True Crime

Named warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary in 1913, Edmund Allen arrived with a glamorous new wife and ambitious plans of reform that did away with years of striped uniforms and humiliating practices. Two years later, his wife was found murdered in her bed,...

Author: Richard RubacherPublisher: iUniversePublished: 06/01/2000Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.06w x 0.36dISBN: 9780595090402This title is not returnable

JONBENET RAMSEY - The Murder Mystery That Shocked AmericaJonBenet Ramsey, a name that is still known in every household across the USA - starting in 1996 and now burned in the minds of everyone over the last 20 years. And yet, no one knows...

Finally, the information you've been waiting for: who really killed JonBenet? Perhaps the most compelling murder case of our day, the death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey galvanized the nation-and years after it occurred, the mystery still endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and...

Over about 2 decades, the world has been intrigued by the brutal murder of a 6 year old pageant queen, JonBenet Patricia Ramsey, who died in 1996 in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. Up until today, strange events surrounding the mysterious case continue...

The JonBenét case has puzzled the world since 1996. The intruder theory makes no sense and is why the case lingers on. The JonBenét case has never been brought to court for various reasons including crime scene contamination and the strong influence of the...

After the heartbreaking loss of her own father, the youngest daughter, Mary, found a replacement in Reverend Jim Jones. But as a member of his Peoples Temple in California, she soon became overworked, underfed, and was beaten. Meanwhile, her family back home watched helplessly...

Among the annals of American serial killers, few were as complex and prolific as Joseph Paul Franklin. At a gangly 5'11, Franklin hardly looked imposing, but once he put a rifle in his hands and an interracial couple in his cross hairs, Joseph Paul...

At a time when women were denied opportunity, the lavish parlors of Storyville offered advancement for women who welcomed the vice. Mary Deubler, the Storyville madam who called herself Josie Arlington, more than welcomed carnal enterprise. A turbulent childhood forced her into a life...

I killed and buried my best friend today ...When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admitted that he had...

In the #1 New York Times bestseller Mindhunter, John Douglas, who headed the FBI's elite Investigative Support Unit, told the story of his brilliant and terrifying career tracking down some of the most heinous criminals in history. Now, in Journey into Darkness, Douglas profiles...

Journey of a LawmanBy: Robert SobbaReading this book makes it easy to understand why Robert Sobba had such a successful law enforcement career. His passion for justice and true concern for the rights of victims shows through in every chapter. This book is his...

This explosive and shocking book written by a reformed London career criminal exposes the inner workings of one of London's most feared crime families and comes with an authenticity stamped throughout that blows all the other so-called crime books out of the water Mark...

The incredible true story of a woman who risked everything to put her brother, a murderous psychopath and one of the world's most infamous crime bosses, behind bars. Astrid Holleeder is in hiding because she had the courage to write this book. Her brother...

On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and...

A riveting investigation of the brutal murders of two Dartmouth professors -- a book that, like In Cold Blood, reveals the chilling reality behind a murder that captivated the nation.On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered...

An aspiring tycoon partners with a racketeer to build a jukebox that makes millions, then takes the fall for the largest money laundering scheme in history. Caught between the Mob and the feds in a plot to save the casinos in Havana from Castro's...

The FBI, an agency of the United States Department of Justice, has investigated many famous cases concerning spies, terrorists, and criminals. For those cases considered particularly significant, the agency has prepared detailed written studies. This paperback edition presents the FBI's monograph concerning Julius and...

A glimpse into the chaotic, violent and often hilarious world of crime through the eyes of one of Perth's top criminal defence barristers, Henry Sklarz. From a career spanning 35 years comes a collection of short stories recounting the murderers, drug smugglers, rapists, prostitutes,...

Eartha Kitt once said, "Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything." In Junior's story, one stepfather's greed causes a 21-year-old man to be murdered and had this man not been stopped, there would have also been the untimely death of three other people, his...