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The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosemo and the Ladies of the Levee - Hardcover

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by Arthur J. Bilek (Author)THE FIRST VICE LORD is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district--the Levee. For the first time, the true story is told of the colorful characters who peopled the Levee from the time of the Columbian Exposition to the Roaring Twenties, clearly the most colorful period in Chicago's history. The product of five years of research through Chicago daily newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, and books on the...

An Account of the Proceedings in the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting, at the Presidential Election in Nov., 1872. and on th - Hardcover

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by Susan B. Anthony (Author)An account of the landmark suffragist trial before the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, at Canandaigua in June 1873, that brought the cause of women's voting rights to the forefront of national attention in the United States. A group of women led by preeminent abolitionist and woman's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906], attempted to vote during the presidential election of 1872, claiming they were entitled to do so according to th...

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by Ben Weider (Author), David Hapgood (Joint Author)Back JacketThe history books say that Napoleon died of natural causes. Napoleon himself, expiring at 51 after a lifetime of robust health, suspected otherwise and ordered a thorough autopsy. His suspicions were well-founded. So clever was the crime, however, that until recent developments in forensic science, it was impossible to prove a case of murder, let alone name the killer. Now, the authors of this fascinating book assert, it has been ...

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by Arthur Herzog III (Author)From award-winning novelist Arthur Herzog comes a true-crime story of rich and poor, murder and retribution in a town rooted in self-denial. In Salisbury, Connecticut, the lavish weekend homes of wealthy New Yorkers stand only a short distance from the dilapidated houses of the local working class, known as the "raggies". But this seemingly calm and pastoral community has a sordid, evil underbelly. Feeling oppressed by their economic and social status, the three ...

Childhood Shadows: The Hidden Story of the Black Dahlia Murder - Paperback

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by Mary Pacios (Author) Number of Pages: 424 Dimensions: 1.06 x 8.08 x 4.96 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 19, 1999

Others Unknown Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy - Paperback

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by Peter Israel (Author), Stephen Jones (Author)In Others Unknown, Stephen Jones, Timothy McVeigh's lawyer in his trial for the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Office Building in Oklahoma City, provides the fullest possible account of the worst act of terrorism in American history. In a complete revision of his 1998 hardcover, Jones tells for the first time the whole story of his investigation of the case, including what he was told by McVeigh and what he learned about others involved in the consp...

Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on Vail Mountain - Paperback

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by Daniel Glick (Author)In October, 1998 an arson caused 12 million in damage at Vail, the country's largest ski area. A shadowy radical environmental group called the Earth Liberation Front claimed credit for what the FBI called the costliest act of ecoterrorism in U.S. history. But as it turns out, credible suspects were everywhere, since Vail was owned by a New York investment firm that had alienated a wide swath of Colorado's high country residents."Who couldn't have done this?" wondered ...

A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country - Paperback

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by Benjamin Weiser (Author)In August 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a highly respected colonel in the Polish Army, embarked on what would become one of the most extraordinary human intelligence operations of the Cold War. Despite the extreme risk to himself and his family, he contacted the American Embassy in Bonn, and arranged a secret meeting. From the very start, he made clear that he deplored the Soviet domination of Poland, and believed his country was on the wrong side of the Cold War. Over ...

Cyberculture Counterconspiracy: A Steamshovel Press Web Reader, Volume Two - Paperback

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by Kenn Thomas (Editor) Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.01 x 6.07 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 20, 2000

Death in the Desert: The Ted Binion Homicide Case - Paperback

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by Cathy Scott (Author) Number of Pages: 322 Dimensions: 0.71 x 8 x 5.06 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 20, 2000

A Serial Killer: David Berkositz: Son of Sam/Son of Hope - Paperback

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by Stephen Cender (Author), Kenneth Cender (Joint Author) Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.29 x 10.98 x 8.26 IN Publication Date: February 20, 2001

The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride Into the Secret Heart of Bcci - Paperback

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by Jonathan Beaty (Author), S. C. Gwynne (Author)A deatiled and spellbinding account of the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, one of the greatest financial scandals of all time.Back JacketThe Outlaw Bank goes straight to the corrupt heart of the most spectacular financial scandal in history: the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. A riveting mix of Dr. No and All the President's Men, The Outlaw Bank tells the story of the collapse of the BCCI in...

