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by Larry Maravich (Author)When the ingredients of a recipe are mixed together, and put on the hob to boil, different flavours bubble to the surface. The horror filled dish that is Samuel Little has only recently - in November of 2018, in fact - started to reveal its full range of unpleasant attacks on our senses.The essence of what is starting to emerge may well change over the coming weeks and months; it might get stronger and even less palatable, it may turn out to be a false concoction whi...
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by Larry J. Hausner (Author), Ron Haggett (Joint Author) For many years, the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, ignored organized crime, as the Bureau regarded local law enforcement as best equipped to handle it. That changed when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (in the 1960s) and New York City's Rudy Giuliani (in the 1980s) pursued eradication of the Mafia.. In this book, readers are introduced to several characters in the American Mafia, known as "rats" in the criminal world, whose cooperation...
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by Sydney Stevens (Author), Matt Winters (Foreword by)Hangings, lynchings and jail breaks are long forgotten in Pacific County, where tourists flock to quaint attractions every season. But back in the early days, when the first jailhouse was built, this was a rough, rustic setting. Popular cannery worker Lum You was hanged here in 1902 the only legal execution in county history. Industrious smugglers and creative entrepreneurs outwitted state-sanctioned prohibition measures, though some still...
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by Tracy R. Twyman (Author)A Collection of Essays and Interviews About Project MONARCHWhat do Satanism, human trafficking, mind-control experiments and child sex abuse have to do with the U.S. government?According to the testimony of experts and survivors, the CIA utilized all of these elements and more for their Top Secret Project MONARCH, part of the MK-ULTRA mind control program. For reasons of National Security, dozens if not hundreds of people, many of them children, were allegedly subje...
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by Mafia Library (Author)Step into the intriguing world of the Lucchese crime family, one of the most formidable and enigmatic factions in the American Mafia. From their humble beginnings in the early 1920s to their rise as one of the "Five Families" that dominated organized crime in New York City, the Lucchese family's captivating story is filled with ambition, power struggles, and ruthless tactics that kept them at the top of the criminal underworld.In this gripping narrative, you will: - U...
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by Julian Hawthorne (Author)In the quiet hours beneath a starlit sky, where the world pauses and whispers of the unknown seem louder, a timeless tale unfolds. This story, not bound by the constraints of era or region, meanders through history and across the globe, leaving an indelible imprint on the tapestry of human experience. It speaks of the enigmatic, those who have stepped into the void, vanishing without a trace, their stories hanging in the balance of reality and myth.This book invite...
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by D. J. Adler (Author)Step into a dangerous world of cunning and survival with BAKER, LIAR, CON MAN, THIEF: Escaping the Law One Identity at a Time by D.J. Adler. Reminiscent of the hit film Catch Me If You Can, this gripping true story unveils the life of David Adler, a teenager in South Florida in the late 1970s when he embarks on an audacious journey of deception. It all starts when Adler secures a bank loan to buy a booming local bakery. With no funds to his name, Adler unlocks his talen...
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by Richard L. Rashke (Author)In March 1960, two students at Divine Word Seminary in East Troy discovered their 15-year-old classmate, Kenneth "Red" Rudnitski, hanging from the clothes hook in a bathroom stall. He was barefoot and dressed in his pajamas.Walworth County botched its one-hour investigation into Red's death. Although the manner, mode, and circumstances were highly suspicious, Walworth County ruled suicide. The County Sheriff did not request an autopsy. He did not advise the county...
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by Barbara Smith (Author)Using contemporary accounts, Barbara Smith vividly recreates a number of murder cases from 1920s Nova Scotia to 1980s British Columbia.Author BiographyBarbara Smith writes full-time and has been published in New Trail, Today's Parent, Canadian Emergency News, Western People, and Teaching Today, among other publications. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta.
Number of Pages: 156
Dimensions: 0.36 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN
Publication Date: July 26, 1996
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by Mafia Library (Author)The Gambino family is a prime example of organized crime families, and their in-house fighting and varying styles of leadership have defined the age of the mob. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the family underwent a series of names and leaders, but they always remained at the top of the New York mob regime and retained their Sicilian ties.From the dark days of the Great Depression through to the media-filled part of the late twentieth century, their acti...
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by Raul Tacchuella (Author)La historia de la organización criminal que sacudió al mundo: El cartel de Medellín Cuánto has escuchado del famoso Cartel de Medellín? Has visto las series en Netflix? Has leído libros?Permíteme aclararte una cosa: Este libro contiene lo que ni Netflix ha dicho jamás del cartel de Medellín.Así que prepárate para entrar en lo más denso de la organización que puso a temblar al mundo entero con el narcotráfico.Cómpralo hoy con un click.Se cruzan historias de íconos de...
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by Julian Hawthorne (Author)Embark on an enigmatic voyage within these pages, a journey that traverses not just the physical realms, but the obscure corners of the mind and the hidden crevices of the unknown. Herein lie tales of the most baffling and spine-chilling vanishings known to humanity. This is not merely a collection of unsolved cases, but a cryptic maze of narratives, stitched together with threads of curiosity, dread, and an unquenchable thirst for the unfathomable.Beneath a star-s...
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by Lisa Freeman (Author)An offender on parole looking for his former girlfriend crosses paths with a mild-mannered rooming house caretaker. By the end of the evening, Lisa's father is dead, bludgeoned with an axe, and an unremorseful killer is behind bars. When the parole process unfolds earlier than expected decades later, Lisa realizes she now faces an even greater challenge: the assertion of her rights versus the rights of the man who axed her father to death. Steadfast through all obstacl...
