Real True Crime

Before Alex Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, they think their position is clear. The child of two lawyers, Alex is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley’s face flashes on the screen as Alex reviews old tapes—the moment they hear him speak of his crimes—they are overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by their reaction, Alex digs deeper and deeper into the case.

In May 1971, Pam Jackson and Sherri Miller were two seventeen-year-olds driving to an end-of-the-school-year party in a rundown Studebaker Lark, when they seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth. Police back then didn't do enough to try and find them. Investigators thirty years later did too much. Two families endure decades of pain as they await answers of what happened to their girls. When a third family is pulled into the mystery, they quickly learn their nightmare is just beginning.

First-time English edition THE TIME OF THE OAKS: book recommended by the portal lifeder.com as one of the top 23 books based on real stories: http://www.lifeder.com/libros-basados-en-historias-reales/ The most celebrated book by author Abel Carvajal, which tells incredible and funny stories based on real facts: The lives, adventures, and dangers of an extraordinary family that lived in Colombia and Venezuela of the twentieth century... For those who like short true stories, with real photos of the characters. A fascinating book that shows us how reality surpasses fiction in South America. ...

The notion of children killing other children is one of the most disturbing realities in our society. It shatters the perception of childhood innocence, revealing the complexity and darkness that can sometimes lie beneath the surface. While such crimes are rare, their impact is devastating, leaving families, communities, and society at large searching for answers. This book delves into the troubling phenomenon of child-on-child murder, exploring the psychological, social, and environmental factors that lead children to commit such horrific acts. We will examine the motives behind these ...

James Bond has nothing on Dusko Popov. A double agent for the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI during World War II, Popov seduced numerous women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslavian diplomat....

When the body becomes its own worst enemy, the results are shocking—and sometimes deadly. In Medical Mysteries – Poisoned From Within, author Dean Lawton uncovers 20 real-life cases where unseen poisons, toxic substances, and bizarre contaminants wreaked havoc inside the human body. From radioactive assassinations to corporate coverups and unsolved toxin deaths, these chilling stories reveal how easily life can turn tragic when the danger comes from within. Was political assassination behind the slow death of a world leader? What turned a small fishing village into a nightmare of ...

The Manzo Shepherd Story The Manzo Shepherd Story is a detailed account of what is said to be the most sensational court trial in Harlan County, Kentucky history. Tony Felosi tells the story of the murder of Joe Christian that ultimately leads to this unprecedented courtroom drama. Zombie Media Publishing

Among members of the outlaw motorcycle clubs, Caesar Campbell is a legend. Former sergeant-at-arms and chief enforcer for the Comancheros, Caesar became the founding member and sergeant-at-arms of the Australian chapter of the Bandidos. He epitomised bikie culture - unbeatable in a fight, brutal in the extreme, fearing no one and nothing, and loyal until death. This is Caesar's story, from his recruitment into the Comancheros, to the savage split within the club that led to the foundation of the Bandidos and the bloody massacre at Milperra that resulted from it.

Synopsis: Marina, a 38-year-old woman with a strained marriage, falls in love with a married coworker who has a child. The two engage in a torrid affair, and one of them commits a murder. Oscar, a detective specializing in homicides, is assigned to the case. He is a cunning man dedicated to his work and family, often joking about typical police series. "I couldn't stop reading, such was the interest in finding out how the story would end. I liked: ... the story, ... the way it was told (with two narrators), ... the simplicity of the writing, ... the relevant theme ... the characters, ...

A school girl strangled on her way home from buying breakfast cereal, a banker blasted to death on his doorstep and the vicious slaughter of a Playboy Bunny - these are just some of the crimes that still lie unsolved on the files of Britain's police forces Unsolved Murders – UK True Crime examines some cases that have baffled detectives over the last eight decades. From the puzzle of a woman’s body found in a wych elm tree during the Second World War to modern cases such as “Adam”, the little boy whose mutilated torso was found in the Thames. This book takes a look at some of the ...

What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common? They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s. Now their stories and that of many others are brought together in their original form in this compilation by New York Times best-selling author Mike Rothmiller. These classic works of journalism resurrect astonishing stories that will take the listener back to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation.

On a warm summer evening in 1991, seventeen-year-old Julia Parker was murdered in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. An area known for an exorbitant level of violence and crime, East New York had come to be known as the Killing Fields. In the six months after Julia Parker’s death, 62 more people were murdered in the same area. In the early 1990s, murder rates in the neighborhood climbed to the highest in NYPD history. East New York was dying. But how did this once thriving, diverse, family neighborhood fall into such ruin?

In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss' wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: A convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago.

From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a black-market baby business at the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in Memphis. The publication of Lisa Wingate’s novel Before We Were Yours brought new awareness of Tann’s lucrative career in child trafficking. Adoptees who knew little about their pasts gained insight into the startling facts behind their family histories. Encouraged by their contact with Wingate and award-winning journalist Judy Christie, who documented the stories of 15 adoptees in this book, many determined Tann survivors set out to trace their roots.

Discover the chilling cases that fell through the cracks of true crime history While names like Bundy and Dahmer dominate headlines, countless other disturbing cases remain buried in local newspapers and court archives. In True Crime Case Files, author Madeline Steele unearths ten haunting stories that deserve to be remembered. Journey into the shadows of human depravity with meticulously researched accounts of: The "South Side Killer" whose string of strangulations terrorized Milwaukee's young women The unimaginable cruelty of a father who systematically tortured his own children The ...

Giovanni's Ring is the story of "Giovanni Rocco," a New Jersey police officer, known undercover as "Giovanni Gatto," who was the mysterious agent at the epicenter of Operation Charlie Horse, a federal undercover operation that ultimately brought down ten members and associates of New Jersey's DeCavalcante Mafia family, the criminal organization known as "the real Sopranos." The book is not simply a chronicle of Giovanni Rocco's adventures in the murky and dangerous Mafia world he inhabited, but also a fascinating window into the psychological struggles that such a life entails.

He's a predator. She's his latest prey. Will she fall for him or bring him to his knees? When it is revealed there is a serial predator in the midst, the women of the congregation must come together to stop him before someone else gets hurt. It may already be too late. Scroll up and "Click Buy to Buy" for your Instant Copy

Will you be the same after experiencing the mind of a murderous killer? What will happen to your world view and your thought process after learning the WHY behind each horrific act? The disturbing nature of these stories often makes you question everything you thought or believed about humanity. Yet they are engaging and fascinating at the same time. We all had wicked thoughts throughout our lives. What is it that makes us different from those who act upon it? Is it that they have a stronger "why"? Were they born evil?

Petrifying. Bone-chilling. Depraved. Their acts made headlines. Their names live in infamy in the darkest recesses of the internet, but for those who are left behind, these heartless monsters are always there, looming over their every move. This true crime four-book set exposes their inner secrets, details their heinous crimes, and pulls the curtain on the long, hard-fought investigations.

On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real story, Victorian writer Catharine Read Arnold Williams threw herself into the investigation as the trial was unfolding and wrote what many claim to be the first American true-crime narrative, Fall River.