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Dark New World Order. Part 2: The Puppet Masters and their Motives - Paperback

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by Marcel Polte (Author)In Part 1, the connections between the CIA's mind control project (MKULTRA) and satanic family structures were revealed, in which children are abused, tortured and sacrificed while their personalities are split. It was shown that the perpetrators are striving for a New World Order and belong to a globally networked secret organization. Now, the author investigates who is behind the military-satanic complex. Witnesses and insiders claim that these are beings from anothe...

The Life and Crimes of Jared Flagg: Adventures of a Gilded Age Huckster, Swindler & Pimp - Paperback

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by Eric B. Easton (Author)Born in 1853, Jared Flagg was the black sheep of an illustrious New York family. His father, Jared Bradley Flagg, was a noted portraitist and Episcopalian minister who served as Rector of Grace Church, in Brooklyn Heights. His older brothers were prominent, Paris-trained artists. A younger brother became a famous architect, while another went on to found a major Wall Street brokerage. One of his younger sisters married publisher Charles Scribner, II; another was one ...

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by Avi Bash (Author), J. Michael Niotta (Author)From the blackhanders and bootleggers of the early 20th century to political corruption and the rise and eventual toppling of a Mafia family, the history of organized crime in Los Angeles visually chronicled within this work possesses the same level of intrigue, glamour, and murder as the films that made the City of Angels iconic. Los Angeles Underworld showcases an extraordinary collection of rare and previously unpublished images pulled direct...

Lost Oklahoma Treasure: Misplaced Mines, Outlaw Loot and Mule Loads of Gold - Hardcover

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by W. Craig Gaines (Author)Oklahoma keeps its secrets. Adventurers combing the Wichita Mountains for the legendary Lost Cave with an Iron Door can slake their thirst at Cache Creek or Treasure Lake. Following the tradition of French and Spanish explorers, miners and pioneers stashed their valuable discoveries along the Santa Fe Trail and the California Road. Chief Opothleyahola reportedly buried gold coins that could be worth more than $14 million today, while businessman Dr. John J. Hayes ne...

Federal Prison and Federal Prison Camp Guidebook - Paperback

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by Teddy T. Atkinson (Author)Have you been probed, investigated, or already indicted by the feds? If you answered yes to that question - here's some free advice! Take advantage of this moment in your life and help yourself by reading this powerfully compiled federal prison and federal prison camp guidebook.Don't be scared - get prepared!!! Do you want to violently die on the inside of a federal institution? Of course your answer to the question is no! If you unfortunately have to go, learn ev...

Ohio Heists: Historic Bank Holdups, Train Robberies, Jewel Stings and More - Hardcover

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by Jane Ann Turzillo (Author)Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as one of the most successful jewel thieves in the world, Bill Mason stole comedian Phyllis Diller's precious gems not once, but twice. He also stole $100,000 from the Cleveland mob. Mild-mannered Kenyon College librar...

Connecticut Bootlegger Queen Nellie Green - Hardcover

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by Tony Renzoni (Author), Charlene Green Massey (Foreword by)Known as the Queen of the Rumrunners on the East Coast, Nellie Green led a captivating life full of bootlegging adventures. Nellie fearlessly stood up to all those who tried to stand in her way, receiving respect and financial support from many influential people. She built an underground empire in a business world dominated by men. Her rumrunners were men of intrigue who assumed aliases such as Blackie, Wing and King Tut. Join auth...

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by Mike Cox (Author)Description: Drifter Henry Lee Lucas broke into the national headlines in the summer of 1983 when he claimed to have murdered more than 100 women across the country.Languishing in a Texas county jail, he continued confessing to more and more homicides. Law enforcement, prosecutors and the news media all struggled with a fundamental question: Was Lucas a serial killer, a serial liar, or some of both?Previously published in 1991 as The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas. Number...

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by Arthur W. Upfield (Author)Somewhere within Arthur Upfield's travelling dray were the clues to uncovering three acts of murder involving the grifter, Snowy Rowles. Once Upfield had published his crime thriller, The Sands of Windee, West Australian police gave chase, starting with the esteemed author of the Bony detective novels. Here is the evidence.The Murchison Murders were a series of three murders, committed by an itinerant stockman known as "Snowy" Rowles (born John Thomas Smith) near ...

