True Crime

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by Robert Adams (Author)Unlock the secrets to the world's most notorious crimes with "True Crime Stories Volume 8." This compelling anthology invites readers to confront the darkness that dwells within, uncovering the hidden motives and evidence of some of the most notorious cases of our time. Dive into this riveting collection and experience the adrenaline rush of high-stakes investigations, the relentless pursuit of justice, and the intricate details of criminal history. Discover the benefi...

A Life of Death: The True Story of a Crime Scene Detective - Paperback

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by Jeffrey Miller (Author)The dead speak in a silent language. What is it like to be a crime scene detective and understand the language of the dead? How do the police investigate a death when there is no one to talk to? What does death look and smell like? What would it be like to be part of a major murder case and hear the voices of the dead? Wouldn't you like to see what is on the other side of that yellow crime scene tape? This is your chance. Retired Fairfax County Police Crime Scene Det...

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by G. K. Chesterton (Author)A critique of British imperialism by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of the most prominent English writers of the early 20th century. The book offers a scathing indictment of British policies in Ireland, India, and other parts of the world, and argues for a more just and compassionate approach to governance.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public...

The Monster Within: A True Story of Bloodthirst, Brutality and Barbaric Evil - Paperback

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by Ryan Green (Author)Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten's sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor.His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster". ...

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions - Hardcover

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by Jonathan Rosen (Author)"Brave and nuanced...an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph." - The New York Times "Immensely emotional and unforgettably haunting." - Wall Street Journal Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen's haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. A story about friendship, love, and the price ...

The Life Of Sile Doty: The Most Noted Thief And Daring Burglar Of His Time - Hardcover

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by Sile Doty (Author)The Life of Sile Doty is a biography of a notorious criminal who lived in upstate New York in the mid-nineteenth century. It tells the story of his life of crime, his daring escapes from prison, and his eventual capture and imprisonment.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within t...

20 Cold Cases Finally Solved in 2023 True Crime Compilation: True Crime Collection - Paperback

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by Gary J. Tant (Author)The book discusses six different murder cases in the United States over the time span between 1961 to 2023. The first case occurred in Keystone Islands, Florida in 1961, where a 53-year-old man named Joseph Demari was shot to death. Initially, it was thought to be a Mafia hit, but in 2023, further investigation revealed that Demari's own wife, Francis, was the perpetrator behind his murder. The second case was about 19-year-old Carol De Leon who disappeared in 1981 aft...

The Farmer's Wife: A True Story - Paperback

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by Carol McCabe Booker (Author)In the southern Maryland hamlet of Friendship, a young wife and mother is found brutally murdered, her head bashed in with a crude implement. The Farmer's Wife-by Carol Booker, author of the best-selling The Waterman's Widow-suspensefully describes both crime and punishment, recovering the narrative from contemporary newspaper accounts and other archival sources.From the nerve-testing tension of suspicion, trial, conviction, redemption and retribution, readers g...

Thrillsought: The True Story of the Woman Stalked by Arkansas State Police Officer, Mark Holland - Paperback

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by Skylar Galloway (Author)Dive inside the life of the victim in the newly edited 2nd Edition of the original book, "Thrillsought." This story is the first-hand account of the victim in the popular Arkansas case that inspired many news stories and articles when it was revealed in 2019 that 19-year State Trooper, Mark Holland abused his position of power as he stalked and threatened her with vulgar, perverse emails from 2016-2019. In this true-crime story, you'll experience right along with he...

We'll All Be Murdered in our Beds: The shocking history of crime reporting in Britain - Paperback

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by Duncan Campbell (Author)'If it bleeds, it leads' - this maxim is as true now as it was 300 years ago. Crime is the staple of the news, and our appetite for these dark and dangerous stories shows no sign of abating. In this colourful history of crime reporting since 1700, Duncan Campbell reveals what it's really like to deal with murderers, gangsters, robbers, cat burglars, victims, informers and detectives. He introduces us to the 'hacks in the macs' and the 'Murder Gang', who would go to ...

Solving Cold Cases ***Large Print Edition***: True Crime Stories that Took Years to Crack - Paperback

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by Andrew J. Clark (Author)Chilling. One of the best words to describe the cases recounted in this book. These gruesome crimes seemed to hit a dead end... That is until the case was reopened for investigation years later and solved. *** LARGE PRINT EDITION*** From the more famous cases to the more obscure, the crimes and hardships that the victims had to suffer will send shivers down your spine. Notably detailing the disappearance of Chandra Levy to the multiple murders committed by Dennis R...

Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away - Paperback

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by David Dekok (Author)On Nov. 28, 1969, Betsy Aardsma, a 22-year-old graduate student in English at Penn State, was stabbed to death in the stacks of Pattee Library at the university's main campus in State College. For more than forty years, her murder went unsolved, though detectives with the Pennsylvania State Police and local citizens worked tirelessly to find her killer. The mystery was eventually solved--after the death of the murderer. This book will reveal the story behind what has be...

Broken Limelight: Shocking True Crime Stories About Celebrities - Paperback

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by Didi West (Author)"Broken Limelight: Shocking True Crime Stories About Celebrities" takes readers on a gripping journey through 30 notorious figures' lives, including Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Selena Quintanilla, and more. Authored by Didi West, a charismatic singer and performer from Las Vegas, this book offers deep investigations into the psychology of the individuals involved, thorough examination of evidence, and a critical analysis of popular theories. With a careful and unbiased a...

Nordic Noir: 14 Unsolved True Crime Cases - Paperback

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by Michael East (Author)Nordic Noir has quickly become the genre of choice for fictional crime fans across the globe. From the darkness of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to the bleakness of The Killing, audiences have become fascinated with the region's criminal culture. But what are the stories and real-life crimes that have inspired authors like Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell? In this collection, we shall look at 14 different unsolved cases spanning the entire Nordic region. From the ki...

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers - Paperback

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by Andy Greenberg (Author)The true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it “An in-depth investigation of what the Russian military’s best cyber unit has already done to disrupt corporations, penetrate utilities, and prepare for cyberwar. Sandworm is a sword of Damocles over the US economy that any US president has to take into account when deciding on whether and how to counter the Kremlin....

Drastic Measures: The Case of Christopher Watts - Paperback

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by Brenda Irish Heintzelman (Author)This is a True Crime Case OPINION Book - key word OPINION - ON A HIGH-PROFILE TRUE CRIME CASE WHICH ENTERED ONTO THE PUBLIC STAGE ON AUGUST 13, 2018. Like most books written in the TRUE CRIME genre - this true crime case opinion book includes opinions and theories on sensitive subject matters including but not limited to abuse, violence, and mental illness. Therefore, if you or a loved one has been a victim of violent crime, domestic violence, or child abus...

Just After Midnight: The Darlie Routier Story - Paperback

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by W. G. Davis (Author)On June 6, 1996, a mother named Darlie Routier did the unthinkable: she murdered her two sons, Damon aged 5, and Devon just one week shy of his 7th birthday, in cold blood while they slept in their luxurious home in Rowlett, Texas. This capital murder case, built on detailed, abundant, and damning circumstantial evidence, continues to generate national publicity, roil people's emotions, and raise lingering doubts of her guilt.Meanwhile, Darlie awaits death by lethal inj...

Crónica de una matanza impune: : Persecución y asesinatos de emigrantes canarios en Cuba - Paperback

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by Eduardo René Casanova Ealo (Editor), José Antonio Quintana García (Author)El secuestro del ex teniente coronel del Ej rcito Libertador Enrique Pina Jim nez, hacendado con residencia fija en Sancti Sp ritus y colonia ca era en el t rmino municipal de Ciego de vila, fue considerado por la prensa de la poca (1926) como el m s sensacional de cuantos hab an sucedido en la etapa republicana. Este hecho, protagonizado por tres inmigrantes de las Islas Canarias y un colaborador, tambi n con ese ...

Murder Chesapeake: TRUE CRIME, REAL KILLERS: 44 Stories: Lynching, Gypsy Cyber Warriors, The Black Widow, Hit Man Meets Soul Concert Con- - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Mackey (Illustrator), Robert Walker (Editor), Ken Rossignol (Author)Top crime stories from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region include accounts of historical murders one hundred years ago. One such saga took place in Princess Anne, Maryland, when a mob of 5,000 overran a squad of State troopers and plucked an accused rapist from jail and lynched him on the lawn next door to the home of the Judge who had just made a passionate plea for the mob to go home. Follow the extensive back...

Northwestern American Creepy Buildings: Their Storied Past: Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho and Montana - Paperback

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by Marques Vickers (Photographer), Marques Vickers (Author)This edition showcases the effects and consequences of human depravity, frailty and criminal activity. The showcased and photographed remaining structures generally appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance and infamy.Throughout the western United States, these commonplace buildings silently testify to events involving violence and individuals whose acts have scarred others, society and sometimes simply themselves. T...

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by Simon King (Author)A quick glimpse behind the walls. From the author of the Prison Days series comes the next chapter of life behind bars. These are the personal stories of prisoners as they negotiate day-to-day life behind the walls of a maximum-security facility. Listen to their tales as they try and fit in, adjust and survive one of the toughest places on earth. Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 20, 2019 ...

