Tag: true crime
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The Killer Across the Table – J. Douglas/M. Olshaker
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Killer Across the Table: You won’t want to be a criminal profiler after this. You may want to be Dirty Harry, though. Is that reference too old? Ok, you’ll want to be the Punisher. Quick synopsis: John Douglas (the guy who made criminal profiling a “thing”) recounts four scum he…
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Dannemora by Charles Gardner
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Dannemora: This was a hell of a lot more like Shawshank than I expected. Quick synopsis: The prison escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Seriously, it’s just like Shawshank! The two guys dug out of their…
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The Impeachers by Brenda Wineapple
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Impeachers: Worst. President. Ever. Quick synopsis: The story of the only ever impeachment of a sitting president, Andrew Johnson. Seriously, he sucked. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: By the end of Andrew Johnson’s term, both political parties hated him and wanted him to go away. This may also be…
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Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Bad Blood: How Elizabeth Holmes made very smart people look very dumb. Quick synopsis: A full investigation of the Theranos scam by the reporter who discovered the corruption. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Elizabeth Holmes’ voice is probably fake! Henry Kissinger got pulled into this! Walgreen’s almost went under because…
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The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Five: Life is hard for a woman. Then Jack the Ripper kills you. Quick synopsis: The life stories of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: The number of women killed by Jack the Ripper is not completely known. The five women in this…
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Say Nothing: Came for the murder, stayed for the Troubles. Quick synopsis: A true crime story which starts as a case of kidnapping but then becomes a microcosm of the Troubles of Northern Ireland. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: When some serious IRA hard-cases came to America, they thought WE…
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Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb
Brendan’s Alternate Tagline: Nothing better than hanging Nazis! Quick synopsis: Story of the hunt for Adolf Eichmann in Argentina after World War II. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: When General Patton (renowned tough guy) first walked into a concentration camp, he threw up. Also, there are people today who believe the Holocaust did not…