Did you know? This January, FCPL is bringing back its popular True Crime series called "Scene of the Crime."
To celebrate a genre near and dear to our librarians’ hearts, some of our Post Road Library staff have created a list of their favorite True Crime media. In this list, you’ll find podcasts, documentaries, books, and more. These recommendations are for adults.
Podcasts
Buried Truths is a Peabody Award winning podcast hosted by Emory University professor Hank Klibanoff. Klibanoff and his students investigate civil rights cold cases through the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project. The first season focuses on the murder of Isaiah Nixon and voter suppression in the 1940s in Montgomery County, Georgia.
Why Sara and Marie like it:
“We love Buried Truths podcast, based on a course taught at Emory. It focuses on a true crime through a social justice lens. It is both fascinating and sobering, as it uncovers racism and bias in the justice system.” - Sara
“I love the Buried Truths podcast. It explores cold cases of racial injustice in GA. The first season, in particular, really got to me.” - Marie
The disappearance of two of Lori Vallow’s children in Rexburg, Idaho in September 2019 would expose a bizarre trail of death, devotion, and Doomsday beliefs that captivated the nation… A haunting podcast from Keith Morrison and Dateline NBC. –from podcast’s website
Why Aubrey likes it:
“I followed this case from the beginning, and I was SO glad that they made this into a podcast. This case was also made into a Netflix documentary. There are other podcasts that go into a deep dive of the theology they came up with that led to the murders.”
Videos
This documentary and TV series follows the high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife in 2001. – adapted from IMDb
Why Melissa likes it:
"It gives an inside look at the defendant and his legal team and showed the process they went through in building and presenting the defense, along with the roadblocks that they ran into along the way. The defendant insisted that he was not guilty, so the legal team worked hard to try to instill doubt in the minds of the jurors. I also enjoyed the interviews and footage of the defendant and his family members and hearing their thoughts about the trial."
Conspiracy theory enthusiast Ryan deep-dives into mysteries surrounding notorious unsolved crimes, in order to convince his dubious friend Shane that, sometimes, the evidence isn't always as it seems. –from IMDb
Why Brittany likes it:
“I do not consider myself a true crime enthusiast, but one way to get me interested is the promise of humor. I binged watched this whole series (8 seasons) in a matter of days. It’s like if Drunk History had a sober cousin.”
Books
In the winter of 1969, the bodies of four young women were discovered in a cemetery near the tip of Cape Cod. In a place once known as Helltown, the victims had been shot, stabbed, dismembered, and mutilated. As investigators would soon learn, the perpetrator was a young, handsome, serial killer named Tony Costa. A bizarre former taxidermist with a split personality and penchant for violence, Costa ultimately mobilized friends in the hippie community for support and retribution and captivated literary icons and rivals Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer. Costa embarked on a daring cat-and-mouse game with investigators, who–as the body count kept growing–were desperate to put an end to the killing season on Cape Cod.
Why Angie liked it:
"It gives a window into life in the freewheeling sixties when lots of rules of behavior had been discarded, especially by young people. Young people in the sixties sometimes traveled around, hitchhiking and camping all over the country, so police and family assumed the first missing girls may have just taken off to parts unknown. It took the police a long time to realize that a serial killer was at work. And you knew who the killer was and the tension about who would be his next victim was intense. And the fact that Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut lived in the same geographic area as the killings took place added interest to the story."
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer."
Why Trina liked it:
“I am obsessed with True Crime. I followed the author’s story and her research before she passed. I was happy that her husband finished the book. The crimes got more and more horrific as the killer progressed, so I was happy to see the criminal caught and justice served.”
Scene of the Crime Dates
Saturday, January 7 at 3:00 p.m. - Post Road Library
Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30 p.m. - Sharon Forks Library
Sunday, January 22 at 2:00 p.m. - Sharon Forks Library
Monday, January 23 at 6:00 p.m. - Hampton Park Library
Thursday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. - Cumming Library
Brittany
Information Specialist
Post Road Library
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