Active Shooter Awareness and Response - Paperback

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by Paul D. Lefavor (Author)The book Active Shooter Awareness and Response is a must-read for all citizens. Our daily news is filled with weekly occurrences of Active Shooter incidents. Whether you are working in business, attending or teaching at a school, or attending a service at your local house of worship the author enhances your situational awareness and puts some tools in your toolbox to survive. As this book will argue, the active shooter phenomenon is a highly complex problem that eva...

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by Allison Mann (Author), Linda May Spencer (With), Emily Jean (With)Linda May Spencer is a secret keeper. As a madam, discretion led to success. As a maven, diligence led to prosperity. And, as a mother, obscurity led to happiness. Or did it?Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a quiet and comfortable city rich with history. Little known are the days when prostitution was a thriving business hidden in storefront saunas and health clubs. For decades, madams and business owners made hundreds of thousand...

Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm? Volume 2: A Crime Shrouded In Mystery - Paperback

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by Alex Merrill (Author)The unsolved body in the tree mystery from Worcestershire in 1943 - detailed research into all the people involved in the mystery or living in the vicinity at the time. Number of Pages: 266 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 26, 2021

Word is Bond: The Trial of John Allen Muhammad - Paperback

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by Ital Iman (Author)This Masterpiece of Independent Journalism is A monument To John Allen Muhammad who should go down in history along side Nat Turner-some will not see this thought, but after reading this book you will know why the Author speaks this way-this was the trial of the century but a media black out, Ital Iman was the only independent Journalist and member of his race to cover the trial, his effort as Journalist was covered by the Washington Post that fact alone reveals the impor...

The Travelers Guide To Ed Gein - Paperback

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by Scott Bowser (Author)Edward Theodore Gein was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history. The particularly bizarre and morbid nature of his crimes shocked the world, even though it may never be known if he committed more than two murders. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under mysterious circumstances, six people disappeared from Wisconsin towns of La Crosse and Plainfield between 1947 and 1957. Gein was conclusively linked to only two, though it is suspected there were mo...

The Ghost: The Murder of Police Chief Greg Adams and the Hunt for His Killer - Paperback

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by Maureen Boyle (Author)HOW COULD SUCH A DARK SECRETHAVE BEEN KEPT FOR SO MANY YEARS?Police Chief Greg Adams was out on patrol. Christmas was coming to Saxonburg, Pennsylvania-a quaint borough of just 1,300-in three short weeks. The winter air was crisp. Colored lights sparkled on houses. He was only a block and a half from the Police Department, and this was just an average traffic stop. Until it wasn't.The devoted husband and father of two little boys was about to meet any law enforcement ...

Dr. John Bodkin Adams - Serial Killer: The extraordinary story of how the British Government covered up his murders - Paperback

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by Aidan Sullivan (Author)A history of Doctor John Bodkin Adams, his trial for murder, and of possible prejudice and political interference from the highest levels of Government in his trial. Number of Pages: 98 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: May 12, 2021

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York - Paperback

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by Elon Green (Author)**WINNER OF THE EDGAR(R) AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME** A "terrific, harrowing, true-crime account of an elusive serial killer who preyed upon gay men in the 1990s." -The New York Times (Editor's Pick) "In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on...

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by Cathy Scott (Author)In this second edition of The Murder of Biggie Smalls, Cathy Scott delves behind the scenes to pore over police records, coroner reports, FBI files, and interviews Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace, to reveal new facts surrounding the gangsta rapper's murder. The Notorious B.I.G. exploded onto the hip-hop scene in 1995 with his platinum-selling album Ready to Die. Biggie Smalls, born Christopher Wallace and performing as Notorious B.I.G., grew up in the Bed-Stuy neighbor...

Who Killed Epstein? Prince Andrew or Bill Clinton - Paperback

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by Shaun Attwood (Author), Lee Williams Virginia Giuffre alleged that Epstein ordered her to have sex with Prince Andrew three times, including in an orgy on the paedophile island which included underage European girls. On the Lolita Express, Bill Clinton was photographed with Epstein's "sex slaves." After Epstein was suicided, both men denied any knowledge of his crimes.As well as committing abhorrent acts of paedophilia for decades, Epstein had been managing a child-sex blackmail operation ...

Rochester's Most Startling Crimes - Paperback

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by Michael Benson (Author)Rochester, N.Y., is known for many things, great food, lilacs, innovative supermarkets, minor league baseball, and-unfortunately-crime. This heavily-illustrated book covers some of the most spectacular crimes in the Rochester area's history, written by true-crime master Michael Benson, who grew up in the town of Chili. Read about serial killers Arthur Shawcross and Robert Bruce Spahalski, the savage murders of Kathy Bernhard and George-Ann Formicola, the all-in-the-f...

