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Murder in the Name Of Love: The Phil Kennamer Trial - Paperback

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by Jim Freese (Author)In Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the Great Depression, a young Phil Kennamer, the son of a prominent federal court judge, is lovesick for Virginia Wilcox, the teenage daughter of an oil millionaire. Phil is obsessed and will do anything to win her heart. But she has no interest in him. Phil learns of a plot to kidnap Virginia for ransom. He feels compelled to protect her and her family from harm. He intervenes with an unconventional plan to stop it. But the intervention goes a...

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by Jo Scott-Coe (Author), Dean Vergara (Designed by)The private victims of mass shooters are often forgotten. But now, for the first time in fifty years, Listening to Kathy provides a glimpse into the life of Kathy Leissner, who was murdered by her husband, Charles Whitman, hours before he committed the first televised rampage shooting in United States history. With the support and assistance of Kathy's brothers, Jo Scott-Coe conducted interviews and studied hundreds of pages of letters, phot...

The Murder of Angela Dales: A Question of Accountability - Paperback

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by David Cariens (Author)"Why do elected officials and private citizens continue to be so blind, callous, and unwilling to analyze and gain knowledge from tragedies in order to prevent their repetition?" This is the question David Cariens addresses in this book about the murder of Angela Dales at the Appalachian School of Law on January 16, 2002. Cariens lays out the case that law enforcement and school officials failed in their responsibilities to protect students and faculty. His book detai...

Witches in West Memphis: The West Memphis Three and another story of false confession - Paperback

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by George Jared (Author)This might be the most unjust prosecution in U.S. legal history. If you think what happened to Steven Avery in the true crime film, Making a Murderer, was shocking you will be completely appalled by what happened to three little boys and three teens in Arkansas in 1993. Three 8-year-old boys vanished from their West Memphis neighborhood one sunny afternoon. A day later their mangled, nude bodies are found in a drainage ditch. Police and prosecutors believe the killings...

Cobra Killer: Gay Porn, Murder, and the Manhunt to Bring the Killers to Justice - Paperback

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by Peter A. Conway (Author), Andrew E. Stoner (Author)In Cobra Killer, authors Andrew E. Stoner and Peter A. Conway tell for the first time in full detail the twisted story of a pair of young, aspiring gay adult film producers whose quest for fame at any cost leads to the gruesome murder of the man who stands in their way, gay porn entrepreneur Bryan Kocis. News of the killing of the forty-four-year-old (stabbed twenty-eight times, his throat slashed to near decapitation) in his suburban home...

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by Anton J. S. Keating Esq (Author)Even though she was still married to her fifth husband, Tina, an ex-prostitute from Las Vegas, rehearsed for her sixth wedding to a wealthy Maryland businessman, Robert Myers. Myers wanted his wife killed. Divorce was too expensive. Tina had proposed a blood vow. "You marry me and take care of my kids, and I'll have your wife murdered for you." He agreed. This is the true story of the brutal 1979 contract murder of Mary Ruth Myers, the 27-month long investig...

Palmyra: True Story of an Island Tragedy - Paperback

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by Wesley Walker (Author)Romance Tragedy or Media Soap Opera? Two men and two women meet on the mid-Pacific island of Palmyra where strangers become friends and lovers in paradise until explosive passions rupture the Eden-like amity, leaving one couple dead under mysterious circumstances. Are the survivors' murderers, thieves, and drug merchants? The true untold story of an unresolved tragedy by the sole eyewitness - the man unjustly convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Who...

Behind the Badge in River City: A Portland Police Memoir - Paperback

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by Don Dupay (Author)Pimps, prostitutes, safe crackers, murderers, drug addicts, thieves, and thugs--and of course the Portland Police Bureau. Don DuPay introduces them all in this candid, entertaining and brutal look at the stark realities of police work. DuPay, a 17-year veteran of the force has written an intimate memoir that will take the reader on an unforgettable journey, pulling back the curtain to reveal the true and shocking machinagtions that fueled police culture during his time. ...

Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O.J. Simpson - Paperback

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by Philip Vannatter (Author), Dan E. Moldea (Author), Tom Lange (Author)**New Edition - Updated With New Postscript** In this astonishing New York Times bestseller, veteran LAPD Detectives Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter-who headed the investigation of the Nicole Brown/Ronald Goldman double murder-fully chronicle the police case that brought O.J. Simpson to trial. Drawing from personal journals, police logs, and audiotapes, Lange and Vannatter reconstruct the entire investigation, revealing:...

His Name Was Murder: Real Kansas CIty Crime Stories From The Prosecutor - Hardcover

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by Phil Levota (Author)This book tells the story of five different homicide cases from Kansas City, Missouri as told by the prosecutor who handled the cases himself, Phil LeVota. Five different stories are the five chapters that tell the different tale of true crime from the criminal's perspective, the police perspective, and the prosecution perspective. The Jackson County Prosecutor's office and the Kansas City Police department were involved in obtaining justice for the victims. From the ho...

What Should We All Do After The Trayvon Martin Trial? - Paperback

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by Terrence R. McCrea (Author)These words were penned by then, 19-year-old Terrence McCrea, who, unlike many young African Americans, didn't just take to the street in protest over the "Not Guilty" verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, but decided to challenge it in writing. Follow his journey as his words channel the shock, the dismay, and the anger felt by both young and old Blacks over the injustice of this court verdict. McCrea's essays are even more penetrating two years later because, tod...

Murder in Rural Hill: The Tragic Tale of Miss Janie Sharp and Swinton Permenter - Paperback

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by W. W. McCully (Author)Janie Sharp had been murdered while walking home along a wooded country lane on a hot July afternoon in 1910 near the backwoods community of Rural Hill, Mississippi. Suspicions fell immediately upon a young man, Swinton Permenter, not yet eighteen himself. A two-year ordeal ensued that included a trial and conviction, a Supreme Court ruling that overturned the conviction, suspicions cast upon others, the murders of two men and a second trial that was a sensation acros...

Permission Granted: The Journey from Trauma to Healing: From Rape, Sexual Assault and Emotional Abuse - Paperback

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by Dana M. Filipone (Illustrator), Kathleen Cartermartinez Ed D. (Author)This book is different. This book is about 'after the fact'! From the first chapter to the last, "PermissionGranted" takes us on the journey of healing after experiencing physical and emotional trauma that are the result of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse.Permission Granted" is meant to be a simple, quiet read to help us understand what it means to live in the aftermath of a personal traumatic event and to unde...

The Streets Call Me Treasure 2: The Art Of Seduction - Paperback

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by Shaunta Kenerly (Author)After the murder of her ex-husband and suicide of her best friend, Treasure finds love again with Brian. Treasure gives up the streets for a life with her true soul mate. Brian is everything that she has ever wanted in a husband and father for her son. Brian has given her all that she has ever wanted. But Treasure wants to be able to do for him also. With Brian's birthday coming up, Treasure makes plans to exchange the love that he has given her by giving him the wi...

The Politics of Murder: Organized Crime in Barry Goldwater's Arizona - Paperback

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by Dave Wagner (Author)"Could change the historiography of Barry Goldwater and his times." -Jerry Kammer, author of "The Second Long Walk: The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute" and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism (2006). "A fascinating new book by Dave Wagner ... makes an important contribution." -Jon Talton, RogueColumnist.com.. "A close history of 20th-century Arizona politics that reads a lot like a crime novel." -Paul Buhle, Lecturer in history, Brown University. In 1977, after Arizon...

