True Crime

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER -- TRUE CRIME Now that articles, podcasts, newsmagazines, and miniseries have had their sensationalistic say, Debra Newell, the one woman who truly knows what it was like to survive "Dirty John" Meehan shares the full story--the reality--with the world...

Trapped and Tortured by Her Own Father: Elisabeth Fritzl's Unbelievable Journey as a Survivor After not hearing from Elisabeth for several weeks, her parents were forced to entertain the possibility that the worst had occurred. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, a letter arrived from...

Where were the heads? On June 27, 1990, that was the question of the hour. The night before, the evening quiet had been shattered by the bloody aftermath of a son's rage against his parents. Two dismembered, headless corpses would be tomorrow's headlines--corpses that...

David Teale: groomed by the twins, controlled by threats, falsely imprisoned by the State for his 'own protection' as younger brother of Kray-informer Bobby. Turns out that's only half the story. David first met the Krays when he was seventeen years old. He was...

The idea of a mother who kills her children will always capture the attention of the nation, and in some cases the entire world will tune in as they did in Smith's situation, at first with sympathy and then with outrage. Why would someone...

"No two fingerprints are alike," or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve...

In the late sixties, a serial killer calling himself the Zodiac terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area, committing brutal, random attacks, and bragging about them in letters to the San Francisco Chronicle.In Santa Rosa, fifty miles to the north, investigators Manny Bruin and Mick...

This true story puts you on the jury - is the defendant guilty or innocent? Sometime in the night a woman screamed. The next morning Pat Botham, Linda Miracle, and Linda's two toddler sons were simply gone. It was the perfect murder until the...

Every adopted child has their own story of how they came to be with their forever families. In modern times, children are usually told as soon as their young minds can understand the concept that their parents adopted them--maybe from a couple who just...

)ne of Australia's most enduring and strangest mysteries, 'Swamp' is a story of greed, deceit, the abuse of trust - and murder. International journalist and acclaimed writer Richard Shears uncovers new evidence in the case of the mysterious disappearance of Margaret Clement - the...

The stranger-than-fiction story of the now-notorious low country clan, in all its Southern Gothic intensity--by an author with unparalleled access to and knowledge of the players, the history, and the place. The most famous man in South Carolina lives jailed in the state capital....

Author: Jason RyanPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 09/11/2024Pages: 662Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.40dISBN: 9781420515213

Swansea has a dangerous past. As a seaport, the town confronted the unknown on a daily basis. In this book, we explore the dark underbelly of South Wales; from the dirty, lawless docks to the narrow, festering slums of the alleyways. Little Martha Nash,...

Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City clerk. The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the...

Donald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City clerk. The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the...

EVERYONE, AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR LIVES, HAS BEEN HUMILIATED AND EMBARASSED BY THE ACTIONS OF SOMEONE ELSE. IT MAY HAPPEN DURING THEIR SCHOOL YEARS, DURING THEIR YEARS IN THE WORKPLACE OR DURING THEIR MARRIAGE. "SWEET REVENGE" IS A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE SHORT STORIES...

When the prosecutor repeatedly proclaimed, "The victim was beaten, tasered, body- slammed, injected, choked, duct-taped, and then burned in the back of a car," the media was ready to persecute Craig Titus for a crime he did not commit. The high-profile case involved a...

Insurance salesman. Farm hand. Bay Street elite. Writer. Grandfather. International criminal.A.E. Dawson was all these things--and more. Part family memoir, part criminal history and part adventure story, Swindler journeys from the bucolic English countryside to Toronto's high society and a fetid Mexican jail. All...

Insurance salesman. Farm hand. Bay Street elite. Writer. Grandfather. International criminal.A.E. Dawson was all these things--and more. Part family memoir, part criminal history and part adventure story, Swindler journeys from the bucolic English countryside to Toronto's high society and a fetid Mexican jail. All...

"Switcher strikes" is a collection of mystery & crime stories based on true life events. Chicago detective takes a break from work to solve the mysterious murders and disappearances in a small beach town in California. Author: Omar ZahidPublisher: Maxmilian NemecPublished: 08/09/2022Pages: 208Binding Type:...