True Crime

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by O. Grady Query (Author)Pee Wee Gaskins killed without hesitation and apparently without remorse over and over again. He did so as he meandered in and out of maximum security prisons where he spent more than half of his life. Sentenced to reform school at age thirteen he honed his skills in the use of extreme violence. The horror of his crimes is played out against the backdrop of one of the most rural areas of South Carolina during the tumultuous change from absolute segregation to forced ...

Cardinal Pell, the Media Pile-On & Collective Guilt - Paperback

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by Gerard Henderson (Author)"...It is evident that there is a possibility that an innocent person has been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof."- Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, High Court of Australia quoting from the judgment of all seven judges of the High Court - Chief Justice Susan Kiefel and Justices Virginia Bell, Stephen Gageler, Patrick Keane, Geoffrey Nettle, Michelle Gordon and James Edelman in George Pell v The Queen, 7 April 2020*...

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by Jim Reese (Author)Ride shotgun down the back-roads of the Great Plains as Reese becomes Willy the Wildcat at a small Division II school, drives a tractor into an outbuilding his first week on the job, and discovers, sometimes with horror, the truth - after immersing himself in the lives of strangers, friends and prisoners. Travel to San Quentin prison in San Francisco Bay where he has full access and isn't afraid to ask the tough questions. Join him in a superstore pharmacy prophylactic ai...

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by Brent Cassity (Author)As Brent Cassity stood at the gate of Leavenworth prison to voluntarily surrender his freedom for the next five years of his life, a million thoughts flooded through his mind. But, the one thought he couldn't push away is this: How did the thing I most feared...the one thing I told myself would never happen...happen to me?Nightmare Success is for the person who has lost hope, to show that a second chance is possible. Brent shares survival tools that helped him adapt t...

Public Corruption in the United States: Analysis of a Destructive Phenomenon - Paperback

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by Jeff Cortese (Author)Public Corruption in the United States provides a comprehensive view of public corruption, including discussion on its types, methods, trends, challenges, and overall impact. It is the first book of its kind to examine in plain language the breadth of criminal public corruption in the United States, not just at a superficial level, but in a deeper context. By critically examining acts of corruption of elected, appointed and hired government officials (legislators, law ...

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by Paul Millen (Author) Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN Publication Date: July 24, 2008

In the Footsteps of 250 Years of Murder in East London - Paperback

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by J. P. Sperati (Author)To many the only crimes of note in East London are those committed by Jack the Ripper in the 19th century, and the Kray twins in the 20th century. Whereas both of these are indeed horrific, and hold a morbid fascination for some, there is very much more to be discovered over the 250 year period covering 1718 to 1967.The survey of murder presented here starts with Jack Ketch, a hangman, who was himself hanged for murder, and continues with the infamous highwayman, Dick...

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by Bennett Hinds (Author)It's about time. This is the first true story about a much-decorated African American New York city police officer.In the 1960s in Harlem, NYC, street crime was rampant on all levels. To most of the city's two million blacks and Hispanics, conditions were worse than ever. These conditions existed due to white racism over the years that was entangled with political and social greed.The political powers then held a meeting in city hall. Included in this meeting were the...

The Book of Mysteries of the Unexplained - Hardcover

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by Publications International Ltd (Author)The Book of Mysteries of the Unexplained features nearly 230 fascinating true stories across six chapters. Topics include: unsolved deaths, unusual disappearances, haunted homes, unexplained phenomena, creepy creatures, and ghostly appearances. Learn about the Zodiac Killer, Jack the Ripper, the Bermuda Triangle, the ghosts that linger in the White House, the monsters that supposedly lurk throughout America, and much more! Hardcover, 640 pages. Numbe...

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by Taraneh Saba (Author)Soraya was a thirteen-year-old runaway from her foster home when she met KC, a human trafficker who took her under his wings and pretended to love her, only to force her into prostitution. Soraya endured much abuse in the hands of her clients and KC, who would severely beat her every time she tried to leave that life. After five years of torturous life, when Soraya turned eighteen, she finally left KC. That is when he tracked her down and shot her five times in the che...

...As I Walk Through the Valley of Meth... - Paperback

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by Robert D. Newell (Author)...As I Walk Through the Valley of Meth... chronicles drug related execution style murders, kidnappings, and other crimes that have steadily increased throughout the Mid-Ohio Valley in the middle of the Appalachian Region in spite of the all the efforts of the criminal justice system.The book is based on investigations conducted by state and local narcotic task forces, the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with other federal agencies, and travels through the b...

