True Crime
Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coastby Pamela Colloff · narrated by Gabra Zackman
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Categories / True Crime / Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury America
True Crime · History
Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury America
by William J. Mann · narrated by Michael Bower
A deeply researched return to Los Angeles's most famous unsolved case, digging into the investigation and the postwar city that surrounded it.
Narrated by: Michael Bower
Grumpy’s take“Warning: you will develop strong opinions about 1940s police work and start labeling your spare keys.”
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