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Murder Book

Murder Book

By: Michael Connelly
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 Sam Little, the FBI’s most prolific serial killer roamed free for five decades, murdering women at will. But in 2012 he came to the attention of Detective Mitzi Roberts and everything changed. This opportunistic killer had long stayed below law enforcement’s radar because of the victims he chose: Women from the fringe — drug users and sex workers paid little attention to by society. Murder Book Season 2: The Women Who Stopped Sam Little follows this Los Angeles Police Department cold case investigator's relentless hunt for Little across the country to capture and convict him with the help of a group of equally fierce women that included a prosecutor, a writer and several women who survived brutal attacks from Little.Copyright Murder Book Social Sciences True Crime
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  • Michael Connelly's new podcast: Killer In The Code

    Michael Connelly's new podcast: Killer In The Code
    Dec 23 2025
    Killer In The Code: Solving The Black Dahlia & Zodiac Cases, a new podcast from bestselling author Michael Connelly.

    Self-styled cold case consultant Alex Baber believes he has a set of life skills that allow him to find the hidden beneath the hidden. These skills took him down a two-year path to solving two of the most infamous murder cases in history, The Black Dahlia and Zodiac killer cases.
    With no badge and no law enforcement training, has Baber closed the cases that have baffled law enforcement for more than half a century? Some of the top minds in homicide and code-breaking work believe so and stand by his findings.

    Killer In The Code follows Baber on his investigative journey across the country as he uses cryptology, genealogy, reflectography, and finally long hours of basic gumshoe work to identify a suspect that has taunted and eluded authorities for decades. Along the way startling new evidence in both cases is discovered, all of it pointing unequivocally toward one man who lived in a dark world and may have intentionally left a “smoking gun” behind so that one day he would be discovered by someone who viewed the open cases as one puzzle missing just a few key pieces.

    Alex Baber found those pieces and solved the puzzle. Killer In The Code tells the story. Listen to the first 2 episodes now. Visit KillerintheCode.com for more information, videos, and photos.
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    3 mins
  • Q&A - Part 2

    Q&A - Part 2
    Dec 21 2020
    Mitzi Roberts and others answer questions from listeners to the podcast. (Part 2)
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    39 mins
  • Q&A - Part 1

    Q&A - Part 1
    Dec 21 2020
    Mitzi Roberts and others answer questions from listeners to the podcast. (Part 1)
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    44 mins
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Outstanding storytelling with excellent pacing and narration from the most experienced crime writer in the world when it comes to historical homicide cases investigated by LAPD. The most interesting real cases are hand selected for your enjoyment, where the fascinating mechanics of investigations are revealed. You are taken on a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, follies and fortune. Well worth your time. Imagine having someone cherry pick the absolute best story from their 40 years of crime reporting and prese it to you in the most digestible and entertaining manner possible... that's Murder Book. Bring on Series 3!

FANTASTIC True Crime Storytelling

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excellent thought provoking as per always .well prepared and researched
Still think that the psychopath is wired so differently from the very start despite the environment.Some become high achieving company directors as the lack of empathy gives them the push to get to the top of the rat race .So i guess its up to the individual person predisposed how they channel themselves.

psychopathy of the psychopath

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I am an enormous fan of Michael Connelly as an author and as a journalist before his now famous crime series, which include both Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer, so was excited when I saw this pod cast series about a serial killer who operated over several decades, and the people who stopped him.
Perhaps I would have been more impressed if I had been able to find the first series, but was only able to get this, series two, about the conclusion of Little's career and two sets of questions and answers. These were OK, I suppose, but nothing remarkable, and had to be heard against a really poor recording quality, often hesitant or rambling responses and the interruption several times of advertising by, amongst others, unrelated book titles and the food menu delivery service, Hello Fresh.

I'm sure it was all done with the very best intentions, but I personally found it excruciating, disappointing and I won't be listening again to anything similar

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