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Police Sniper: Stories of SWAT team precision riflemen - Paperback

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by Craig Roberts (Author)When all else fails and police are faced with an armed and barricaded assailant or a hostage situation, they call SWAT. When negotiations break down, and tactics fall short of resolving the issue, it falls the the police SWAT sniper, a highly trained, patient and steady individual who will make only one shot count--the shot that saves lives. Number of Pages: 276 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 07, 2014

Police Sniper II: True stories of SWAT team precisioin riflemen - Paperback

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by Craig Roberts (Author)When the police patrol officers found themselves in a situation they cannot handle, or arrive at a hostage crisis, they call SWAT. If SWAT tractics and negotiations fail, it often falls to the police sniper to fire the one shot that saves lives. These are true stories of real SWAT sniper incidents, taking the reader to hot rooftops or freezing rooms to see what it is like to fire the one well-aimed shot to save a life and end a tense situation. This is the large print...

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by John Doe (Author)John Doe was a successful programmer who was busted for possession of Child Pornography in 2011. Read about his experience as he went from a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record to a convicted felon and sex offender in a matter of months.Author BiographyThank you for your time and interest. For this book I will choose to be anonymous and name myself John Doe. Not just to maintain my privacy and safety but because I want to protect my family and friends from any kind...

The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia - Paperback

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by Guy Lawson (Author), William Oldham (Author)From New York Times bestselling author Guy Lawson, a chilling true crime account of two New York police officers who betrayed their shields to work for the mob. INSIDE THE MOB. INSIDE THE NYPD. THE LAST GREAT MAFIA BOOK OF OUR TIME. The Brotherhoods is the chilling chronicle of the shocking crimes of NYPD detectives Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, notorious rogue cops found guilty in April 2006 of the ultimate form of police corruption -- ...

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by Hartwell Editing (Editor), Aeternum Designs (Illustrator), Rj Parker (Author)WITH PHOTOSThis book delves into the twisted psychology of women attracted to some of the most notorious monsters on the planet, giving true crime readers real insight into this phenomena. One of the most common reasons given by women who date serial killers is the fact that they 'see' the little boy that the horrible man once used to be, and they believe that they can nurture that kid, hence removing the cruel an...

Tortured Minds: Pennsylvania's Most Bizarre--But Forgotten--Murders - Paperback

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by Tammy Mal (Author)A man finds his aunt bludgeoned to death in the living room of her elegant Forty Fort home. A teenage girl disappears on her way home from Coatesville High School. A reputed witch turns up dead in Pottsville. A young woman seemingly helps solve her own murder after she dies in a Philadelphia park. True-crime author Tammy Mal digs up facts on four of Pennsylvania's weirdest killings in her book Tortured Minds: Pennsylvania's Most Bizarre-But Forgotten-Murders. These 1930s ...

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by E. Garcia Maturan (Author), Ludy C. Maturan (Author) Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 29, 2015

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by E. Garcia Maturan (Author), Ludy C. Maturan (Author) Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions: 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 29, 2015

Wise As A Serpent; Gentle As a Dove: Dealing With Deception - Paperback

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by Peter F. Hyatt (Author)Statement Analysis is the scientific process by which deception is detected through the words used. Analytical Interviewing is a legally sound, non-intrusive, non-interpretive method of gaining information from the interviewee based upon the subject's own language. These techniques are invaluable to corporations, businesses, families, law enforcement, teachers, lawyers, therapists, investigators, doctors, sales and anyone in need of protection from deception. Law enf...

Blood Crimes: The Pennsylvania Skinhead Murders - Paperback

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by Fred Rosen (Author)Two brothers turn from Jehovah's Witnesses in Allentown, PA, to neo-Nazi murderers in this true crime investigation from the author of Lobster Boy. Raised as Jehovah's Witnesses and frustrated with their parents' repressive rules, Bryan and David Freeman rebelled as teenagers. Encouraged by an acquaintance he met while institutionalized at a reform school, Bryan became a neo-Nazi. Bryan then indoctrinated David, and their flare for defiance took a dark turn. After callo...

Deacon of Death: Sam Smithers, the Serial Killer Next Door - Paperback

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by Fred Rosen (Author)Baptist deacon, family man, pillar of his Florida community . . . and serial killer of prostitutes: chilling true crime from the author of Lobster Boy. By day, Sam Smithers was the deacon of his Baptist church in Plant City, Florida, a respected neighbor to many, and a devoted husband and father. But after the sun set, he became something else: a violent attacker--and killer--of prostitutes. Smithers's twisted double life came to light when a local woman who had hired ...

The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill - Paperback

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by Fred Rosen (Author)The author of the true crime "masterpiece" Lobster Boy traces a brutal killer's history across two decades of slipping past the legal system (The Guardian). When police in Tampa, Florida, arrested Larry Singleton in 1997 for brutally murdering prostitute Roxanne Hayes, they soon realized it wasn't the man's first violent attack. Back in 1978 he had gained notoriety as "the Mad Chopper" for raping and cutting off the arms of 15-year-old Mary Vincent on a patch of desolat...

