McMurder is a website that documents every murder that has taken place at one of the restaurants since the 1940s. What an odd theme. It's very strange to me that people want to hold McDonald's accountable for crimes that take place in or near their restaurants. As a society we should be more worried about the menu.
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If you've ever found yourself wondering how on earth jurors can convict people of horrific crimes in the face of DNA evidence that is clearly exclupatory, you can look no further than here.
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ABC's 20/20 program is looking for interesting crime stories. (I suggested Father Robinson's case but was told that "we just did a DNA show.")
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A literature and culture professor's manifesto argues that we should read the books we want to read instead of forcing ourselves to improve our souls with the so-called classics. In her book The Solitary Vice: Against Reading, Mikita Brottman champions the virtues of the true crime genre while rolling her eyes at the "reading is indispensable" messages we've all had drilled into our heads since early childhood. There's more on this book in a thoughtful review by Joe Clark.
This I've got to read. As the spouse of a man who hasn't read anything but repair manuals in twenty years, and as someone who long ago discarded the Pulitzer Winner list as a guide to my local library (instead just heading straight for the true crime section), I think I'll appreciate her point that one does not have to be a voracious and eclectic reader to have a vibrant, interesting inner life.
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Literary blogger Cullen Gallagher, who appreciates old hard-boiled stories and cover art, came across the collected works of his favorite authors, Murder Plus, and wrote a nice tribute to the book. The stories are non-fiction crime pieces written for the old true crime magazines.
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