True Crime

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by Seth Ferranti (Author)The Original Gangster - Legendary Figures from the black underworld and hip-hop's lyrical loreIce-T spit, "Gangsters don't die, they multiply" and to keep it all the way official read about the street's real legends. The Original Gangsters that inspired BET's American Gangster series, all those Hollywood gangsta flicks, the litany of true crime street documentaries and gangsta rappers galore. The Black Gangster is in effect. Taking over where the Italian mobsters and ...

Into The Blast - The True Story of D.B. Cooper - Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Skipp Porteous (Author), Robert Blevins (Author), Geoff Nelder (Editor)November 24, 1971 - A man using the assumed name of 'Dan Cooper' leaped from the aft stairwell of a Boeing 727 jetliner after demanding four parachutes and $200,000 in cash. He was never seen again, and four decades later, he has never been identified - until now. Kenneth Peter Christiansen, a former World War II paratrooper and later a purser for Northwest Airlines, was the man who pulled off one of the boldest unsolve...

The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge - Hardcover

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by Lyndon E. Lafferty (Author)The true identity of the psychotic ZODIAC killer has been known by the Mandamus Seven (group of retired law enforcement officers, federal agents, a minister, and a District Attorney) since March 15, 1971. This true story is now being told for the very first time. Official corruption and political intervention forced the investigation into a top-secret, covert status, giving the insane ZODIAC killer immunity and a license to kill. Of the over 2,500 suspects cleare...

Divert!: Numec, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of Us Weapons Grade Uranium Into the Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program - Paperback

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by Grant F. Smith (Author)Based on an exhaustive review of formerly classified government documents-as well as previously unexplored corporate filings, office diaries and unguarded interviews-Grant F. Smith has written a riveting story of the 1960s diversion of US weapons-grade nuclear material from an Israeli front company in Pennsylvania into the clandestine Israeli atomic weapons program. The talented but highly conflicted founder of the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC)-...

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by Rozetta Mowery (Author)"Tragedy in Tin Can Holler" is a captivating must read true story of a family's past transgressions revealing a family member who was a serial killer that got away with murder during the great depression, incest and child abuse, lies and betrayals and domestic violence buried for decades The vicious murder of the author's mother haunted her for 48 years, but discovering the truth about her mother's murder was just the tip of the iceberg. Her story is spell-bounding ...

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by Jan Schenk Grosskopf (Author)A gruesome discovery and the arrest of a child ignite a crisis of confidence in post-Revolutionary New London, Connecticut. As the summer of 1786 unfolds, an investigation exposes the contradictions in the young nation's hard-won liberty, forcing the town to consider the fate of people of color. Number of Pages: 268 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2013

To Live & Die In LA 2: 100 Days 100 Nights - Paperback

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by Terry L. Wroten (Author)To Live & Die In LA 2 for about Darrell Davis aka Dee Bastard it's a struggle to live a righteous life on the streets of Los Angeles. However, To Live & Die In LA 2 continue with more questins than answers. Dee Bastard had been hauled off back to prison and no one knew why? Was it for the murders that spilled out in the streets of Los Angeles? Or was it just a simple parole violation? Meanwhile, the streets of Los Angeles were bleeding with bodies dropping f...

Conspiracy Book II: In Pursuit of Justice - Paperback

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by Stan St Clair (Author), Linda Hudson Cunningham (Contribution by), Shannon Cunningham Trzcinski (Contribution by)This exciting sequel to Regional Best Seller, Conspiracy in the Town that Time Forgot, picks up at the climax of the riveting ordeal in which a highly-successful FBI, TBI and ATF sting operation nabbed the primary conspirators, saving the life of Sheriff Ron Cunningham. Also included are other compelling true stories surrounding these events. This book may even be better than th...

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by Steve Hodel (Author)In Black Dahlia Avenger II bestselling author and veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel presents his eight-year follow-up investigation 2006-2014] into the Los Angeles Black Dahlia and other serially connected 1940s L.A. Lone Woman Murders. After the 2003 publication of his NYT bestseller and MWA Edgar nominated true-fact crime book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, and receiving a "CASE SOLVED" legal opinion from many of LA's top law enforcement offici...

