Books Read
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The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine, and High-Stake Science
Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up, truth is always stranger than fiction. There are two stories in The Death of Innocents: The first is about Dr. Alfred Steinschneider who based his clinical research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) on the actions of a serial murderer. In 1970 and 1971 Waneta Hoyt lost… Continue reading
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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
I was twenty-four years old and living in the Bay Area when Patty Hearst was kidnapped. It was without a doubt one of the strangest things to happen during the counter-culture movement of the late sixties – early seventies. Toobin retells the story of Hearst’s kidnapping and her conversion to an SLA member. He has… Continue reading
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The Dig
In 1939 Edith Perry contacted the Ipswich Museum about some mounds she wanted excavated on her property in East Anglia. The museum recommended an amateur archeologist, Basil Brown. Mr Brown went on to uncover one of the most significant sites of medieval history in England. What ensured was a battle between Museums and property owns… Continue reading