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by Dennis McDougal (Author)The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughters--with the help of her sons--told by a former New York Times reporter. In June 1985, Theresa Cross Knorr dumped her daughter Sheila's body in California's desolate High Sierra. She had beaten Sheila unconscious in their Sacramento apartment days earlier, then locked her in a closet to die. But this wasn't the first horrific crime she'd committed against her own children. The previo...

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by Lance Poe (Author), James Sawyer (Author)In his own words and 27 years into his 30 year prison term; James Sawyer shares never discussed before details about his involvement as a Lieutenant in Issac Hicks Miami Based Drug Organization. In the early 80, James joined forces with Ike Hick's $5 million dollar a month drug empire. In this book, he shares how he started from the bottom and became so connected within this organization, the internal workings of this drug ring, and how the Feds wer...

The Child Killers: Notable child murders over the past 50 years - Paperback

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by Don Hale (Author)This is a unique book about some of the UK's most notorious child killers over the past 50-60 years and examines their background, their killings, how and why they were caught, and their convictions. It also looks at some potential victims who had a very lucky escape, and at many unsolved murders linked to the five evil and despicable killers highlighted. The book also re-examines fresh evidence that could lead to further convictions against these individuals using the lat...

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by Myrna K. Burkes (Author)Caradan Eagle Newspaper Reporter, Carrie James, welcomes life as an adventure and a new opportunity to learn. For her, every day is just "another day in paradise". Her inquisitive nature sometimes lands her in trouble, but her investigative talents have proven invaluable to the local Police. Carrie finds herself drawn to tall, blonde and gorgeous Kristian Corey, but the memory of a former love's treachery is still fresh and she is determined not to risk her heart ag...

Shades of Blue: Book #1 in the Mike Montego Series - Paperback

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by Jess Waid (Author)A psycho haunts the hills of Hollywood....It's 1961. The Berlin Wall goes up, the Bay of Pigs invasion flops, punks cruise the Boulevard with their tops down blasting Chubby Checker's "Pony Time," and women are being savagely butchered on LAPD cop Mike Montego's beat. Something's got to give, and it won't be Montego. Number of Pages: 448 Dimensions: 0.91 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 07, 2014

My Ted Bundy Interviews Raw!: ICONIC CAMPUS KILLER MURDER SCENES and PRISON INTERVIEWS! - Paperback

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by Paul Dawson (Author)MY TED BUNDY INTERVIEWS RAW ICONIC "CAMPUS KILLER" MURDER SCENES AND PRISON INTERVIEWS by Dr. Paul Dawson presents the shocking confessions and sensational interview comments of the all-American psycho, Ted Bundy. He was the all-American boy murdering all-American girls. Bundy, a chilling enigma, was one of the most dangerous sex predator-deviants and serial-sex killers in the American history of crime.Dr. Dawson brings a forensic-clinical psychologist's perspective t...

A Molly Maguire Story: Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Patrick H. Campbell (Author)On June 21, 1877, ten Irish-Americans were executed in the mining areas of Pennsylvania. All were accused of being members of a terror-ist group called the Molly Maguires, and all were convicted of planning and carrying out the murder of a number of mining officials. Ten more Irish-Americans were executed in Pennsylvania in the next 18 months on the same charges. One of the men executed on June 21, 1877, was Alexander Campbell, grand-uncle of the author. The Mol...

The Prosecution Never Rests: Strange But True Stories of Courtroom Drama - Paperback

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by Albert C. Bender (Author)Drawing on a career spanning four decades, retired prosecutor Albert Charles Bender gives a rare glimpse into the mysterious and often unknown world of the District Attorney's office. Each chapter is very readable and recounts a distinct episode from that career, an episode in which the author was an actual participant or an observer. Early chapters entertain with true stories which reveal much about how the criminal justice system was conducted beginning way back ...

They Lost Their Heads Five Gruesome Unsolved Murders: Most Mysterious and Headless Unsolved Murders of All Times - Paperback

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by Jack Smith (Author)Gruesome Headless Unsolved Murders Cold cases are fascinating because they have all the ingredients of a nail-biting murder mystery. Except there's no ending. And what's a book without an ending except an endless source of frustration and speculation? It's even worse when the victim is unidentified. "Unknown" man/woman/ child murders send a chill through us and can even cause a little sadness. How could a person be so alone in the world that absolutely no one came forwa...

Unsolved: Murder in the Solid South - Paperback

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by M. B. Spears (Author)UNSOLVED: A Murder in the Solid South is set in the early and mid-1950s, near the end of an era fastened upon the people of the Old Confederacy by a long-ago war and military occupation. Power was County by County, and what County you lived in could shape your life ... or your death. One night there came into our innocence a killing cowardly and brutal, a murder for hire.Clues were obliterated. Witnesses were excused, maligned, or overlooked. Tossed between astonishmen...