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by Alan Gill (Author), Pamela Gill (Cover Design by)It was 1959 in West Carroll Parish, northeastern Louisiana. Something or someone was raping and murdering young women, something that came out of the Bayou Macon. A serial killer says Sheriff Hugh Macon, a lunatic escaped from the mental hospital in Baton Rouge. But old time Louisianans believe that this Devil's work is done by a Rougarou or loup garou or as it is called in English, a werewolf. Young Andy Macon is visiting from Seattle and i...

The Forgotten Children of Bath: Media and Memory of the Bath School Bombing of 1927 - Paperback

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by Amie Marsh Jones (Author)In 1927, in the small township of Bath, Michigan, trusted community member Andrew Philip Kehoe planted more than 600 pounds of dynamite and other explosives in Bath Consolidated School. The bombings killed 45 people, including 38 children, and injured dozens more. The Bath School disaster remains the deadliest act of school violence in the United States, yet many Americans have never heard of it or of Kehoe. This tragedy, while remembered by Bath residents, has bee...

John Wayne Gacy, el payaso asesino - Paperback

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by Mente Criminal (Author)El tranquilo barrio de Norwood Park (Chicago) está en shock. Quién se oculta tras la máscara del payaso Pogo? Nadie sospecha que un cementerio de cadáveres se esconde en su casa. Realmente este divertido payaso, padre de familia y vecino ejemplar ha asesinado a 33 jóvenes muchos de ellos adolescentes? Dicen que los violaba y los torturaba hasta la extenuación... Cómo han podido vivir al lado de un criminal sin haberse percatado de nada? Lo cierto es que era un ase...

Inside the Mind of John Wayne Gacy: The Real-Life Killer Clown - Paperback

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by Brad Hunter (Author)Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In this new book he enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It. Gacy lured victims to his home with the promise of work or a warm bed and then duped them into putting on handcuffs, claiming he wanted to show them a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his victims before killi...

Dark Roses: 13 Horrific True Stories - Paperback

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by Michael Benson (Author)Thirteen new insomnia inducing murder stories from True Crime master Michael Benson, including: Monster of the Low Country, Born to Raise Hell, The Hollywood Ripper, The Murder of Craig Rideout, Call Me Daddy, Savage Waitress, King Creep, A Dark Stretch of Road, Family of Terror, The Tell-Tale Knot, Vengeance is Mine, Breckenridge, and A Few Thoughts on the Black Dahlia. Dozens of photos! An excerpt from the book's final story: "It is the most famous American murder ...

The Twelfth Victim: The Innocence of Caril Fugate in the Starkweather Murder Rampage - Paperback

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by John Stevens Berry (Author), Linda Battisti (Author)The Caril Fugate story is to be released as a four-part SHOWTIME docuseries on February 17. The documentary is based on the Addicus Books title, The Twelfth Victim--The Innocence of Caril Fugate in the Charles Starkweather Murder Rampage. The series will premiere on Friday, February 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes airing weekly on Fridays at 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST on SHOWTIME. All four episodes will also be released on demand and on...

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by Linda Stratmann (Author)The crime of Frederick and Maria Manning in 1849 has all the elements of a classic; the brutal cold-blooded murder of a friend for money, the discovery of a buried decomposing corpse, the escape of the couple and dramatic pursuit and capture by the police. It was a national sensation which culminated in the last public double hanging of a husband and wife, an event which shocked Charles Dickens and played a part in the later abolition of public executions. But one m...

Convenience Dynamics and White-Collar Crime - Paperback

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by Petter Gottschalk (Author)This book introduces a dynamic perspective to study white-collar crime. It argues that as personal motives change over time, so too do organizational opportunities, and willingness for deviant behavior.The work contends that the extent of white-collar crime is dependent on the extent of crime convenience perceived and preferred by potential offenders. It discusses how potential white-collar offenders expand organizational opportunities for financial crime over tim...

Black Bird: One Man's Freedom Hides in Another Man's Darkness - Paperback

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by James Keene (Author), Hillel Levin (Author) The basis for the Apple TV+ show Black Bird. In with the Devil presents the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football field--until a few wrong turns led him to a ten-year prison sentence. He was offered an impossible mission: Coax a confession out of a fellow inmate, a serial killer, and walk free. Jimmy Keene grew up outside of Chicago. Although he was the son of a policeman and rubbed shoulders with the city's elite, he ...

Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber - Hardcover

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by John Boessenecker (Author)New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West's most mysterious gentleman bandit. Black Bart is widely regarded today as not only the most notorious stage robber of the Old West but also the best behaved. Over his lifetime, Black Bart held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, stealing ...

Murder Casebook Volume 1: 12 Shocking True Crime Cases - Paperback

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by Prash Ganendran (Author)Vivid and objective, this immersive book boldly conveys the horror of murder, drawing you into the worlds of the killers and victims. The darkness of the murderers oozes from each page, against the chilling backdrop of their apparent normality.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Prepare to discover some of the most captivating and unsettling cases in recent and not-so-recent history, painstakingly researched and comprehensively written by British researcher and former fraud analyst Prash Ganendr...

