March’s Library Chat focus is on true crime. Join members of our Library Staff as they discuss the vast genre of true crime, including books and podcasts. They also discuss the true crime podcast, Today in True Crime a Parcast original. Each day the Today in True Crime podcast examines a true crime event with the same date from years ago. Check out the book list below for the books mentioned during this month’s Library Chat podcast.
Library Chat: March 2021 Book List
Titles with Iowa or Midwest Ties
The Drake Diner Murders by Pete Hale and Jim Rowley DBC01711
Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America’s Heartland by Patricia L. Bryan DBC015556, BRD23320
Morning Ran Red: the Villisca Axe Murders by Stephen Bowman DBC15042
The man from the train: the solving of a century-old serial killer mystery by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James DBC15034, Bridges
Other True Crime Titles
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward DB50574, BR13143, Bridges
American predator: the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century by Maureen Callahan DB95743
Catch Me If You Can: the amazing true story of the youngest and most daring con man in the history of fun and profit! by Frank Abagnale DB55517
The Devil in the White City: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America by Erik Larson DB55748
The feather thief: beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century by Kirk Wallace Johnson DB90801, Bridges
The five: the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold Bridges
Helter Skelter: the true story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi DB36994, BRN2670, Bridges
I’ll be gone in the dark: one woman’s obsessive search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara DB90637, Bridges
In Cold Blood: a true account of a multiple murder and Its consequences by Truman Capote DB22726
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI by David Grann DB87767, Bridges
The midnight assassin: panic, scandal, and the hunt for America’s first serial killer by Skip Hollandsworth Bridges
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: a Savannah story by John Berendt DB38077, BR11463, LT4644, Bridges
Mindhunter: inside the FBI’s elite serial crime unit by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker DB43669, Bridges
The Poisoner’s Handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum DB72307
The road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn DB88119, Bridges
Say nothing: a true story of murder and memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe DB94329, Bridges
The stranger beside me: Ted Bundy: the classic case of serial murder by Ann Rule DB29031, LT6194, Bridges
Also, check out the library’s monthly Library News podcast and Braille Bits podcast. Check out the library’s Podcast Page for information on all the library’s podcasts and episodes.