True Crime

Award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Caitlin Rother explores the mysterious death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who was found hanging from a second-story balcony of her multimillionaire boyfriend's San Diego mansion in 2011. She was naked and gagged, with her ankles tied and hands...

Author: Joe StruppPublisher: Amarna Books and MediaPublished: 03/18/2024Pages: 254Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53dISBN: 9781961869042

Four decades after Jeannette DePalma's tragic death, authors Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran present the definitive account of the shocking Springfield township cold case.As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its...

As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its lowest in years. That mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the local woods, allegedly surrounded by strange...

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents 467 executions in Texas, many that have been forgotten through the years. Such as: Decapitated: Jack Fields--Wharton County, and Charles Myers-- Tarrant County were both...

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents 467 executions in Texas, many that have been forgotten through the years. Such as: Decapitated: Jack Fields--Wharton County, and Charles Myers-- Tarrant County were both...

"Has more than its fair share of violence, sex, debauchery and reversals of fortune ... But what emerges between the lines are stories of human suffering, stories of class struggle, stories that speak as much to the criminal mind as to the crime itself."...

Death Ride is a riveting account of the brutal murders of Mike and Frieda Kuntz and the attempted murder of their five-year-old son, Larry, who witnessed the tragic deaths of his parents. This is an amazing true story of survival and the ability to...

"An unflinching witness who dares us to see the full humanity of the condemned and interrogate the very premise of the death penalty." - Sister Helen Prejean In the vein of Waiting for an Echo and Dead Man Walking, a deeply immersive look at...

The strange and gruesome crime-scene snapshot collection of LAPD detective Jack Huddleston spans Southern California in its noir heyday. Death Scenes is the noted forerunner of several copycat titles.Author: Sean Tejaratchi, Katherine DunnPublisher: Feral HousePublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.03h x 10.08w x...

Author: Teresa CrowePublisher: Teresa Crowe BooksPublished: 05/15/2022Pages: 452Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9798218010003

On November 24, 1963, President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald was gunned down in the basement of Dallas City Hall at the start of his transfer to the County Jail. It took place in front of dozens of Dallas Police personnel...

This is the true story of two young men of the Georgia frontier who met by chance for the first time on the night of April 26th, 1909. One was black, one was white. Fate brought their paths together at a railroad depot in...

The 1909 murder case surrounding the wealthy Swope family of Independence, Missouri, gripped newspaper readers throughout the nation. This book gathers the facts behind the suspicious fates of three Swope family members: the eccentric Colonel, millionaire donor of Kansas City, Missouri's Swope Park, his...

Since President Nixon coined the phrase, the "War on Drugs" has presented an important change in how people view and discuss criminal justice practices and drug laws. The term evokes images of militarization, punishment, and violence, as well as combat and the potential for...

A prominent district attorney was brutally slain in the early morning outside the Kaufman, Texas, courthouse. Two assailants laid in wait. One of them confronting him on his walk to work. Brutally shooting him multiple times. This was just the beginning of a series...

DECEIVED IS A MEMOIR OF DETECTIVE MIKE KING'S 1991 INVESTIGATION AND THE ULTIMATE TAKE-DOWN OF A DEVIANT POLYGAMOUS CULT CALLED THE ZION SOCIETY. FOR OVER A DECADE, GOSSIP SWIRLED AROUND NORTHERN UTAH THAT A SECRETIVE GROUP OF RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS WERE BUYING UP HOMES TO...

"You want to read this book. It is chilling and compelling at the same time." - Dr. Phil McGraw. "I can think of no more important book at this moment in our history than Profiling Evil: An Investigative Memoir of the Zion Society Cult....

The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Frederick Allen's sharply...

Investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein defines the seldom seen universe of intelligence and counterintelligence.Set in the era of the Cold War, it explores the ultimate art of nations: Winning without fighting, or, in a single word, deception. It concerns, as James Jesus Angleton described...