IntroductionAs we finish the semester, we will spend some time reflecting on the themes we have covered this semester and the evolving genre of true crime. Your final review will be in a format simila

Week 2

Other reading:

• Friedman, Lawrence. "Notes on the Nature of True Crime Trials."  NOTE: this article by a Stanford Law historian is quite long (though it is interesting!). You only need to read pp. 28-33 (Section C, printed pages 1270-1275), which deal specifically with the Borden case. 

• Lizzie Borden articles This link contains the original texts of newspaper articles from the Borden case. Read two articles of your choosing from this link.

• The real Marie Roget: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/ 

• Optional: Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Mystery of Marie Roget" 

Week 3

Other reading:

Other readings:

• Bowden, Mark. "The Body in Room 348"

Week 4

Other readings:

Other readings:

• Seal, Mark. "Prisoner of Denver" 
  
  

• Rich, Nathaniel. "The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox" 

• Gabrielson, Ryan, and Topher Sanders. "Busted" 

• Press, Eyal. "Madness" 

• Corloff, Pamela. "The Innocent Man" part 1  and part 2 

• Samaha, Albert. “This Is What They Did For Fun”

• Goffard, Christopher. “Framed”

• Optional: Hollandsworth, Skip. "The Killer Cadets" (this is a great read, and takes place in Mansfield, TX in the 1990s.)