Black Dahlia Avenger II: Presenting the Follow-Up Investigation and Further Evidence Linking Dr. George Hill Hodel to Los Angeles's Black Dahlia and O - Paperback

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by Steve Hodel (Author)In Black Dahlia Avenger II, bestselling author and veteran homicide detective Steve Hodel presents his five-year follow-up investigation [2006-2011] into Los Angeles'S 1947 Black Dahlia and other serially connected 1940s Lone Woman Murders. After the 2003 publication of his NYT bestseller and MWA Edgar nominated true-fact crime book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, and receiving a "CASE SOLVED" legal opinion from many of LA's top law enforcement officials-wh...

Hodel-Black Dahlia Case File No. 30-1268 - Paperback

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by Steve Hodel (Author)LADA Bureau of Investigation Hodel-Black Dahlia Case File No. 30-1268 contains the official unabridged transcripts of the 1950 electronic surveillance stake-out by a joint taskforce from the LADA Bureau of Investigation and LAPD's homicide detectives. The wire-recordings capture, Dr. George Hill Hodel's secret conversations in which he confessed to: police payoffs, performing illegal abortions and admissions to having committed the 1945 murder of his personal secretary,...

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by Steve Hodel (Author)In Black Dahlia Avenger II, bestselling author and veteran homicide detective Steve Hodel presents his six-year follow-up investigation 2006-2011] into Los Angeles's 1947 Black Dahlia and other serially connected 1940s Lone Woman Murders. After the 2003 publication of his NYT bestseller and MWA Edgar nominated true-fact crime book, Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder, and receiving a "CASE SOLVED" legal opinion from many of LA's top law enforcement officials-whic...

Thicker'n Thieves: The Factual Expose of Police Pay-Offs, Graft, Political Corruption and Prostitution in Los Angeles and Hollywood - Paperback

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by Charles Stoker (Author), Steve Hodel (Foreword by)From the Publisher: Thicker'N Thieves: The 1950 Factual Expose of Police-Pay-Offs, Graft, Political Corruption and Prostitution in Los Angeles and Hollywood is the full, fearless expose by former LAPD vice-squad Sgt. Charles Stoker. Twenty-years before SERPICO there was STOKER. The Stoker Story originally published in 1951 and written by a rank-and-file LAPD vice-cop, reveals 1940s Los Angeles as it was-"THE CITY OF ANGLES."Inside these pag...

The Great Coverup: Nixon and the Scandal of Watergate - Paperback

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by Barry Sussman (Author)No American history, government, or journalism collection is complete without this new edition of The Great Coverup: Nixon and the Scandal of Watergate, by Barry Sussman, the best account of the fall of Richard Nixon. It is a dramatic case study of tenacious reporting and suspenseful twists and turns in the political crime of the century. John Dean, Nixon s White House counsel, said ten years after the break-in, When people ask me which book they should read to unders...

Three Bodies Burning: The Anatomy of an Investigation into Murder, Money, and Mexican Marijuana - Paperback

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by Brian Bogdanoff (Author)A haunting triple murder... the inside story of the investigation.When two worlds collide-the illegal transportation of tons of Mexican cartel marijuana to inner city gang members in a Midwestern city's "hood"-three bodies end up burning, caught in a web of greed as a major international drug deal goes very bad.The chilling trail of evidence from a remote wooded area where three bodies are set on fire leads homicide detectives across the country chasing down witness...

Welcome to the Jungle Inn: The Story of the Mafia's Most Infamous Gambling Den - Paperback

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by Allan R. May (Author)A history of organized crime in Warren and Trumbull County, featuring stories on Jimmy Munsene, the notorious Farah Brothers, Detroit Mobster Frank Cammarata, Anthony "Tony Dope" Delsanger and others.Author BiographyAllan R. May is an organized crime historian from Cleveland, Ohio. May began his writing career with a brief stint working for the Dean of organized crime writers, Jerry Capeci, at his popular "Gangland News" website. May moved on to write for Rick Porello'...

