Tag: true crime
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Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist (Netflix)
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist: Now this whole story finally makes sense! Quick synopsis: The story of all how football player Manti T’eo was catfished during college. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Before you say, “who cares about a dumb football player?”, I would like to point out Manti volunteered…
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Deadly Triangle by Susan Goldberg
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Deadly Triangle: Canadian murder, eh! Quick synopsis: The 1935 murder of famous Canadian architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Francis Rattenbury had a major windfall in creating a government building by negotiating his profits to be tied to the final cost. He then went over budget by…
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American Mother by Gregg Olsen
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for American Mother: Family dinners must be awkward. Quick synopsis: The story of a 1986 true crime case where people were killed by tainted medicine. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Cyanide smells like bitter almonds. Stick to peanuts. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Anything I’d say here is a spoiler. Just…
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The Rebel and the Kingdom by Bradley Hope
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Rebel and the Kingdom: You should always have a plan B when raiding an embassy. Quick synopsis: The story of an armed raid on a North Korean embassy and the person who made it happen. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: North Korea divides their people into 51 categories. About…
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In the Mouth of the Wolf by Katherine Corcoran
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for In the Mouth of the Wolf: Well, this ruins my planned trip to Mexico. Quick synopsis: A journalist’s attempt to solve the murder of fellow journalist, Regina Martinez. Fun Fact for Non-History People Will Like: 10 journalists were killed in Mexico in 2010. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Between 2004 and…
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Steve Ryan
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Ghosts That Haunt Me: And now they’ll haunt you, too! Quick synopsis: Retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan chronicles the cases which still haunt him today. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Steve Ryan is now a crime analyst for a Canadian TV station. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Toronto is…
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All That Is Wicked by Kate Winkler Dawson
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for All That Is Wicked: There might be a correlation between amazing arrogance and sociopathy. Quick synopsis: The story of Edward Rulloff and his many murders in the 1800s. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Edward Rulloff thought language was universal. Basically, he thought language was math. Fun Fact for History Nerds:…
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Nothing but the Night by Greg King/Penny Wilson
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Nothing but the Night: Who’s more innocent? Well, they both suck. Quick synopsis: The story of the murder of Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb in Chicago. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Grandpa Walton from The Waltons on TV knew Richard Loeb and thought he was a smart…
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The Red Widow by Sarah Horowitz
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Red Widow: There might be a correlation between amazing arrogance and sociopathy. Quick synopsis: The story of Margeurite Steinheil and the murder of her husband and mother. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Margeurite apparently got sick of her husband within two weeks of marrying. A match made in heaven…