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by Steve A. Reeves (Author)The 1980 Gray Murders It was a black December night in 1980. Trooper Earl Nicholson sped to the scene of a reported automobile accident. Arriving at the scene, Nicholson expected to see mangled steel and broken glass. Instead, he was met with the sight of a young woman dressed in pajamas - and a small, shirtless, boy - laying under a tree in the front yard of the house facing the street. Scanning the bodies with his flashlight beam, it was evident to the state troop...

Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Line - Paperback

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by John M. Wills (Author)Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Line features a compelling collection of stories about women in law enforcement. From a dispatcher on the radio trying to remain calm and do her job while her husband is involved in a gun battle, to a desperate search for a missing child during a frightening storm, to a courageous lone officer staring down the barrel of a gun inside a crowded department store, the tales in this book will have your pulse racing. Police office...

The Abuse of Innocence: The McMartin Preschool Trial - Paperback

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by Paul Eberle (Author), Shirley Eberle (Author)On August 12, 1983, Judy Johnson called the police and told them her two-year-old son had been sexually abused at Virginia McMartin's Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. Mrs. Johnson accused a teacher, Raymond Buckey. After searching the school and the homes of the owners and teachers, police distributed a letter to parents of children attending the McMartin Preschool urging them to ask their children if they had witnessed any acts of sexu...

Cracking More Cases: The Forensic Science of Solving Crimes - Hardcover

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by Henry C. Lee (Author), Thomas W. O'Neil (Author)Truly a legend in his own time, Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic criminalist in the world. He has gained widespread public recognition through his involvement in many high-profile cases. Now, as a follow-up to his highly acclaimed Cracking Cases, Dr. Lee describes in intimate detail his work in personally investigating five notorious murder cases, while demonstrating the fascinating scientific techniques of f...

Aum Shinrikyo-Japan's Unholy Sect - Paperback

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by Rei Kimura (Author)This is the true story of a mysterious religious cult Aum Shinrikyo which threw the neat orderly Japanese society into pandemonium with its massive acts of terroism murders culminating in the bloody Tokyo subway sarin gas poisoning in which over 3,000 innocent commuters perished.Author BiographyRei Kimura started her professional training as a lawyer. From the age of fifteen, she started to write poetry and short stories for the sheer love of it. She is currently associa...

Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files: Five Famous Cases Scott Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, and more... - Hardcover

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by Henry C. Lee (Author), Jerry Labriola (Author)Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic scientist in the world. His vast investigative experience (over 6,000 cases!) and participation in many high-profile trials have earned him not only the highest respect from the law enforcement community but also widespread public recognition. Here Dr. Lee once again gives avid fans of true crime an intimate glimpse into the real world of crime investigation, combining his unpar...

Cause of Death: Forensic Files of a Medical Examiner - Hardcover

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by Stephen D. Cohle (Author), Tobin T. Buhk (Author)The body of a woman floats to the surface of a lake with sixty pounds of cinder block and chain attached to her legs. Her killer faces the death penalty if the prosecution can answer one question: Did she drown? A worker for the only U.S. plant licensed to produce anthrax dies, the victim of a heart attack. But what caused his heart to stop beating? Follow veteran medical examiner Dr. Stephen D. Cohle into the world of forensic pathology, as...

Learning from the Secret Past: Cases in British Intelligence History - Paperback

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by Robert Dover (Editor), Michael S. Goodman (Editor), Robert Dover (Contribution by)Identifying "lessons learned" is not new--the military has been doing it for decades. However, members of the worldwide intelligence community have been slow to extract wider lessons gathered from the past and apply them to contemporary challenges. Learning from the Secret Past is a collection of ten carefully selected cases from post-World War II British intelligence history. Some of the cases include the Ma...

Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes - Paperback

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by Henry C. Lee (Author), Thomas W. O'Neil (Author)Truly a legend in his own time, Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic scientist in the world. He gained widespread public recognition through his testimony in the televised O. J. Simpson trial. Since that time he has helped with the Jon Benet Ramsey case and the investigations of mass murder in Croatia.This book will take the reader through the entire investigative process of five murder cases, with Dr. Lee as the...

Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill - Hardcover

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by Victor J. Stenger (Author)In a shocking true-crime narrative that reads like a thriller, former police officer, former detective, and mystery writer Stacy Dittrich tells eighteen stories about cops who kill. From the brutal to the bizarre, the senseless to the extreme, these men and women abused their power, took human life, and are now (except for one) paying the consequences. Some killed for love, others for money, and still others because of seemingly trivial personality conflicts. Ditt...

Shocking Cases from Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files: The Phil Spector Case / the Priest's Ritual Murder of a Nun / the Brown's Chicken Massacre and Mor - Hardcover

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by Henry C. Lee (Author), Jerry Labriola (Author)Dr. Henry C. Lee is highly regarded throughout the law-enforcement community as one of the most talented and experienced forensic scientists in the world. He has also received widespread public recognition and media attention through his association with sensational criminal investigations, including the JFK assassination, the suicide of White House counsel Vincent Foster, the Chandra Levy homicide, the O.J. Simpson and JonBenet Ramsey cases, a...

Intelligence Elsewhere: Spies and Espionage Outside the Anglosphere - Paperback

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by Philip H. J. Davies (Editor), Kristian C. Gustafson (Editor), Philip H. J. Davies (Contribution by)Intelligence Elsewhere is the first scholarly volume to deal exclusively with the comparative study of national intelligence outside of the Anglosphere and great-power European mainstream. Leading regional and intelligence experts examine the deep historical and cultural origins of intelligence in several countries of critical importance today. Author BiographyPhilip H. J. Davies is a senior ...

The Night the Defeos Died: Reinvestigating the Amityville Murders - Paperback

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by Ric Osuna (Author)On November 13, 1974, police received a report of a homicide at 112 Ocean Avenue in the Village of Amityville, New York, a sleepy seaside community located on Long Island's South Shore. Once there, the police discovered six members of the DeFeo family -- father, mother and four of their five children -- shot and killed execution style. The surviving son, Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr., was eventually charged and tried for the murder of his family and now is serving six concurre...

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by Donald R. Waddell (Author)A marijuana smuggling operation that went awry. Four innocent people were murdered. A man convicted of the murders was 150 miles away from the crime. One of Florida's most egregious cases of injustice, 'innocent until proven guilty', a myth. Number of Pages: 400 Dimensions: 0.89 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 11, 2004

True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy - Paperback

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by Scott Carmichael (Author)Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Known to her coworkers as the Queen of Cuba, she was an overachiever who advanced quickly through the ranks of Latin American specialists to become the intelligence community's top analyst on Cuban affairs. But throughout her sixteen-year career at DIA, Montes was sending Castro some of America's most closely guarded secrets and at the same time helping influence what the United St...

Capturing Jonathan Pollard: How One of the Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justicehow One of the Most de - Paperback

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by Ronald J. Olive (Author)Jonathan Pollard, an intelligence analyst working in the U.S. Naval Investigative Service's Anti-Terrorist Alert Center, systematically stole highly sensitive secrets from almost every major intelligence agency in the United States. In just eighteen months he sold more than one million pages of classified material to Israel. No other spy in U.S. history has stolen so many secrets, so highly classified, in such a short period of time. Author Ronald Olive was in charg...

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by Michael Burgan (Author)Fascinating accounts of more than 30 sensational crimes from across Minnesota that occurred between 1859 and modern times.Author BiographyMichael Burgan is a freelance writer who specializes in books for children and young adults, both fiction and non-fiction. He also has written articles and blog posts for adult audiences that have appeared in newspapers, university publications, and on the Bloomberg website. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree...

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by Roy Marshall (Author)In 1912 what was arguably the most violent crime, the darkest mystery, in Midwest history took place. Law enforcement officers encountered a scene of unimagined violence: eight victims, six of them children, bludgeoned to death with an ax while they slept. Everywhere there were clues. But inexperienced investigators failed, and private detectives took over. When Detective James Newton Wilkerson charged that a respected state senator had been motivated to the unthinkabl...

In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage - Paperback

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by John Haynes (Author), Harvey Klehr (Author)Beginning in the late 1960s, John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr say, the study of communism in America was taken over by "revisionists" who have attempted to portray the U.S. as the aggressor in the Cold War and saw suspicion about the American Communist Party (CPUSA) as baseless "paranoia." In this intriguing book, they show how, years after the death of communism, the leading historical journals and many prominent historians continue to teach tha...

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by Tony Rafael (Author)It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. It waves the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of public awareness and has flourished beneath a deep cover o...