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topicnews · July 17, 2025

A true crime collection for which one should die

A true crime collection for which one should die

Overview: True crime

If you demand real criminal podcasts bing and more, the San Diego County Library has a wealth of new titles to strengthen its curiosity.

If you demand real criminal podcasts bing and more, the San Diego County Library has a wealth of new titles to strengthen its curiosity.

From illegal beliefs to terrifying historical cases, these gripping books will surely fascinate any true crime -loving.

The investigative journalist Joshua Sharpe discovers a crime within a crime.

Sharpe will The man who didn't believe When he deals with the murder of a Georgia Deacon and his wife in 1985. Sharpe not only checks the crime, but also examines the sentence of the man who was locked up due to incorrect evidence, unreliable witnesses and city secrets.

It is an exciting examination of how the tireless reporting of a man and the work of the Georgia Innocence project contributed to achieving justice.

Jennifer Dulos disappeared in May 2019 and was never found.

In Murder in the dollhouseRich Cohen examines the search for Jennifer and the later arrest and persecution of her husband. But as with every discussion with a apt probability, there is more than a direct investigation.

Cohen examines Jennifer's privileged education and her determination to build a perfect life for her children at all costs. Cohen shows us exciting details of the destruction of something that cannot buy money itself.

For true horror, the fiction author Jon Stock turns into non -fiction into BedroomHis disturbing report on Dr. William Sargants controversial psychiatric treatments in the mid -20th century.

Dr. Sargant was not a supporter of joy or supporter of talk therapy, but more extreme practices such as insulin anesthesia, electric shock therapy and lobotomies.

Survivors of the “bedroom” in Ward 5 in the Royal Waterloo Hospital share their shattering experiences in this urgent research into medical ethics, which went wrong.

Whack Job: A story of the ax murder. Can there be an attentive title?

If you are looking for a lighter reading in the true crime genre, Rachel McCarthy James takes a dark humorous look at how an ordinary tool has influenced society like an ax.

During the entire history of mankind, the ax was an important simple machine, but as more sophisticated, more powerful tools usurpated its practical usage purposes, it is attracted to its symbolic roles in films and more attention The epidemic And So I got an ax murderer. Fans of Mary Roachs clever and sarcastic style will find a lot to enjoy.

Can't you wait to immerse yourself in these stories?

Visit the La Mesa Branch Library or browse online at SDCL.org.

The Summer Learning Challenge has been completed. So if you have not yet recorded a Challenge protocol, it is time to stop by to earn a price and take part in the main prize draw.

While we are preparing for the new school year, our regular stories will be held in August and resumed in September, but a lot is still happening in the branch.

For more information on free programs and events for all age groups, see SDCL.org/lamesa.