DC True Crime and Mystery Club

Previously, the group read The Poisoner's Handbook. This is a follow up of sorts. Thirteen murders perpetrated by poisoning. I think I am intrigued by this subject because of the American woman - Lynn Turner - who poisoned 2 husbands with anti-freeze. That case may be the subject of an upcoming meetup!

If you have a medical, STEM or chemistry background feel free to share your insights! Here is the Amazon book description:

Here are thirteen cases of fatal passions, unfortunate acquaintances and gruesome endings. (By Adrian Vincent.)

The thirteen killings-by-poison revisited in this book were committed by some of the most infamous murderers in British and American history. Presenting infamous cases from 1857 – 1972, Adrian Vincent recounts their sinister tales and reveals the lure of money, lust and deviancy that drove them to pure evil.

Some of the dark cases covered in this fascinating book include Dorothea Waddingham, better known as the Angel of Death, who ran a nursing home that did more than just care for the elderly, and Tillie Gburek, a so-called psychic who could accurately predict when people would die – because she’d already scheduled their murders.

A Gallery of Poisoners is classic true crime at its best — thrilling and disturbing in equal measure. Perfect for any fan of historical true crime!

For those of us (all of us, really?!) who are fans of the famous and addictive tv series... Katherine Ramsland a bestselling forensic psychologist examines the true crimes that inspired the television smash hit, C.S.I.

Here is an excerpt of the Amazon book description:

Katherine Ramsland follows the evidence and revisits some of the most absorbing episodes of the phenomenally popular C.S.I. television franchise, and explores the real-life crimes that inspired them. She also looks into the authenticity of the forensic investigations recreated for the dramatizations, and the painstaking real-life forensic process employed in every one of the actual cases from notorious mass-murderer Richard Speck, to the massacre of Buddhist monks in an Arizona Temple, to a baffling case of apparent spontaneous combustion.