True Crime

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by Desmond Fahy (Author)The story of how two Derry GAA supporters returning from Croke Park were killed by loyalist paramilitaries operating an illegal checkpoint on a country road in South Armagh. On the way home that night through south Armagh Sean Farmer and Colm McCartney were stopped at what later transpired to be a bogus security forces checkpoint. Less than an hour later, their bodies were found at the side of the road in the townland of Altnamackin, a few miles outside Newtownhamilton...

The Murder of Christina Collins - Paperback

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by John Godwin (Author), Antony J. Richards (Author), Colin Dexter (Introduction by)Good Christian people, pray attend Whilst I relate to you Concerning of a murder foul, It is, alas, too true. 'Twas on the 17th day of June This murder it was done. They did complete the awful deed Before the rising sun. A helpless female, much beloved Was travelling to her home, Three boatmen seized her as she sat The water was her home. Here for the first time complete with extensive gazetteer and map is the...

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by Michael Newton (Author)The work in hand is not a brief for the existence of specific cryptids. Rather, it surveys the failure of selected authors-or the media in general-to question stories that are dubious at best, or plainly fraudulent at worst. Some may be classified as honest efforts to resolve enduring mysteries; others are shameless frauds: hoaxed hoaxes, if you will. Some critics refer to the self-styled "skeptics" and "critical thinkers" promoting such transparent fables as skoffti...

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by Gerður Kristný (Author), Rory McTurk (Translator)Celebrated Icelandic writer Gerður Kristný's Drápa is a novel-poem which takes its form from Old Norse shield poetry and its mood from modern Nordic crime. But the poem is no fiction: it is about a real woman's murder in the city of Reykjavik, and, through this lens, about all women's deaths. This is Viking poetry at its most contemporary. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.29 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2018

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by Robert Todd (Author)Walk the mainline inside the United States Penitentiary Lompoc with a 21 year veteran federal correctional officer. The "New Rock" was one of the toughest federal prisons in the United States. What is it like to enter the front gate into the world of penitentiary life. It is a journey from the interview board, training academy, to working a cell block, and in the end, if you are lucky retirement. Every day can change from the quiet boring routine to assaults, riots, esc...

The Trail of Ted Bundy: Digging Up the Untold Stories - Paperback

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by Kevin M. Sullivan (Author)A look into the life of serial killer Ted Bundy, from those who knew him, to those who chased him, and from those who mourned his many victims. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 22, 2016

Rough Trade: A Shocking True Story of Prostitution, Murder and Redemption - Paperback

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by Steve Jackson (Author)Early one morning in May 1997, a young couple on their way to work off a dirt road in the mountains of Colorado spotted a man dragging a woman's body up a trail. The man fled, leaving behind a bloodied, dying woman. The beautiful, densely wooded area seemed such an incongruous place for a violent crime that at first the couple had a hard time believing what they were seeing. But it was all too real. Indeed the investigation into the death of young street walker Anita ...

Gazing Into the Abyss: Serial Killer William Zamastil, the Victims, and Other Killers - Paperback

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by Steve Daniels (Author)"Steve Daniels has the unique gift of telling the reader just how dark the human soul can descend. You'll never trust your neighbor again " - Mike Edler, retired law enforcement officerLaw enforcement professionals and criminologists long have been challenged to arrive at a consensus over the most accurate ways to classify serial killers. With predators as diverse as the lesser-known William Zamastil to slick con artists such as Ted Bundy, one description certainly do...

The Mad Gasser of Botetourt County: Reconsidering the Facts - Paperback

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by William B. Van Huss (Author)In the winter of 1933, rural Botetourt County, Virginia, residents were attacked by a phantom menace. An invisible gas filled the homes of unsuspecting victims, causing illness and resulting in a mass hysteria that reached the city of Roanoke. Despite best efforts of local law enforcement, the Mad Gasser somehow evaded capture. Who was this Mad Gasser? Was it simply a case of mass hysteria or was there a sinister attacker responsible for these unsolved crimes? F...

Intercorpse: NECROPHILIA sexual attraction towards corpses including sexual intercourse - Paperback

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by Aeternum Designs (Illustrator), Rj Parker Phd (Author)As morbid as it is to fathom, for some, it is easier to be intimate with a corpse than a live human being. People with this sexual preference, or necrophiliacs, have admitted that the absence of emotion or social expectation, or the ability to exert absolute control over a corpse has made sexual relations more satisfying. Other necrophiliacs have admitted to many other reasons why they prefer to engage in sexual acts with the dead. Inte...

Unraveling the Zodiac Ciphers and Codes - Paperback

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by Gary P. Kirschenheuter Ph. D. (Author)Unraveling the Zodiac Ciphers and Codes takes the reader on a historical trek through the Zodiac letters and ciphers associated with the Zodiac murders in the 1960s. A systematic approach uncovers the messages hidden not only in the four Zodiac ciphers but, in each of the Zodiac's letters as well, including some that have never been broken. The decrypted and unraveled ciphers reveal the identity of the people involved in the Zodiac case--including BOTH...