You Gotta Be Dirty: The Outlaws Motorcycle Club In & Around Wisconsin - Paperback

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by Michael Grogan (Author)A Foreword INDIES True Crime Book of the Year finalist, You Gotta Be Dirty takes readers on a wild ride through "a world beyond their wildest nightmares." After arriving in the city of Harley-Davidson in the mid-1960s, the Outlaws Motorcycle Club (OMC) became synonymous with acts of intimidation and violence. In the ruthless world of renegade bikers, the OMC's Milwaukee chapter became known as the "Wrecking Crew." In Wisconsin, investigators linked members of the Out...

A Species Of Insanity: The Story of Drug Kingpin Jerry Allen LeQuire - Paperback

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by Richard B. Biggs (Author)A Species of Insanity is the story of the rise and fall of drug kingpin Jerry Allen LeQuire, whose career spanned marijuana smuggling to becoming a trusted associate within the Medellin Cartel. In an up-close and gripping account, the author reveals the details of drug smuggling and details how the Central Intelligence Agency covertly operates within both the cartel and the political climate of South and Central America. Using nearly four years of interviews with L...

One Town's Son: A Journey Home to Find the Truth - Paperback

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by Kevin Troxall (Author)In the rolling hills of a small Kentucky town, a mystery emerged in the summer of 2004.What started out as a festive reunion for former classmates would turn tragic in the morning light. When Scotty Martin's unconscious body was discovered the following day, the inquiry surrounding his demise would set off a maelstrom of implications, suspicions and small town gossip.Was it an accident? Or was it something more sinister?No one could say...or would say.Five years later...

Decryption of the Zodiac Z18 Code: and the

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by Loren L. Swearingen (Author)What is the Zodiac Z18 Code? Reference: Wikipedia; Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0; Unported License On August 1, 1969, three letters prepared by the Zodiac killer were received at the Vallejo Times Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The San Francisco Examiner. Each letter also included one-third of a 408-symbol cryptogram which the killer claimed contained his identity. The killer demanded they be printed on each paper's front page or ...

Decryption of the 1st Layer of the Zodiac 340 Cryptogram - Hardcover

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by Loren L. Swearingen (Author)The 1st layer of the Zodiac 340 Cryptogram is decrypted. Solutions and explanations are presented. Charts, graphs and illustrations are provided. Contains explicit content. Reader discretion is advised. Number of Pages: 158 Dimensions: 0.44 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 06, 2016

Surviving a Cyberstalker: How to Prevent and Survive Cyberabuse and Stalking - Paperback

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by Alexis Moore (Author)This book is written to help you protect yourself from cyberabuse and stalking and to empower you to fight back. It is vital to regaining control over your life in case you and a cyberpredator or stalker ever cross paths. Many victims find little or no help from any law enforcement agency or victim service providers, even though there are stalking and cyberabuse laws. Regulations fail to evolve quickly enough to address the creativity and spontaneity of today's predato...

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by Michael Garramone (Author), Mary Schirmer (Editor)This is the story of a young boy born to two hard working Italian parents, as an only child, in an affluent area of Queens New York, with a very bright future. That all came to a crashing end the morning his mother shot and killed his father while he sat out in front of one of their stores when he was 12. The story then goes on a multitude of different types of stories, as he adapts, to the ever changing places he finds himself in. It is a ...

Malice In Wonderland: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of The Laurel Canyon Murders - Paperback

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by Robert Souza (Author), Tom Lange (Author)A true story of one of the most gruesome mass murders in Los Angeles history. This incredible twenty-year saga includes brutal murder, vicious robbery, corruption at the highest levels of the judiciary and law enforcement, bought off witnesses and jury tampering, intimidation, bribery, organized crime, as well as drug dealing and all it's violent repercussions. All of these barriers seem insurmountable to the cops who are assigned to pick their way ...

Blood on Black: The Case Against the West Memphis 3 Killers - Paperback

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by Gary Meece (Author)They did it.The West Memphis 3 are guilty. They are guilty despite what the documentaries, books and news stories have said over and over. Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. killed three 8-year-olds, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, on May 5, 1993, in a wooded area in West Memphis, Ark.The murders were thrill kills, according to Echols himself. But they were much more than that. Police were struck b...

