Obsessed with True Crime discussion

Does anyone have good suggestions for newer true crime books to read? I just read Waiting to be heard by Amanda Knox and thought it was a great book!

Hi Kelly,

I do, it is called MURDER IN MCHENRY, A Son's Pursuit of Justice. I will tell you that I am bias, as I am one of the co-authors. This is my true crime story. My father was gunned down with his employee at our bar on June 2, 1981. The case went cold for 27 years. My former babysitter tells me about a book CULLOTTA. This book is a bio of Frank Cullotta,a mobster turned government witness. On page 130, it describes from father's and Pat's (my father's employee) murder and who did it. It was Larry Neumann. If you have seen the movie CASINO it was based on real people. It was based on Frank Cullotta's boss Tony Spilotro (Joe Pesci played him) and the Hole in the Wall Gang is referenced in the movie. That is Franks crew and Larry was a part of it. A side not, Frank was the technical consultant for Martin Scorsese for that movie. I reached out to Frank's co-author, Denny Griffin. He asked Frank why they did not give this information to the McHenry County Sheriff's dept 26 years earlier, and Frank told Denny he did. Myself and Frank, Denny, and a strange cast of others help me pursue naming Larry Neumann (who has died in 2007 in prison for another murder) as the killer of my father and Pat. I promise that this is a Truth way stranger than fictions book.

It was released in April of this year and I have 4.75 star rating on Amazon with 22 review so far. It is a real good book, but I mentioned that I am bias, a little.

Since I have written the book, I have found out that the original investigator George Hendle, who later became Sheriff was connected to the Chicago Outfit and that the FBI was investigating him. I am currently fighting the same system 32 years later and I have received a lot traction in influencing the Sheriff's election next year. To find out more Kelly try my website it is www.mchenrycounty1981.com. I hope that you do!!

Paul Scharff

Paul wrote: "Hi Kelly,

I do, it is called MURDER IN MCHENRY, A Son's Pursuit of Justice. I will tell you that I am bias, as I am one of the co-authors. This is my true crime story. My father was gunned down wi..."

Murder in McHenry by Paul Scharff


Here's the link. :)

Paul wrote: "Hi Kelly,

I do, it is called MURDER IN MCHENRY, A Son's Pursuit of Justice. I will tell you that I am bias, as I am one of the co-authors. This is my true crime story. My father was gunned down wi..."

Hey Paul, could you also post this in the True Crime Authors thread?

Thanks!

I would love to Bella if I knew where it was at.

Paul wrote: "I would love to Bella if I knew where it was at."

I misspoke it is a 'Group Folder', here is the link: True Crime Authors. Then you can start a discussion thread about your book.

Thank You so much for that Bella. I appreciate it very much.

I bought a great book, "Police Don't Move! 'well sometimes we do,'" and am currently reading it. I commented on it in the "New Authors" topic in this group. It was published Feb. 2013. Nick Wood is a very entertaining writer. Please read the comment I posted there.

Oops, shb, "True Crime Authors" topic. Sorry.

I just finished "A Voice out of Nowhere: inside the mind of a mass murderer." Couldn't put it down, can't forget it.

Kelly wrote: "Does anyone have good suggestions for newer true crime books to read? I just read Waiting to be heard by Amanda Knox and thought it was a great book!"

I just finished reading Waiting to Be Heard a few weeks ago and I also enjoyed it! I was interested in the case and was glad to read her book. I also recently downloaded Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox. I thought it would be interesting to read his side of the story as well.

Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping

Adding links to mentioned books.
Police Don't Move!
A Voice out of Nowhere
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-By-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping

This book coming out next week :
The Vanished Wife: The Search for Justice for a Missing Texas Woman

Here's an article about it :
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/may...

And a re-release of White Mischief

For those who loved And the Sea Will Tell
, I just found a new one for Kindle about the case :
final argument

Mike wrote: "The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation by [a..."

If anyone is interested, there is another book about this same murder called Model Murder (can't remember author). I like to read different viewpoints about the same crime.

Thanks Mary
I've been eyeing that book for awhile now, so maybe I'll pick it up and give it a try .

This was a good week for new book recommendations!

The Fact Crime winner in the 2014 Edgar Awards was announced. It is:
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, by Daniel Stashower.

The 4 runners-up are:
Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal, by Michael D'Antonio;

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, by Charles Graeber;

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and the Medics Behind Nazi Lines, by Cate Lineberry; and

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery, by Paul Collins.

The True Crime winners in the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards were also announced. They are:

Gold: Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan, by Mark I. Pinsky;

Silver: Skull in the Ashes: Murder, a Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America, by Peter Kaufman; and

Bronze: Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois’s Most Infamous Crimes, by Susan Elmore.

Thank you for the list, Susan :)

That has quite a few that sound good. I have 2 of them already, but haven't read them yet . I think I'll pick up a couple more of them .

Have you read any on the list, and if so, how did you like them ?

Kaye wrote: "Thank you for the list, Susan :)

That has quite a few that sound good. I have 2 of them already, but haven't read them yet . I think I'll pick up a couple more of them .

Have you read any on the..."

Not yet. So many books, so little time! Duel With the Devil sounds fascinating. Maybe that's where I'll start?

Yes, I agree . I seem to be able to stack them up much faster than I read them !

I think Bella read Duel With The Devil. If I recall correctly, she rated it highly. I have that one, and The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder on my tbr.

Yes I did, here is my review: Duel with the Devil

Susan wrote: "This was a good week for new book recommendations!"

Don't mind me, just adding links where I can:
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower

Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal by Michael D'Antonio

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins

Met Her on the Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of Nancy Morgan by Mark I. Pinsky

Skull in the Ashes: Murder, a Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America by Peter Kaufman

Nameless Indignities: Unraveling the Mystery of One of Illinois's Most Infamous Crimes by Susan Elmore