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Absolute Madness

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Kitty
Kitty Genovese

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Kitty Genovese
Catherine
Bestselling Author Catherine Pelonero
About Catherine

Catherine Pelonero is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and Its Private Consequences, a nonfiction book about the notorious 1964 murder case.

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Voodoo Ramblings: The Bizarre Case of Gail Trait

Voodoo Ramblings: The Bizarre Case of Gail Trait

It was late on the night of Sunday, July 16, 1978 when neighbors began hearing terrible shrieks coming from the upper flat of a two-family home at 122 Montana Avenue in Buffalo, New York. One of them thought Gail Trait was “whipping the kids.” No one called police...

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The Truth About Kitty Genovese

The Truth About Kitty Genovese

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The 21st century revisionism of the iconic and infamous 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, the young woman attacked on a street in Kew Gardens, Queens and slain in a hallway of her apartment building while her pleas for help went...

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