Digital Grooming: Discourses of Manipulation and Cyber-Crime - Paperback

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by Nuria Lorenzo-Dus (Author)Illicit digital activity is a substantial and growing problem. Extremists' use of social media over the past decade or so has raised increasing concern among governments and media corporations alike. In Digital Grooming Nuria Lorenzo-Dus analyzes manipulation practices in digital spaces that are situated at, or beyond, the boundaries of law. Lorenzo-Dus identifies and examines in detail the online discourse of adults luring children for sexual abuse and exploitati...

The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers - Paperback

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by Richard Estep (Author)How well do you know your neighbors? Maybe you should get to know them better! Growing up, we are taught that monsters are easy to identify, but the truth is very different. Too often, the serial murderer does not stand out. Otherwise, he, or she, would get caught.The contrast between the ordinary-seeming lives that provided cover for their cruel secrets is exposed in The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers. To their coworkers, neighbors, ...

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by Shannon Moroney (Author) Number of Pages: 376 Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 06, 2014

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by Ronald Armstrong (Author)The East Texas ConnectionBy: Ronald ArmstrongThe East Texas Connection is about many of the people and friends that make up Ronald Armstrong's everyday life. The antics and situations that they and he are flung into are sometimes of their own accord and sometimes by accident. There's nothing better than true stories except true stories from Texas and outlaw antics. The outlaw antics range from motorcycles to the Piney woods to the body shop. There are hundreds of t...

Missing Pieces: The Swedish Tourists' Murders - Paperback

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by Ian Wishart (Author)In 1989, two young Swedish tourists, 21 year old Heidi Paakkonen and 23 year old Urban Hoglin disappeared into thin air during their dream holiday in New Zealand. Missing Pieces retraces their steps as investigative journalist and bestselling author Ian Wishart unravels the story in the first-ever book published about this enduring murder mystery. Was convicted killer and sex offender David Tamihere really responsible for their deaths, or was he a quick and easy solutio...

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by Robert Rangel (Author)Experience a journey through the intense desperation, confusion and emotions of lawmen and lawwomen as they are being shot and savagely and tenaciously fight for their lives. Warning If you have a heart condition these stories are not for you. You will live these horrific life and death encounters millisecond-by-millisecond and bullet-by-bullet as experienced by those who survived them. "If you want to know what it is like to be in a gunfight, then this is a must rea...

Creepy Kentucky: Strange Stories from the Bluegrass State - Hardcover

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by Keven McQueen (Author) The Eerie and Ominous in Kentucky Kentucky is no stranger to strange occurrences. From weird encounters with the Grim Reaper to local graveyard dog, the Bluegrass has its share of odd stories. Learn about local ghosts who've haunted areas for years. Encounter body snatchers and some very odd modes of death. Go on the hunt for Daniel Boone's bones and witness the marvelous twisting tombstone. Witness the people who uncannily predicted their own death. Author Keven McQ...

Shadow In Sunshine: Gypsy Rose Blanchard And The Web Of Deception - Paperback

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by Jim McCoy (Author)Put an end to the corny headlines and trending videos. This is not a tale of triumphing over wheelchairs or fake illnesses. This is a journey into the dark underbelly of manipulation, where a mother's embrace turns into a confining cage and love turns into control. This is the tale of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a young woman whose life fell apart like a ghoulish amusement park ride, with sunshine concealing a terrifying shadow of gray and smiles masking a firm grasp.Gypsy Rose...

Unraveling Elizabeth Haysom: A Tale of Deceit, Murder, and Redemption - Paperback

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by Michael Brown (Author)Unraveling Elizabeth Haysom: A Tale of Deceit, Murder, and Redemption In the pages of "Unraveling Elizabeth Haysom," you will embark on a riveting journey through the labyrinthine twists and turns of a true-life tale that captivated the world. This gripping narrative transcends mere crime reporting-it delves deep into the psyche of its complex characters and explores the profound themes of love, betrayal, justice, and redemption. At its core, this book is an explorati...

Indianapolis Graverobbing: A Syndicate of Death - Hardcover

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by Chris Flook (Author)Surveying the sensational newspaper accounts as events unfolded, author and historian Chris Flook recounts this grisly tale of political intrigue and conspiracy. In the fall of 1902, Indianapolis police uncovered a prolific graverobbing ring operating across the city. At the time, cemeteries across central Indiana were relieved of their dead by ghouls, as they were called, seeking fresh corpses desperately needed by the city's medical colleges. The ring was also accused...