The definition of a crime as well as how one solves a case has changed over time. Advances in technology have also changed how crimes are solved, especially with the use of DNA testing. If you like your true crime to have a historical twist, look no further!
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Hell’s half-acre: the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier by Susan Jonusas
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The trial of Lizze Borden: a true story by Cara Robertson
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Blood royal: a true tale of crime and detection in medieval Paris by Eric Jager
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Indecent advances : a hidden history of true crime and prejudice before Stonewall by James Polchin
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A taste for poison : eleven deadly molecules and the killers who used them by Neil Bradbury
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The last duel: a true crime story of crime, scandal, and trial by combat in medieval France by Eric Jager
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In the pines: a lynching, a lie, a reckoning, by Grace Elizabeth Hale
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Wildcat : the untold story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's most notorious woman bandit by John Boessenecker
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Last call : a true story of love, lust, and murder in queer New York by Elon Green
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The sewing girl's tale : a story of crime and consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet
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Butcher's work : true crime tales of American murder and madness by Harold Schechter
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Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America by Nicole Eustace
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The rope : a true story of murder, heroism, and the dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowski
These titles are available through the Quincy Public Library's catalog!