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by Richard Tabler (Author)Malik-al-Mawt is about the injustice upon myself while housed on Texas Death Row, and how a State Senator who also happens to be running for Mayor of Houston, Texas blatantly abused his place of authority, by having Directors of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice come after me while inside prison walls with a sentence of Deat. It's also to show you just how cruel people can be towards prisoners, and what all they can get away with. This is a RAW & UNCUT non...
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by Brad Dibello (Author)This book is inspired by true events. Is there a killer in all of us? That's what 23 year old Italian farmhand Edward Donato discovered when pushed to the brink of insanity over his lot in life and an infatuation with18 year old Blanche Morner. On a dark December afternoon in the small town of Defreestville, NY, Blanche Morner was brutally raped and murdered. One by one, Donato would go on to murder the remaining family members with a hatchet and bury them beneath the ...
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by Russ Swain (Author), Michael McKinley (Author)A quick, engaging page turner from beginning to end-straight-forward and told with courage-Diamond Dust is a memoir of how one young man's talent ran away with itself, careening into one unexpected event after another. Told with humor and introspection, it is a story of hubris and redemption, of talent and conscience, of art and absolution-and how life can lead us to second chances-at finding our better selves.
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by Teresa Bianco (Author)THE FAMILY DEBT is a tribute to the author's father, Giacomo Jack Bianco. He was a man who lived his life with passion for his family-a man who worked hard at everything he did. His unselfish nature was exposed year after year, experience after experience. Giacomo was undoubtedly a family man who never let his family down, no matter the cost.Never asking questions, he simply chose to rise to the occasion time after time to preserve the integrity of his family and to p...
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by Robert Blankenship (Author)This is a true crime story alright, one with the cruelest twist. The criminals are the police officers and the Virginia injustice system.When innocent citizens are kidnapped off the streets or from their home in America it is a high crime. When done so by the County Attorney's office it is called an arrest, yet no less of a crime and extreme tragedy for the victims and their families.And the media, fed only one side of the story, add to the misery by 'reporting t...
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by Alexander B. Calahan (Author)Israelis and top intelligence officials put pressure on Meir, and he reluctantly gave the go-ahead for the broad assassination campaign to begin. But when West Germany released the three people who were still alive after the massacre a few months later, as the hijackers of Lufthansa Flight 615 had asked, she no longer felt ambivalent. For Israeli intelligence, the committee's first task was to compile a list of all those involved in Munich who warranted death. ...
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by Padma Viswanathan (Author)From the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist, a gripping exploration of class, race, friendship, sexuality, what an author owes her subject and what it means to be a good person-all wrapped up in a riveting Canadian true crime story.Padma Viswanathan was staying on a houseboat on Vancouver Island when she struck up a friendship with a warm-hearted, working-class queer man named Phillip. Their lives were so different it seemed unlikely to Padma that their relationship...
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by Sarah Hupp Williamson (Author)Criminology Explains Human Trafficking provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of criminological theory as it applies to the topic of human trafficking. Sarah Hupp Williamson uses real-life applications and case studies to highlight the connections between theory, research, and policy. She applies a diverse range of criminological theory to cover different forms of trafficking, victims versus offenders, the role of migration and globalization, domesti...
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by Ladonna Humphrey (Author)We Know Who Did It. We Know His Name. Connected by Fate unfolds against the haunting backdrop of the Ozark National Forest, where the unresolved murder of Melissa Witt has cast a long shadow over the dense woodlands for almost three decades. The mystery, woven into the fabric of the remote mountaintop, has become a part of the lore of the land, with the true identity of the murderer eluding capture, concealed by the forest's imposing presence.Enter LaDonna Humphrey...
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by Barry John Cohen (Author)A high-profile Australian legal drama, purported to be the most expensive case in Australian legal history, a case of pedophile, that is common to all countries. A Family Court Ruling vs. the Rights of Children? Which takes precedent? What defenses are there for ignoring a Family Court ruling, who can ignore it, and when can the Family Court ignore the evidence of the children?Dr. Russel Pridgeon and Patrick O'Dea, survivors of apartheid and the Rhodesian war, fled...
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by Nisaba Merrieweather (Author)What happens when you put a normal person into an abnormal situation? Do they break, or do they harden up? This memoir exposes the underbelly of a part of the hospitality industry in Australia, covering the five years the author spent as the unpaid night manager of a hotel, dealing with all kinds of dramas down to actual violence. Along the way are many moments of dark comedy. Enter, if you dare.
Number of Pages: 216
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by Carlton Stowers (Author)Engrossed by the short lives of innocent victims, Stowers uses The Girl in the Grave . . . and Other True Crime Stories to tell the tales of devastated parents dealing with evil forces and unanswered questions that invaded their once normal lives, and the effect on the law enforcement officers duty-bound to involve themselves in such evil and troubling situations, investigating and seeking resolve and justice.Author BiographyCARLTON STOWERS won the Mystery Writers o...
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by John Olsson (Author)Tell kids not to worry. sorting my life out. be in touch to get some things. Instead of being a simple sms message, this text turned out to be crucial and chilling evidence in convicting the deceptive killer of a mother of two. Sent from her phone, after her death, tell tale signs announce themselves to a forensic linguist. Rarely is a crime committed without there being some evidence in the form of language. Wordcrime features a series of chapters where gripping cases ...