Cracking the Billy the Kid Imposter Hoax of Brushy Bill Roberts - Hardcover

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by Gale Cooper (Author)Gale Cooper's huge Cracking the Billy the Kid Imposter Hoax of Brushy Bill Roberts, in hardcover and paperback, definitively demolishes that 70 year hoax.Once "Brushy Bill" Roberts had united with his hoaxing authors," William V. Morrison, and C.L. Sonnichsen, they created one of the world's most elaborate, most labor intensive, most destructive, and most enduring historical hoaxes: the "Brushy Bill" Roberts Billy the Kid impersonation. Its corollary of "Brushy's" survi...

America's Jack The Ripper: The Definitive Account of the Zodiac Killer - Hardcover

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by Sen Roest Korsgaard (Author)With nearly 700 references and over 200 pictures, S ren Roest Korsgaard has produced the first authoritative book on the Zodiac, a still unidentified serial killer who terrorized California in the 1960s and proudly commemorated his murderous accomplishments in letters to news media. S ren documents the case with scholarly objectivity, and he dismantles the Zodiac's psyche and answers major questions by means of statement analysis, linguistics, handwriting analy...

Archaeology of the Teufelsberg: Exploring Western Electronic Intelligence Gathering in Cold War Berlin - Paperback

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by Wayne D. Cocroft (Author), John Schofield (Author)For over 50 years, the white radomes of the Teufelsberg have been one of Berlin's most prominent landmarks. For half of this time the city lay over 100 miles behind an 'Iron Curtain' that divided East from West, and was surrounded by communist East Germany and the densest concentration of Warsaw Pact military forces in Europe. From the vantage point high on the Teufelsberg, British and American personnel constantly monitored the electronic ...

Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice - Paperback

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by Heath Ryan (Author)At a time when justice not only needs to be done but also needs to be seen to be done, Kangaroo Justice and the Death of Mike Hall: An Australian Miscarriage of Justice asks some difficult questions that deserve to be heard and answered.On 31 March 2017 British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall was struck and killed in Australia while riding his bicycle towards Canberra. At the inquest into his death, Mike was portrayed as not being conspicuous enough to motorists. Yet h...

Heartbreak Kennel: The True Story of Max and His Breeder - Paperback

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by Cary Unkelbach (Author)Nearly one hundred Labrador retrievers, many sick or dying, are discovered one hot summer day in a rural Colorado field. They've been abandoned by Dodie Cariaso, a college-educated woman from an upper middle-class Midwestern family.What drove this tragedy? Former journalist and prosecutor Cary Unkelbach unfolds a riveting account of how Dodie's early success as a talented potter devolves into unimaginable neglect. Along the way, Cary gives animal lovers everywhere in...

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by Harri Rifl (Author)That night, Antonio had both weird and wonderful visitors. Andre and Parker was haunted by the ghosts from their past. Jerome and Jasmine set themselves for vengeance. The war between the business tycoons started with blood shed. That night was a beginning to an end.Murder, revenge, rape, girls and guns. Number of Pages: 184 Dimensions: 0.42 x 7.99 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 21, 2013

Humans of Horror: A Halloween Spooky Season Serial Killer Coloring Book and Activity Book - Paperback

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by Gregory Bones (Author)Perfect gift for anyone with a spooky bone in their skeleton Amazing for Christmas or Halloween presents Society has always had a morbid fascination with the strange, spooky and surreal world that Serial Killers inhabit. What makes a person kill? What methods do the Serial Killers follow to avoid detection? Do they feel no remorse for their actions? Are they psychopaths or sociopaths? Understanding and researching Serial Killers have become an incredibly popular pas...

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by Erik Orion (Author)The mystery of Flight 19 is finally solved by Erik ORION. Flight 19 was sabotaged by the young Nazi Spy; George H. Scherff Jr. aka: U.S. Navy Pilot: George H.W. Bush. It wasn't pilot error, bad weather, defective planes, aliens or strange phenomena from the Bermuda Triangle that caused Flight 19 & the rescue plane to vanish without a trace, killing a total of 27 American Navy Airmen. It was sabotage! Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date...

Bloodstained Justice The Darlie Routier Story - Paperback

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by W. G. Davis (Author)On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that she and her two sons had been stabbed.Five minutes later, police arrived at Darlie's home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas. Darlie's eldest son, Devon, had already died from four knife wounds. He was just three days shy of his seventh birthday. His brother, five year old Damon, had also been attacked. Damon later died in the care of a paramedic. Darlie had a deep g...

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by A. J. Griffiths-Jones (Author)For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a potential Jack The Ripper suspect.He was a sinister character, preying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalkers in Victorian London, and ultimately led those poor women to an untimely and torturous death. These crimes eventually branded him the 'Lambeth Poisoner'.However, during the time of the heinous Ripper murders, Dr. Cream was incarcerated in Joliet Prison, Illinois. O...

