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    New True Crime Book + Exciting Opportunities

    Sue Coletta

    If you’re a reader of the Kill Zone, you’ll notice the top half of this post is the same today. My other adventures to write a new true crime book I’m sharing only…

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    Pretty Evil New England,  Research,  Serial Killers,  True Crime

    Is a Young Child Serial Killer Born Bad?

    Sue Coletta

    While researching cases for Pretty Evil New England, I stumbled across the bizarre case of America’s youngest male serial killer. Later, I searched for a female child serial killer and found an even…

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  • Serial killers by state
    Crime tips,  Life in general,  Research,  Serial Killer Corner,  Serial Killers,  The life of a writer,  unsolved crime

    Serial Killers by State, 2020 Edition

    Sue Coletta

    The general public believes they could spot a multiple murderer on sight, but that’s a dangerous misconception. Male and female serial killers walk among us. One look at serial killers by state tells…

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    What is the Serial Killer Gene?

    Sue Coletta

    The serial killer gene has upended the longstanding debate of Nature vs. Nurture. Genetics provide an individual with a spectrum and his/her environment determines where s/he will lie within that spectrum. But what…

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  • Creepy Death Rites of Yesteryear
    Books,  New Releases,  Pretty Evil New England,  The life of a writer,  True Crime

    Vintage Death Rites That Seem Creepy Today

    Sue Coletta

    To celebrate the release of Pretty Evil New England (yay!), I feel it’s my duty to share some creepy death rites of the past that at the time seemed perfectly normal. In the…

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  • Pretty Evil New England,  Research,  True Crime

    Men They Couldn’t Hang

    Sue Coletta

    If a prisoner survived three trips to the gallows, should he be set free? That question plagued the public when faced with men they couldn’t hang. These are their stories. < cue Law…

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  • who's more ruthless, male or female serialists
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    Serialists: How Male and Female Serial Killers Differ

    Sue Coletta

    Male and female serialists differ in many ways. By the end of this post, you decide who’s more ruthless. The media attaches cutesy nicknames to female serial killers, like Giggling Granny, Jolly Jane,…

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  • Family Annihilators + a Look Back at 2019
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    Family Annihilators + Look Back at 2019

    Sue Coletta

    The holidays are often spent with family. My family, especially my siblings, are a nutty bunch whose thoughts run in line with mine (must be in the DNA). So, as I sat around…

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  • Research,  Serial Killers,  The life of a writer

    How Many Serial Murderers Stalk Your Streets? 2019 Stats

    Sue Coletta

    In 1992, Dr. Mike Aamodt started collecting and coding data on serial murderers. Today, the Radford Serial Killer Database contains 3,304 serial killers, mass murderers, spree killers, and other types of multiple murderers. With over…

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  • Blogging,  Serial Killer Corner,  Serial Killers

    Dear Serial Killer …

    Sue Coletta

    I read a ton of serial killer thrillers. It’s my preferred genre as a writer, movie-goer, and reader (along with true crime). When authors do their homework, the books are superb. Can’t put…

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Sue Coletta

Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer and member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. In addition to her award-winning Murder Blog, she also blogs on the Kill Zone (Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers"), Writers Helping Writers, and Story Empire (Positive Writer's "Top 50 Writing Blogs"). Sue's backlist includes psychological thrillers and true crime/narrative nonfiction. Now, she exclusively writes eco-thrillers (The Mayhem Series, books 5-9 & continuing). She's appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Links to her newsletter and books can be found here: https://linktr.ee/suecoletta Email: sue(at)suecoletta(dot)com

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