True Crime

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by Robert (robbo) Davidson (Author), P. J. Jones (Author)Reader's Favorite True Crime 2022, The Evil I Have Seen is a collection of six murder cases that haunt the memories of retired Detective Lt. Robert (Robbo) Davidson. Awakened night after night by the ghost of some murder victims hovering in the darkness over his bed, denying him sleep, Robbo resolves to tell their stories. To lend these victims a voice, for better or worse. "I think if I do not, the evil I have seen may never let me sle...

Met the End: An investigation of the past, a daughter's duty to herself. - Paperback

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by Holly Brians Ragusa (Author), Julie Coppens (Editor), Anne Delano Steinert (Foreword by)Met the End, a true-crime survival memoir, explores the life and death of John Powell, first known victim of American serial killer Donald Harvey, through the eyes of Powell's daughter, Holly Brians Ragusa. When a motorcycle accident in 1986 left Powell in a coma, the nightmare for Brians Ragusa and her family had scarcely begun: Harvey, a nurse's aid, was poisoning him with cyanide, and when Powell di...

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by Janis Yelton (Author)Molly Jane Hampton is a compelling mystery. Mary Lynn and Joe Hampton are happily married with two children. John William is six-years-old and Molly Jane is four. Mary Lynn's sister and her husband, Laura and Ted Wilson, live next to the Hampton's. Unable to have children of their own, Laura and Ted Wilson dote on John William and Molly Jane. One day at school, John William was scolded and questioned about his squirming around in his chair. When John William replied th...

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by Larry D. Anthony (Author)"The Little Book of Criminal Investigations"By: Larry D. Anthony, Ph. D.The Little Book of Criminal Investigations is a guide to law enforcement officers in the methods and techniques used to solve criminal cases. Actual cases provide the scenarios used to explain the various steps in a criminal investigation from beginning to end. The methods, techniques, and science are drawn from the experiences of investigators incorporating three investigative principles: susp...

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by David Wilson (Author)So, the question remains, are police officers real people? Are they all born to be cops? Do they skip childhood and go straight into a blue uniform? Do they have families and friends? Do they make mistakes along the way just like everyone else does? Do they choose plain glazed when the obvious choice is jelly cream-filled? The truth, my friends, is they're real people just like you.Peanut Butter Memoirs is a true story about one person's journey to becoming a law enfor...

The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent - Hardcover

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by Jason Randazzo (Author)The Day After: The Life and Times of a New York FBI Agent tells the true stories of an FBI agent and some of the cases that were investigated in New York throughout a twenty-eight-year career. The cases and events involve a variety of investigations that have been publicized in the news...and a few that the public have never heard about. The inner workings of the New York Office of the FBI are described in detail, which allows the reader to envision how this relative...

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by Philip La Duke (Author)In his no holds barred stole Phil La Duke takes on rampage attacks, whether they be committed with a firearm or some other weapon. La Duke's visceral style burrows into your subconscious and causes you think about the issues that caused mass killings, and what we can do to survive them, as well as prevent them. La Duke's books deal with topics that no one wants to talk about and this is a topic that we need to scream about. Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.88 x 9 x...

The Evil I Have Seen Davidson & Jones: Memoirs from the Case Files of Lt. Detective Robert (Robbo) Davidson, Ret. - Paperback

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by Robert Davidson (Author), Pj Jones (Author)Reader's Favorite True Crime 2022, The Evil I Have Seen is a collection of six murder cases that haunt the memories of retired Detective Lt. Robert (Robbo) Davidson. Each story is based on his actual case files, witness statements, trial transcripts, and interviews with the people involved. The Evil I Have Seen is set between the bayous and Big Woods of northwest Louisiana's DeSoto Parish. Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publicat...

The Farm from Hell: The True Story of Belle Gunness Indiana's Lady Bluebeard Men Butcher - Paperback

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by True Crime Seven (Author), Genoveva Ortiz (Author)Belle Gunness-victim turned murderer or stone-cold killer? You decide! From poverty to lucky in love, Belle found her happy ending with a man named Mads... or so everyone thought. But when the wealthy Mads died a mysterious death, Belle collected the life insurance policy and remarried... only for her new husband to drop dead. With things going from strange to sinister, more men mysteriously die or go missing around Belle. The hair-raising ...

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by Freddy Torres (Author)Freddy Torres was a young teen who learned the ways of the gang in Chicago. Feeling like hope was dead in his life, he believed that being a part of the gang earned him respect as the gang members treated him like a little brother. Although nothing short of a life of adventure after being initiated into gang life and violence, Freddy encountered alcohol addiction, depression while being a teen, constantly lying to his mom, and narrowly escaped after being shot at when...

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by Bruce Porter (Author)Snatched is the electric tale, by the New York Times bestselling author of Blow, Bruce Porter, that tells the true story of a woman caught between two worlds, with her life dangling in the balance. Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade. After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape...