Italians Swindled to New York: False Promises at the Dawn of Immigration - Hardcover

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by Joe Tucciarone (Author), Ben Lariccia (Author)The unification of Italy in 1861 launched a new European nation promising to fulfill the dreams of Italians, yet millions of poor peasants still found themselves in economic desperation. By 1872, an army of speculators had invaded the countryside, hawking steamship tickets and promising fabulous riches in America. Thousands of immigrants fled to the New World, only to be abandoned upon arrival and forced to find work in hard labor. New York pla...

Murder & Mayhem in Columbus, Ohio - Hardcover

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by Nellie Kampmann (Author)Every city's history has its dark underbelly of crime. Columbus is no exception. From the turn of the century to the dawn of World War I, scandals involving an opium den and a sadistic murderer rocked a respectable downtown community. Around the same time, a cop killer masterminded a plot to free himself from the Franklin County Jail by having his gang attempt to blow the place up with nitroglycerin. In 1946, dead bodies kept popping up after a prim young teacher di...

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by Dorothy Harding (Author)Scammed in AmericaBy: Dorothy HardingEach year, scammers make $930 million, and that is only the amount reported. Less than 10 percent of victims report the crime, so in actuality, billions are likely lost. In this eye-opening read, Dorothy Harding shares her experience with a romance scammer. She shares the conversations between herself and the scammer spanning over a years' time and, interspersed within, shares details of red flags and what to watch out for when l...

Silence on Monte Sole: The chilling true story of the Nazi massacre of 1,800 Italian civilians - Paperback

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by Jack Olsen (Author)A genuine classic. Not to be missed. By one of the masters of nonfiction. Monte Sole - Mountain of the Sun - had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in autumn 1944. As the allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their retreat and the harassing Italian partisans reached its peak. With full authorization of Field Marshall Albert Kesselring, and with an infusion of dread SS reinf...

Naked Rain Frozen in Time a Truelife Crime Story - Paperback

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by Lorraine Taylor Ramkeesson (Author)NAKED RAIN is about a middle-class family who was forced to face the cruelty of a murdered son.When we bear a child, we want to see the child succeed. We want to see them healthy and strong and flourish to be exemplary members of society.With mental health at the forefront of modern society, NAKED RAIN takes on this explosive topic and faces it head-on.Using Patience and persistence, NAKED RAIN will travel through a dark tunnel with you, and ultimately jo...

Hijacked: The True Story of the Heroes of Flight 705 - Paperback

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by Dave Hirschman (Author)The incredible true story of three pilots flying a routine Federal Express flight who must call on their inner courage, strength, and ability to stop a bitter, suicidal hijacker from killing them, and thousands of people below.David Sanders, Jim Tucker, and Andy Peterson had taken off on a regular "out-and-back," delivering and picking up packages for FedEx's next-day service. They had one jumpseat passenger, an off-duty colleague who they assumed was simply taking a...

Abdulaziz: Making Yemen a Good World Citizen - Paperback

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by Raidan Alsaqqaf (Author)Mr. President, let me say that as editor of the Yemen Times, I cannot turn it into a carbon copy of the official newspapers. However, if issuing the Yemen Times will cost me my life, as the threats indicate, I do not want to continue with it. This matter is in your hands!Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, 2 January 1999. Yemen in the 1990s is the story of how two authoritarian regimes merged to make a democracy! This was new territory for all and a pioneering experiment in a regi...

Maras: Gang Violence and Security in Central America - Paperback

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by Thomas C. Bruneau (Author)Sensational headlines have publicized the drug trafficking, brutal violence, and other organized crime elements associated with Central America's mara gangs, but there have been few clear-eyed analyses of the history, hierarchies, and future of the mara phenomenon. The first book to look specifically at the Central American gang problem by drawing on the perspectives of researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds, Maras: Gang Violence and Security in Centr...

Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin - Paperback

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by Lee Server (Author)Golden-age Hollywood, modern Las Vegas, JFK-era scandal and international intrigue from Lee Server, the New York Times bestselling author of Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing... A singular figure in the annals of the American underworld, Johnny Rosselli's career flourished for an extraordinary fifty years, from the bloody years of bootlegging in the Twenties as the last protégé of Al Capone to the modern era of organized crime as a dominant corporate power. The mob's "Man in ...

The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder - Paperback

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by Daniel Stashower (Author)On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogt."Author BiographyA journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous ...

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by Joseph T. Wells (Editor)A comprehensive look at financial statement fraud from the experts who actually investigated them This collection of revealing case studies sheds clear insights into the dark corners of financial statement fraud. Includes cases submitted by fraud examiners across industries and throughout the world Fascinating cases hand-picked and edited by Joseph T. Wells, the founder and Chairman of the world's leading anti-fraud organization ? the Association of Certified Fraud...