True Crime

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A Season of Darkness: It Began with the Brutal Murder of Pure Innocence... - Paperback

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by Doug Jones (Author), Phyllis Gobbell (Author)The horrific true crime cold case of Marcia Trimble, the little girl who disappeared while selling Girl Scout cookies and was discovered a month later, strangled. This mystery haunted her family for over 30 years... When nine-year-old Marcia Trimble was murdered in 1975, her devastated parents believed justice would be served. But without a clear suspect in sight and without the ability to analyze DNA evidence, fingers pointed toward the family ...

Under Cover of the Night: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Murder - Paperback

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by Diane Fanning (Author)It was planned to look like a suicide.But even in the best-laid plans, evidence is left behind... Jocelyn Branham Earnest was found dead on the floor of her living room in Forest, Virginia. By her side was a gun and a suicide note--typed, lacking a signature, and with one fingerprint on it. A fingerprint apparently belonging to Jocelyn's estranged husband... Wesley Earnest was a respected high school administrator, poised to restart his life in a new community. Parent...

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by Ann Rule (Author)The terrifying true crime story of the I-5 serial killer from Ann Rule, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me. Randall Woodfield had it all. He was an award-winning student and star athlete. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers to play in the NFL, and chosen by Playgirl as a centerfold candidate. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual prospects. But Randall Woodfield wanted more than just sex. An appe...

Small Sacrifices: The Shocking True Crime Case of Diane Downs - Paperback

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by Ann Rule (Author)From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder. "Somebody just shot my kids!" Diane Downs brought her car to a halt in front of a Springfield, Oregon, hospital, her three gravely wounded children beside her. Thus begins the tale of a truly unthinkable crime that shattered the tranquility of a tight-knit community. As police searched for the "...

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by Gene Mustain (Author), Jerry Capeci (Author)"The inside story of a single Brooklyn gang that killed more Americans than the Iraqi army."--Mike McAlary, columnist, New York Post They were the DeMeo gang--the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from c...

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by Edward Keyes (Author)"True crime devotees won't want to miss this one!"---Publishers Weekly"Very engrossing . . . in the finest you can't put it down tradition." ---Hartford Courant "This factual account of each murder, through the conviction of the killer, has all the excitement of a first-rate work of fiction, and is told straight, without the usual sociological jargon. Keyes collaborated with Robin Moore on The French Connection; The Michigan Murders is his first solo effort, and it is ...

Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town - Paperback

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by Mardi Link (Author)A gripping account of the mysterious disappearance of a young nun in a northern Michigan town and the national controversy that followed when she turned up dead and buried in the basement of the church Number of Pages: 280 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: September 01, 2009

Ngati Dread: Footsteps of Fire - Paperback

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by Tui Gillies (Illustrator), Angus Gillies (Author)When you talk about terrorism, most people in New Zealand think about problems overseas. But those in Gisborne and the East Coast merely cast their minds back to the Ruatoria Troubles. From 1985 until 1990 the township was terrorised by a cannabis-growing Maori sect calling itself the Rastafarians. Their story is one of the most bizarre chapters in modern New Zealand history. Yet most people have never heard of The Rastas or their reign of t...

Swift Injustice: The Craig Titus Story - Paperback

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by Tracy Mitchell-Milam (Author)When the prosecutor repeatedly proclaimed, "The victim was beaten, tasered, body- slammed, injected, choked, duct-taped, and then burned in the back of a car," the media was ready to persecute Craig Titus for a crime he did not commit. The high-profile case involved a famous bodybuilder, turned reality-television- star, caught in a possible love triangle that ended in an overdose and a drug-fueled cover-up. With the world watching, the homicide detectives and d...

Of Prison, Perversions and Executions: BEHIND THE WIRE: An Inside Look at the prison system from one who lived it. - Paperback

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by Richard K. Minard (Author)"Of Prison, Perversions and Executions gives a behind the scene look at the workings of a maximum security prison. Executions are carried out flawlessly, most of the time. Brutal inmate rape happens even on Christmas. Families cry out for justice during executions only to be shocked that it just wasn't enough. The last words of a dying man are never heard. " Let's rock and roll" with these words, his last, the execution began. Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.31...

Deep-Sea Detectives: Maritime Mysteries and Forensic Science - Paperback

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by Peter R. Limburg (Author)An aging American coal carrier goes down in a winter storm off the Virginia coast. Only three of the crew of 34 survive; the rest perish in the ice-cold water. Was the dead captain at fault? Did the mate neglect safety precautions? Or did a penny-pinching management skimp on necessary maintenance? The giant car-and-passenger ferry Estonia sinks in a gale in the Baltic Sea, carrying over 800 passengers to their deaths and causing national scandals in three countries...

