{"product_id":"the-grand-canyon-black-widower-9781613167861","title":"The Grand Canyon Black Widower","description":"\u003cb\u003eColorado, 1978-1994: Three wives, five murders, one man at the center.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn December of 1978, three members of a family in Arapahoe County, Colorado, were found dead in their home. Police concluded that the mother had shot her two children and then herself, leaving behind a devastated husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In April of 1993, a woman fell to her death in the Grand Canyon while hiking with her husband. The man appeared heartbroken on television as he recounted the terrible accident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then in October of 1994, a third woman died of a presumed overdose shortly after reconnecting with her ex-husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These three cases had one thing in common: Robert Spangler, the grieving widower. Was it a cruel twist of fate that this one unassuming man should face the tragic and unexpected deaths of three wives? Or was he actually the architect of these seeming tragedies? When Spangler was diagnosed with terminal lung and brain cancer, investigators at the FBI realized they had only a short time to get him to confess the whole truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Journalist Vincent Manilève meticulously retraces the path of this chilling serial killer, from his Colorado homes and hiking trips to a federal district court in Arizona. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e50 States of Crime: France's leading true crime journalists investigate America's most notorious cases, one for every state in the Union, offering up fresh perspectives on famously storied crimes and reflecting, in the process, a dark national legacy that leads from coast to coast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crime Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613167861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vincent Manileve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933949849781,"sku":"9781613167861","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-grand-canyon-black-widower-9781613167861","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}