputation, and doubt shape a man’s fate.
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From the Rubery Prize-winning author David Miraldi:
A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and a Defiant Attorney Determined to Unearth the Truth.
1960s Lorain, Ohio: Casper Bennett is accused of the unimaginable—drowning his wife in a scalding bath. Rumors swirl, and whispers pervade every corner of town. But there's one man, untested in the vicious waters of murder trials, willing to wade in and defend him: the author's father.
David Miraldi unveils a riveting tale intertwined with personal history. In a time before DNA, when a man's fate hung precariously on human intuition, can true justice emerge from the fog of doubt?
But this isn't just a courtroom drama. It's a son's journey into his father's legacy, a town's desperate quest for truth, and a chapter of American history where technology was new, but deception was age-old.
"The Edge of Innocence" isn't merely a true crime narrative—it's a masterful exploration of memory, responsibility, and the ever-elusive nature of truth. Amidst shifting memories and contested facts, will you discern the reality lurking in the shadows?
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Four people vanish from a quiet Ohio town, leaving behind no clear trace and mounting dread.
The Girl in the Leaves
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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Four people vanish from a quiet Ohio town, leaving behind no clear trace and mounting dread. In The Girl in the Leaves, Robert Scott, Sarah Maynard, and Larry Maynard recount the investigation that led police to Matthew Hoffman’s home, where a bound thirteen-year-old girl was found alive amid a scene of calculated horror. This true crime account examines survival, confession, and the lasting impact of violence on a family and community.
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The shocking true crime story of one of the most bizarre mass murders ever recorded—and the girl who escaped with her life.
In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley, Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang; her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina’s two children, thirteen-year-old Sarah and eleven-year-old Kody. Investigators began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs of the missing people were discovered.
On the fourth day of the search, evidence trickled in about neighborhood “weirdo” Matthew Hoffman. A police SWAT team raided his home and found an extremely disturbing sight: every square inch of the place was filled with leaves and a terrified Sarah Maynard was bound up in the middle of it like some sort of perverted autumn tableau. But there was no trace of the others.
Then came Hoffman’s confession to an unspeakable crime that went beyond murder and defied all reason. His tale of evil would make Sarah’s survival and rescue all the more astonishing—a compelling tribute to a young girl’s resilience and courage and to her fierce determination to reclaim her life in the wake of unimaginable trauma.
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When murder follows ritual, investigators must confront belief systems that blur the line between delusion and intent.
Ritual Killers
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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When murder follows ritual, investigators must confront belief systems that blur the line between delusion and intent. In Curated True Crime #1: Ritual Killers, Jamie Malton and Aiden Galway examine cases in which perpetrators built personal doctrines around violence, committing acts shaped by superstition, obsession, or calculated pattern. This volume presents multiple true crime accounts that focus on motive, method, and the forensic work that brought offenders to justice.
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In Volume #1: Ritual Killers we gain insight into the minds of criminals who formed their own justifications for committing the ultimate act of murder. These killers were compelled to repeatedly follow their personal rituals before, during, and after crimes. Many believing they were protected by supernatural forces, some trying to re-live a sick memory, and others were cunning and methodical planners avoiding detection.
Read how detectives and forensic science identified, tracked down, and convicted some of the worst offenders known, many of whom you will have never heard about before.
Volume #1 includes . . .
- Blonde, Blue-Eyed Virgin: A 15-year-old girl from Arroyo Grande, California, met with three boys under the guise of friendship. Unbeknownst to her, these boys had very sinister intentions – they aimed to sacrifice her to the devil due to her perceived resemblance to the Virgin Mary.
- The Witch's Cauldron: After a warning from a fortune teller that all of her children would die, Leonarda embarked on a series of ritual murders where she made soup and candy from the bodies of her victims - all in the belief it would protect her children.
- A Studied Killer: A state trooper in Texas made a routine traffic stop. While speaking to the driver he became suspicious and looked in the trunk of the car. He found a ski mask, firearm, and the phone of a missing teenage girl. He didn’t realize he had also just found an elusive serial killer who had been on a rampage for over a decade.
. . plus 12 more shocking, true crime murder stories
If you enjoy gripping true crime stories, you’ll love Curated True Crime.
A Word of Warning
The explicit details of these murders come directly from eyewitness accounts, interviews, police reports, court transcripts, crime scenes, and autopsy reports. They contain disturbing facts that may not be suitable for all readers.