Greenhead Politics: The Story Brigantine Taxpayers Were Never Told - Paperback

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by Patrick S. Costello (Author)When John Costello was hired as the new Director of Public Works for the small island town of Brigantine, NJ, he was expected to maintain the status quo and enjoy the ride at taxpayers' expense. Costello instead began an earnest effort to clean up the city, which resulted in an immaculate town filled with delighted residents. Unfortunately, in the process, Costello also uncovered widespread corruption and abuse among Brigantine's elected officials and municipal ...

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by Stan Otremba (Author)Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a cop? Well, it's time to find out. Follow Stan Otremba from his beginnings as a relief bailiff at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 1959. There, he hears the case of Johnny Stompanato, who turned up dead in his home one night. Stompanato's stepdaughter, Cheryl Crane, testifies that she killed him because he was beating her mother. But bailiff Otremba is suspicious, and years later, he finds out what reall...

Conversations with Jean: A Tragedy of Domestic Violence - Paperback

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by Catherine A. Hosmer (Author)"Victims of domestic violence who read this book will know they are not alone." -Laurel Lynch, Director Hope Family Services Bradenton, Florida "Here the mind of the murderer is revealed in his own words. This book is for women and all who have daughters and sisters because what happened to Jean is far from rare. Many women are unknowingly at risk. Offered here is insight into the impact of parent-daughter and mother-daughter relationships that we all need to ac...

Of Prison, Perversions and Executions: BEHIND THE WIRE: An Inside Look at the prison system from one who lived it. - Hardcover

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Mentally Ill in Amityville: Murder, Mystery, & Mayhem at 112 Ocean Ave. - Paperback

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by Will Savive (Author)On November 13, 1974 the quiet village of Amityville was rocked by the murders of six members of the DeFeo family at 112 Ocean Ave. The only surviving member of this tragic ordeal was Ronald DeFeo Jr., who was later charged and convicted to six-life-sentences. Still, the evidence shows that Ronnie "Butch" DeFeo could not have killed all six of his family members by himself, while they lay sleeping in their beds. Thirteen months later, the Lutz family moved into the lavi...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Hardcover

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by Erik Larson (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country'...

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by Francine Bartholomew (Author)The Dream Behind the Fence is full of suspense, intrigue, tragedy, heartbreak and romance. You'll go behind the scenes of a mob family and see how they affect not only the life of Patricia Reyburn, a young woman caught in the middle of their crime sprees, but also the life of Adam Montgomery, the Special Agent assigned to guard and protect her. Will Adam and Celeste's marriage be able to survive the pressures and secretiveness of his job with the United States ...

The Lake Bodom Blood Murders: The Reaper's Calling To Bring You Home - Paperback

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by Matt Demas (Author)The Lake Bodom murders is one of the worlds most unsolved, triple murders case that happened in the Finnish land in 1960. Even after reopening the case in 2004, 44 years after the horrific event, still left the murders a cold case.Four friends went camping at Lake Bodom and were found brutally and savagely murdered the next morning. However of the four, one survived sustaining less brutal injuries. Although the Lake Bodom murders remains a cold case after 50 years, can y...

Pain and Gain-The Untold True Story - Paperback

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by Marc Schiller (Author)This is the untold true story of one citizen's pointless torture and month-long captivity. The story, formerly mistold if not utterly overlooked, has been made into a feature film. Even as a dark comedy, there is little amusement to be found in human suffering. The sick and twisted minds of Mr. Schiller's captors would be fodder for the Darwin Awards if the results were not so alarmingly inhumane. Physical, mental and emotional torture, as well as sensory deprivation ...

The Thin Gray Line: A True Crime Investigation Memoir - Paperback

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by T. a. Powell (Author)On the night of October 9, 1966 after a weekend of being placed on standby, Federal Treasury Agent Charley Covington received a call from ATTD higher-ups in Atlanta, Georgia releasing him from his stay in Valdosta, Georgia. According to accounts contained in the widow's journal, several phone calls came in that day, most of them from people she didn't know. One of them was from a known felon and snitch who reminded Charley about the illegal and clandestine activities o...

