True Crime

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Savage Grace: The True Story of Fatal Relations in a Rich and Famous American Family - Paperback

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by Natalie Robins (Author)A spellbinding tale of money and madness, incest and matricide, Savage Grace is the saga of Brooks and Barbara Baekeland -- beautiful, rich, worldly -- and their handsome, gentle son, Tony. Alternately neglected and smothered by his parents, he was finally driven to destroy the whole family in a violent chain of events. Savage Grace unfolds against a glamorous international background (New York, London, Paris, Italy, Spain); features a nonpareil cast of characters (...

Bear Attack in the Smokies: Memoirs of a National Park Ranger - Paperback

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by Jerry Grubb (Author)Memoirs of a former career National Park Ranger, and how he began a career with the National Park Service. This body of work describes many incidents that occurred in his 26 years as a National Park Ranger and how a government bureaucracy impacted this Ranger's life in a job he loved.This work covers how the National Park Service evolved during his career and focusing on how the park service management dealt with law enforcement issues and including the shooting deaths ...

Dying for Chocolate: Cordelia Botkin and the 1898 Poisoned Candy Murders - Paperback

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by Kerry Segrave (Author)On a summer day in 1898, a family in Dover, Delaware, shared a box of chocolates they received in the mail from an anonymous sender. Within days, two of the seven family members were dead; the other five became ill but recovered. The search for the perpetrator soon moved from Delaware to California, where a suspect was quickly identified: Cordelia Botkin, lover of the husband of one of the poisoned women. This book chronicles the shoddy investigation that led to Botki...

Story Hustler: Murder-Mayhem-PTSD - Paperback

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by Mike Watkiss (Author)"A guy that grabs the throat of a story and hangs on to it." That's how veteran TV reporter Mike Watkiss was described in the Arizona Republic-"a grizzled TV Icon" who has been at the forefront of some of the World's biggest stories for more than four decades. From OJ Simpson to Michael Jackson--from serial killer Richard Ramirez to polygamous prophet Warren Jeffs-from figure skater Tonya Harding to Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss, Watkiss' career reads like a road map of...

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by Annette Murcott (Author)In 2003, 32-year-old Annette Murcott was wrongfully charged with the wilful murder of her partner, Bevan, in Port Hedland in Western Australia. She was sent to Bandyup Prison in Perth for two long years before the charge was overturned.A lifelong battler, Annette presents a stomach-churning account of extreme abuse, love, murder, family loyalty and police corruption.She had endured a violent relationship and a horrendous miscarriage of justice, but what Annette didn...

'till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse - Paperback

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by Robi Ludwig (Author)Every day six people in the United States are murdered by spouses or intimate partners. Society is captivated and startled by stories of these killers, leading people to wonder how seemingly normal and happy people manage to go over the edge. In Till Death Do Us Part, noted psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig, along with journalist Matt Birkbeck, presents the psychological profiles of notorious killer spouses -- from Scott Peterson and Clara Harris to Rabbi Fred Neulander ...

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by Richard Keith (Author)Although written with a touch of humor, Prison Clown is a serious book that sheds light on the reason the United States leads the world in the numbers of incarcerated people--and way too many for nonviolent offenses. As Richard Keith explains, murky cases with questionable witnesses can lead to average citizens serving time as inmates when they're neither hardened criminals nor pose a threat to society. Keith exposes the myth that minimum security Federal prisons are ...

Bombs, Bullets, and Bribes: the true story of notorious Jewish mobster Alex Shondor Birns - Hardcover

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by Rick Porrello (Author)A 2020 International Book Awards True Crime Award Finalist From the author of To Kill the Irishman, basis for the movie Kill the Irishman, here is Alex "Shondor" Birns--Public Enemy Number One, friend of powerful Jewish and Italian mobsters, and trusted partner of black gambling racketeers. He went toe-to-toe against relentless challenges--the cops wanted him in prison, immigration officials wanted him deported, and the IRS wanted his nightclub, car, and cash. Black ...

Boy Missing: The Search for Kyron Horman - Paperback

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by Rebecca Morris (Author)It's one of the most shocking unsolved missing-child cases in the world. Where is Kyron Horman? Why hasn't the woman who police suspect is responsible for his 2010 disappearance-Kyron's stepmother-been charged? That the seven-year-old disappeared from his grade school got the attention of parents around the world. The twists of the case -adultery, sexting, murder-for-hire-keep the story in the media spotlight. New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Morris tells th...

Criminology in Brief: Understanding Crime and Criminal Justice - Paperback

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by Robert Heiner (Author)This book offers a short and accessible introduction to criminology. Written in a clear and direct style, criminological theories are made more accessible for undergraduates, and the workings of the criminal justice system are explained. Students will learn not only how the criminal justice system works, but also how it does not work. Beyond introducing students to the basics, the book provides a persuasive argument that the criminal justice system we have in the Unit...

