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BEHIND AND BEYOND THE BADGE - Volume II: More Stories from the Village of First Responders with Cops, Firefighters, Ems, Dispatchers, Forensics, and V - Hardcover

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by Donna Brown (Author)In BEHIND AND BEYOND THE BADGE, Volume 2, award-winning author Donna Brown takes you to those places that few see. First responders have opened their hearts and shared what it's truly like to do their jobs, their favorite parts of the job and their worst, and the impact it has on their families. They are human just like you, and each faces all that life has to offer, good and bad.The difference between their jobs and most other professions is that a first responder migh...

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Nobody Cares and What I Did About It! The Red Wemette Story of the Chicago OIutfit - Paperback

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by Red Wemette (Author)If you have ever wanted to see what it is like to live on the wild side-all from the safety and security of your own armchair-then Nobody Cares and What I Did About It The Red Wemette Story of The Chicago Outfit is for you. It is a veritable proof that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction A fascinating, firsthand account of events in the life and times of William "Red" Wemette-the longest Organized Crime undercover informant other than for espionage] for the FBI ...

Murder and Mayhem: The Anthology of American Serial Killers from the 19th and Early 20th Centuries - Paperback

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by Taylar Banks (Editor)Bludgeoning, stabbing, strangulation, mounted skeletons, poison, torture, mutilation, and scientific experiments. Outsiders did not hear the screams of the victims, some families did not get closure, and some serial killers got away with murder.No one knew Belle Gunness murdered her foster daughter Jennie Olson until investigators discovered the remains along with at least twelve others buried on Belle's farm; Belle had told everyone Jennie went off to college. Jesse H...

Warren Commission Hearings: Volume I: Reprint of Original Book Scan - Hardcover

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by Michigan Legal Publishing Ltd (Author)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, commonly known as the Warren Commission, was created by President Lyndon Johnson and chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren to investigate President Kennedy's assassination. The Commission presented their findings in a report to President Johnson on September 24, 1964. The Commission also released 26 hearing volumes on November 23, 1964 comprised of testimonies from 550 witnesses and e...

The Trial of Kermit Gosnell: The Shocking Details And What It Revealed About The Abortion Industry In America - Paperback

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by Cheryl Sullenger (Author)When police raided the Women's Medical Society, they thought that they were putting an end to a pill mill that was the largest supplier of illicit prescription painkillers in Philadelphia. But once inside, police made the grisly discovery that Kermit Gosnell's medical office was something much worse.Police seized the bodies of 47 aborted babies - all with mysterious wounds across the backs of their necks. They soon realized they had uncovered a "House of Horrors" w...

MI Bad: Robbers, Cutthroats & Thieves in Michigan's Past & Present - Paperback

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by Tom Carr (Author)Train robberies, stage-coach holdups, posses, breakouts and shoot-em-ups step out of the darker pages of Michigan's past and spring to life in Tom Carr's MI Bad: Robbers, Cutthroats and Thieves in Michigan's Past and Present.The Great Lakes State has seen more than its share of sensational crimes in the last couple of centuries. MI Bad shines a searchlight on several of the most jaw-dropping capers and rogues, including: - A couple of 1880s prostitution procurers who roll ...

A Child is Missing: Searching for Justice - Paperback

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by Karen Beaudin (Author)Brutally beaten, raped, strangled, and run over by a vehicle, 13-year-old Kathy Lynn Gloddy was left naked in the woods three miles from home on November 21, 1971. A Child is Missing: Searching for Justice is the result of six years of research and interviews conducted by Kathy's sister, Karen Beaudin.Still hunting for answers, Karen continues to gather information about Kathy's kidnapping and murder from law enforcement, forensics, medical professionals, and classmat...

A Child is Missing: A True Story - Paperback

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by Karen Beaudin (Author)One cold night in November 1971, 13-year-old Kathy Lynn Gloddy went missing. Her beaten, bruised body was found on the cold ground the next day. Enter into the tragedy as Karen Beaudin vividly recounts the horrifying details of her younger sister's death in A Child is Missing--the shocking true story of a small New Hampshire town stunned by the revelation of such a brutal crime, and a family devastated by the loss of a beloved daughter and sister. As Karen and her fam...

Undaunted: Breaking My Silence to Overcome the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse - Paperback

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by Matthew Sandusky (Author)The Jerry Sandusky case had little to do with football and everything to do with the insidious danger that comes from those we willingly hand our children over to because we trust them. In this unflinching memoir Matthew Sandusky reveals the silent victimization that continues across this country and around the world, not by "stranger danger" but by those we admire, know and trust. Number of Pages: 226 Dimensions: 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: May 09, 2017

Mother Load: A Memoir of Addiction, Gun Violence & Finding a Life of Purpose - Paperback

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by Wendy Adamson (Author)It never should have happened. That's what Wendy Adamson thought as she sat handcuffed in the back seat of a squad car. In fact, Wendy could vaguely remember a time when she had dreams of making a difference in the world. So how was it that her life had gotten so far off track? Follow the journey of a devoted wife and little league mom from falling down the rabbit hole of methamphetamine addiction and gun violence through the selfless act that would lead to saving her...

