True Crime

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by Thomas Lee Gorzynski (Author)In 1998, Congressman Sonny Bono, who came to fame as part of the singing duo Sonny & Cher, died while skiing alone near South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. After his music career ended, Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono became mayor of Palm Springs, California, and in 1995 was named congressman for California's 44th district. As a freshman congressman, he tried to shake things up in Washington. Former policeman Thomas Lee Gorzynski's new investigative book Like Sonny Hi...

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen - Paperback

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by Mark Shaw (Author)Was What's My Line TV Star, media icon, and crack investigative reporter and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK assassination? If so, is the main suspect in her death still at large? These questions and more are answered in former CNN, ESPN, and USA Today legal analyst Mark Shaw's 25th book, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much. Through discovery of never-before-seen videotaped eyewitness interviews with those closest to Kilgallen an...

The Biggest Gang in Britain - Shining a Light on the Culture of Police Corruption - Paperback

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by Stephen Hayes (Author)The first of two hard hitting, brutally honest accounts of police work during the late 1960s and 1970s. Whilst explicit, they are often humorous, refreshing and equally unbelievable. In this ?rst book of a trilogy the author takes the reader through his early police service and in the second book Fifty Shades of Black 'n' Blue, his later years. The series of two gritty yet humorous books are written with such explicit content that leaves little doubt that many working...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior - Paperback

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by David Robie (Author)"Revised fifth edition"--Title page verso. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.58 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 30, 2016

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by Troy Taylor (Author)Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, the Evil One... Pick the name and they all refer to the same thing, or person, or being, or whatever the Devil is supposed to be. Feared, worshipped or dismissed, the Devil remains a presence in our world. But who is he? Is evil an essence, an objective reality? Does Satan rule the world? Is there an absolute evil set against absolute good, generating all other evils? Is Satan roaming the earth "seeking whom he may devour?" What is Satanism? W...

In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper - Paperback

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by J. P. Sperati (Author)Since 1888 the gruesome crimes of Jack the Ripper have been a never-ending source of fascination to generations of professional, amateur, and armchair detectives. What is more, those murders are no nearer being solved today as they were back in Victorian times - or are they?Bringing together a wealth of research materials along with new ideas, J. P. Sperati has meticulously investigated those dark deeds - the so-called canonical 5 murders plus a further 8 cases - whic...

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by Sopa B. a. Princewill (Author)The Prime Target is a fascinating and gruesome insight into the life and crimes of the serial killer, necrophiliac and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer whilst he resided at the Oxford Apartments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the building where he murdered, dismembered and sometimes ate body parts of 12 of his 17 victims. The author, Sopa Princewill, was the resident manager at the Oxford Apartmentsfrom the time that Dahmer murdered his third victim there to the time of his ...

Whitechapel - Jack the Ripper Vaeo - Paperback

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by Martyn S. Pentecost (Author), Martyn S. Pentecost (Illustrator), Martyn S. Pentecost (Narrated by)In 1912, just over a decade after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders, William Roberts builds a device that can record sound from the past. As he walks the streets of Whitechapel he hears the voices of the Ripper's victims calling out to him and becomes determined to stop the crimes from ever happening.As Roberts' obsession drives him to madness, he suddenly disappears from the very streets h...

A House to Remember: 10 Rillington Place - Paperback

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by Chris Newton (Editor), Ray Lipscombe (Author), Edna E. Gammon (Author)What happened at 10 Rilllington Place was so shocking and gruesome that even today everyone over a certain age still remembers the case with a shudder. In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for the violent murder of his baby daughter; he was also assumed to have murdered his wife. Then, less than three years later, another tenant, John Christie, was found to have killed at least six women, hiding their bodies in the garden, ...

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by Charles Bronson (Author)Charles Bronson is Britain's most notorious prisoner, a 'Category A' inmate who has spent over 30 years inside as a result of his violent and unpredictable behaviour. No one knows the system better than Charlie. Now, for the very first time, you can find out what it is really like inside a maximum security institution as Charlie blows the lid on his life in HM Wakefield. Written in diary form by Charlie himself from behind locked doors, this unique book uncovers the...

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by Suzanne Falkiner (Author)In the spring of 1917 an apprentice from the Cumberland Paper Mills, just outside Sydney, was walking along a bush track beside the Lane Cove River when he discovered the partially burnt body of an unidentified woman. The arrest three years later of a 45-year-old Italian, Eugenia Falleni, for murder, led to an investigation that fascinated Australia. Known in the newspapers as the 'Man-Woman Case', the trial revealed that from the time she had left New Zealand and ...