Money Laundering and Illicit Financial Flows: Following the Money and Value Trails - Paperback

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by John a. Cassara (Author)Outside of crimes of passion, criminals, criminal organizations, kleptocrats, and some businesses and corporations are motivated by greed. In today's increasingly interconnected world, the criminal manifestations of unchecked avarice impact all of us - politically, socially, economically, and culturally. Transnational crime effects our individual and collective security. The magnitude of crime is measured in the multi-trillions of dollars annually. Laundering or hid...

Chasing the Squirrel: The Pursuit of Notorious Drug Smuggler Wally Thrasher - Paperback

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by Ron Peterson Jr. (Author)CHASING THE SQUIRREL is the true story of notorious drug smuggler Wally Thrasher, whose investigation led to the biggest drug bust in Mid-Atlantic United States history in 1986. Nicknamed, "The Squirrel" for his elusivenes, Thrasher was a daredevil pilot who made millions flying marijuana and cocaine from South America into the US in the 70s and 80s. With his beautiful Portuguese-born wife, Olga, he lived in a mountain estate near Virginia's New River Valley. He o...

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by Temika Smith Harden (Author), Montrae Smith Harden (Author)October 1st, 2017 is a date Temika Harden will never forget - her nineteen-year-old son, Domiquo Riley, was senselessly gunned down one night in front of the Midnight Blu night club. The crime would be featured on the "Flashing Colors" episode of The First 48. Displeased with their portrayal of her son, Temika Harden pens her own personal account of what happened that day, the investigation following her son's murder, and her own f...

Mr. Undercover: The True Story of Undercover Operative Ronald Fino - Paperback

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by Michael F. Rizzo (Editor), Ronald Fino (Author)Ronald Fino, one of the FBI's foremost undercover operatives, does not scare easily.That is why he's not afraid to name names in this undercover expos . For years, Fino wanted to write about his experiences, but each time the FBI managed to stop him. Even requests from major authors like Tom Clancy were placed on old. Today, Ronald Fino is retired from his service to the FBI and is ready to tell his story. Because of his unique position as the...

Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law - Paperback

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by Harry MacLean (Author)In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter's testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family, and delves into the reliability of repressed memory as evidence in court.This version contains a 2011 Epilogue, which de...

The Snatch Racket: The Kidnapping Epidemic That Terrorized 1930s America - Hardcover

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by Carolyn Cox (Author)Although the 1932 kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby was a worldwide sensation, it was only one of an estimated three thousand ransom kidnappings that occurred in the United States that year. The epidemic hit America during the Great Depression and the last days of Prohibition as criminal gangs turned kidnapping into the highly lucrative "snatch racket." Wealthy families and celebrities purchased kidnap insurance, hired armed chauffeurs and bodyguards, and ...

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by James Patterson (Author)From the world's #1 bestselling author comes a collection of Discovery ID true crime stories where the bonds of matrimony and love can tear you brutally apart. Til Murder Do Us Part Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Stephen Marcum. Twelve years later, she starts to suspect that he isn't who he says he is. As she digs into his past, she doesn't realize that learning the truth will lead to a lifetime of fear and hiding. (with Andrew B...

American Ripper: The Enigma Of America's Serial Killer Cop - Hardcover

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by Patrick Kendrick (Author)American Ripper is the true story of Gerard John Schaefer, a Florida Law Enforcement Officer who was a prolific serial killer in the late 1960's early 1970's. The decade that was thought to be filled with "Love, Peace and Happiness," became a new dark age, breeding more serial killers than any other time in U.S. history, including Charles Manson, the Zodiac Killer, the Son of Sam, John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy, who was held in the same prison as Schaefer and whom h...

American Ripper: The Enigma Of America's Serial Killer Cop - Paperback

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by Robert D. Newell (Author)Violence in the Valley is a book of short stories about unusual murders and other crimes investigated in the mid-Ohio Valley by the Parkersburg Police Department Detective Bureau, West Virginia State Police, and other agencies along the peaceful Ohio River from Wheeling to Huntington, West Virginia. The stories are about the early days of the detective bureau through the nineteen nineties and beyond involving cases of kidnapping, murder, organized crime, mob hits, ...

Eating Smoke: One Man's Descent into Crystal Meth Psychosis in Hong Kong's Triad Heartland - Paperback

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by Chris Thrall (Author)Chris Thrall left the Royal Marine Commandos to find fortune in Hong Kong, but following a bizarre series of jobs ended up homeless and in psychosis from crystal meth addiction.He began working for the 14K, a viscous Hong Kong crime syndicate, as a nightclub doorman in the Wan Chai red-light district, where he uncovered a vast global conspiracy and the 'Foreign Triad' - a secretive expat clique in cahoots with the Chinese gangs.Alone and confused in the neon glare of H...

