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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

by Curt Gentry & Vincent Bugliosi

Other books by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi

Four Days in November (aka Parkland) by Vincent Bugliosi

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

Studies in Murder by Edmund Pearson

A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark O'Connell

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? by Francisco Goldman

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

The Medici Conspiracy by Cecilia Todeschini & Peter Watson

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Four Days in November (aka Parkland)
by Vincent Bugliosi

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by Vincent Bugliosi

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
by Kate Summerscale

Studies in Murder
by Edmund Pearson

A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
by Mark O'Connell

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman

In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote

The Medici Conspiracy
by Cecilia Todeschini & Peter Watson