Witnesses to the Unsolved: Prominent Psychic Detectives and Mediums Explore Our Most Haunting Mysteries - Paperback

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by Edward Olshaker (Author)A cross between "Medium" and "Unsolved Mysteries," this award-winning book is now available in paperback for the first time... In WITNESSES TO THE UNSOLVED, author Edward Olshaker turns to some of the world's most accomplished psychic detectives and mediums in a quest for the missing pieces to some of our most puzzling mysteries, including the cases of: -- Martin Luther King, Jr., whose assassination is still an open case after a Memphis trial and a federal investi...

The Sheriff's Son: Lessons Learned - Paperback

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by Wayne Skarka (Author), Donald Butch Campsey (Contribution by)Before Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields on Netflix, there was The Sheriff's Son - a potential suspect for the League City murders. This true story begins on Valentine's Day, 1961. 14 years old, Claudette Carolyn Covey went missing from Hondo, Texas. On Halloween evening, 1961, Claudette's remains were discovered eight miles from town in a field. She had been shot twice in the head. From the beginning, town folks believed tha...

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by Denise Noe (Author)A COLLECTION OF TALES NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!These gruesome stories have peppered the pages of newspapers and history books over the centuries. Some are well-known. Some aren't. They rest in that murky place between true crime and horror. All will make your blood run cold. Warning: Do not read right before bedtime!Inside THE BLOODIED AND THE BROKEN: - The Torturing to Death of Sylvia Likens- The Honeymoon Killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck- Fumiko Kimura, A Mo...

Fetal Abduction: The True Story of Multiple Personalities and Murder - Paperback

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by Anne Catherine Speckhard (Author)This is the story of Annette Morales Rodriguez, a hard-working single mother of three. It is also the story of Lara, a psychopathic killer who abducted another woman's fetus, killing both mother and baby. Unbeknownst to Annette, Lara is a part of her: a dissociative identity, or split personality, formed to help Annette deal with the sexual abuse she endured as a child. Highly protective and driven to act solely in Annette's interests with no regard for the...

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by John W. Davis (Author)Rainy Street Stories is a composition of powerful reflections on today's espionage, terrorism, and secret wars. These stories, essays, and poems by John Davis, himself a retired intelligence officer, take place from Europe, to Asia, and back to the Americas. He lived overseas for many years, where he served as a soldier, civil servant, and gifted linguist. Davis writes with a thoughtful, compassionate, and fair assessment of his lifetime lived during wars and conflict...

Love, Loneliness, Abuse, and Murder: The True Story of a Woman Desperately Seeking Companionship - Paperback

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by Jim B. Pulley (Author)Patricia Pulley was lucky enough to find and marry the man of her dreams. Together, they had children; they built a life. Then, with no warning, her husband died and left her widowed. In an instant, everything changed; Pat's children watched as she struggled to replace the only man she had known. She needed someone to love, protect, and care for her-just like the man she had lost much too soon. LOVE, LONELINESS, ABUSE, AND MURDER is a painful memoir written by Patrici...

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by Kalila Smith (Author)Delve into the dark mysteries of Miami and South Florida with world-renown author Kalila Smith. Follow the turbulent history of one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and uncover its mysteries. Explore the hidden treasures of pirates who once used the Florida coast as their base of operations. Follow the trail of strange creatures and deadly monsters deep into the Everglades. This book is a wonderful compilation of the city's most haunted areas and s...

The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate - Paperback

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by H. R. Howard (Author), Kevin D. McCann (Introduction by)John Andrews Murrell (1806-1844) was a horse thief, a slave stealer, and a counterfeiter who was transformed into a legendary highway robber and murderous outlaw whose criminal exploits took him throughout the South in the 1820s and 1830s. Modern-day treasure hunters are still trying to find his supposed caches of hidden gold in Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The disappearance of two slaves belonging to a f...

Tainted 3: The Book of Redemption - Paperback

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by Gerald R. Johnson (Author), Gerald R. Johnson (Cover Design by), Dawn R. Blanchard (Editor)One last trip to Tampa Bay. Courtney is at her wits end with Jangles and the firght for control of IXion Industries. She is definitely prepared to deal with her enemies for complete controll. Number of Pages: 406 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 27, 2016

Creating Chaos: Covert Political Warfare, from Truman to Putin - Paperback

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by Larry Hancock (Author)Creating Chaos explores that dark side of statecraft, the covert use of political warfare in international relations - from its early practices during the Great Game between the British and Russian empires, through the Cold War era of ideological confrontation and forward into the hybrid political warfare of the 21st Century. Creating Chaos presents and illustrates the full body of covert and deniable political warfare practices, tracing their historical development a...

The Untold Story Of Nikki Whitehead: Torn 2 Pieces Inspired By A True Story - Paperback

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by Yucca Harris (Author), Geeno Mizelli (Photographer), Devin Pierre (Illustrator)The novelist tells the untold story of her best friend, Nikki Whitehead, a cosmetologist and a mother of two girls. Nikki was suddenly found dead in the bathtub of her boyfriend's house. This story gives chilling details and events leading up to Nikki's death. At the wake, there were people who looked at this as a murder mystery. Others who knew Nikki, knew the girls did it. The girls requested security to atten...