Evil at Lake Seminole: The Shocking True Story Surrounding the Disappearance of Mike Williams - Paperback

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by Steven B. Epstein (Author)Did Mike accidentally drown in a Florida lake? Or was his disappearance the result of a sinister plot to kill him?The crisp, predawn hours of December 16, 2000, began much as they had many Saturdays for avid duck hunter Mike Williams--on Lake Seminole, where he'd go to relax after a stressful workweek. The Florida State grad was juggling fatherhood with a thriving real estate appraisal career. And that very evening? He and his high school sweetheart, Denise, pla...

El Elegido: Por su padre. Por la DEA. Por Dios - Paperback

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by William Rodríguez (Author)El Autor William Rodr guez nos cuenta como nace, florece y cae una de las organizaciones m s poderosas del mundo del narcotr fico, que fue sindicada por el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de controlar por m s de 20 a os el 80% del mercado mundial del narcotr fico y de introducir a los Estados Unidos m s de doscientos mil kilos de coca na. El protagonista nos narra como el cartel de Cali, liderado por su padre y t o, y auxiliado en un momento por l, l...

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars - Hardcover

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by Jamie L. H. Goodall (Author)The story of Chesapeake pirates and patriots begins with a land dispute and ends with the untimely death of an oyster dredger at the hands of the Maryland Oyster Navy. From the golden age of piracy to Confederate privateers and oyster pirates, the maritim Number of Pages: 162 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 24, 2020

Maceos and the Free State of Galveston: An Authorized History - Hardcover

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by Kimber Fountain (Author)Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the "Spirit of the Island" quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sicilian immigrants rose from modest beginnings to lead an entire city to prosperity, yet the nature of their i Number of Pages: 194 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 10, 2020

Imprisonment: Based On Truth - Paperback

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by Samuel D. Woods (Author)Dealing with the injustice in the court system that affects those incarcerated, Mr. Woods gives us an up-close look at the life of a repeated felon, being that he has been in and out of the system since the age of twelve. Minus the fact Mr. Woods is currently incarcerated and serving a life sentence, he was still able to supply us with an educational and factual book that gives us a graphic vision of what our court systems and prisons are like, growing up in a pover...

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by Ella W. Taylor (Author)Are you looking for a way to transform your life? If so, this book is for you. It can help you begin your journey of self-discovery. Reading this book can help you realize that as you pass through this planet we call Earth, you can choose how you want to travel--both spiritually and physically.This book takes you on an excursion through tragedy, loss, shock, pain, acceptance, and self-discovery, culminating in a newness of life. It explains that your journey here on ...

The Country Boy Killer: The True Story of Cody Legebokoff, Canada's Teenage Serial Killer - Paperback

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by Jt Hunter (Author)He was the friendly, baby-faced, Canadian boy next door. He came from a loving, caring, and well-respected family. Blessed with good looks and back-woods charm, he was popular with his peers and he excelled in sports. A self-proclaimed "die hard" Calgary Flames fan, he played competitive junior hockey and competed on his school's snowboarding team. And he enjoyed the typical simple pleasures of a boy growing up in the country: camping, hunting, and fishing with family and...

In Colder Blood: On the Trail of Dick Hickock & Perry Smith - Paperback

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by Jt Hunter (Author)Two families mysteriously murdered under similar circumstances, just a month apart. One was memorialized in Truman Capote's classic true crime novel, In Cold Blood. The other was all but forgotten. Dick Hickock and Perry Smith confessed to the first: the November 15, 1959 murder of the Clutter family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Despite remarkable similarities between the two crimes, Hickock and Smith denied committing the second: the December 19 murder of the Walker famil...

Cyber Weapons of Mass Psychological Destruction: and the People Who Use Them - Hardcover

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by Vikram Sethi (Author)This book shows unequivocally that cyber weapons create deep psychological harm to society. So long lasting and intense can these effects be that they can create paranoia and cognitive confusion. Cyber weapons include simple ransomware to sophisticated bots, which can be used to bring down a nation's infrastructure, power lines, banking, and even nuclear facilities. The use of cyber weapons to sow seeds of discord in society, change human behavior, and exploit individu...

The Devil and John Holmes: And Other True Stories of Drugs, Porn and Murder - Paperback

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by Mike Sager (Author)Now with new cover, new interior art, and vintage movie posters added."John Holmes was every man's gigolo, a polyester smoothie with a sparse mustache, a flying collar, and lots of buttons undone. He wasn't threatening. He chewed gum and overacted. He took a lounge singer's approach to sex, deliberately gentle, ostentatiously artful, a homely guy with a pinkie ring and a big dick who was convinced he was every woman's dream." -from "The Devil and John Holmes."John Curtis...

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by Shaun Attwood (Author)Pablo Escobar was a mama's boy who cherished his family and sang in the shower, yet he bombed a passenger plane and formed a death squad that used genital electrocution. Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed 1000-page book reveals everything about the king of cocaine. Mostly translated from Spanish, Part 3 contains stories untold in the English-speaking world, including: The terrifying details of how Pablo slaughtere...