True Crime Art

On August 26, 2015, Emmy Award-winning 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker was murdered on live television, along with her colleague, photojournalist Adam Ward. Their interviewee was also shot but survived. In the wake of his daughter's murder, Andy Parker became a national advocate for commonsense gun safety legislation. The night of the murder, with his emotions still raw, he went on Fox News and vowed to do "whatever it takes" to end gun violence in America.

Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's Ripperology is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and to address the seven principal phases of Ripper speculations....

Washing Millions is a raw and unfiltered look into the shadowy world of money laundering, told by Morgan, a former real estate investor turned money launderer. Written from his jail cell after his empire unraveled, this book serves as both a step-by-step guide to the inner workings of laundering and a cautionary tale about how it can all go wrong.

In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. "Preaching on Sunday," people would say, "killing on Monday." Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was about to get caught up in the strange and violent tale of Reverend Willie J. Maxwell. Harper Lee, author of the modern-day classic To Kill a Mockingbird, was searching for her next book when the perfect story came her way.

Michael Finkel was a top New York Times Magazine journalist publicly fired and disgraced for making up a composite character for a big investigative news piece about Africa. This audiobook is about how this brilliant, high achieving journalist found himself at that point in his life. But in parallel it's also about Christian Longo, a man accused of the multiple murder of his own wife and three children. After the deaths, Longo fled to Mexico, where he passed himself off as Michael Finkel, New York Times journalist.

Kim Wall was a thirty-year-old Swedish freelance journalist with a rising career. Then, in the summer of 2017, she followed a story that led to an eccentric inventor in Copenhagen. Instead of writing the next days headline, she'd become one. As the bizarre events of Kim's murder unfolded, the world watched in shocked disbelief. For Kim's distraught parents, Ingrid and Joachim, it was a devastating personal struggle. In the ensuing months, day by grueling day, they had to come to terms with their loss, process the global media attention, and endure the investigation and trial.

When reclusive millionaire artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind dark rumors and scandal, as well as an estate embroiled in lawsuits and facing accusations of fraud. Here is the true story of the artist’s final days, the aftermath, the deceptive world that surrounded him, and the inner workings of art as very big business.

Donna Freitas has lived two lives. In one life, she is a well-published author and respected scholar who has traveled around the country speaking about Title IX, consent, religion, and sex on college campuses. In the other, she is a victim, a woman who suffered and suffers still because she was stalked by her graduate professor for more than two years.

Carmen Aguirre has lived many lives, all of them to the fullest. At age six she was a Chilean refugee adjusting to life as a Latina in North America. At 18 she was a revolutionary dissident. In her early 20s she fought to find her voice as an actor and to break away from the stereotypical roles thrust upon her - Housekeeper, Hotel Maid, Mexican Hooker #1.

Generoso Pope, Sr., an Italian immigrant, arrived in New York in 1906 with only pennies in his pocket. He got a job shoveling sand, but through his intelligence, he worked his way up to become the biggest provider of cement, just as it was becoming the key material for building. Gene Pope, Jr., was his father’s choice to inherit and run the business, but Gene’s mother and two brothers forced him out, and he found himself penniless and on his own. With a loan from his godfather, mobster Frank Costello, Gene bought the New York Enquirer. He renamed it the National Enquirer.

Thanks to one reporter's skill, we can fix the exact moment on November 22, 1963 when the world stopped and held its breath: At 12:34 p.m. Central Time, UPI White House reporter Merriman Smith broke the news that shots had been fired at President Kennedy's motorcade. Most people think Walter Cronkite was the first to tell America about the assassination. But when Cronkite broke the news on TV, he read from one of Smith's dispatches.

London. 1910. A procession of well-attired gentlemen and ladies are clearly out of place among the stalls and pushcarts of the Whitechapel District. As the group makes its way through the crowded streets, the tour guide stops now and then to point out various places where the mutilated bodies of the women had been found. Although the murders occurred twenty-two years prior, the man leading the group seems to know every detail and aspect of each slaying. Of those things he does not know, he offers freely his own insightful conjecture.

A collection of interviews with true crime writers, who share their insight into penning a successful true crime book, including Stephen Singular, Barbara Bentley, John Gilmore, and Dary Matera.

Dive into the thrilling world of true crime podcasts with "Echoes of Crime"! This revolutionary new eBook delves into the intricate elements of creating and managing successful true crime podcasts. Step by step, it guides you through the basics of understanding this genre, from its evolution to the vital role of storytelling and sound. "Echoes of Crime" takes you on an audio-centric journey where you'll uncover the secrets to capturing the perfect sound, whether you're in a studio atmosphere or a bustling outdoor location. From discussing the Sonic Identity of your podcast to the influences...

Varför hade Timbuktu noll kronor på sitt konto när det borde ha varit minst fem miljoner, och vart tog "The Cardigans" förmögenhet egentligen vägen? Flera band visade sig snart vara inblandade i det som kom att kallas Tambourinehärvan: "The Ark", "Weeping Willows", "Europe" och framför allt - "The Hives".

All his life, journalist Walter Shapiro assumed that the outlandish stories about his great-uncle Freeman were exaggerated family lore; some cockamamie Jewish revenge fantasies dreamt up to entertain the kids and venerate their larger-than-life relative. Only when he started researching Freeman Bernstein's life did he realize that his family was actually holding back.

A Journey of Discovery from Lake Erie to the Florida Swamps. In Erie Swamps: Road Trip to Eden, author and researcher, Connor Flynn will take you on a voyage through time and space. His primary mission will hopefully lead him and his cohort to the Garden of Eden. He explores campfire stories, behemoth cryptids and urban legends that blanket the Lake Erie boulevard down to the Florida Swamps. On his quest for consciousness and hidden knowledge, he uncovers secrets of the modern world which bridge mankind to ancient times. So, light your lanterns and keep your head on a swivel as things are ...

"Hooked The Master Guide to Crafting Compelling True Crime Stories," is the essential eBook for anyone intrigued by the world of true crime. Through its meticulously structured chapters, fulfill your interest or consider your next step into the captivating genre of true crime storytelling. Embark on a thorough exploration starting with "Understanding The True Crime Genre" unravel the myriad appeal of this magnetic genre. Delve into its evolution and understand the different types of true crime content that satiate our thirst for real-life stories. "Target Audience Who Listens to True Crime"...

After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of 29th April 1986: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library, ultimately destroying more than 400,000 books, and perhaps even more perplexing, why? With her characteristic humour, insight and compassion, Orlean uses this terrible event as a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries—their history, their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world.

Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men conned their way into Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and pulled off a stunning robbery: They took a dozen works by such master artists as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and Manet, which have never been recovered.