The true crime books of J.R. StranahanLouisiana edition
The regional files / Louisiana
Louisiana. Look closer.
Explore selected cases from Louisiana, one region at a time. Find the places you know, discover what each book covers, and follow the investigations beyond the headline.
New Orleans is celebrated for music, food, architecture, and survival. Its criminal record also reveals how violence can enter a family business, a neighborhood complaint, a workplace, or a city already broken open by disaster.
Baton Rouge is a capital city where law is written, argued, enforced, and repeatedly tested. In The Baton Rouge Files, J.R. Stranahan follows seven carefully documented cases from East Baton Rouge and the surrounding capital region.
The Red River connects Shreveport and Bossier City, but the criminal record of northwest Louisiana reaches through different courts, parishes, and decades. In The Shreveport and Bossier Files, J.R. Stranahan examines seven carefully documented cases: the Cedar Grove murders attributed to Nathaniel Code, the wrongful conviction of Glenn Ford for the murder of Isadore Rozeman, the murder of Mary Malone in Plain Dealing, the killings of Jeremiah, Jarquis, and Gene Adams, the murder of twelve-year-old Justin Bloxom, the overturned prosecution of Rodricus Crawford after the death of his son Roderius, and the line-of-duty murder of Officer Thomas LaValley.
In The Acadiana Files, J.R. Stranahan examines seven documented cases from Lafayette and the parishes surrounding it. Drawing on court opinions, official records, archives, and responsible reporting, this volume separates accusation from proof, verdict from reversal, and public memory from the record. Research and legal statuses were checked through September 2, 2026.
In The Lake Charles Files, J.R. Stranahan examines seven documented cases from Calcasieu Parish and southwest Louisiana. Drawing on court opinions, official records, archives, and responsible reporting, this volume separates accusation from proof, verdict from reversal, and public memory from the record. Research and legal statuses were checked through September 2, 2026.
In The Northshore Files, J.R. Stranahan examines seven documented cases from St. Tammany, Washington, Tangipahoa, and Livingston parishes. Drawing on court opinions, official records, archives, and responsible reporting, this volume separates accusation from proof, verdict from reversal, and public memory from the record. Research and legal statuses were checked through September 2, 2026.
Louisiana is known for river cities, bayous, music, food, and communities shaped by water. Behind those familiar images are cases that changed families, tested investigators, and left questions that still echo across the state.