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Larrimah: A Missing Man, an Eyeless Croc and an Outback Town of 11 People Who Mostly Hate Each Other | Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson

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Larrimah might not delight the true crime purists who need to see a bad guy locked up for life, but it will enthrall anyone with an interest in the outback, tall tales, and/or the search for answers. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/larrimah-caroline-graham-kylie-stevenson/

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AnneCecilie

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land | Rebecca Nagle

#WeeklyForecast

Continue with the yearlong reads on the right

Hopefully finish Our Share of Night and Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

Read The Illustrious Client #NoPlaceLikeHolmes

Start Lamentations #ShardlakeBR and Autocracy Inc.

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DieAReader

The Menendez Murders, Updated Edition: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation | Robert Rand

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#Read2025 #Wardens2025 #WeekendReading

5⭐️

CoverToCoverGirl, GHABI4ROSES

ChaoticMissAdventures An interesting time to read this as they go through the process to try and be early released. 4d

DieAReader @ChaoticMissAdventures 💯Precisely🙃 4d

CoverToCoverGirl I recently watched the documentary on Netflix. 2d

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AnneCecilie

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land | Rebecca Nagle

#BookReport

I finished the poetry collection Betongblomst (Concrete Flower) and Eloquent Rage #SheSaid

I continued with my yearlong reads on the right

I continued By the Fire We Carry, A Thousand Threads and Our Share of Night

I‘ve started the poetry collection Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit

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Leftcoastzen

My Dark Places | James Ellroy

#DynamicDs #Dark James Ellroys mother Jean was found murdered in suburban LA , left by the side of the road , murderer never found , case closed . James was only 10. He feels that his obsession with his mom‘s memory is largely responsible for his crime novels set in L.A. This book is part memoir , part story of Ellroy working with Detective Bill Stoner to see if even so many years later there is something to be learned about the case.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Read-n-Bloom Sounds really interesting! 6d

Eggs Stacked 👏🏻 5d

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cmyers

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood | Gregg Olsen

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This book was so heartbreaking. So many times I just sat there with my mouth open wondering what the hell?! Wondering how can these people do the things they did. And the fact that they‘re out of jail now is disturbing. How can they be allowed out after all they did?! The murders and torture they did. I‘m still sitting here just shocked. This book will stick with me for a very long time.

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ncsufoxes

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom | Shari Franke

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😳, I unfortunately think we‘re at the start of kids telling their stories of living in a household that broadcast to YouTube of other online media sources. There are so many ethical dilemmas that go along with these situations (some of which Franke discusses in her book). The passing of the 2018 Free Range Parenting law in Utah has made it close to impossible for DSS to investigate cases of child abuse since the law is so vague. I can‘t imagine

ncsufoxes the countless kids that will be missed (although even without laws like this many kids fall through the cracks). I need to watch the show on Hulu about the family & this case now. (I don‘t follow influencers or families like this on YT, I don‘t really want to watch people exploiting their kids when the kids don‘t have a say in any of it). 1w

AmyG Free Range Parenting? Or when I grew up….parenting. This was a crazy, sad story. (edited) 1w

ncsufoxes @AmyG, the law was designed to give kids more freedom but it‘s probably had a more negative impact. Franke called DSS multiple times over 4 years & each time they couldn‘t press charges. It wasn‘t until they saw actual physical signs of abuse that they could press charges. Meanwhile these kids were psychologically abused for years (which has adverse health implications in the long term). 1w

AmyG Yes, I listened to the book. My heart broke for her and her siblings. I can only hope they got the help they needed and can go on to fulfilling lives. 1w

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Cyndij82

All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row | James Patterson, Alex Abramovich

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Very good book. It was hard to put it down. Shocking!

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Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham | Marcia Clark

Kindle read in the dark …😌

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AnneCecilie

The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place | Kate Summerscale

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In March 1953 the police found 4 dead women at 10 Rillington Place hidden in the walls and floorboards. Reg Christie was soon a suspect and one of the victims was his wife. Just 4 years before, in 1949, another man had been convicted for murdering his own wife and child on the same address.

This isn‘t a story looking into the life of victims and ignoring the suspect. It looks at both, but more importantly it looks at the press and the

AnneCecilie voyeuristic tendencies in humans treating this as entertainment. A tabloid paid for Reg Christie‘s defense attorney. People would bring their chairs and food to sit down outside 10 Rillington Place to watch the police work and buy the tabloids. As one of the journalists covering this case, Harry Procter wrote in his memoir The Secret of Disillusion published 1958: “‘Sit down there, you, that man in the back row‘, he admonished. ‘I‘ll have no 1w

AnneCecilie hypocritical comment! How many murderers‘ stories have you read, sir, in the Sunday papers? If you‘ve never read one, then I‘ll listen to you. If you have read one, then shut up! We poor slavers are your servants, sir, not your masters. We give you what you want because you want it! Let me tell you, sir, before you throw your back-row sear at me, it was tougher for me to do than it is for you to read about it. But you, sir, you were the boss.‘” (edited) 1w

AnneCecilie When Christie was accused of murdering these women, it also opened up the question if the right man had been convicted in 1949, for what are the odds of to murderers living under the same roof? So it also looks at pride and the inability for people in high power to admit mistakes and how that impacts a lot of people 1w

kspenmoll Wonderful, in depth review, 1w

AnneCecilie @kspenmoll Thank you 😊 1w

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