The true crime genre has been captivating American audiences for a very long time. Edmund Pearson wrote a series of popular true crime books in the early part of the 20th century, most notably about the Lizzie Borden murder case. Truman Capote brought the genre to a new level of popularity in 1966 with his nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood. Today, we have several TV shows, books and movies that take on murder mysteries and the trials that follow. Two standouts in this genre, the …
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