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by Judith a. Yates (Author)WINNER OF THE 2014 KILLER NASHVILLE SILVER FALCHION AWARD for TRUE CRIME On a foggy night on March 10, 1990, in Westport, Indiana, twelve-year-old Brad Maddux strolled over to a pickup truck to chat with his twenty-eight-year-old cousin, Douglas Sims. Brad was never seen again. It was the following night that Brad's family and friends noted his disappearance. As the small community searched frantically for Brad, officers questioned Douglas Sims several times. It wa...

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by John E. Douglas (Author), Mark Olshaker (Author)Violent. Provocative. Shocking. Call them what you will...but don't call them open and shut. Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? Who killed JonBenet Ramsey? America's foremost expert on criminal profiling and twenty-five-year FBI veteran John Douglas, along with author and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, explores those tantalizing questions and more in this mesmerizing work of ...

Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation - Paperback

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by Estelle B. Freedman (Author)Rape has never had a universally accepted definition, and the uproar over "legitimate rape" during the 2012 U.S. elections confirms that it remains a word in flux. Redefining Rape tells the story of the forces that have shaped the meaning of sexual violence in the United States, through the experiences of accusers, assailants, and advocates for change. In this ambitious new history, Estelle Freedman demonstrates that our definition of rape has depended heavily o...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story - Hardcover

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by John Berendt (Author)Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining firs...

Unbillable Hours: A True Story - Paperback

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by Ian Graham (Author)The story-part memoir, part hard-hitting expose-of a first-year law associate negotiating the arduous path through a system designed to break those who enter it before it makes them. Landing a job at a prestigious L.A. law firm, complete with a six figure income, signaled the beginning of the good life for Ian Graham. But the harsh reality of life as an associate quickly became evident. The work was grueling and boring, the days were impossibly long, and Graham's sole pu...

The Bloody Century: True Tales of Murder in 19th Century America - Paperback

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by Robert Wilhelm (Author)A murderous atmosphere pervaded nineteenth-century America and lurid murders dominated newspaper headlines. The Bloody Century retells the stories of Americans, driven by desperation, greed, jealousy, or an irrational bloodlust, to take the life of someone around them. It presents 50 of the most intriguing murder cases from the archives of American crime including: The Famous Lizzie Borden H H Holmes The Bloody Benders The Sensational Jesse Pomeroy - 14-year-old seri...

Escaping The Allure Of The Game: The Game Ain't Over - Paperback

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by Shaunta Kenerly (Author)Reese may be down for the count after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. But the game ain't over Christian picks up where Reese left off and takes over the streets of Ohio, and builds his drug empire. Christian fall prey to the feds after neglecting the advise given to him by his brother. Forcing Reese back into the game. Reese isn't able to give his future wife her dream wedding, so it's one more round for the cause. Follow Reese in this fast paced urban tale. Par...

Murder in Southwest Baltimore: Joe Roy Metheny - Paperback

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by J. R. Brand and Associates (Editor), J. R. Brand (Author)Joe Roy Metheny was a gentle giant, as described by his friends, but when he was alone with his prey, he got what he wanted when he wanted it. After killing his victims, he says that he served body parts in barbecue sandwiches that he sold from a stand at his place of employment... Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 7.99 x 5 IN Publication Date: August 25, 2015

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by Harold G. Walker (Author)Donald "Hokey" Busby has a bit of the devil in him, but nobody thought he'd kill his best friend, Harry "Fats" Shell. Yet, one night on the Walker family farm, Hokey brutally shoots Fats down. Hours later, Hokey is found dying in a pool of blood, from a single shotgun blast. The Walkers fear more bloodshed will come as family and friends gather for the shocking double funeral of the murderer and victim. Number of Pages: 282 Dimensions: 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN Publication D...

Where Are My Children?: The True Story of a Mother Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Her Kidnapped Children - Paperback

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by Cassie Kimbrough (Author)They told her it was impossible. She was risking her life thousands of miles away in a foreign country. But she would not give up. Six months without her babies is torture for Cassie Kimbrough. They'd been kidnapped by their father and taken to his native Bolivia. Cassie struggles to get help anywhere she can. The local police, the FBI, the U.S. State Department, even the Bolivian government - no one seems to care. At her wit's end, she takes matters into her own h...

Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia - Paperback

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by Matthew Randazzo V. (Author), Kenny "kenji" Gallo (Author)Born to a Japanese-American family in ritzy suburban Orange County, California, Kenny "Kenji" Gallo was a bookish, hyperactive kid who lived a double life as a car-bombing, gun-toting international drug trafficker. He owned a nightclub, produced porn movies, and was arrested for the murder of his own best friend- all before he could legally drink. Gallo graduated to life as a jet-setting playboy thug, refining his gangster style und...