Smash, Smash, Smash: The True Story of Kai the Hitchhiker - Hardcover

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by Philip Fairbanks (Author), Alissa Fleck (Foreword by), Wendy S. Painting (Introduction by)"That woman was in danger, so I ran up behind him with a hatchet... Smash, smash, SUH-MASH!!!"Millions of people heard these words and shared the viral video with their friends. This mysterious surfing hitchhiker then vanished as quickly as he appeared, only to reappear on many late night talk shows and fan videos. But 3 months later, he was arrested and charged with killing a prominent New Jersey law...

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by Ann Rule (Author)"America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) presents an all-new collection of crime stories drawn from her private files and featuring the riveting case of a fraudulent doctor whose lifelong deceptions had deadly consequences. The inspiration behind the upcoming Lifetime movie event Desperate Hours.Dr. Anthony Pignataro was a cosmetic surgeon and a famed medical researcher whose flashy red Lamborghini and flamboyant lifestyle in western New York State suggested a h...

Desert Law: Stories of a Deputy Sheriff in 1970s Southern California - Paperback

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by Barry L. Pennings (Author)In this collection of true-life stories, we follow a young deputy sheriff in his adventures patrolling the sprawling heat of Imperial County, California, in the 1970s. From the humor of the town drunk to the tension of pursuing illegal immigrants, this book covers the gamut of a life in service to community and family. With police actions ever more under the microscope, these stories give the reader a broad look at police life and decisions. We ride along with roo...

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by Pat Doran (Author)During the early afternoon of Saturday the 24th of February 1900, William Symms Bird, a local land agent and Justice of the Peace was shot to death in his office in the market town of Bantry, West Cork, Ireland. Within twenty-four hours a farm labourer named Timothy Cadogan was arrested and charged with the murder of Bird. Following two trials Cadogan was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was hanged in Cork Gaol on the 11th of January 1901, the last person to be hun...

Numb Surviving the Madness of the Iran Revolution... A True Story - Paperback

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by Azita (Author)What would you do if your husband was taken? Numb is a gripping and emotional tale of Azita's journey during the Iranian Revolution of 1979. As she fights to escape the grasp of the new Islamic Republic fundamentalists, Azita loses loved ones to the cruelty of those in power. This powerful story is filled with drama, tragedy, humor, and love, as Azita navigates a dangerous and uncertain world. Withheart-wrenching moments and moments of hope, Numb will keep you on the edge of ...

Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes - Paperback

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by Gerald Bellett (Author)An acclaimed award-winning non-fiction international political thriller exposing the real reason for Watergate, the hidden death of Howard Hughes, and the illicit activities of the CIA, with the CIA's worldwide pursuit of John Meier trying to expose it all, including revealing information on the RFK Assassination and Critical Comments by New York Times bestselling author Jim Hougan.THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE IN DEVELOPMENT 'MEIERGATE' IS ABOUT THE LIFE STORY OF JOHN ME...

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by David G. Thomas (Author)This book is about David Rudabaugh, a man whose life is both obscure and wildly mythologized.One myth about Rudabaugh is that he was a "nasty, treacherous bully" who "stole and killed and brutalized people... Dirty Dave would try anything, as long as it was crooked." Not true. Another fictitious accusation is that Rudabaugh shot a jailer in cold blood. The true account of jailer Antonio Lino Valdez's fatal shooting is presented for the first time in this book, based...

Deadly Encounters: True Crime Stories of Alberta - Paperback

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by Barbara Smith (Author)Quiet pleasant communities, sparkling under the clear blue skies of Alberta, have witnessed bloody murders and violent mayhem. From a wide variety of accounts, Babara Smith has selected eight intriguing stories that will astound and amaze you. Mystery still surrounds the fate of pro golfer Frank Willey who disappeared in 1962. Two men were convicted of his murder, but his body has never been found. No suspect, however, was ever found in the case of MaryAnn Plett. The ...

By Reason of Insanity: The David Michael Krueger Story - Paperback

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by Mark Bourrie (Author)In the summer of 1993, people in Ontario were shocked by one of the most bizarre murders in the province's history. A patient at the Brockville psychiatric hospital was brutally killed in a forest grove on the grounds of the institution. One of the killers, a nearly blind psychiatric patient, walked into a nearby police station and turned himself in. The other murderer lay near the body in a sleeping bag, drugged into unconsciousness. Police found that the myopic suspe...

A Monster of All Time: The True Story of Danny Rolling, the Gainesville Ripper - Hardcover

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by Jt Hunter (Author)This is the frightening story that inspired the movie, "Scream"...Ambitious, attractive, and full of potential, five young college students prepared for a new semester. They dreamed of pursuing careers and starting their own families. They had a lifetime of experiences in front of them. But death came without warning in the dark of the night. Brutally ending five promising lives, leaving behind three gruesome crime scenes, the Gainesville Ripper terrorized the University ...

