Degrees of Monstrosity
Lavinia ThompsonMystery author. True crime blogger. This is the space in which I will discuss my writing life, mystery books, some true crime content, and much more. My true crime content focuses on female killers.
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On the Case (True Crime Recaps): Oct. 16, 2026
I haven’t quite been ready to go back and revisit the Lindsay Clancy trial, or to finish the trial updates. But diving into rabbit holes which did pop up between that and the Christa Pike story has been fascinating.
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Case Files: Meshell Hale
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Joyanna Vansant: Jailhouse letters from informant focus of hearing leading up to trial for ex-husband’s murder
An attorney for a South Carolina woman accused of murdering her ex-husband is raising questions as to whether she is competent to stand trial.
Police arrested Joyanna Vansant, 53, on May 16, 2025 after a welfare check requested for 60-yea...
Lashanda Wilder: Attorneys for Wilder family file lawsuit against Franklin County regarding murder of her son
Almost a year after 8-year-old Martonio Wilder’s mother pleaded guilty to his murder, attorneys representing his estate and family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Franklin County, the National Youth Advocate Program, NYAP caseworker...
Catherine Hoggle: Mother accused of killing kids enters plea of not criminally responsible; deemed competent to stand trial
Catherine Hoggle has been deemed mentally competent to stand trial 12 years after the disappearance of her two children, and nine years after she was deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial for their murders.
Her defense attorneys, Meg...
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Just an old garden witch who writes about murder, true and fictional. Mystery author. True crime blogger.
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