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Dirty Diamonds- The Repurposed Life of a Playboy Icon and Cosby Survivor - Hardcover

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by Victoria Valentino (Author)In 1969, shortly after the drowning death of her six-year-old son, Victoria Valentino was raped by Bill Cosby. That's the story everyone wants to hear, but it's not her whole story.When it comes to Cosby, one of the questions she has been asked so often by members of the media is, "Why did you wait so long to speak up?" A logical question. After all when your house is robbed or your purse is stolen, you go to the police. Why wouldn't you do the same thing if your...

Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al d'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia - Paperback

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by Jerry Capeci (Author), Tom Robbins (Author) Number of Pages: 496 Dimensions: 1.13 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 03, 2015

Murder and Mountain Justice in the Moonshine Capital of the World - Hardcover

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by Phillip Andrew Gibbs (Author)A Story of Hard Spirits and Defiant Souls Franklin County, Virginia has long been known as the Moonshine Capital of the World. That history can seem romantic, but the county has a dark and violent past. The descendants of the Scots-Irish who settled its rugged mountains openly defied the law and employed their own notions of justice to defend their traditions and livelihood. During Prohibition, the production of moonshine skyrocketed, but the liquor didn't stop...

Most Wanted in Brunswick County: The Saga of the Desperado Jesse C. Walker - Hardcover

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by Mark W. Koenig (Author)A roving, shiftless fellow... That's how the newspapers described Jesse C. Walker, who in 1908 was served with an arrest warrant by Brunswick County sheriff Jackson Stanland, with tragic results. Little did Walker know that he was about to set off on twenty-five years of headline-grabbing exploits. Two murders, two wives, three prison escapes, and thousands of miles of travel across eight states are only the surface of the adventures of this North Carolina desperado....

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by Nicholas Anthony Parisi (Author)A must-read for anyone fascinated with Mafia history - and a rare inside account of the rise of the "Springfield Crew" in Massachusetts, its ties with the Genovese Crime Family of New York, and its evolution into the present-day Mob. This crime story is 100% true. From the personal diary of a man sitting in his jail cell awaiting trial. Family insider Nick Parisi reveals the truth behind the legends, disclosing for the first time the unforgiving aftermath of...

Hidden: The Unsolved Mystery of Sarah Mumford - Paperback

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by Michelle Graff (Author)Who killed Sarah Mumford? 120 years after her death, the question still captivates Pendleton, New York residents.On June 8, 1899, a wealthy farmer reported his sixteen-year-old adopted daughter missing. The following morning, a farmhand discovers Sarah Mumford's lifeless and mangled body on the train tracks. The coroner launches an inquest that keeps the small town on edge. When the medical examiner reveals that Sarah died before the train hit her, the investigation ...

Settlers in America from Norway & Sweden: Eleanor Thompson Asphyxiation & Marie Wick Murder & Gummer Trial - Paperback

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by Eileen Tronnes Nelson (Author)This book is the fifth book in the series of eight books. Settlers in America from Norway & Sweden: Eleanor Thompson Asphyxiation & Marie Wick Murder & Gummer Trial. The first book of the series, My Genealogy Techniques May Assist You, is the family history of my Norwegian and Swedish ancestors found through genealogy research. My hope is you will learn something from my experience and research to assist with your family history research. The secon...

The Edge of Innocence: The Trial of Casper Bennett - Paperback

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by David Miraldi (Author)A Chilling Crime That Shocked Lorain, Ohio, and a Defiant Attorney Determined to Unearth the Truth.1960s Lorain, Ohio: Casper Bennett is accused of the unimaginable-drowning his wife in a scalding bath. Rumors swirl, and whispers pervade every corner of town. But there's one man, untested in the vicious waters of murder trials, willing to wade in and defend him: the author's father.David Miraldi unveils a riveting tale intertwined with personal history. In a time befo...

The Los Angeles Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a California Criminal Organization - Paperback

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by Mafia Library (Author) Discover the inner workings of the mafia, dissecting the codes, hierarchies, and rituals that governed this clandestine society. Explore the roots of the Sicilian Mafia and trace its evolution into a formidable force in Italy and across the ocean. Step into the era of Prohibition, where illegal alcohol flowed freely, and fortunes were made in the shadows. Learn about the birth of the Los Angeles Mafia Crime Family amidst bootlegging, secrecy, and the enigmatic disapp...

Dr. Francis Tumblety & The Railway Ripper - Paperback

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by Michael L. Hawley (Author)Undetected by the FBI for three decades until the turn of the twenty-first century, a handful of elusive, transient long-haul trucker serial killers had been murdering hundreds of sex workers and hitchhikers along major US highways. This was not the first time innocent victims were attacked along major US interstate thoroughfares. Nearly lost to history was a similar pattern of carnage that occurred in the late nineteenth century. No less than thirty-nine unsolved...