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by Dale Berne (Author)This is THE SECRET STORM! It is the true story (nonfiction) of a landmark child custody battle and parental abduction case. THIS IS A STORY THAT SHOCKED THE NATION AND THE WORLD.This book, THE SECRET STORM, portrays the true and vivid accounts of child custody, visitations and kidnapping as told by a father, Dale Berne, and a son, Scott Berne.When the author gained legal custody of his two sons, his ex-wife and her father hired a hit man to kill him, burned down their fa...

Souls Speak: Missing Children Reveal Their Serial Killer from Beyond - Paperback

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by John Wingate (Author)This new and updated second edition of Souls Speak details the astonishing paranormal, true crime investigation into the fate of three boys believed lost in the vast caves beneath historic Hannibal, Missouri-Mark Twain's boyhood home. Their disappearances launched the largest cave search in US history, lasting a month and involving hundreds of America's best cavers, but no evidence of the boys was ever found. Later, the multi-year investigation involved three psychics ...

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by Cordell Parvin (Author)This is the third in a series of novels featuring the lawyer, Gabriela Sanchez. In Her Best Defense, Gabriela Sanchez agrees to represent to represent a seventeen-year-old girl who, along prominent Dallas business man, stealing his car and heading for Miami. After agreeing to defend the teenager her Congressman in the Rio Grande Valley announces he wants to retire and wants Gabriela to run for his seat. In Texas the seventeen year old defendant is treated as an adult...

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by Cordell Parvin (Author)This is the third in a series of novels featuring the lawyer, Gabriela Sanchez. In Her Best Defense, Gabriela Sanchez agrees to represent a seventeen-year-old girl who, along with her sixteen-year-old friend, is accused of murdering a prominent Dallas business man, stealing his car and heading for Miami. After agreeing to defend the teenager her Congressman in the Rio Grande Valley announces he wants to retire and wants Gabriela to run for his seat. In Texas the seve...

UNDERCOVER AGAIN - Fighting Human Trafficking - Paperback

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by Bob Ojala (Author)Young children are being lured into sex-for-hire "stables," under the guise of offering money in exchange for modeling jobs. One victim has already committed suicide, and a thirteen-year-old girl's life has been forever changed. Liz Trent, the young, Assistant District Attorney, is obsessed with finding the traffickers and making them pay for destroying the lives of these young girls and boys. She goes undercover against a ring of human traffickers. What she uncovers is a...

A Comprehensive Guide to HUMINT Operations - Paperback

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by A. Scholtens (Author)A Comprehensive Guide to HUMINT Operations is a book about the world of human intelligence. Written for both intelligence community professionals and general readers interested in the subject, this book covers a wide variety of topics related to the history, definition, and importance of HUMINT in today's world.From recruiting personnel to the different types of intelligence that can be obtained through HUMINT, this book provides a detailed overview of the inner workin...

True Crime - Gary Ridgway The Green River Killer: The Story of America's Most Vicious Serial Killer - Paperback

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by James Richmond (Author)Step into the gruesome true story of the terrifying Green River Killer.Retracing the morbidly fascinating true story of a cunning serial killer who evaded police for over forty years, this chilling biography unravels the twisted and tragic life of Gary Ridgway, the murderer who prowled the night on the hunt for vulnerable women.With a gripping narrative and featuring authentic details, this true crime book recounts Ridgway's life, from his warped relationship with hi...

Breaking Midnight: A True Story - Paperback

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by Lynn Walker (Author)NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, FINALISTJohn Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison for smuggling 12,000 pounds of marijuana. In prison, he connected with a South American drug lord who was still running the family operation from inside the federal pen. Within months of being paroled, John began smuggling again-this time uncut Colombian cocaine. And this time, he put everything on the line: his freedom, his family...

Sex and the Serial Killer: My Bizarre Times with Robert Durst - Paperback

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by William Steel (Author)In the early 1980s, William Steel's life took a turn towards the macabre when he quite literally ran into Robert Durst in midtown Manhattan. Steel was attending a school for locksmithing and security systems at the time, and Durst -- the black sheep of a family that controls billions of dollars in New York real estate -- decided he could use a man of those specific talents. Little did Steel realize that his new acquaintance was not only the prime suspect in his first ...

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by H. J. Tidy (Author)Discover the real reasons we lock our doors at night by reading these tales of true crime and horror. Have you heard the story of the experienced hiker who came across a cave with an M-shaped entrance and posted his findings on YouTube, only to have someone comment that he shouldn't go in there because he would never be seen again if he did? What about the horrifying story of a serial killer from South Korea who ate the livers of some of his victims? Or the enduring myst...

The Alphabet Killer: The real story behind the ABC murders - Paperback

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by Steve MacGregor (Author)New York State. 1971. A young girl leaves her house on an errand and never returns. A predatory paedophile is trawling the streets of Rochester, NY, luring children into his car, sexually assaulting them and then dumping their bodies in nearby areas. Three shy 11-year girls are murdered and the police begin a desperate race against time to find the killer before he can strike again. Investigators have suspects, car sightings and evidence that the girls may have know...