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Old murder scandal...one of my fave history‘s to read about.

Our book club always has the toughest time picking new reads. So I thought I‘d see what suggestions other littens have. 😄 Our only real requirements are that it‘s not difficult to get from the library (so typically not new releases) and that it not be more than 400 pages. The tagged book is what we read this month.

This is the historical true crime story of a Harvard benefactor killed and chopped up in Harvard‘s medical school. The culprit seems obvious in the beginning but I started to question his culpability as more and more information came to light, so I was happy there was a resolution as to exactly what happened. This book is chock full of fun historic details—I wish there were more historical true crime books out there!

I‘m midway through this Victorian true crime, which details the death of a Harvard graduate, who was last seen at the school‘s medical laboratory.

Gruesome discoveries were made in the school, and all told, although a complete body was not discovered, the #weight of the body parts was apparently heavy, especially when placed in a led lined coffin. (The coffin was also filled with “spirits,” perhaps multiple 😉, in order to preserve the body.)

This is another gripping historical true-crime book by Collins, set at Harvard in the time of Oliver Wendell Holmes. The crime chronicled purportedly inspired Charles Dickens to write The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Sinister, creepy, and sometimes kinda gross. I enjoyed it!

This historical true crime did not disappoint. Paul Collins did an excellent job researching this book but did not bog down the story with too many dry facts. There is lots of information on the history of Harvard where the murder took place. Could a highly educated and esteemed professor commit murder? Or was it the janitor? Many believed a Harvard man could do nothing as low class as murder. This became a landmark case in the use of forensics.

I checked the tagged book out from the library a couple of months ago and finally decided earlier this week I probably wouldn‘t get around to actually, you know, reading it. So I returned it to the library unread. And wouldn‘t you know, we decided at book club last night to make it out next choice. 😂

And when I went to grab it from the true crime section, some other books fell into my arms! #libraryhaul

New hardcover. I‘m excited about this one, I love Paul Collins!

Making this nonfiction audiobook my last #screamathon read 💉

#OctoberXFiles Playing catch-up Tagged book is a true crime account of a prominent Harvard professor who may have had a bit of the #DevilSide( super fascinating ) and the Octavia Butler is still on my #TBR and one that I‘ve been meaning to read. I‘m told it‘s time travel #timewarp

Not my usual pick, but it sounded interesting!

Such a good story!

Meh. I came for a good entry into my #summeroftruecrime list; instead, I got a snooty-snoot-snoot recap of the school‘s who‘s-who and trial. The legal ramifications of this case proved very interesting, but that came out in the Epilogue. Too little, too late. Sigh.

This book was littered with grotesque fun facts, but the plot was lean and a bit dry. There seemed to be a lot of semi-relevant/stretch of context to fill out the story of the murder. I didn‘t care for Devil in the White City either, so maybe this just isn‘t my jam. 🥃

#summeroftruecrime continues with this on audio!

This book reads so much like a historical murder mystery I have to continually remind myself it‘s nonfiction! It‘s so crazy and so much detailed research.💀🔪🖤

#NetGalley #ARC #NF #TrueCrime A gripping story of murder set in the halls of Harvard University in 1849!! Fantastic piece of storytelling, intrigue and history. Loved this book🔍🔬⚖️