True Crime
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ITT: Recommend best true crimes books.
Zodiac was good
Helter Skelter
Other books by Graysmith are pretty alright. The Amerithrax one I remember liking.
>>7976075
Yeah.
>>7976082
I have read some other stuff on Manson and know a lot on the whole Manson Family ordeal. Is Helter Skelter worth the read?
>>7976062
In Cold Blood
>>7976082
My mom has an old paperback of Helter Skelter. I should check it out sometime.
>>7976062
Helter Skelter and Outrage by Bugliosi
>>7976093
>Is Helter Skelter worth the read?
Its probably scarier than any horror book I know. Not only that but Bugliosi had a personal relationship with Manson, and as you may know was the lead prosecutor for the Tate murders.
I read it when I was like 8 and my mom screamed at me and threw away the copy.I bought another 10 years later
>>7976062
Also the Jon Benet book by the detective
>>7976093
Oh yeah. It's pretty good. I personally was more interested in the legal aspects of the Manson story so I was very pleased. Only about 100 pages is dedicated to the crimes themselves from what I remember.
>>7976062
I was thinking about starting a thread on this. Thanks.
I'll look into the Zodiac book. Right now I've just been looking around for recommendations.
>>7976225
Was thinking about reading this. The only thing bad I've seen mentioned about it was that the author spends a lot of time talking about herself rather than Bundy, or her relationship with him. I guess I'll give it a read.
Right now I'm reading Through the Window, which is about Tommy Lynn Sells. Despite so many positive reviews saying it is well written, I have to disagree. The way it's laid out jumps around quite a bit and a few times the author talks about one part of the story, then in the last sentence of a chapter says something like: Then the next day two people in x town were brutally murdered. It just comes out of the blue. The writing itself is pretty bad at times,saying thinks like: "The monster under her bed was real!"
It's not very long and I'm about halfway through it, so I will definitely finish it. The subject is interesting enough for me, though I will probably think twice about reading another book by the same author.
What does th' note saye, /lit/?