The Sly-Fanner Murders: The Birth of the Mayfield Road Mob; Cleveland's Most Notorious Mafia Gang - Paperback

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by Allan R. May (Author)The Cleveland Police Department Never Gave Up From the moment of the double-murder the police never gave up in the hunt for the six suspects involved in the payroll robbery-gone bad. Cleveland detectives and prosecutors pursued and/or arrested the killers in Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco and finally Sicily, taking some fifteen years to make sure justice was served. The crime was carried out by members of Cleveland's infamous Mayfield Road Mob. The plot to ro...

Crimetown U.S.A.: The History of the Mahoning Valley Mafia: Organized Crime Activity in Ohio's Steel Valley 1933-1963 - Paperback

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by Allan R. May (Author)"Crimetown, U.S.A." is a narrative of organized crime in Youngstown, Ohio and the surrounding Mahoning Valley during the years 1933 to 1963. It begins with the Valley's participation in the Midwest Crime Wave of 1933-34, describing the demise of the legendary bank robber "Pretty Boy" Floyd. This is followed by the demise of one of the Valley's own in the brutal slaying of "Happy" Marino, which also happens to be one of the Valley's few gangland murders in which all the...

Furnace Murder: True Story of the Horrific Murder of Mrs. Cody - Paperback

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by Harvey W. Rowe (Author), David K. Dodd (Author)True-crime thriller concerning the 1948 murder of Mrs. Cody, an 85-year-old widow found burned to death in her furnace. This event shocked the small town of Sturgeon Bay, WI, and made headlines nationwide. The story is told largely from the perspective of a 14-year-old boy (the first author) who lived in the sheriff's quarters of the county jail. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 01, 2014

Fatal Sword: Tragic Clash of Two Friends on Christmas Eve - Paperback

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by David K. Dodd (Author)A young man knocks on his neighbor's front door, hoping to celebrate Christmas Eve with a friend. He is welcomed in, and the two spend five festive hours playing video games, strumming guitars, and drinking fine brandy. A silly dispute turns into a brawl. One friend dies, the other is charged with murder.Small-town Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, had a short history of violent crimes, but it was 2001. Following the 9/11 terrorist strikes, residents were focused more on attac...

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by Greg Kading (Author)Two of the most notorious unsolved cases in the annals of American crime, the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls have been the subject of exhaustive investigations, relentless speculation and a tangled web of rampant rumors, crackpot conspiracies and dark secrets. Now, for the first time, the truth behind these sensational cases is laid bare in Murder Rap, a raw and riveting account of how a dedicated and driven police detective spearheaded the task force that fi...

The Murder of Richard Jennings: The True Story of New York's First Murder for Hire - Hardcover

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by Michael J. Worden (Author), Renee Lane Worden (Editor)The brutal murder of Richard Jennings in December of 1818 would gain notoriety as the first murder for hire in New York. It would also be remembered as an imperfect crime. Four men - James Teed, David Dunning, David Conkling and Jack Hodges - and one woman, Hannah Teed, had conspired to murder Jennings after losing a protracted court battle over a parcel of land. Poorly made plans and rumors in the close knit community of Sugar Loaf led...

Sergeant Smack: The Legendary Lives and Times of Ike Atkinson, Kingpin, and His Band of Brothers - Paperback

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by Ron Chepesiuk (Author)Sergeant Smack chronicles the story of North Carolina's Leslie "Ike" Atkinson, an adventurer, gambler and one of U.S. history's most original gangsters. Under the cover of the Vietnam War and through the use of the U.S. military infrastructure, Atkinson masterminded an enterprising group of family members and former African American GIs that the DEA identified as one of history's ten top drug trafficking rings. Ike's organization moved heroin from Thailand to North Ca...

