True Crime

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by Dirk Cameron Gibson (Author)"In His Own Words: How J. Edgar Hoover Directed the FBI Through Marginalia" by Dr. Dirk Gibson is a well written look into the realities and myths that surround J. Edgar Hoover especially during his tenure as head of the FBI. This book blends elements of a biography as well as a historical investigation to tell the story of how Hoover behaved and led the FBI. It is a well-researched look at the internal workings of the FBI and Hoover as a man. The author is incr...

Crips And Bloods: High Risk and Big Dreams: Part 1 of 2 - Paperback

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by Roy M. Love (Author)Thirty-three years ago, a young man called Tookie organized a few guys together and called themselves the Crips. Shortly thereafter, a young man who refuses to hand his jacket over was stomped in the head until he DIED. No one really knows who killed the young man, but Tookie was given life.Muslim papers wrote about the TRAGEDY in their Chronicle that often found its news thrown in everybody's front yards all over the South, FREE of charge. That news mostly covers every...

The Trial of Henry St. George Tucker, Esq. for an Assault with Intent to Commit a Rape on the Person of Mrs. Dorothea Simpson - Paperback

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by Anonymous (Author)Full Title: "The Trial of Henry St. George Tucker, Esq. for an Assault with Intent to Commit a Rape on The Person of Mrs. Dorothea Simpson"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting trials associa...

Final Vows: Murder, Madness, and Twisted Justice in California - Paperback

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by Karen Kingsbury (Author)A New York Times-bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the marriage between a Christian woman and an ex-con that ends in murder. When Carol Montecalvo began writing to a man in prison through a program at her church, she considered it her Christian duty. But the letters soon became her lifeline, something she actually looked forward to sending and receiving. She fell in love with the man behind the letters and just before Dan was relea...

The Snake and the Spider: Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach - Paperback

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by Karen Kingsbury (Author)A New York Times-bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter chronicles the murder and abduction of two teens during a dream spring break vacation. Best friends Daryl Barber and James Boucher were responsible, and their parents trusted them to spend Spring Break at Daytona Beach unchaperoned. When the boys missed their agreed-upon daily check-ins, their parents were disappointed. When they failed to come home on their planned return date, their parents...

Deadly Pretender: The Double Life of David Miller - Paperback

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by Karen Kingsbury (Author)A New York Times-bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter's account of a con artist and bigamist who resorts to murder to hide his double life. David Miller had a dream job and a beautiful family. But one perfect life wasn't enough. So he pretended to be an attorney, then a CIA agent. And he secretly married another woman. He juggled it all quite well--until the day his two wives found out about each other. Miller groped for ways to hold on to his f...

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by J. J. Smiley (Author)Short stories of girls with talent, some have money, some are tough as nails, All look good and all have desires and unusual interests. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: November 18, 2022

Zodiac Killer: Unmasking America's Most Puzzling Unsolved Murders (Brief Investigation of America's Most Enigmatic Serial Killer) - Paperback

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by Aubrey Coleman (Author)How do you catch a serial killer who picks his victims at random and whose only apparent motive is to taunt the police? More than 50 years later, this question remains unanswered.If you're a true crime enthusiast and want a clear, concise overview of the infamous murders that shook the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s, this short read is for you. Will we ever learn the real name of the killer shrouded by coincidences and costumes who became known only as the Zodia...

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by Jackie Adams (Author)I know what you're thinking. How could I stay in a dysfunctional, abusive relationship for twelve years with a man who despises me? We now have an eleven-year-old son together, Lewis. For the first time my son has shoved me like all the times he seen his father, Ray, do.It only takes one time for my own son to abuse me when we end up leaving Ray to go to my parent's house. They happily take us in, and soon I have a seasonal job at Farmer's Market. Lewis and I have made...

They're Lying: The Media, The Left, and The Death of George Floyd - Paperback

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by Liz Collin (Author), Jc Chaix (Editor)Award-winning investigative journalist Liz Collin sets the record straight. She uncovers what really happened on a street in Minneapolis that set off the riots, the demands to defund the police, and skyrocketing crime across the country. Based on conversations with those who were there-including Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, and other Minneapolis police officers who've never spoken out before-Liz exposes how the media and the Left manipulated the facts t...

Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned In Prison - Paperback

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by Kevin T. Gilford (Author)One man's story of addiction, prison and redemptionInspired by the publics addiction to story lines like Breaking Bad and Orange Is The New Black, author Kevin Gilford bares his soul in his riveting life story, Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned In Prison. From his seemingly normal childhood to doing time in the slammer, Gilford illuminates a world that most of the public only knows from Hollywood portrayals. A gripping and telling memoir that ev...

