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Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Jane had a pretty good life. She was a single mother, and she
worked hard for her three kids, who meant the world to her. One
autumn evening she met someone she believed to be the man of her
dreams-the only thing missing in her nearly perfect life. He was
handsome, gentle, quiet, and kind.
Eleven months later, they bought a home and were married. Jane
was so happy. Soon, however, her daughter, Michelle, began to
change; she became distant and withdrawn. Something was wrong, but
Jane couldn't figure out what it was. She never thought to look at
her husband as being the cause her daughter's moodiness or imagine
that it might be somehow related to sexual abuse. Her husband-a
young, handsome man with a nine-to-five job, an ex-wife and kids of
his own-was nothing like her image of a pedophile.
In her memoir, "I Am Gonna Tell," Jane recounts the nightmare
that she, her daughter and sons lived through due to the man Jane
brought into their lives. This is a mother's brutally honest
account of the horrifying discovery of her daughter's sexual abuse
at the hands of her husband-her daughter's stepfather.
In 1997, George Henderson, who was staying in a homeless shelter,
asked for the help of author, Dr. Bonnie Clark Douglass. George's
brother Paul Henderson, who was nicknamed "Poncho," was only 17
when he went missing on Halloween night. Poncho's lifeless body was
found a couple of weeks later on Nov. 14th, 1981, at the end of the
catwalk under the Centennial Bridge in Miramichi City. Poncho's
sneakers were found neatly placed, side by side, atop a pillar
approximately 50 yards from the body; not one police report
retrieved mentions this fact. George refused to "live with it,"
after the family was told Poncho fell off the bridge, and that was
not what the Pathologist's report concluded. "I'd say he was
beaten. When a person falls, you expect to see trademark injuries,
especially to the hands and face." Sheriff Pollard said that if he
did not know better, he would guess that someone put Poncho on a
rack and stretched him. (Telegraph Journal, February 6, 1999,
Calvin Pollard, with 25 years combined experience as a sheriff and
coroner). George and Dr. Bonnie dug up every piece of information
they could find. This included old RCMP records retrieved from the
New Brunswick Archives, and news articles from 1981. A
comprehensive written report was submitted to the N.B. RCMP Major
Crime Unit and, in 1999, the RCMP announced that the case was being
opened. After George's violent death in 2007, Dr. Bonnie knew that
one day she had to tell George's story, because of his tenacity and
courage in the face of a system that seemed dead against him.
George remained the eye of the storm, no matter what he came up
against. After starting a Facebook site, miraculously, 10 pages of
tips came in. The truth about that fateful night and what happened
on the catwalk began to unravel. Who would ever believe how the
truth surfaced because of social media? A loyal group of people,
who ravaged the storm and fought to honor George's vow for justice,
are revealed in the story.
Countless criminals have made their mark on Chicago and the
surrounding communities. Chicago Sun-Times journalist Jon Seidel
takes readers back in time to the days when H. H. Holmes lurked in
his "Murder Castle" and guys named Al Capone and John Dillinger
ruled the underworld. Drawing upon years of reporting, and with
special access to the Chicago Daily News and Chicago Sun-Times
archives, Jon Seidel explains how men like Nathan Leopold, Richard
Loeb, and Richard Speck tried to get away with history's most
disturbing crimes. . .
Credited with superhuman intellect and abilities, the serial sex
killer emerged in the 1980s as a dominant figure in American
popular culture. In a decade marked by conservative politics and
fundamental Protestantism, the serial killer was accused of
attacking the traditional values underpinning American society and
was used to manipulate public fear for political gain.
Using government reports, trial transcripts, and correspondence,
"Better to Reign in Hell" examines the people and events that led
to and perpetuate this panic, notably President Ronald Reagan, the
New Right, the FBI, and the media.
As well as detailing high-profile cases such as those of Son of
Sam and Ted Bundy, the book features interviews with law
enforcement officers and convicted serial killers.
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