Ripper Confidential: New Research on the Whitechapel Murders - Paperback

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by Tom Wescott (Author)Groundbreaking history and exciting investigative journalism combine in a work jam-packed with newly unearthed finds and fresh insights that pull us deeper into the world of Jack the Ripper and closer to the man himself. Wescott does not promote a suspect but instead comprehensively investigates the murders of Polly Nichols and Elizabeth Stride, bringing to light new medical evidence, crucial new material on important witnesses, and - revealed for the first time - the n...

Staggered Paths: Strange Deaths in the Badger State - Paperback

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by Steven Spingola (Author)During a twenty year span, over two dozen young men were found dead in Wisconsin lakes, rivers, and wooded areas. Law enforcement officials attribute almost all of these strange deaths to acute alcohol intoxication, but others suspect a shadowy serial killer. Like most readers, Steve Spingola first learned of these tragic incidents from newspaper and television reports. During a career that spanned parts of four decades, the now retired lieutenant of detectives spen...

The Bootleggers of Montana Mountain: A Rural New Jersey Community's Prohibition Experience - Paperback

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by Richard H. Dalrymple Jr (Author)The history of a community is its identity, which sets it apart from all others. Prohibition was a tumultuous time when all communities in the US faced the consequences of a national law which, in effect, legislated morality. Whereas temperance, defined as voluntary self-restraint in alcohol consumption, was consistently promoted by religious groups throughout American history, the year 1920 became the year that alcohol was legally allowed in beverages in am...

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by Judy Higgins (Author)When Jacob Gillis returns to Goose Bend, PA as an adult he wants to atone for a horrific accident he accidentally caused as a 12-year-old. Instead, he finds himself enmeshed in a murder investigation when he becomes enamoured with the beatiful sister-in-law of the victim. The prosecutor, taking advantabe of Jacob's involvement, threatens Jacob with loss of career and reputation if he doesn't play by his rules. Only by outwitting the prosecutor can Jacob save his future...

The JFK Assassination Debates: Lone Gunman Versus Conspiracy - Paperback

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by Michael L. Kurtz (Author)Who killed JFK? Ever since that fateful day in Dallas, theories about President Kennedy's murder have proliferated, running the gamut from the official "lone gunman" verdict to both serious and utterly screwball conspiracy theories. Michael Kurtz, a distinguished historian who has plumbed every crevice of this controversial case for more than thirty years, now sums up and critiques four decades of debate, while also offering provocative new perspectives.Kurtz prese...

Beyond Cold Blood: The Kbi from Ma Barker to Btk - Paperback

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by Larry Welch (Author)Ma Barker and Pretty Boy Floyd once shot their way across the state, and Bonnie and Clyde were known to travel within its borders. Between 1933 and 1938, thirty bank robberies occurred in Kansas, while livestock thefts also grew at an alarming rate. Little wonder, then, that pressure was brought to bear on the state legislature to create a Kansas counterpart to the Texas Rangers or FBI. Larry Welch, tenth director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, now provides read...

A Season of Inquiry Revisited: The Church Committee Confronts America's Spy Agencies - Hardcover

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by Loch K. Johnson (Author)The original edition of A Season of Inquiry, first published in 1986, offered the public an insider's account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the nation's espionage agencies, including the CIA's covert action against the democratically elected regime of Salvador Allende in Chile. In this new edition the author, then a special assistant to Senator Church, revisits the circumstances surrounding the investigation and subsequent, shocking report and r...

Lizzie Borden on Trial: Murder, Ethnicity, and Gender - Paperback

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by Joseph A. Conforti (Author)Most people could probably tell you that Lizzie Borden "took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks," but few could say that, when tried, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, and fewer still, why. In Joseph A. Conforti's engrossing retelling, the case of Lizzie Borden, sensational in itself, also opens a window on a time and place in American history and culture. Surprising for how much it reveals about a legend so ostensibly familiar, Conforti's account is also fascina...