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Unforgotten Casebook

Unforgotten Casebook

One case. Every angle. One place.

Explore books, movies, podcasts, news coverage, and court records—organized by true crime case and real-life story, together in one place.

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From the Book to the Screen

Explore five U.S. cases through true crime books and screen adaptations, including The Burning Bed, Small Sacrifices and The Good Nurse.

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After Netflix, Explore the Real Case

Go beyond Inventing Anna, The Good Nurse, Unbelievable and When They See Us with related books, reporting and U.S. case files.

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Explore Ann Rule’s Casebooks

Choose an Ann Rule book alongside Small Sacrifices, And Never Let Her Go or Dead by Sunset.

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Revisit the TV Movies You Remember

Find books and case files behind The Burning Bed, A Woman Scorned and In a Child’s Name.

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CASE 018Wilmington, Delaware

1996

Anne Marie Fahey & Thomas Capano

Anne Marie Fahey disappeared after dinner with lawyer Thomas Capano in 1996. Investigators uncovered their relationship and evidence that Capano had killed her and disposed of her body at sea. His brother’s testimony helped reconstruct the disposal. Capano was convicted of murder in a case that drew intense attention to Delaware’s political and legal circles.

Books 1Audiobooks 1TV & documentaries 3Clippings 1Reporting 1Podcasts 14Social Media 10Blogs & essays 1Internet Archive 2Court records 3Fiction WorkPositive Outcome
CASE 193Topeka, Kansas; South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware

1951–1954

The families behind Brown v. Board of Education

Families and NAACP lawyers challenged segregated public schooling through cases that reached the Supreme Court together. Brown v. Board of Education rejected racial segregation in public schools in 1954. Simple Justice follows the legal strategy and the people behind that constitutional decision.

Books 1Audiobooks SearchMovies 1Social Media 0Blogs & essays 1Roads TraveledFiction WorkPositive Outcome

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