True Crime

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Saving Skylar: The Brooke Skylar Richardson Case - Paperback

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by Sonia Chopra (Author)The case of Brooke Skylar Richardson, a Carlisle, Ohio teenager, dominated world headlines for more than three years. Authorities alleged that Skylar, an eighteen-year-old high school honors student and cheerleader who had no idea she was pregnant for months, quietly gave birth to her daughter, Annabelle, in May 2017, hours after her high school prom and then killed, burned, and buried her in the backyard of her family's home. Sonia Chopra, the only reporter who inter...

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by Stephen Gillen (Author), Joe Loney (Foreword by)Britain's Biggest Manhunt and the Murder of its Most Senior Police Officer."The true, never before heard, story of the Prison Guard, Joe Loney, who stopped the escape of Britain's most Dangerous Police Killer."By the internationally bestselling Author of "The Monkey Puzzle Tree" - Stephen Gillen." A Truly Masterful Read. It will grip you to the very last paragraph." Professor Roseita Royce, President of the British Film Festival, Producer of ...

The La Tuna Variant: Surviving The Covid-19 Outbreak In America's Most Dysfunctional Federal Prison - Paperback

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by Mrgoodgoeshard (Author), Michael Good (Author)An honest look at the realities of a Federal prison during the covid-19 outbreak through the eyes of actual prisoners. Inside are descriptions of the struggles the inmates face while still battling the Delta and Omicron strains, until the detriments of FCI La Tuna became its own variant. The dysfunction of the medical staff and those left in charge, handcuffed by the ever-changing CDC guidelines, only bred a far more dangerous environment for t...

Forgotten Murders from Alaska's Capital - Paperback

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by Betsy Longenbaugh (Author)Former Alaska newspaper reporter Betsy Longenbaugh brings to life 10 stories of murder that occurred between 1902 and 1959. Learn about Alaska's first serial killer, a Polish Jewish prostitute who met her end in the town of Douglas, and a World War I vet whose greed led to a double homicide. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 14, 2022

Raped in Prison: A Horror Story - Paperback

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by Russell Dan Smith (Author)Raped in Prison: A Horror StoryBy: Russell Dan SmithIn this powerful memoir, Russell Dan Smith chronicles his life as a child prisoner among adults and explains the turbulent atmosphere of life in prisons. He details the assault he faced as a child among older prisoners. Smith had enemies among prisoners and prison administrators which necessitated an extraordinary step by federal officials to step in to protect Smith from both.The brutalities he faced lead Smith ...

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by Edward R. Clark (Author)Evidence of Innocence attests to the reality that the more serious the charge, the harder it is to prove innocence - even with strong evidence that the accused was nowhere near the scene of the crime when it occurred.Among other disservices, Edward Clark's court appointed an attorney in the small town that did not assist in jury selection, leaving Clark to choose jurors from a local population he knew nothing about and with documented jury tampering. The prosecution...

The Novichok Chronicles, The Skripal and Navalny Hoaxes Compared - Paperback

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by Nick Kollerstrom (Author)While primarily focussed upon the Skripal poisoning story of 2018, this book reaches back to its precursor the Litvinenko affair of 2006 and forward to the Navalny episode of 2020. It finds that these three episodes: were false-flag, fictional fabricated narratives, carefully designed to blame and demonise Russia and to set in motion the new Cold War atmosphere we now live in. It discerns a fairly central role of British Intelligence in all three of these events. N...

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by Chuck Hustmyre (Author)New Orleans in the 1990s--dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. No one could imagine that things could get much worse for this once-great American city. Then Antoinette Frank joined the New Orleans Police Department, and things got much, much worse. Before long, Officer Antoinette Frank would commit a crime so bloody and so shocking tha...

Capturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains: The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle Sorbel - Hardcover

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by Arley Kenneth Fadness (Author)Capturing the Younger Brothers Gang in the Northern Plains: The Untold Story of Heroic Teen Asle Sorbel is a historic tale of vigilante valorNear sleepy Hanska slough, September 21, 1876, Norwegian teen Asle Sorbel made a daring Paul Revere ride into Madelia, Minnesota. His efforts, and those of the Madelia Magnificent Seven, led to the capture of the Younger Brothers of the Jesse James-Younger Gang. The gang's botched Northfield bank raid and infamous Madelia...

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by W. G. Davis (Author)In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings Charles Manson and his "Family" made their gruesome and bloody impact on the Love Generation. When all the carnage was finally over at least nine people were savagely murdered.We will take an unnerving and detailed look at the horror dealt by Charles Manson and his followers and their journey through the California legal system. With the help of close personal friends and prison acquaintances of Charlie and his family, this ...

Hunting The West Memphis Boogeyman - Paperback

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by David Pietras (Author)Twenty one years after the brutal murders of three eight year old Cub Scouts in West Memphis, Arkansas, there seem to still be more questions than there are answers. We have gone all the way back to the beginning and looked through years worth of evidence. What we have found may truly shock you.Sifting between truth and lies, rumors and reality, and taking quite an emotional roller coaster ride, we have put together a book that strives to present nothing but the cold ...

The Mother of all Lies The Casey Anthony Story - Paperback

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by David Kennedy (Author)The search for Caylee made front-page headlines when news broke of two-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Orlando Florida in mid-July 2008.Caylee's own mother, Casey Anthony stepped into the national spotlight after the suspicious disappearance of her daughter. As her story unfolded the strange story started to come out, this included a dysfunctional family life, an array of deceptions and criminal conduct.As the investigation continued and suspi...

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by David Pietras (Author)Darlie Routier is on death row in Texas, convicted of the murder of one of her two sons, who were killed in the early morning of June 6, 1996. The media coverage of the investigation into the murders of Devon and Damon Routier depicted the crime as another heartless mother whose children were getting in the way of her lifestyle, so she killed them.After a jury trial in Kerrville Texas, Darlie was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Most found it believable ...

Love & Murder The Lives and Crimes of Bonnie and Clyde - Paperback

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by David Kennedy (Author)When it comes to America's most famous and notorious criminals, no legend has been larger than real life than that of the robber duo Bonnie and Clyde.The murderous lovers found each other in the slums of Depression-era Dallas and embarked on a wild crime and killing spree - so why is it their love that sustains their legend?Over a two-year period from 1932-34, during the height of the Great Depression in America, Bonnie & Clyde evolved from petty thieves to nation...

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by David Kennedy (Author)In the early morning hours of June 6th, 1996 residents slept peacefully in their beds as the moon hung over the quiet neighborhood of Dalrock Heights Addition, in the small town of Rowlett Texas.At 2:30 a.m., a 9-1-1 operator received a frantic call for help. Darlie Routier, a 26-year-old wife and mother of three young boys, reported that a knife-wielding intruder had broken into her house, attacking her and her two of her young sons.From a loving wife and mother of t...

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by David Pietras (Author)In 1997, a court found Darlie Lynn Routier guilty of probably the worst of human crimes: killing two of her natural children in cold-blood. Motive is still a mystery, but the prosecution painted her as a shrewish, materialistic young woman who, sensing her lavish lifestyle crumbling, slew her two sons Damon and Devon in a mad attempt to resuscitate her and her husband's personal economy. The following story relates the events of the murder and those leading up to her ...

A Nightmare on Elm Drive The Menendez Killings - Paperback

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by David Pietras (Author)The tan, dark haired young man sat and watched the made-for-TV miniseries. The miniseries, based on real life events, told the story of a group of young men from Beverly Hills who planned and carried out two murders, including the killing of the father of one of the members of the group. As the young man watched the movie, he called to his older brother who joined him and together they watched the "Billionaire Boys Club." Later, they began to discuss killing their fat...

The Summer of Helter Skelter - Paperback

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by David Kennedy (Author)The most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today.More than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly female commune killed nine people. It was the culmination of a criminal career that traces back to Manson's childhood.Manson puts the killer in the context of his times, the turbulent late sixties, an era of race riots and street protes...