Corpsewood: The Eyewitness Account - Paperback

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by Susan E. Scott (Author), Teresa Hudgins (Author), Shannon West (Author)Nestled deep in the north Georgia woodlands are the ruins of an estate appropriately and ironically named Corpsewood. The conservative residents of the small towns nearby all know of the two men who came from Chicago to live among them. When the blood drenched bodies of the men were discovered there not long before Christmas, the whole area is shocked by the heartless, vicious nature of the crime. They can't imagine who...

Justified: A Detective Vic Gonnella Thriller - Paperback

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by Louis Romano (Author)Five years ago, the world found themselves conflicted as they cheered for a serial killer. John Deegan, ex-special ops, and a master of disguise with his appearance and voice, was the most hunted man on the planet for murdering pedophiles by stabbing them in their necks with sharpened-to-a-point crucifixes, and that included the priest who molested him when he was a little boy. Unfortunately, the Catholic Church still never made any changes to protect children. It is ...

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by Johari Ade (Author)Christmas Eve 1916 was festive as the town celebrated the holidays. By morning an entire white family lay dead, and numerous Black men are jailed. Soon they stand trial in a town torn apart by rage and racism during the re-birth of the Klan. However, things are not as they appear. The town must examine their lifelong biases as the astonishing truth is revealed. This is a true story of Race and Racism as experienced Grove, Lousiana, a small southern town. It was the trial...

Justified: A Detective Vic Gonnella Thriller - Hardcover

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by Louis Romano (Author) It is 2016, and Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics is retiring due to ill health, and all the world's cardinals will be descending upon the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to elect a new pope. When a string of gruesome murders take place in and around the catacombs, historic churches, and homosexual hot spots of Rome, some fear the worst is yet to come and the prophesy of St. Malachy may be taking place that Pope Francis, the 212th pope, w...

Thinking Outside the Crime and Justice Box - Paperback

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by Diane Dimond (Author)In this compilation of Dimond's most thought-provoking columns, readers will be introduced to crime and justice situations they likely had no idea existed and encouraged to think outside the box about solutions to thorny issues. No true crime topic is off-limits for Dimond: from prisons to playgrounds, human trafficking to horrific serial killers, heroes to heroin addicts, Dimond's keen eye for the compelling human stories at the core of crime often result in unforgett...

Memoirs of an Artist: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Paperback

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by Billy Selesnick (Author)"Billy Selesnick tells all (well, almost all) in Memoirs of an Artist, the meandering story of his life. While outlining his artistic growth, his druggie lifestyle, and sexual peccadillos, Selesnick doesn't shy away from talking about his old pal Chuck Barris and their common profession as political assassins." - Shirrel Rhoades, former Associate Publisher, Harper's Magazine Here's the first-person story of a talented artist who freelanced as an assassin. If this so...

The Sheriff's Son: Lessons Learned - Hardcover

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by Wayne Skarka (Author), Donald Butch Campsey (Author)Before Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields on Netflix, there as The Sheriff's Son - a potential suspect for the League City murders. This true story begins on Valentine's Day, 1961. 14 years old, Claudette Carolyn Covey went missing from Hondo, Texas. On Halloween evening, 1961, Claudette's remains were discovered eight miles from town in a field. She had been shot twice in the head. From the beginning, town folks believed that she was ...

Pinched: The True Story of Surviving the Colombian Cartel - Paperback

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by Wilson C. Carter III (Author)Pinched is a gripping masterpiece that tells the electrifying true story of Marco, a poor adolescent Colombian fishermen who dreams of wealth and who's ambitions result in his forced servitude to the A.U.C, a ruthlessly violent Narco Para-military organization who operate at the height of Colombia's war torn, drug fueled civil war.The adventure thrusts the reader into the mind and soul of Marco, who's charged with the dangerous responsibility of moving million...

Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders - Lied Then Died (87 Historical Illustrations) - Paperback

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by Jd Crighton (Author), Herman W. Mudgett (Author)A fascinating look into the mind of one of America's first serial killers Who was H. H. Holmes, the killer made famous in the "Devil in the White City?" Did he build a 'Murder Castle' to lure victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers and to prey on Chicago's World's Fair travelers? In Holmes' Own, you will discover: HH Holmes 1895 memoir written by Holmes while he awaited trial Moyamensing Prison diary Confession of twenty-se...

Detective in the White City: The Real Story of Frank Geyer - Hardcover

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by Jd Crighton (Author)The remarkable true story of the uncompromising and relentless detective who investigated H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers known as the 'Devil in the White City, ' and other criminals like him. This extraordinary historical biography features 120 year old murder cases that made national headlines including his cross-country, international investigation that led to horrific discovery of the missing Pitezel children, the Hannah Mary Tabbs torso case, po...

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by Jd Crighton (Author), Herman W. Mudgett (Author)Large Print format. A fascinating look into the mind of one of America's first serial killers Who was H. H. Holmes, the killer made famous in the "Devil in the White City?" Did he build a 'Murder Castle' to lure victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers and to prey on Chicago's World's Fair travelers? In Holmes' Own, you will discover: HH Holmes 1895 memoir written by Holmes while he awaited trial Moyamensing Prison diary Con...