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Young women are vanishing, and every lead seems to dissolve just as the truth comes into focus.
Fatal Invitation
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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Young women are vanishing, and every lead seems to dissolve just as the truth comes into focus. In Fatal Invitation, Detective Kylie Cassidy steps into Major Crimes only to find herself tracking a ruthless network tied to a powerful assistant state attorney. As threats close in and allies grow scarce, this crime thriller follows a relentless investigator who risks everything to expose predators hiding in plain sight.
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Vanished women. A rising body count. A detective who won’t quit.
Detective Kylie “KC” Cassidy thought Major Crimes would be her big break. Instead, she’s chasing the brutal murders of young women—and the trail keeps circling back to Assistant State Attorney Gavin Watkins and his elusive ally, Kozlov.
Each lead vanishes before her eyes, every step forward dragging her deeper into danger. And when Kozlov’s men come after her, KC must rely on her instincts, and on the few people she can trust, to survive long enough to expose the truth.
But when KC gets too close to the truth, she becomes the target. Will KC survive the trap and bring down the predators or become their next victim?
If you like the relentless pursuit of justice in Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series, the sharp investigative instincts of Lisa Gardner's D.D. Warren, then you'll be captivated by Fatal Invitation, a gripping, fast-paced crime thriller.
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When members of prominent Southern families are found murdered in separate states, suspicion turns inward toward bloodlines once considered unbreakable.
Bitter Blood
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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When members of prominent Southern families are found murdered in separate states, suspicion turns inward toward bloodlines once considered unbreakable. In Bitter Blood, Jerry Bledsoe traces the connections between the Sharps, the Newsoms, and the Lynches, centering on Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch and her volatile relationship with cousin Fritz Klenner. This true crime narrative examines family loyalty, custody battles, and obsession as investigators uncover a pattern of calculated violence.
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The "riveting" #1 New York Times bestseller: A true story of three wealthy families and the unbreakable ties of blood (Kirkus Reviews).
The first bodies found were those of a feisty millionaire widow and her daughter in their posh Louisville, Kentucky, home. Months later, another wealthy widow and her prominent son and daughter-in-law were found savagely slain in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Mystified police first suspected a professional in the bizarre gangland-style killings that shattered the quiet tranquility of two well-to-do southern communities. But soon a suspicion grew that turned their focus to family.
The Sharps. The Newsoms. The Lynches. The only link between the three families was a beautiful, aristocratic young mother named Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch. Could this former child "princess" and fraternity sweetheart have committed such barbarous crimes? And what about her gun-loving first cousin and lover, Fritz Klenner, son of a nationally renowned doctor?
In this tale of three families connected by marriage and murder, of obsessive love and bitter custody battles, Jerry Bledsoe recounts the shocking events that ultimately took nine lives, building to a truly horrifying climax that will leave you stunned.
"Recreates . . . one of the most shocking crimes of recent years." —Publishers Weekly
"Absorbing suspense." —Chicago Tribune
"Astonishing . . . Brilliantly chronicled." —Detroit Free Press
"An engrossing southern gothic sure to delight fans of the true-crime genre. Bledsoe maintains the suspense with a sure hand." —The Charlotte Observer
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Two suburban families share pews, friendships, and routines until private resentments ignite into violence.
Evidence of Love
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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Two suburban families share pews, friendships, and routines until private resentments ignite into violence. In Evidence of Love, John Bloom and Jim Atkinson reconstruct the relationship between Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore, tracing an affair, mounting jealousy, and a killing that shattered a Texas community. This true crime account examines desire, denial, and the courtroom battle that followed a plea of self-defense.
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The "fascinating" true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.
On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty's utility room that morning was all too real.
Based on exclusive interviews with the Gore and Montgomery families, Edgar Award finalist Evidence of Love is the "superbly written" account of a gruesome tragedy and the trial that made national headlines when the defendant entered the most unexpected of pleas: not guilty by reason of self-defense (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
Adapted into the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning television movie A Killing in a Small Town—as well as the new limited series Candy on Hulu and Love and Death on HBO Max—this chilling tale of sin and savagery will "fascinate true crime aficionados" (Kirkus Reviews).
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A secret affair between a rising political aide and a powerful attorney ends in disappearance, leaving questions that refuse to fade.
