Police True Crime

El policia presenta los testimonios de Heberto Castillo, de El Búho, líder estudiantil del 68, y el del solodado desertor Zacarias Osorio, entre otros; recreados con un estilo eficaz que transmite una terrible realidad.

Prepare to question every notion you hold about truth, innocence, and the power of accusation in this riveting collection of true crime stories. Within these pages, you will discover 33 astonishing accounts of individuals who found themselves ensnared in webs of deceit—people framed for crimes they never committed. Each chapter unveils a gripping narrative of injustice, unraveling shady evidence, sensational media coverage, and twisted law enforcement tactics that nearly sealed innocent lives behind bars forever. • Experience the shock and outrage as misidentified suspects are ripped ...

They called it Satan's Circus - a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the twentieth century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel. But when, two weeks later, an ambitious district attorney charged young policeman Charley Becker with ordering the murder, even the denizens of Satan's Circus were surprised.

It's the run-up to Christmas, 1998. On the Isle of Mull, Sergeant Ivor Punch is losing himself in his vinyl collection, a tragic anniversary and too much single malt whisky. But news of a missing child soon brings him back to his senses. And as word spreads of more strange disappearances, an aircraft vanishing from the sky and a famous classical musician gone with it, it seems a sinister plot holds the island in its grip. Punch thought he knew the secrets of this place, its people and stories.

“Among Murderers and Madness” is a nearly 20-year journey; a winding road from the murder of a mother and her two children to the guilty plea of a man, Kevin Hailey, who many believed from the beginning had committed the crimes. Along the way a cast of characters emerge, some good, some bad, some even bizarre. The role of the media covering the case is also examined, not only the author’s own publication, but the other local newspaper, area newspapers and television stations as well as the national media including Gentleman's Quarterly, the Maury Povich Show, Inside Edition and A ...

Vincent Nouzille nous livre une formidable enquête aux airs de thriller qui retrace l'histoire de ces "tueurs de la République". C'est l'un des secrets les mieux gardés de la République : en son nom et sur ordre des plus hautes autorités, des tueurs sont disponibles à tout moment pour éliminer des personnes jugées dangereuses pour la sécurité nationale ou conduire des guerres secrètes contre des ennemis présumés.

Amit Lodha is a decorated IPS officer holding the rank of inspector general. But before he rose the ranks in the service, he was an IIT graduate who was struggling to find his true purpose. In this book, Lodha tells us how he turned his life around and studied for the UPSC exams. He also tells us how he trained to be an officer and had the most memorable beginning to his career, in Bihar.

Arabelle's beloved town matriarch, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, is snatched from her car, held for ransom, and propped up to the sympathy of thousands online. Her leaked ransom video might have been enough to placate the headline-starved, but for the endlessly bored detective, Robert Ellery, the ticking time-bomb, Alice Daniels, and for Mrs. Thomas herself, a simple headline could never unfurl the secrets they keep from the lies they tell. There is far more to this story than meets the eye. There is more to the dueling towns of affluent, picturesque Arabelle and impoverished, crime-riddled Wood's...

Five shoot-outs, each more bizarre than the previous, sprinkled with suspenseful interludes, make for a compelling book. The story unfolds in 1957 when a WWII veteran, convicted sexual predator, and parole absconder, picks up a hitchhiker in Maine, who is a drifter with no criminal record. Matched, they embark on an undetected nationwide crime spree until an intuitive Michigan trooper begins to unmask their criminality.

Each year, police officers kill over 1,000 people they've sworn to protect and serve. While some cases capture national attention, most victims remain nameless, their stories untold. The Coroner's Silence reveals a disturbing truth about these cases: coroners and other death investigators are often complicit in obscuring the violent circumstances of in-custody deaths. Through rigorous research—including critical records analysis, public health studies, and interviews with victims' families—this book unmasks the systemic failures within forensic medicine.

Rob and his now ex-wife, Victoria, met at university. Their relationship started off happily, they moved to Falmouth in Cornwall before getting married. However, it quickly descended into a nightmare marriage of psychological manipulation, coercive control and emotional abuse - all from the woman who was supposed to love him. Rob's life was gradually destroyed as Victoria extended a web of lies around him, manipulating, suffocating and isolating him from the outside world. It was only through his baby daughter, Grace, that he found the courage to leave Victoria.

From the bestselling true crime author behind the Brotherhood thriller series and Morgue Monster, Stu Armstrong brings you 'Crimes That Rocked Britain – Volume One', The first book in the 'Crimes that Rocked Britain Series' by Stu Armstrong, which is an unflinching deep-dive into the darkest corners of the UK’s criminal history. This gripping collection of real-life horror tells the stories behind the headlines where everyday life was shattered by moments of unimaginable violence, twisted obsession, and cold-blooded evil. Meticulously researched and delivered with Armstrong’s ...

Nick Kaldas is a cop's cop. From investigating war criminals to taking down global drug operations, Kaldas has seen the worst humanity can offer. But he's also seen which human qualities can lead to greatness. This is the compelling true story of an immigrant boy from Egypt who rose from beat cop to become one of the most senior police officers in Australia. During his time in the NSW police force, he was one of Australia's first Arab undercover cops, headed up both the Homicide and Gang Squad units, reformed the Counter Terrorism team and then became the Deputy Police Commissioner.

At the dawn of the country’s brave new democracy, Cape Town was at war. Pagad, which began as a community protest action against crime, had mutated into a sinister vigilante group wreaking death and destruction across the city. Between 1996 and 2001, there were hundreds of bomb blasts—most infamously at the Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront—and countless targeted hits on druglords and gang bosses.

In the second book of the PATHS CROSSED series, the listener shadows the author as he sheds the uniform of a trooper for the plainclothes of a detective to take a closer look at unsolved crimes. These true cases, ranging from murders, to a serial kidnapper of children, to organized crime, to police shootings, and more, are full of twists and turns that often sound like fiction.

In April 1929, the body of British artist Olive Branson was found submerged in a water tank outside her farmhouse in a picturesque Provence village. Dressed only in a pink shirt and stockings, she had a bullet hole between her eyes and a revolver by her side. Was it suicide – or murder? The initial investigation concluded suicide, but under pressure from Olive’s family to conduct a murder enquiry, city detective Alexandre Guibbal was brought in to reopen the case.

Cœur policier regroupe les témoignages de 30 membres actifs ou retraités des diverses forces de l’ordre québécoises, dont plusieurs se confient pour la toute première fois. Avec générosité, ils se souviennent des gestes posés pour dénouer des situations de crise où leur apport s’est révélé vital.

“No badge, no problem. Michael Lister’s first swing at the modern private eye novel is a home run. The Night Of is an instant classic with rich characters and storytelling that grips your heart from first page to last.” - #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly Burke and Blade, private investigators in the sun-soaked streets of Panama City Beach, Florida, have always had a personal stake in their work—driven by the disappearance of their own sister ten years ago. Toughened by their years in foster care and children's homes, they're no strangers to danger or heartbreak....

The story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city's east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure in this story that questions which gang was tougher: the petty criminals or the police themselves.

Inspired by True Events An assassin on their trail, a buried secret, and time is running out... Former Delta Force operator John Stone had no idea a nuclear device was out in the open. But when he accepts an assignment to protect a beautiful Israeli Mossad agent, she reveals the terrifying plot, and the chase is on. The weapon, secretly stolen and hidden for fifty years, was known to exist by only one man. Now, that man is dead and the weapon disappears without a trace. Together, Stone and the female agent are compelled to follow a bizarre trail of clues to track it down. But they find ...