True Crime

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by Adele Mann (Author)To most people, news stories about serial killers are absolutely terrifying. Especially if the mass murderer had a modus operandi that somehow resonates with the reader, even hearing about a serial killer makes people imagine themselves or people the know as the victims, indeed a horrible thought in every way imaginable.This bloody, eye-opening true crime trivia collection contains a staggering 500 facts, statistics, and figures--enough to keep you enthralled for ages. I...

Buford Pusser: the blood and..... thunder years - Paperback

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by Robert D. Broughton (Editor), Bill Wagoner (Author)Buford Pusser, the blood and .........thunder years, written by Bill Wagoner, personal friend and McNairy County Historian. The book entails stories told by Buford to him and others during his tenure as McNairy County Sheriff- 1964-1970. Photographs and articles covering the life and times of Buford Pusser. Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.26 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 23, 2021

Serial Killers: The Biographies of the Most Notorious Murderers (inside the minds and methods of psychopaths, sociopaths and torturers - Paperback

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by True Crime Reports (Author)Serial killers are the scariest people on earth, and some of the most fascinating people in history.They are cunning, clever and have a thirst for blood that cannot be quenched. But they are also fascinating - their minds work in ways we will never understand. This book is an exploration of serial killers from Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, with detailed accounts of how each killer committed his crimes and what made him tick. It is not just about murder but about ...

Surviving Hell: The Haunting Tale of Elisabeth Fritzl's Gruesome Abuse, Torture, Survival and Triumph from the Basement of Horror - Paperback

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by Cassandra T. Peters (Author)Trapped and Tortured by Her Own Father: Elisabeth Fritzl's Unbelievable Journey as a Survivor After not hearing from Elisabeth for several weeks, her parents were forced to entertain the possibility that the worst had occurred. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a letter arrived from Elisabeth, in which she claimed that she had gone away because she had become dissatisfied with her family life. Her father, Josef, revealed to the officer who had been to the house th...

Jeffrey Dahmer: The Milwaukee Cannibal - Paperback

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by Savannah Crawford (Author)Some evils are meant to belong to the land of lore: where horrible monsters exist only to bewitch and unsettle the mind. But there are real horrors in this world, and the thing of nightmares can often exist right outside your door. Unfortunately, the only way to extinguish this kind of darkness, is to examine it in the light. For the name Jeffrey Dahmer still exists in the lexicon of American history as an example of pure evil and the proof that monsters truly do ...

The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes - Paperback

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by Paul Regan (Author)"A great story and a primer on smart, creative lawyering and deep-dive forensic accounting. John Clark and Paul Regan school Howard Hughes on how to bring down even the wealthiest, most stubborn opponent."-Robert B. Thum, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPExtreme wealth seems to always have a dark side, such as the victims of jaw-dropping inequality. There is much debate if billionaires should even exist because politicians and policies are up for sale at price...

The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes - Hardcover

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by Timothy Freiss (Author) Known for friendly people, traditional family values, and the Packers, Green Bay is a big city with a small-town feel. But resting beneath its welcoming demeanor is an underbelly of wickedness that has been there from its very formation. The city's downtown district rests atop one of Wisconsin's oldest burial sites, and the west side was the location for the state's second recorded hanging, which was at the time the punishment for murder. And the city's beloved foo...

Solving Cold Cases: Investigation Techniques and Protocol - Paperback

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by Joe D. Kennedy (Author), Hogan Hilling (Author) Solving a cold case is extremely difficult and many are left unresolved. In this book, retired NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy details the methodology he created to solve cold case murders. He offers an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look into why cases go cold, how they are investigated and what is needed to successfully resolve them. Author Kennedy shares his motivations and the lessons he has learned while solving these challenging cases. Also...

Service With a Sneer: The Unrepentant Recollections of An Old-School Cop - Paperback

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by John J. Lamb (Author)Are you ready for a stroll down memory alley?Can you recall a time when cops arrested rioters who were setting fire to buildings and vandalizing historical monuments? Remember when shoplifters actually went to jail? Imagine an era when violent lunatics weren't allowed to wander freely through neighborhoods and menace residents.Don't you wish you lived in a time when the police were allowed to do their jobs?Retired Southern California homicide detective John J. Lamb rem...

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by Adrian Humphreys (Author)The story of Marvin "The Weasel" Elkind, a mobster turned informer.Author BiographyAdrian Humphreys is an award-winning journalist and the author of two critically acclaimed bestsellers, "The Enforcer" (HarperCollins) and "The Sixth Family" (Wiley), an epic mob saga published in three languages. A senior reporter with the "National Post," his exposes of underworld life have been featured in newspapers and magazines around the world and made into movies, including Z...

Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales - Paperback

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by Mitzi Szereto (Author)Female Serial Killers Through TimeFrom historical accounts to modern cases, explore the captivating psychology behind these killer women, unraveling their motives and unveiling the dark complexities of human behavior.The fair sex. We've often heard this clichéd expression being used to refer to women. Although it has become increasingly outdated, the mindset still exists that women are the gentle and nurturing sex. When it comes to murder, that notion gets turned on i...

Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud - Hardcover

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by Rebecca Gibb (Author)"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences."--New York Times, Best Wine Books of 2023 How fakes, fraudsters, and grape crusaders have shaped the world of wine. This novel take on the history of wine reveals that, whether by adding toxic sweeteners or passing off counterfeit bottles, wine fraud is abundant--and as old as wine itself. Vintage Crime...

Dirty Cops: 15 Cops Who Turned Evil - Paperback

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by William Webb (Author)Cops swear to protect. Sometimes power gets the best of them-driven by greed, revenge, or simply insanity, the cops profiled here went evil. Police corruption is more than just a crime; it is a betrayal of trust. When somebody entrusted with enforcing the law and protecting the public turns on the people he or she is supposed to protect, society itself suffers. The real victims of police corruption are law-abiding citizens that learn to distrust or fear the police. Fin...

White Elephant Gifts for Adult: 500 Serial Killers Encyclopedia Facts and Figures - Paperback

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by K. Murdle (Author)Discover the Dark Secrets of the "500 Serial Killers Encyclopedia"!Looking for unique gifts for women and men who have everything? Dive into the "500 Serial Killers Encyclopedia"-a chilling compilation that delves into the minds of history's most infamous criminals.Intriguing Insight: Explore detailed profiles of 500 notorious killers, revealing their chilling motives and methods.Captivating Stories: Each entry is a narrative that brings the dark world of true crime to li...

Almost Perfect: The True Story of the Crawford Family Murders - Hardcover

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by Greg Fogarty (Author)On July 2, 1970, tourists in Australia spotted a smashed car, teetering precariously on a cliff edge, overlooking the raging ocean below. It seemed the car would fall into the water at any moment, but the car lingered ... as did a mystery, revealed when police traced the license plate to the Crawford household. Here, the police discovered the shocking truth: a mother and her three children had been murdered, with the husband and father-now missing-the main suspect. Th...

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by Brett Langley (Author)Unraveling a Father-Son Relationship Amid the Shock of Murder: A Bittersweet Journey Through Nostalgia, Love, and Mystery in the Heart of Detroit.Rocket Man is a heartrending memoir that delves into the profound impact of a father's unsolved murder on his son's life. This narrative is more than just a true crime story; it's a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the enduring bond between a father and son.The narrative begins on February 28th, 2008, when the author,...

Closed Eyes: Who's Killing Our Children - Hardcover

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by James Benish (Author), Jim Benish (Author), Katherine Seifner (Editor)"Closed Eyes; Who's Killing Our Children" is a story of four individual child abductions that have found no closure for the families to this day. This is a factual story with an emotional element that starts with a cold case investigation into the abduction of seven year-old little Tracey Neef from the grounds of her school in 1984. Tracey was found raped and dead a few short hours later in the cold of a Colorado winter....

When Love Died: The True Story of the Brutal Murder of a War of 1812 Hero that Involved Greed, Lies and Treachery - Paperback

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by Sherrie L. Pluta (Author)In 1824, Boston was a small farming community, about twenty-five miles south of Buffalo, New York. Buffalo itself was still only considered a village with a population of just over two thousand people. It was a hard life in that time where families tried to eke out a meager living selling their crops and growing their own fruits and vegetables to be canned and preserved for the long hard winters. They were a God-fearing community who gathered on Sundays in a neighb...

Family Affair: Treachery, Greed, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia - Paperback

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by Sam Giancana (Author), Scott M. Burnstein (Author)The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author. With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed the truth about the murders of a notorious Mob enforcer and his brother-culminating in a criminal case that would challenge the Mob from the street to the highest seats of power.Author BiographySam Giancana was a Sicilian-American organized crim...

Mafia Wife: Revised Edition My Story of Love, Murder, and Madness - Paperback

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by Lynda Milito (Author) When Lynda Lustig met Louie Milito, she was a sixteen-year-old high-school dropout with a taste for adventure and an agonizing childhood. When they were married two years later, he was not yet a "made man" in the powerful Gambino crime family. Louie was a hairdresser who dabbled in petty thievery. But Lynda was so happy to be out of her domineering mother's loveless house. And over the years, she was willing to forgive her husband for anything: his violent rages, his ...