And Never Let Her Go
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A secret affair between a rising political aide and a powerful attorney ends in disappearance, leaving questions that refuse to fade. In And Never Let Her Go, Ann Rule examines the relationship between Anne Marie Fahey and Thomas Capano, tracing the charm, control, and deception that shaped their bond. This true crime narrative explores obsession within elite political circles and the unraveling of a man whose public success concealed lethal intent.
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From America's most celebrated true-crime writer comes the heartbreaking real-life drama of a doomed young woman hopelessly trapped in a web of sexual intrigue, political manipulation, and emotional deception by her charming and successful—but ultimately deadly—lover.
The author of fifteen New York Times national bestsellers, Ann Rule, a former Seattle policewoman, has researched thousands of homicides and understands every facet of murder investigation. Now, in the most complex and shocking book of her long career, she delves into the motivation that drove a seemingly successful man to kill, and she explores heretofore unknown aspects of a fatal affair between a beautiful young woman who moved confidently in the heady world of the upper echelons of government and a widely admired millionaire attorney who was an immensely popular political figure.
On June 27, 1996, thirty-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, who was the scheduling secretary for the governor of Delaware, had dinner with a man she had been having a secret affair with for more than two years. "Tommy" Capano, forty-seven, was perhaps the most politically powerful man in Wilmington. Son of a wealthy contractor, former state prosecutor, partner in a prestigious law firm, advisor to governors and mayors, Tom Capano had a soft-spoken and considerate manner that endeared him to many. Although recently estranged from his wife, he was a devoted father to his four beautiful young daughters, the trusted son of his widowed mother, and the backbone of his extended family. But sometime after 9:15 that night when Anne Marie and Tom left a Philadelphia restaurant, something terrible happened to Anne Marie. It would be forty-eight hours before her brothers and sisters realized that she had disappeared entirely.
Ann Rule brilliantly traces the lives of both Fahey and Capano as she discloses the intimate details of their ill-fated bonding. A vulnerable, trusting woman becomes spellbound by a charming, duplicitous married man, and what begins as a seemingly unremarkable affair is slowly transformed into an obsessive, convoluted, and deadly relationship.
Through her impeccable research, Rule peels away layer after layer of deception to reveal a man who lived a secret life for decades, a man so greedy that he would sacrifice anyone to gain what he desired. One of his many mistresses—all of whom were unknown to one another—was Deborah MacIntyre, an attractive and wealthy member of one of Wilmington's oldest families and an administrator of an elite private school. She, too, would become part of the mystery surrounding Anne Marie's disappearance.
As three prominent families are destroyed to satisfy one man's jealous obsessions, this unfathomable tragedy becomes a tale that few would believe if it were presented as fiction. Shockingly, it is all true. Destined to become a classic, And Never Let Her Go is a riveting account of forbidden love and murder among the rich and powerful, and a chilling insight into the evil that sometimes hides behind even the most charming façade.
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In a quiet Colorado town, suspicion grows when two husbands die under circumstances that strain belief.
American Black Widow
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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In a quiet Colorado town, suspicion grows when two husbands die under circumstances that strain belief. In American Black Widow, Gregg Olsen reconstructs the life of Sharon Nelson, a minister’s wife whose charm masked calculation and whose marriages ended in violence. As investigators revisit accidents and unravel insurance claims, this true crime account examines manipulation, greed, and the unsettling ease with which trust can be exploited.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable story of Sharon Nelson, the minister’s wife whose two husbands mysteriously ended up dead.
Colorado, 1976. When Reverend Mike Fuller and his beautiful wife Sharon arrive in the sleepy town of Rocky Ford, local residents think something’s off about the new couple. The God-fearing minister is gruff and cold, while charismatic Sharon has her husband wrapped around her finger.
It isn’t long before Sharon is charming her husband’s congregation, and finds herself in a tryst with local, married optometrist Perry Nelson. After the affair ends both their marriages, Sharon and Perry tie the knot. But shortly afterwards, Perry disappears. When his body is shockingly discovered the bottom of a canyon, his death is ruled an accident, allowing grieving widow Sharon to claim his substantial life insurance.
Trying to move on from the tragedy, Sharon soon remarries fireman Glenn Harrelson. But when the charred remains of Glenn’s body are discovered with two bullet holes in his skull, the police can’t help but question if both men dying in such mysterious circumstances is one coincidence too many…
Shocking, sensational and gripping, this is the true story of the black widow Sharon Nelson, a must-read tale of greed, sex and murder in a sleepy Colorado town that will have true crime fans of The Staircase, American Mother and Making a Murderer hooked from start to finish.
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