Atlanta and Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta Files
Mary Phagan, the Atlanta child murders, and the Centennial Olympic Park bombing feature alongside Lita McClinton Sullivan and Kathryn Johnston in this Metro Atlanta volume.
The regional files / Georgia
Georgia.Follow the record.
From city streets to courthouse records, a place to begin.
Explore J.R. Stranahan’s available Georgia books through the communities and cases they cover. Short original articles offer a first look, with public records to follow and regional books for deeper reading.
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4 regional books available on Amazon.
Savannah and Georgia's coast
The Savannah Files
The Gribble House murders, Danny Hansford, Officer Mark MacPhail, and Ahmaud Arbery feature in a Savannah volume whose scope extends into coastal Georgia.
Augusta and the Central Savannah River Area
The Augusta Files
Charles Oatman, the Augusta Riot, Aleta Bunch, and the Millbrook twins feature in this Augusta and Central Savannah River Area selection of investigations and disappearances.
Columbus and the Chattahoochee region
The Columbus Files
Felix Hall, Albert Patterson, Thomas Brewer, and Johnny Gates feature in a Columbus volume that crosses the Chattahoochee to connected cases in Phenix City, Alabama.
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Book 05
The Macon Files
True Crime Georgia: The Macon Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Book 06
The Athens Files
True Crime Georgia: The Athens Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Several regions. One volume.
Collections reprint the regional books listed on each page and add an exclusive statewide file.
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The Complete Files
True Crime Georgia: The Complete Files by J.R. Stranahan. Explore the selected regional cases and the communities behind them.
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Where to explore Leo Frank's records online
An engineering diploma and a marriage certificate are among the personal records identified in a guide connecting readers with Leo Frank collections.
Read the articleSavannah's streets, one pasted revision at a time
A 1916 Savannah map can carry revisions added through 1953. The pasted layers preserve a working record of a city that kept changing.
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