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by Alexandre Dumas (Author)This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We havent used any OCR or photocopy to produce this book. The whole book has been typeset again to produce it without any errors or poor pictures and errant marks. Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 17, 2018

1643 Days: In a Federal Prison Camp - Paperback

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by Bob Hampton (Editor), Alan Silva (Illustrator), Danilo Lingaya (Editor)Want to know what really goes on in a federal prison camp? Here's 100 journal entries that will pull the curtain back and expose the shocking truth. Future inmate or friend of the Incarcerated... In August of 2013 I was sentenced to 72 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. I was ordered to the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama where I served 1643 days. With no experience with the ...

Juror Number 8: The Trial of Matheau L. Moore - Paperback

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by Connie E. Curry (Author)When Connie sat down as Juror Number 8, she prepared herself for the startlingly bleak decision ahead: whether or not the man in front of her killed his wife. In September 2020, after months of searching, the body of Emily Noble was recovered from a wooded area near her home in Westerville, Ohio. Officials set out to prove it was a staged suicide and shortly after, arrested Matheau Moore for the murder of his wife.Moore was incarcerated for almost two years, while a...

The First Ward IV - His Lips Forgot The Taste Of Truth - Paperback

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by Richard Sullivan (Author)If Fingy Conners had sprung from some writer's fanciful imaginings, such a character would be dismissed as outlandish and improbable, so thoroughly and so swiftly did this actual historic figure accrue wealth, political power and cruel domination over so many. The author, having been previously criticized by some as having drawn Fingy Conners "too cartoon-like" finds his historically accurate portrayal redeemed now that we have so many strikingly equivalent present...

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by Patrick Alexander (Author)Miami is not unique among American cities for having so many homicides. It is unique however, for having so many bizarre and exotic ones. The book describes twenty-five homicides which range from the usual crimes of passion and mob hits to robberies gone-wrong and political assassinations. It also includes others which can only be classified as 'weird' - or 'only in Miami'. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.27 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN P...

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by Guadalupe Lizarraga (Author)El 12 de julio de 2005, Isabel Miranda Torres puso una denuncia a la procuradur a por el secuestro de su hijo Hugo Alberto Wallace Miranda, de 35 a os, en menos de 24 horas de su desaparici n. Sus familiares pusieron otras tres denuncias en la misma procuradur a. No ten an duda del crimen. Ella, directamente, emprendi una cacer a contra sus inculpados, apoyada con agentes ministeriales. Exhibi sus rostros y sus nombres en espectaculares de publicidad exterior ...

Flight Mh370: Across the Veil - Paperback

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by Gale Stein (Author)"He told us to put our heads down and pray." 'You are all going to die, '" is what I was told by passenger K.S.The copilot, F.A.H. says, "We can't go there, and we do not have enough fuel to go there."Three years ago I was asked to use my gift as a Clairvoyant Psychic Medium to determine the state of being of three specific passengers aboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.I was successful in determining not only their states of being, but also statements of...

Intrigue in the Morgue: Shocking Tales of Corruption and Cover-Ups - Paperback

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by Kalil Jiraki (Author) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.05 x 5.07 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 19, 1999

Murder in Motion: The Strange Life of Photographer (and Murderer) Eadweard Muybridge - Paperback

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by Jennifer Warner (Author)Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the field of the movie picture--it's because of him that we have movies today. He also got away with murder--literally. In 1874, he shot and killed his wife's lover and got away with it for essentially saying the guy had it coming. But murder was only part of Muybridge story. He was brilliant. Creative. And eccentric. And because he got away with murder, we have Hollywood. This book tells his bizarre, yet fascinating, life story--a story...

Hunting Smiley: Graphic Double Issue #2 - Paperback

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by Eponymous Rox (Author)Ongoing coverage of the 'Smiley Face' serial murders featuring new cases, cold cases, photos, forensics, autopsies ... and more. Number of Pages: 92 Dimensions: 0.19 x 10 x 7.99 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2016

Hype: Inside the Fyre Festival and the Golden Age of Grift - Paperback

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by Gabrielle Bluestone (Author)"Hype is the most fun, most outrageous, and--most of all--most true book of the year." --Olivia Nuzzi, author and Washington correspondent, New York magazine We live in an age where scams are the new normal. Why do they happen? In this book, reporter Gabrielle Bluestone delves into the irresistible hype that fuels our social media ecosystem. A cultural examination that is as revelatory as it is relevant, Hype pulls back the curtain on the manipulation game behi...