<div>The riveting true account of the 2001 murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, starring Robert Blake&mdash;the Hollywood icon accused of killing his wife in cold blood In May 2001 Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later Robert Blake&mdash;her husband, the father of her child, and the star of the classic film In Cold Blood and the popular 1970s TV detective series Baretta&mdash;was arrested for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. Did Blake kill his wife? Did he hire someone to do the job for him? Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal and entertainment-media expert Mary Murphy recount a real-life crime story more shocking and bizarre than any movie, chronicling the parallel worlds of Blake and Bakley, from their troubled youths to their sham of a marriage. By the late 1990s Blake was coasting on his past success. Bakley was a con artist who concocted online sex scams and victimized unsuspecting men, netting big money and dangerous enemies. In true noir style, McDougal and Murphy lay bare the stories of two violent people whose lives collided in a tragic tangle of abuse, betrayal, and love gone horribly wrong. </div>

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<div>The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughters&mdash;with the help of her sons&mdash;told by a former New York Times reporter. In June 1985, Theresa Cross Knorr dumped her daughter Sheila&rsquo;s body in California&rsquo;s desolate High Sierra. She had beaten Sheila unconscious in their Sacramento apartment days earlier, then locked her in a closet to die. But this wasn&rsquo;t the first horrific crime she&rsquo;d committed against her own children. The previous summer, Knorr had shot Sheila&rsquo;s sister Suesan, then ordered her son to dig the bullet out of the girl&rsquo;s back with a knife to hide the evidence. The infection that resulted led to delirium&mdash;at which point Knorr and her two sons drove Suesan into the mountains, doused her with gasoline, and set her on fire. It would be almost a decade before her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, revealed her mother&rsquo;s history of unfathomable violence. At first, she was met with disbelief by law enforcement and even her own therapist. But eventually, the truth about her monstrous abuse emerged&mdash;and here, an award-winning journalist details the jealousy, rage, and domineering behavior that escalated into homicide and shattered a family. A former reporter for the New York Times and Los AngelesTimes and the author of true-crime classics including Angel of Darkness, about serial killer Randy Kroft, and Blood Cold, about Robert Blake and Bonny Lee Bakley, Dennis McDougal reveals the shocking depths of depravity behind a case that made headlines across the nation. </div>

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<div>From a murderous mother to a famous actor accused of killing his wife in cold blood, gripping true crime expos&eacute;s from an award-winning journalist. Mother&rsquo;s Day: The true story of Theresa Cross Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered two of her own daughters&mdash;with the help of her sons. It would be almost a decade after these horrific crimes before her youngest daughter, Terry Knorr Graves, revealed her mother&rsquo;s history of unfathomable violence. At first, she was met with disbelief by law enforcement and even her own therapist, but eventually, the truth about her mother&rsquo;s monstrous abuse emerged. Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal details the pathological jealousy, rage, and domineering behavior that escalated into appalling acts of homicide and destroyed a family. Blood Cold: In May 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was shot to death in a car parked on a dark Hollywood side street. Eleven months later, Robert Blake&mdash;her husband, the father of her child, and the star of the classic film In Cold Blood and the popular 1970s TV detective series Baretta&mdash;was arrested for murder, conspiracy, and solicitation. Did Blake kill his wife? Did he hire someone to do the job for him? Award-winning journalist Dennis McDougal and entertainment-media expert Mary Murphy recount a real-life crime story more shocking and bizarre than any movie.</div>

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