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

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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 d...

Murdaugh, She Wrote: A tale of High Crimes in the Lowcountry - Paperback

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by Kathleen McKenna Hewtson (Author)From the best selling author of 'Blood & Marriage' and 'The Night My Husband Killed Me, ' this is a story of murder and money and power gone wrong. Volume 2, 'Murdaugh, She Wrote: After the Trial' is out now. In June of 2021, following two brutal homicides in a prominent family, the rest of the world learned what people in a small Southern town called Hampton had long known ... ... Anything is possible if your last name is Murdaugh. 'Murdaugh, She Wrote...

Jack Moves: A Memoir of the Weed Trade and Dangerous Living - Paperback

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by Jeremy Norrie (Author)Jeremy Norrie is a journalist, filmmaker, and cannabis industry pioneer. He was among the first reporters to cover Mixed Martial Arts; he was the first to demonstrate artesianal hash oil to the public at The Cannabis Cup & to win an international award there for the first concentrate vaporization tool. He later created and hosted numerous competitions and concerts all over the USA & internationally. More recently Norrie has gained note as an award-winning dire...

Wicked Women of Yore: Were They Really Wicked? - Paperback

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by D. Lawrence-Young (Author)A spellbinding literary journey of murder, mayhem, blackmail and infamy.A Hungarian Countess allegedly bathes in the blood of her victims; a pair of female pirates outfight the rest of the crew; a Roman Empress has several senators and members of her family killed so that she can fulfil her sexual desires. These are just four of the thirty-six Wicked Women of Yore who 'star' in these pages.This book explores how women such as Ilsa Koch, the bestial Nazi concentrat...

There's More Bodies Out There: The true story of a Mafia associate and a cop who emerge as suspected serial killers - Paperback

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by Rick Porrello (Author)Richard Henkel claims he murdered twenty-eight people. The Kill the Irishman author, a former police chief, wanted details. So, he asked. "At first, Henkel politely declined my request," Rick Porrello said. "Six months later, I persisted and sent him a page of questions based on my three years of investigative research. He claimed there were significant inaccuracies about him, his crew members, and even some of his alleged victims. And he wanted to correct them. In ou...

I Kidnap Girls: Stealing from Traffickers, Restoring Their Victims - Hardcover

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by Pamela Rigdon (Author)"I kidnap girls from their traffickers. Their pimps never know it until the girls are in the car with me, speeding toward the safe house." Iana Matei did not always do such things. In fact, Matei, a once battered, imprisoned woman, had spent 10 years carefully constructing a better life halfway around the world. This life was interrupted by a single phone call that would eventually lead to the rescue of over 700 victims of forced prostitution. Iana Matei has achieved ...

Overhead Espionage: A Historical Snapshot of US Aerial Reconnaissance - Hardcover

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by Charles E. Cabler (Author)Aerial reconnaissance, an invaluable part of US military warfare for intelligence gathering and support of ground troops, was referred to in its developmental years as overhead espionage. Although overhead espionage is most often associated with the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, its origin dates back to Napoleon Bonaparte's French Balloon Corps in 1799. A little-known fact is that US aerial reconnaissance was effectively used by both the...

Who Killed Panayot?: Reforming Ottoman Legal Culture in the 19th Century - Paperback

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by Omri Paz (Author)Who Killed Panayot? retells the true story of an opium robbery and subsequent police investigation that took place in the port-city of Izmir in 1850-52.What started as a simple case soon turned into a diplomatic crisis between two bygone empires, as the investigation provoked strong tensions between the British community in Izmir and the local Ottoman authorities. These tensions were exacerbated by the death of one of the suspects - a gardener named Panayot - after he was ...

Confía en Mí: La verdadera historia del asesino confeso Henry Lee Lucas - Paperback

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by Ryan Green (Author)Bestseller en su versión inglesa en Amazon.com! El 5 de junio de 1983, Henry Lee Lucas fue arrestado por posesión ilegal de un arma de fuego. La policía creyó que estaba relacionado con la desaparición de dos mujeres, por lo que aprovechó la ocasión para presionarlo y propiciar una confesión. Tras cuatro días detenido, Lucas confesó haber matado a esas dos mujeres. Lo que ocurrió en los meses siguientes fue tan peculiar como fascinante. Lucas confesó haber asesinado, vio...

Signal 63: Officer Needs Help - Paperback

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by Harold B. Goldhagen (Author)A first-hand, non-fiction account of the drastic change in the socio-political climate of one of the most influential, fastest-growing, yet historically overlooked cities in the U.S.: Atlanta, Georgia -- during the Civil Rights Movement. Starting in the volatile 1960's and spanning four decades, Atlanta's epic is related from the perspective of one of the city's longest-serving police officers -- a transplanted, opinionated, headstrong young man from New York Ci...

