Unspeakable acts : true tales of crime, murder, deceit, and obsession /
Unspeakable acts : true tales of crime, murder, deceit, and obsession /
[edited by] Sarah Weinman ; with an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe.
- First edition.
- xix, 396 pages ; 21 cm
Dee Dee wanted her daughter to be sick, Gypsy wanted her mom murdered / Reckoning / Jennifer Pan's revenge / Perfect man who wasn't / Out came the girls / End of evil / Ethical dilemma of highbrow true crime / Lost children of "Runaway Train" / True crime story behind a 1970s cult feminist film classic / What bullets do to bodies / Checkpoint nation / "I am a girl now," Sage Smith wrote. Then she went missing / Michelle Dean -- Pamela Colloff -- Karen K. Ho -- Rachel Monroe -- Alex Mar -- Sarah Marshall -- Alice Bolin -- Elon Green -- Sarah Weinman -- Jason Fagone -- Melissa Del Bosque / How a dubious forensic science spread like a virus / Leora Smith -- Emma Copley Eisenberg.
"Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" -- from publisher.
9780062839886 0062839888
Murder--Case studies.
Crime--Case studies.
Criminals--Case studies.
True crime stories.
Dee Dee wanted her daughter to be sick, Gypsy wanted her mom murdered / Reckoning / Jennifer Pan's revenge / Perfect man who wasn't / Out came the girls / End of evil / Ethical dilemma of highbrow true crime / Lost children of "Runaway Train" / True crime story behind a 1970s cult feminist film classic / What bullets do to bodies / Checkpoint nation / "I am a girl now," Sage Smith wrote. Then she went missing / Michelle Dean -- Pamela Colloff -- Karen K. Ho -- Rachel Monroe -- Alex Mar -- Sarah Marshall -- Alice Bolin -- Elon Green -- Sarah Weinman -- Jason Fagone -- Melissa Del Bosque / How a dubious forensic science spread like a virus / Leora Smith -- Emma Copley Eisenberg.
"Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of thirteen recent true crime tales by some of the most exciting journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. With an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe, this collection showcases true crime writing across the broadest possible spectrum and reflects on why crime stories are so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader" -- from publisher.
9780062839886 0062839888
Murder--Case studies.
Crime--Case studies.
Criminals--Case studies.
True crime stories.