2012 The FBI Story (Black and White) - Paperback

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by U. S. Department of Justice (Author), Federal Bureau of Investigation (Author)For the FBI and its partners, 2012 was a year that reminded us once again of the seriousness of the security threats facing our nation.During the year, extremists plotted to attack-unsuccessfully, thanks to the work of our Joint Terrorism Task Forces-the U.S. Capitol, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and other landmarks on U.S. soil. Tragically, on the 11th anniversary of9/11, a hateful attack in Benghazi took ...

Approaches in Criminal Profiling: An Introduction - Paperback

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by David Elio Malocco (Author)The Criminal or offender profiling as it is now often called, is not a new concept in the fight against crime. Profiling has been around from the Middle Ages with the publication of the book Malleus Maleficarum in 1486, a diatribe, supposedly approved by the Roman Catholic Church, which set out methods to identify and eradicate witches. But the concept is constantly evolving and moving in different directions and adopting separate approaches. So, what exactly is ...

Murder Mysteries: True, Horrific, and Unsolved Murder Cases - Paperback

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by Kurt Jensen (Author)A serial killer is often chronically aggressive and they seem to have an over-controlled hostility towards others. Often they have been hurt and are resentful and traumatized. They become obsessive, paranoid and then insane. At this point they have lost control and can no longer control their needs. It is disturbing to note that serial killers are actually very rational and calculating. When it comes to serial killers many were physically or emotionally abused by parent...

Chemtrails Are Above Us: The Story of the Disclosure of Hidden Truths About the Global Crime of Chemistry in the Atmosphere - Part 1 - Paperback

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by Franc Furland (Author)The Story of the Disclosure of Hidden Truths About the Global Crime of Chemistry in the Atmosphere - Part 1 As I surmised, there were three men with ties in the second SUV U.S. officials on the talks, the three who have left in the third, the Italians, the trinity, which has withdrawn from the fifth, they were - Slovenes. All I immediately recognized, because I have seen on television a day, so I was not surprised. I was surprised only that they are strong people to t...

How to Commit the Perfect Murder: Forensic Science Analyzed - Paperback

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by David Elio Malocco (Author)Today, most murder crimes can be detected through DNA analysis and the assistance of forensic scientists like pathologists, toxicologists and ballistic experts. So, the question must be asked, can a criminal, using the knowledge of forensic science to their own advantage, reduce their percentage of detection, in order to commit the perfect murder?If a criminal knew exactly what investigators were looking for at a crime scene could they use that to avoid detection...

Marc Lepine: The Montreal Massacre - Paperback

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by Peter Vronsky (Contribution by), Hartwell Editing (Editor), Aeternum Designs (Illustrator)With extreme hatred in his heart against feminism, an act that feminists would label 'gynocide', a heavily armed Marc L Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.22 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: March 24, 2015

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by Harry E. Teter (Author)In Twin Peaks, California, on a horrible night 40 years ago, a young woman was killed. One life ended, and that of a young man forever changed. This real-life murder mystery begs the question: is it the true basis of the hugely popular TV series Twin Peaks? Too many similarities exist. It cannot be coincidence. A radio call in the early morning hours reporting a house fire becomes a firefighter's worst nightmare when he realizes it's his own home, fully involved. His...

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by Donald Charles Davis (Author)Framed by the true story of the murder of Black Piston patch holder Zack Tipton in Jacksonville Beach, Florida in June, 2014 Twilight of the Outlaws rips open the veil that shrouds the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs, reveals the social and economic forces that are hastening their end and exposes the corrupt law enforcement agencies that will stop at nothing to destroy them. Author and motorcycle club expert Donald Charles Davis traces the history of this soci...

More Scams from the Great Beyond: How to Make Even More Money Off of Creationism, Evolution, Environmentalism, Fringe Politics, Weird Science, the Occ - Paperback

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by Peter Huston (Author)In his first book on the subject, Peter Huston unmasked the amazing array of paranormal con artists littering the fringes of society today. From phony psychics to crop circle hoaxers to New Age hucksters, Huston revealed exactly how these otherworldly swindlers get rich by fleecing the gullible among us. In this new book, Huston casts his critical eye further afield, exposing the latest fraudulent schemes and scams being perpetrated through such seemingly normal pursui...

Leopold and Loeb: The History and Legacy of One of 20th Century America's Most Notorious Crimes and Trials - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the crime and trial, including the confessions *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "A superman ... is, on account of certain superior qualities inherent in him, exempted from the ordinary laws which govern men. He is not liable for anything he may do." - Richard Loeb There has been no shortage of shocking crimes and trials that generated frenzied coverage across Americ...