Signal 50/48: Killing Atlanta's Finest - Paperback

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by Harold B. Goldhagen (Author)"Signal 50/48" -- Person shot! Person dead! This is no ordinary police radio distress call. "Signal 50/48" Killing Atlanta's Finest! is no ordinary book. In the eulogistic follow-up to his autobiographical debut, "Signal 63" Officer Needs Help!, Captain Harold B. Goldhagen (ret.) delivers yet another gripping account of life and death as a big-city police officer. Paying tribute to fallen members of the law enforcement community, "Signal 50/48" Killing Atlanta's...

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by David M. Robert (Author)I have a story that should be heard. A story about the injustice done unto me, which God used to get my attention. I decided to write this short story to make my voice heard. I give a brief testimony, while exposing the malfeasance and malicious prosecution against me. I'm hoping you enjoy, because the story has just begun. Number of Pages: 22 Dimensions: 0.05 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2022

Every Second Counts: Shocking True Crime Stories Of Abduction And Murder - Paperback

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by Luke Davidson (Author)This book takes you through an awful maze as you see the depths of cruelty a person can go to because of a desire to hurt people out of Jealousy or Revenge. Discover all of the strange and unusual facts and tidbits about these cases, as well as more disturbing revelations that will have you double-checking your locks. The classic adage "the devil is in the details" applies wonderfully in these cases. Whether you're a fan of true crime stories or simply inquisitive abo...

We Are the Murder Victims Who Lived - Paperback

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by S. K. Menelle (Author) "We Are the Murder Victims Who Lived" is a gritty and grimy memoir written in the first person, which tackles the surviving of sexual assault while offering hope on life after. It also glimpses into the struggles and shames of life lived during, and a reminiscence on the innocence of life led before. This book serves as a beacon of hope to survivors of sexual assault as well as a wake-up call for a society blinded by darkness. The book targets audiences of every age...

Rape as a Weapon of War: Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict - War College Series - Paperback

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by United States Congress Senate Committee (Created by)This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reprodu...

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by Helen Goltz (Author), Chris Adams (Author)PLEASE NOTE: this is a compilation of cold cases as featured in our existing nine Grave Tales titles.Crimes that go unpunished, destined to never be solved, do not allow the stories to end when the victims are laid to rest. These stories start in the graveyards of Australia and as they are largely historic crimes, hold little hope for resolution. In this volume are tales that took away our innocence, shocked us with their cruelty, and at the time, ...

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by Vernon Behrens de Lima S. C. (Author)In this book, Vernon Behrens De Lima, S.C. documents his autobiography in conjunction with the backstory of culture, politics and legal fabric in Trinidadian society. This narrative covers the era between the Colonial domination of the 1950s up to the present. The author's story illustrates the cosmopolitan nature of Trinidad's population. It highlights both the achievements as well as the reasons why criminal behavior has thrived andexploded in Trinida...

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by Mary L. Schmidt (Author)Visions of her Cherokee grandmother, Cordie, flashed through Mary's mind as her mother, Marguerite, informed her that her stepfather shot himself and was in the hospital. Oh no! No! This can't be! Not after the joking around at my home last night. NO!!!! Did she use me last night? She'd never use her scapegoat child. No, she couldn't! Even Marguerite wouldn't sink that low! Or would she? Marguerite had always been abusive and vile to most people, and especially to ...

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by Laura Churchill Duke (Author)In 1905 an energetic man with grand plans arrives in Nova Scotia. He has a wonderful way with words, and entrancing stories. But it turns out there is more than one story to him, and not all his plans are grand. He's the sort of man that, after you shake his hand, you had better count your fingers. Laura Churchill Duke, bestselling author of Two Crows Sorrow, spins another carefully-researched tale of deception and murder, and the pursuit of justice, in Nova Sc...

Militia Justice: The Fall of a Wrestling Legend - Paperback

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by Landon Parker (Author)What happened to North Chicago's prodigal son Phil Parker? Phil Parker, the first African American coach in the Big Ten. Phil Parker, a defendant in the most egregious sexual assault case in the history of college athletics. Twenty-eight years later, Phil's son, Landon, comes home to investigate this case and, during the investigation, inherits his father's legacy. Phil and Landon joined forces to reexamine the scandal that ultimately led to the fall of a wrestling le...

Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History - Hardcover

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by J. Michael Martinez (Author)"American history buffs will savor this detailed yet accessible roundup of political imbroglios." -Publishers Weekly Political scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. In his previous book, Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump, Michael Martinez explored why public figures sometimes take extraordinary risks, sullying the...