No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators - Paperback

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by Steve Jackson (Author)A body stuffed in a car trunk swallowed by the swirling, muddy waters of the Missouri River. A hiker brutally murdered, then thrown off a steep embankment in a remote mountain range. A devious killer who hid his wife's body under a thick cement patio. For investigators, the story is often the same: they know a murder took place, they may even know who did it; but without key evidence, or a body, pursuing a conviction is nearly impossible. That's when they call NecroSe...

The Untold Truth of the Son of Sam: A Journal of a Journey - Paperback

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by Paul Santo Agostino (Author) In 1976 and '77, fear paralyzed New York City as a serial killer stalked the streets randomly shooting people for no apparent reason. Six people were murdered and seven were injured in eight separate attacks by a man who took complete responsibility for the crimes named David Berkowitz, the ".44 Caliber Killer," also known as the "Son of Sam." After David Berkowitz was arrested, he pled guilty and accepted life in prison. Law enforcement records were never rele...

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by Bryan Sobolewski (Author)A Jewelry Heist Ring. That is how the New England press referred to us. The sad fact is, we were also a family: my brother the muscle, my dad the ringleader, and me a young man who would have robbed the Pope if Dad asked. We started by simply trying to get back money stolen from my father, but that success led us on a five-year crime spree, regional notoriety, and prison terms.Includes an appendix with articles from The Boston Herald and The Boston Globe.Author Bio...

The Solgohachia Murders: A Fryer Family Tragedy - Paperback

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by Barton Jennings (Author)While few people might know where Solgohachia is, the murders there in 1915 put it on the map, almost destroyed a family, and impacted laws and trials across the United States.The Fryer family was a typically large rural family living near a small Arkansas community. While maintaining their farm, they also held local positions such as postmaster and justice of the peace. However, they suddenly became the focus of national news due to the killing of four family membe...

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by Arthur Naiman (Editor), Mark Zepezauer (Author)A revised and updated edition of the explosive book that blows the lid off the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA's Greatest Hits details how the CIA: - hired top Nazi war criminals, shielded them from justice and learned--and used--their techniques - has been involved in assassinations, bombings, massacres, wars, death squads, drug trafficking, and rigged elections all over the world - tortures children as young as 13 and adults as old as ...

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by John Boertlein (Author)Includes the best of the Howdunit crime series as well as 13 new chapters on key topics such as street gangs, the drug trade, terrorism, and forensics. Number of Pages: 416 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 16, 2007

The Condemnation of Little B: New Age Racism in America - Paperback

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by Elaine Brown (Author)Through the story of a thirteen-year-old black boy condemned to life in prison, Elaine Brown exposes the 'New Age' racism that effectively condemns millions of poor African-Americans to a third world life. The story of 'Little B' is riveting, a stunning example of the particular burden racism imposes on black youths. Most astonishing, almost all of the officials involved in bringing him to 'justice' are black. Michael Lewis was officially declared a ward of the state a...

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by Frank Dimatteo (Author)The shocking true story of the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Mafia. In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine "The Snake" Persico was the King of the Streets. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw gang wars, murders, and major rackets, even from prison. He is suspected of personally murdering as many as 60 people and ordering the hits of hundreds more. Sentenced to 139 years in the fed, he cont...

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by Anthony M. DeStefano (Author)The Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal For more than twenty years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The Bonanno family was responsible for over thirty murders, even killing a dozen of its own members to enforce discipline and settle scores. He would be brought down by Salvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale...

Who's Who in the JFK Assassination: An A to Z Encyclopedia - Paperback

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by Michael Benson (Author)Comprehensive, accessible and unprecedented, "Who's Who in the JFK Assassination" presents vital information on each of more than 1,400 individuals related in any noteworthy way to the murders of President John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit and alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22 and 24, 1963. Based on years of research, a wealth of sources and a long study of the Warren Commission's twenty-six volumes, this encyclopedic book includes: ...

The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story - Paperback

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by Angela Bourke (Author)In 1895, Bridget Cleary, a strong-minded and independent young woman, disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first her family claimed she had been taken by fairies-but then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Bridget's husband, father, aunt, and four cousins were arrested and tried for murder, creating one of the first mass media sensations in Ireland and England as people tried to make sense of what had happened. Meanwhile, Tory newspapers ...