Sidney Fox's Crime: The true story of Sidney Harry Fox and the Margate murder - Paperback

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by Glenn Chandler (Author)The true story of a young gay man who was hanged for the murder of his mother.Sidney Harry Fox was the illegitimate son of a railway signalman. He and his mother Rosaline were a devoted couple. Sidney was a forger and a fraudster and a pathological liar who in the course of his life went to prison six times, while she was a Red Cross nurse who was kept by men. Sidney was also a handsome and seductive rent boy with well-placed clients, including three members of the H...

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by J. Stephen Reid (Author)MURDER INSURED is a business thriller. In America today, there are thousands of companies which insure millions of employees for billions of dollars, ostensibly as a way of offsetting the emerging cost of post-retirement benefits. If it were a straight-forward arrangement there would be no story, but the devil is in the details. This novel exposes some frightening truths about how this coverage is actually arranged and its potential for malfeasance. Number of Pages:...

The Bruno-Scarfo Mafia Crime Family - Paperback

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by Mafia Library (Author)The Bruno-Scarfo crime family reigned over Philadelphia for over a century before a series of internal and external events led to their downfall.This book will teach you all you need to know about what the crime family was up to during their time in power, including illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and bootlegging throughout the prohibition era.It will cover ruthless leaders, internal wars, and leaders that ultimately became informants.Inside The Bruno-Sca...

Sovok: (The Memoirs of a Liar?) - Paperback

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by Kevin McKinney (Author)UPDATED: April 2023 edition has been reformatted and contains many photographs. Described by one literary critic as "Jack Kerouac narrating the adventures of Thomas Pynchon's character, Tyrone Slothrop, only in Russia," SOVOK takes you on a front-row view of the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and her return back to today's tyranny. McKinney describes his interactions for over twenty years with dissidents, billionaires, mob bosses, presidents, bureau...

Last Train Home: The Disappearance of Krystal Fraser - Paperback

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by Dennis O'Bryan (Author)What happened to young mum-to-be Krystal Fraser on 20 June 2009 after she checked herself out of hospital to go to a party rather than await the birth of her first child?More than thirteen years later the question remains unanswered.No-one has reported seeing the young woman since.Local police did not consider Krystal to be a victim of foul play, wrongly believing she was the architect of her own disappearance. The trail went cold before the homicide squad was called...

Chasing Picasso: The True Story of a Daytime Heist on Art Hill - Hardcover

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by C. Joan Baker (Author)In Chasing Picasso: A True Story of A Daytime Heist on Art Hill, the author unveils the mysterious history and disappearance of a small Picasso painting from the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1973. The 1906 Rose Period oil painting has not been seen since it disappeared in a clandestine daytime theft under the watch of museum guards. The painting and the heist would have been forgotten altogether if it weren't perhaps for one curious author, C. Joan Baker. A quest she hop...

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by Jeff Keene (Author)There's No Place Like HomeThe magical Ruby Slippers, worn by actress Judy Garland in MGM's beloved 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz is perhaps the most iconic example of movie memorabilia in the world. The pair on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History draws more visitors than any other exhibit at the famed museum-with the single exception of The Star Spangled Banner. With a market value exceeding $6,000,000 they are easily the most expensive...

Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder - Paperback

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by Lee Mellor (Author)Canada is seen as a peaceful place, but this wake-up call shows us that there have been more than 60 serial killers in our history. There are more than 60 serial murderers in Canadian history. For too long awareness of serial murder in Canada has been confined toWest Coastbutcher Clifford Olson and the "Schoolgirl Murderers" Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, along with the horrific acts of pig farmer Robert Pickton. Unlike our American neighbours, Canada has been viewed a...

The Bombs, Bombers and Bombings of Los Angeles - Paperback

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by Michael Digby (Author)It may be hard to imagine that there was ever a time in American history when terrorist and criminal bombings were as commonplace as today's daily acts of gang violence. But for more than a century, long before the words 'Al Qaeda' or 'ISIS' ever became part of our national media lexicon, bombings have played a significant part in American crime annals, including right here in Southern California. There were car and truck bombs, mail bombs, suicide-homicide bombers, ...

Pain & Plenty of it!: A Doorman's Tale... - Paperback

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by Andrew McCourt (Contribution by), Joe Owens (Author)PAIN & PLENTY OF IT is an unvarnished account of a decade spent working as a doorman in the rough, tough world of Liverpool and North-West clubland... In PAIN & PLENTY OF IT Joe Owens recounts brushes with dangerous drug-dealers, assorted hard-cases, street-fighters, bullies and bad cops. Arrested and questioned over a string of gangland slayings, charged and acquitted over the murder of Liverpool Taxman George Bromley, Joe Owen...

Confessions of a Private Eye: My Thirty Years Investigating Cheaters, Frauds, Missing Persons and Crooks - Paperback

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by Scott B. Fulmer (Author)Discover what it's really like to be a Private Investigator from one of the top Private Eyes in the country. Confessions of a Private Eye offers an accurate behind-the-scenes look at the real-life cases of celebrated Private Investigator and Super Sleuth, Scott Fulmer. In a thrilling private eye career spanning almost three decades, he has seen it all. Join Scott as he describes in breathtaking detail his investigations and daring challenges involving kidnapped chil...