Holmes' Own Story: Confessed 27 Murders - Lied Then Died (87 Historical Illustrations) - Hardcover

$35.93

by Jd Crighton (Author), Herman W. Mudgett (Author)A fascinating look into the mind of H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers known as the 'Devil in the White City' who built a Murder Castle and lured victims into secret rooms, vaults, and gas chambers during the Chicago's World's Fair. Featuring 87 rare, historical illustrations and Holmes' birth and death certificates. Holmes' Own includes: -HH Holmes 1895 memoir written by the killer while he awaited trial-Moyamensing Prison ...

Tony Buzbee: Defining Moments - Paperback

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by Michael Lee Lanning (Author)Not since flamboyant, fringed-sleeved Gerry Spence has the courtroom seen anyone who can compare to Tony Buzbee. His fame and reputation increases with each successive judgment--including multi-million dollar victories against mega corporations, such as BP and the Ford Motor Company, and government entities such as FEMA and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Tony Buzbee--a product of a small-town upbringing in East Texas, an education at Texas A&M, t...

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by Robert Kaluza (Author), Maryann Karinch (Author)This book is an adventure, an investigation and a manhunt. It divulges the real reason for the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and leads the reader toward identifying the people responsible for causing it. It is the story of an oil-rig supervisor on a five-day assignment being scapegoated by his employer, BP, as part of a corrupt deal the company made with the U.S. Department of Justice. It was a deal that allowed BP to return to business as usual ...

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by David Augustus Ball (Author)DOES FREEDOM OF RELIGION MEAN FREEDOM TO KILL?Once named New Orleans' "Lawyer of the Year" for his work on a gruesome Louisiana murder case, David Augustus Ball rips the scab off the system and shows the strange underpinnings of an astonishing court decision based on an ancient and almost forgotten religion.Triptych is the story of a lawyer who risked everything to defend a man who could not be defended and a religion whose commands can never be ignored.Was it j...

Commitment to Courage: The Life and Extraordinary Career of a Veteran FBI Agent - Paperback

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by Donald L. Redden (Author)Sometimes the Safe Path isn't the Right One. As a young man, Don Redden didn't have big plans for his future beyond raising a family, a good career at General Electric, and making it through the Vietnam War alive. His plan was simple, honest, and safe. When Don's tour of duty in the Army was over and he got home alive, it looked like he was on track to achieve everything he had set out to do.A chance encounter with an FBI agent led him to make a momentous decision ...

Surviving Murder: A True-Crime Memoir - Paperback

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by Linda Principe (Author)Where were the heads? On June 27, 1990, that was the question of the hour. The night before, the evening quiet had been shattered by the bloody aftermath of a son's rage against his parents. Two dismembered, headless corpses would be tomorrow's headlines--corpses that had been the author's aunt and uncle. The murderer was her own cousin. This gripping, first-hand account of a surviving family portrays an ordinary citizen forced, in the blink of an eye, to become a so...

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by Jayfri Hashim (Artist), Darren G. Davis (Editor)Can any man be as evil as the media portrays him to be? A vagrant and frustrated musician who referred to himself as Jesus Christ, he masqueraded behind the image of a peace-loving hippie to disguise his insatiable thirst for power and an intense obsession with violent death. Beyond explores the story behind convicted murderer Charles Manson.Conspiracies. Espionage. UFOs. Hidden History. Secret Societies. The Paranormal. "Beyond" brings you s...

Murder in the Mountains: The Justus and Meadows Family Massacre - Paperback

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by Georgia Charles (Author)Murder is traumatic and affects the lives of every family member, manifesting feelings of loss, sorrow, grief, anger, and gradual acceptance of the event. Murder in the Mountains: The Justus and Meadows Family Massacre is the true story of the murders of a mother, daughter, son-in-law, and three small grandsons. Even though the murders occurred over 100 years ago, the event still evokes an emotional response today, especially from the ancestors of Elizabeth Baker Ju...

The Devil's Town: Hot Springs During the Gangster Era - Paperback

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by Philip Leigh (Author)In The Devil's Town, Philip Leigh, a rising star among American historians, tells the unique and colorful story of the small resort city of Hot Springs, Arkansas---how it became a theater for New York and Chicago mobs during the gangster era. This is a richly detailed tale of a significant part of Southern history--- exploitation of a people's poverty, crime, evasion of law, and local and state corruption. The author names names, some of them of national importance inc...

Still Standing: Finding Light Inside a Guatemalan Prison, the Battle of an Innocent Woman - Paperback

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by Anaite Alvarado (Author)A shocking firsthand account of a woman's fight for justice while being wrongly imprisoned, and the incredible stories of the women she meets on the inside.Anaité Alvarado was imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit, and forced to fight for survival, edible food, decent living conditions, and a return to her young children. Despite her American citizenship, she was left to linger in a Guatemalan prison, at the mercy of a corrupt judicial system, fighting to be free...