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Alpha Dog American Hustle American Gangster Anatomy of a Murder Bernie Black Mass The Bling Ring Bonnie and Clyde Bully Captive Catch Me If You Can Changeling Cleveland Abduction Devil’s Knot Dog Day Afternoon The Elizabeth Smart Story Foxcatcher The French Connection

Goodfellas Heavenly Creatures Hoodwinked In Cold Blood The Infiltrator The Informant! The Jeffrey Dahmer Files Legend The Newton Boys The Next Three Days Public Enemies Serpico True Story The Untouchables The Wolf of Wall Street The Wrong Man Zodiac

Films Based on True Crime

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule CD BOOK 364.152 RULE, E-audio

Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killer Revealed by Robert Graysmith 364.152 GRAY

Naming Jack the Ripper by Russell Edwards 364.152 EDWA, E-book

Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind Thirty Years of Hunting for the Wichita Serial Killer by John E. Douglas 364.15 DOUG

Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer, America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule 364.152 RULE, E-book

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth LT 364.152 HOLL

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed by Patricia Daniels-Cornwell 364.15 CORN, CD Book 364.15 CORN

The Man in the Monster: An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer by Martha J. H. Elliott 364.152 ELLI

Serial Killers Abridged: 100 Short Stories, 100 Serial Killers, 1000s of Victims by R.J. Parker 364.15 PARK

Journey into Darkness: Follow the FBI's Premier Investigative Profiler as He Penetrates the Minds and Motives of the Most Terrifying Serial Killers by John E. Douglas 363.259 DOUG

The New Predator: Women Who Kill: Profiles of Female Serial Killers by Deborah S. Schurman-Kauflin 364.15 SCHU

Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem by Paul Martin 364.1092 MART

The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World’s Most Terrifying Murderers by Harold Schechter 364.152 SCHE

The Devil’s Rooming House: The True Story of America’s Deadliest Female Serial Killer by William M. Phelps 364.15 PHEL, E-book

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry 364.152 PERR, LT 364.152 PERR, E-audio

The Good Nurse: America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, the Hospitals that Allowed Him to Thrive, and the Detectives Who Brought Him to Justice by Charles Graeber B CULL, LT 364.152 GRAE, E-audio

A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler by Casey Sherman 364.15 SHER

Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Rober Kolker 364.152 KOLK, E-book

The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer by Roseanne Montillo 364.152 MONT

The Devil's Right-Hand Man: The True Story of Serial Killer Robert Charles Browne by Stephen G. Michaud 364.152 MICH

Books, Movies, and More on Your Favorite Subjects

Delve inside the mystery of true crime cases and

the criminals behind them.

Serial Killers

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Blood, Guts, and More: Essentials of Forensic Science by R.E. Gaensslen 363.25 GAEN Provides an overview of the basic concepts of forensic science and sheds light on legal issues surrounding inves-tigations. Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI by Dana Kollmann 363.25092 KOLL This book introduces the real science and the actual pro-cess of crime scene investigation. The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Sandra Hempel 364.152 HEMP A poisoning epidemic swept Europe in the 1830s, earning arsenic the nickname “the inheritor’s powder” due to its use by beneficiaries of wills. Hauptmann’s Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping by Richard T. Cahill 364.15 CAHI A meticulously researched examination of the case that gripped the nation in the 1930s. The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession by David Grann 081 GRAN A collection of articles published mainly in The New York-er magazine.

True Crime Unsolved

He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice by Jeanine Pirro 364.152 PIRR Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder by Robert Crane 791.4302 CRAN Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder: The True Story by Steve Hodel E-book The Killer Book of Cold Cases: Incredible Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the Most Baffling True Crime Cases of All Time by Tom Philbin E-book

Biographies / Memoirs

A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Lee Dugard B DUGA, CD Book 364.15 DUGA, E-book Dugard was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years.

Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham 823 GRAH, E-book In 1954, long before Anne Perry was a bestselling author, she was known as Juliet Hulme and was convicted in the murder of her friend’s mother.

The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict by Austin Reed E-book An autobiography of a young black man’s life as a servant, a delinquent, and a prisoner in New York State in the 1820s.

90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad by Dean Unkefer 363.450973 UNKE Memoir by a former agent at the Federal Bureau of Nar-cotics in 1960s New York.

Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department by Fred Pascente B PASC Colorful stories of crooked cops and dangerous criminals.

Accused: A Heartbreaking Death and the Quest for Justice by Brittany Ducker 364.1523 DUCK A Louisville family’s dysfunction results in murder and cover-up.

The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin 364.152 TOOB, E-book The inspiration for the American Crime Story series on FX television. The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise by Nick Foster 364.152 FOST After murdering a family on a remote island in Panama, a killer converted their home into a “club” to attract new victims.

Footsteps in the Snow by Charles Lachman 364.152 LACH, E-book A 1957 murder wasn’t solved until 55 years later and is now the basis for an 2014 Lifetime Network documentary.

Columbine by Dave Cullen 373.788 CULL, E-book, E-audio How and why the tragic 1999 school shooting happened.

Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine by Maximillian Potter LT 663 POTT In 2010, a famous vineyard that produces very expen-sive and exquisite wines received an anonymous note threatening to poison the vines unless a ransom was paid. The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding 327.12730092 HARD How a 29-year-old computer genius pulled off the most spectacular intelligence breach in history. The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps by Michael Blanding 364.16 BLAN Once considered a respectable map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief. Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal that Undid Him, and All the Justice That Money Can Buy: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein by James Patterson 364.15 PATT, LT 364.15 PATT, E-book A true story of scandal and crime and a powerful man who used his wealth to influence the American Justice system.

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Guilt by Matrimony: A Memoir of Love, Madness, and the Murder of Nancy Pfister by Nancy Styler 364.152 STYL Authorities believe the man convicted of a gruesome murder was too mentally ill to have acted alone.

The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy by Masha Gessen 363.32509744 GESS A look at the two brothers who carried out the Boston Marathon bombing.

And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank by Steve Oney 364.15 ONEY One of the most shameful moments in our nation’s history, this 1913 event has been the subject of novels, plays, and movies. The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus by John Glatt 362.88 GLAT, E-audio The true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement .

Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry 364.152 CHAU The story that was made famous by the Serial podcast.

True Crime Classics

Ann Rule is regarded as one of the fore-most True Crime writers in America. Look for our book-mark with all the Ann Rule titles available at BCPL.