The Nine Lives of John Aslin - Paperback

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by Jill Creech Bauer (Author)"Beautifully written book which will pull at your heartstrings." - ReviewerA gut-wrenching story of discrimination, injustice, and the fight to free a man unfairly sentenced.Born into poverty in a crime-ridden town and unaware of his Ojibwe heritage, John Eric Aslin's earliest memories are of a harrowing childhood rife with abuse. This troubling upbringing led him to an adolescence full of crime, when at 21 he was sentenced to life in prison for an accidental deat...

Denville 13: Murder, Redemption and Forgiveness in Small Town New Jersey - Hardcover

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by Peter Zablocki (Author)Denville in the 1950s was an idyllic place to live, yet a dark chapter in the era's history has remained uncovered. During the summer of 1953, a wealthy traveler with a secret rap sheet as a convicted sex offender arrived in town to continue his misdeeds. A group of thirteen local boys ranging in age from fourteen to twenty-two took it upon themselves to teach the man a lesson and drive him out of town. What resulted was his brutal death and the largest number of peo...

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by Alex Perry (Author)NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESThe electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias - and how they risked everything to bring it down.The Calabrian Mafia--known as the 'Ndrangheta--is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, manages billion-dollar extortion rackets, broker...

Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children - Paperback

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by Jonathan Kellerman (Author)This thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence."Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you've got a soul that will never be complete."In this powerful, disturbing book, bestselling author and noted child psychologist Jonathan Kellerman shines a penetrating light on antisocial youth-...

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by Dawn Rothe (Author), David O. Friedrichs (Author)This book addresses immensely consequential crimes in the world today that, to date, have been almost wholly neglected by students of crime and criminal justice: crimes of globalization. This term refers to the hugely harmful consequences of the policies and practices of international financial institutions - principally in the global South. A case is made for characterizing these policies and practices specifically as crime. Although there ...

The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary: An Edition with Commentary - Paperback

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by Bruce Moore (Author)In 1972, a group of prisoners at Parramatta Jail in Sydney put together a glossary of prison words and phrases. It is a list of 362 words with definitions. Many of the terms describe life in the prison, including punishments, the psychological effects of incarceration, and male to male sex. Others come from the prisoners' encounters with police and the legal system or from the prisoners' place in a wider underworld or criminal culture. The book examines the social funct...

Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod - Paperback

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by Maria Flook (Author)A literary investigation by "one of the most powerful American writers at work today" Annie Proulx] of a story that riveted the nation: how an accomplished, world-traveled fashion writer who had retreated to a simpler life as a single mother on Cape Cod became the victim of a brutal, still-unsolved murder. On the surface, Christa Worthington's life had the appearance of privilege and comfort. She was the granddaughter of prominent New Yorkers. Her sparkling journalism ...

The Bonanno Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization (The Five Families) - Hardcover

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by Mafia Library (Author)Dive into the clandestine world of one of New York's most enigmatic and feared crime syndicates with this comprehensive exploration of the Bonanno Mafia Crime Family. This meticulously researched book unveils the dark and complex web of activities, power struggles, and influential figures that shaped the Bonanno family's legacy.From its roots in the 1890s under the guidance of founder Salvatore Maranzano, this narrative traces the Bonanno family's rise to power in the...

The Colombo Mafia Crime Family: The Complete History of a New York Criminal Organization - Hardcover

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by Mafia Library (Author)Dive into the clandestine world of one of the most notorious crime syndicates in American history with this comprehensive book on the Colombo Mafia Crime Family. This meticulously researched work unveils the dark and complex web of activities, power struggles, and influential figures that shaped the Colombo family's legacy.From the early rise of Joe Profaci, the mastermind behind the family's establishment, to the turbulent times of Carmine Persico, this book covers a...

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by Roger L. Fields (Author)Will, on an evening convertible ride en route to dinner with friends, unwittingly passes by the scene of a gruesome homicide. While he and his friends enjoy dinner and conversation, a breaking news story on television sends his ordinary life into a tailspin as he becomes a suspect in the homicide and must defend himself from the likely perpetrator of the crime.Will's one desire is to maintain his farmer's life of hard work, routine, and simple pleasures, but it will...

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by Troy Taylor (Author), Rene Kruse (Author)FEAR THE REAPERAmerica's Rural Mysteries, Hauntings & HorrorsBy Troy Taylor & Rene KruseWOODS AND FIELDS DARK AND WICKED!Far away from the bright lights of America's big cities are the woods, forests, fields, and farms of America's heartland. Hidden among these isolated spots are heartbreaking tales of murder, mayhem, brutal violence, and ghosts. Such accounts of depravity and murder seem to be far removed from what we mistakenly believe to ...