The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Byron Case - Paperback

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by J. Bennett Allen (Author), Lynn M. Allen (Editor), Lauren E. Allen (Contribution by)A young woman is brutally murdered, shot in the face at point blank range. Her boyfriend is found dead two days later. Suicide by gunshot. The case goes nowhere for three years until, from the depths of alcohol and drug addiction, a friend changes her story. Her ex-boyfriend stands accused of murder. Four teenage lives are shattered. Relive the trial. Hear the testimony. Deliberate the evidence. Render your...

The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Cameron Todd Willingham - Paperback

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by J. Bennett Allen (Author)Cameron Todd Willingham refused to walk to his own execution. He was innocent, he insisted, and so the guards on the Texas Death Row carried him to his death. He died for the crime of arson, for killing his own three young children in the flames. The Skeptical Juror examines the crime and the trial through transcripts and court documents, and presents a fictionalized view into what a jury deliberation in such a sensational crime might have been like. Then, in the a...

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by Tom Mauser (Author)A father's journey through grief, controversy, activism and healing following his son's death in the massacre at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The book describes the experiences of Tom Mauser, who became a nationally recognized gun control advocate who often spoke to crowds wearing the shoes worn by his son, Daniel, on the day of the massacre. Mauser describes the day of the massacre as well as the days, weeks and years afterwards. The book describes his strug...

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by Abbie Hoffman (Contribution by), Al Bell (Contribution by), Tom Edison (Contribution by)Youth International Party line is recognized as the first hacker newsletter. Co-founded by Abbie Hoffman, YIPL picks up where Steal This Book left off.From 1971 to 1984, Youth International Party Line (Later T.A.P.) was a ticket to a world free of charge. With practical tips ranging from free payphone scams to lock-picking, if you wanted advice on subverting corporations and living for free, YIPL was th...

Imperfect Love Imperfect Justice - Paperback

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by Bill Davis (Author), Cheryl Martin (Editor), Pamela Joy Licatino (Illustrator)Martha returned home from taking her fourteen-year-old son, Luke, to evening Bible study at church. She stopped by the store and picked up a few groceries and needed to get the perishables into the refrigerator. Martha entered her home and put the groceries in the foyer. Her need to use the bathroom was urgent. Martha began ascending the steps to the second floor where the bathroom was located. She was halfway up...

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by Bill Davis (Author), Cheryl Martin (Editor), Pamela Joy Licatino (Illustrator)On October 6, 1990, during a family weekend at an antique mall in Beaumont, Texas, Joe and Elaine Langley's life changed forever. Their 10-year-old daughter, Falyssa Van Winkle, disappeared while buying peanuts just a few yards away. Five hours later her body was found under a remote rural bridge 80 miles away from where she had been raped and strangled. Starting with hundreds of potential witnesses and suspects ...

Mob Boss: Chicago Mob Bosses Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo - Paperback

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by Tony Dark (Author)This is the true story of two of Chicago's most powerful and dangerous organized crime bosses. Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo were at Al "Scareface" Capone's side when he formed the Chicago Mob. Ricca and Accardo used people and governments to make billions using illegal operations, while preying on the unfortunate and weak. This book shows how both men and their closest associates lived their lives in luxury while using fear and intimidation to get what they wanted. The Chi...

Blood & Ghosts: Paranormal Forensics Investigators - Paperback

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by Katherine Ramsland (Author), Mark V. Nesbitt (Author)What if forensic and paranormal investigators deliberately crossed paths? Can forensics aid ghost hunters, and might ghost hunters who use these tools one day assist in the cause of justice? The answers to these questions are explored within the pages of "Blood & Ghosts." Forensics is an applied science and many of its sub-disciplines have a kinship with ghost hunting: its tools and technology were devised to record and analyze evide...

Seducers Among Our Children: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Predators - Paperback

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by Patrick Crough (Author)Countless numbers of children will be sexually abused by the time they reach their 18th birthday. Sadly, most parents won't even see it coming. They don't realize that sexual predators of children are often friendly, helpful, and attentive, drawing in a child, not by force but rather through enticing seduction. Seducers Among Our Children is the personal perspective of an investigative sergeant who knows first hand the inner workings and methods used by sexual predat...