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by Lionel Dahmer (Author)Raising a Serial KillerFather's Search for AnswersIn July of 1991 the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the reader is witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the "thousand different reactions" that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every possib...

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by Lionel Dahmer (Author)Raising a Serial KillerA Father's Search for AnswersIn July of 1991 the country was shocked by the unfathomable crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. But no one was more shocked than his parents. In A Father's Story, the reader is witness to the incremental unraveling of a parent's image of their child, and the "thousand different reactions" that follow. In his attempt to understand the nature of his son's psychosis, Lionel Dahmer methodically scrutinizes every poss...

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Date Rape by the Pastor: A Wolf Out of Control - Paperback

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by Cee D. Truth (Author), Prize Publishing House (Prepared by)There is a world full of wonderful God-fearing Pastors; then there is a world of human beings whose deeds are not so wonderful. These are the ones who do not honor God nor respect mankind. Some will go so far as to violate someone and call it an accident, a slip-up, a fall from grace. Some will call them wolves in sheep's clothing. No one and nothing is off-limits to them. God is watching, and in the end, we all will have to answer...

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by David Pietras (Author)Charles Manson and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Since that night "Charles Manson" has become a household name. Over 40 years later we will revisit the gruesome crime scene and the carnage of that deadly night. And then we will visit each one of the "Family members" to see where they are today.Warning: THIS BOOK D...

The Last Godfather The John Gotti Story - Paperback

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by David Kennedy (Author)John Gotti was the last great leader of the Gambino crime family, the dominant Sicilian Mafia family of New York.Gotti had his fingers in everything from gambling houses, to drug trafficking, prostitution, to weapons dealing. Gotti originally came to lead the organization in 1985, but had been an enforcer for the mob since the early 70's.Originally, Gotti made a name for himself by helping avenge the death of Manny Gambino, nephew of the notorious leader of the family...

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free - Paperback

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by Sarah Weinman (Author)A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * AlmaFrom the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him--including conservative thinker William F. Buckley--into helping set him freeIn the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a corr...

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by Antoinette M. James (Author)In the Spring of 2002, thirty-one-year-old Antoinette Bostic, an African American woman raising three daughters on her own, graduates from the Detroit Police Academy as Officer Bostic - Badge #3641 to serve and protect one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. In lieu of the struggles, while having to identify with the dangerous perception of an "angry black woman with a badge and a gun." Antoinette's childhood dreams of being a Detroit Homicide Detective sol...

Chasing bin Laden: My Hunt for the World's Most Notorious Terrorist - Hardcover

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by Barbara K. Janik (Author)A secret truth: On the early morning of August 16, 2006, Osama bin Laden was arrested in Brooklyn by the New York FBI Terrorism Task Force. They were acting on a tip called in by Barbara Janik. Janik tells her story: Chasing bin Laden takes readers along with Janik on an emotional journey through the hidden world of lay investigations, which is charged with high-stakes puzzle solving, Arabic message boards, and anxiety-provoking collaborations with the FBI.A Pulit...

Overhead Espionage: A Historical Snapshot of US Aerial Reconnaissance - Paperback

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by Charles E. Cabler (Author)Aerial reconnaissance, an invaluable part of US military warfare for intelligence gathering and support of ground troops, was referred to in its developmental years as overhead espionage. Although overhead espionage is most often associated with the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, its origin dates back to Napoleon Bonaparte's French Balloon Corps in 1799. A little-known fact is that US aerial reconnaissance was effectively used by both the...

John Alite Mafia International: Gotti Enforcer for the Gambino Crime Family - Hardcover

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by Louis Romano (Author), John Alite (Author)Since his first incarceration at age 17, John Alite has been known as a mobster. Now, he's attempting to change that perception people have of him and hopefully save a few teens from making the same mistakes he did.A former enforcer for the Gambino crime family and close confidante to the John Gotti family, John has been in and out of jail (mostly in) for a large portion of his adult life.He hit a turning point though which has now led him down a p...

Tales of a Texas Game Warden - Paperback

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by Benny G. Richards (Author)Most Texas game wardens work alone much of the time in very rural out of the way and unnamed places. It is not uncommon for wardens to find themselves in situations where they are enforcing the law on uncooperative subjects who are armed. They are alone with no other officers in sight for miles. And, at a hidden hunting camp on some secluded ranch at midnight, no one could find them even if backup was available. This is when training, skill, experience, and luck c...