Charles Ponzi and the Ponzi Scheme: The History and Legacy of 20th Century America's Most Famous Con Artist - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I went looking for trouble, and I found it." - Charles Ponzi Though few people are familiar with the story of his life, Charles Ponzi's name is almost instantly recognizable thanks to the famous financial scandal named after him. This is somewhat ironic because, while his last name has become synonymous with financial scandal and many recognize how a Ponzi scheme works, some have argued that Ponzi really d...

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by Donald a. Tubman (Author), Michael Benson (Author)An anthology of haunting murders written by acclaimed true-crime writer Michael Benson and his "boots on the ground," Private Investigator Donald A. Tubman. Featured stories include the murders of Joanne Lynn, Pamela Moss, Shari Smoyer and Jack King, Tammy Jo Alexander, Damita Gibson, Victoria Jobson, Kelley Gaffield, Cathleen Krauseneck (The Brighton Ax Murder), Brittanee Drexel, Regina Mae Armstrong, Loretta Jo Gates and Terri Lynn Bills,...

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by R. S. Crighton (Editor), Nick Van Der Leek (Author)What truth is there in the Second Confession?In ANNIHILATION it was firmly established and reinforced that the scenario of the crime Chris Watts gave his interrogators during the Second Confession was a lie. The Watts children weren't killed after Shan'ann, and they weren't murdered at the well site. The murder was more calculated and cunning than Watts' has let on. It was premeditated. If it's clear Watts was lying yet again what remains ...

The Zodiac Map: Part of the Zodiac Killer Enigma: Black and White Issue - Paperback

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by R. S. Clemons (Author)Do you want to know a secret? A secret that no one else has ever seen, about one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our time, not to mention history, that is actually real? This book will show you. It's all about a mysterious map. A map created by a serial killer, that once unlocked, reveals the marked locations of bombs, murders, and mystery. It all started in San Francisco in the summer of 1969, when a butcher calling himself "The Zodiac", mailed this map along w...

The Zodiac Killer Enigma Part Two: The Zodiac Letters - Paperback

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by R. S. Clemons (Author)This is the second part to the first edition. Originally they were meant to be published together but restrictions from the publishers prevented that. Book one was over a thousand pages of material originally but due to restrictions it was forced to be broken into two parts. The first book is 480 pages in print and almost 2000 in the ebook version. This edition has the complete volume of the Zodiac letters as well as all of the restored crime scene photos and more. It...

La Mística de la Ferocidad: El asesinato de SHARON TATE y otras cuatro personas y el juicio y condena de los asesinos - Paperback

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by Noel Claraso (Author)En el Rancho Spahan, Charles Manson se cree de veras fundador de una secta y hasta le pone nombre: "Los Hijos de Sat n". Y dice a sus seguidores que si ha tenido poder para reunirles a todos y fundar la secta se debe a que l es un hombre perfecto.En el rancho est rodeado de mujeres. Todas viven sometidas a su voluntad y le consideran un ser superior. Charles Manson toca la guitarra y canta para ellas. Y cuando l canta, les exige que todas le miren los ojos. Si algun...

Divorce by Grand Canyon: 8 Riveting True Crime Stories - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Engstrom (Author) Christian Longo. Jeremy Bryan Jones. Joel Patrick Courtney. Patrick Wayne Kearney. Russell Obremski. Robert Spangler. Gabriel Morris. Killers all. Veteran author Elizabeth Engstrom dives into the horrific stories of these seven serial killers, along with a glimpse into the maggoty world of forensic entomology. Why do these killers do what they do, how do they get away with it for so long, and what is their final undoing? Riveting true crime stories to make you ...

Command Influence: A Story of Korea and the Politics of Injustice - Paperback

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by Robert A. Shaines (Author)A true story that reads like a novel set in war torn South Korea. This book reflects the best and the worst of our military and shows how political motives can impact those in command of the military. It exemplifies the expendability of the rank and file to advance the careers of the powerful. Number of Pages: 430 Dimensions: 0.87 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: November 23, 2010 Award: IndieFab awards (2010)

The Serial Killers The Cannibals The Cold Blooded and Ed Gein - Paperback

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by Rodney Cannon (Author)Ed Gein was convicted of killing only two women. It is not his number of murders that have made this damaged man the prototype for a number of the most famous motion picture killers, such as Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, Hannibal Lecter, Leatherface. The actions that he engaged in before and after these murders are what makes him perhaps the most interesting serial killer of all.Samuel Little, a serial killer who fulfilled his grisly urges between 1987 and 1999, has co...