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by W. G. Davis (Author)Maybe it's the time of year she was killed. Maybe it's the fact that her parents were considered suspects and later cleared.Maybe it's because the murder of the 6-year-old beauty queen has never been solved.More than twenty years later, the public continues to be captivated by the JonBen t Ramsey case.We don't know, and we may never know how this tragic true story ends, because JonBen t's killer has yet to be brought to justice, but people across the nation are still aw...

A Look Inside The Five Mafia Families of New York City - Paperback

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by David Pietras (Author)From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today's Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York's biggest families--and not for the better. In this book we will look at New York City's Five Families. All have bookmaking, loan-sharking, and extortion rackets. The Genovese family and, to a lesser degree, the Lucchese family (like the Gambinos) also have viable labor-racketeering endeavors that let them invest and launder their i...

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by Rebecca Grayson (Author) Number of Pages: 380 Dimensions: 0.91 x 8.62 x 5.54 IN Publication Date: June 27, 2003

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by Rebecca Grayson (Author) Number of Pages: 380 Dimensions: 1.15 x 8.96 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: June 27, 2003

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by Joseph R. Kozenczak (Author), Karen M. Henrikson (Author), Joseph R. Kozenczak Henrikson (Author)THE CHICAGO KILLER: The Hunt For Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy is the story of the capture of John Wayne Gacy, as told from the perspective of the former Chief of Detectives of the Des Plaines, Illinois Police Department, Joseph Kozenczak. The conviction of Gacy on 33 counts of murder is a record in the archives of the criminal justice system in the United States. Two additional bonus chapters ...

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea - Paperback

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by Richard Phillips (Author), Stephan Talty (With)It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the United States-flagged cargo ship which was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship. The pirates didn't expect the crew to fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillips to offer himself as hostage in exchange for the safet...

You Can't Play Outside . . . - Hardcover

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by Priscilla Sullins (Author), Connie Baker (Author) Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2002

You Can't Play Outside . . . - Paperback

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by Priscilla Sullins (Author), Connie Baker (Author) Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 22, 2002

Spies of the Kaiser: German Covert Operations in Great Britain During the First World War Era - Hardcover

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by T. Boghardt (Author)Spies of the Kaiser examines the scope and objectives of German covert operations in Great Britain before and during the First World War. It assesses the effect of German espionage on Anglo-German relations and discusses the extent to which the fear of German espionage in the United Kingdom shaped the British intelligence community in the early Twentieth-century. The study is based on original archival material, including hitherto unexploited German records and recently...

In the Eyes of the Law: The True Story of Love, Betrayal, Murder, Fame and Justice in 1950's America - Hardcover

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by Tom Faulconer (Author) Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.27 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2002

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by W. N. Roughead (Author)First published in 1951, this fascinating collection of true crime stories offers a tantalizing peek into some of the most disturbed minds of 18th & 19th century Scotland. Recounting the murders and trials of the period, William Roughead's biting commentary and witty narrative - combined with his precise detail and legal know-how, will have you hooked from cover to cover. "To my mind, one cannot have too much of a good murder." Now regarded one of the fathers of ...

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia - Paperback

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by John Dickie (Author)Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, Cosa Nostra is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings of this secret society with a murderous record. He explains how the mafia began, how it responds...

Mothermelters: The inside story of Cryonics and the Dora Kent Homicide - Paperback

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by Alan Kunzman (Author), Paul Nieto (With) Number of Pages: 308 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 07, 2004

A Certain Arrogance: U.S. Intelligence's Manipulation of Religious Groups and Individuals in Two World Wars and the Cold War -And the Sacri - Paperback

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by George Michael Evica (Author)A Certain Arrogance is a reticulation of eight essays on the history of international intelligence (primarily U.S. espionage), on Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles and their manipulation of religious groups and individuals to achieve U.S. elitist goals, on the development of U.S. psychological warfare operations, and on the sacrifice of Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. American Spymaster Allen Dulles, based in Switzerland, had abuse...