True Crime Serial

There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk, and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires, and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living among society, going about their day-to-day activities until nightfall. They are the Dennis Rader's, the fathers, husbands, church-going members of the community.

20 Shocking True Crime Cases of Women Who Kill, including; Taylor Schabusiness: It started as a kinky sex session, fueled by drugs and alcohol. It ended in an orgy of torture, death, and mutilation. Martha Freeman: Jeffrey was desperate to hold onto his failing marriage. Perhaps he’d have felt differently if he knew what his wife was hiding in the attic. Wendy Evans: Sleeping with your best friend’s ex is never a good idea. That applies two-fold when your friend is a psycho with money to spend on a hitman. Anne Gates: Raymond swore he’d never love again after his wife died. But then ...

Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art - as well as extensive evidence - points to another name, one that's left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material - including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause - and applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny.

In the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness' forgotten final case - his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run", a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the Great Depression and tormented Ness to his dying breath.

The stories in this audiobook represent humanity at its absolute worst. Pure evil. In my audiobooks, however, I don’t leave out the details. In my audiobooks, I include details not to shock, but to give the listener a deeper look into the twisted mind of the killer. In the end, it’s unlikely any of us will understand the motives of the criminals in these audiobooks, but the level of depravity will at least keep you resisting the pause button. Volume six of True Crime Case Histories features 12 new stories from the past several decades.

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; A Terrible Truth: John Sharpe has decided that he no longer wants to be married. He’s bought himself a speargun. It’s cheaper than a divorce. Poor Twisted Me: He was good-looking rich kid obsessed with losing his virginity. If it doesn’t happen soon, he might just do something rash. Permission to Kill: The killer offered a bizarre defense for murder, he claimed that the victim had asked him to kill her. Showtime: A petulant man-child and his doting mother get into a war over ...

As with the two prior volumes of True Crime Case Histories, I want to start with a quick word of warning. Most news articles and television true crime shows skim over the sticky details of truly gruesome crimes. In my books I don't gloss over the facts, regardless of how horrible they may be. I try to give my listeners a clear and accurate description on just how demented the killers really were. I do my best not to leave anything out. The stories included in these books are not for the squeamish.

On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductor’s repeated and taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal.

Edward Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer—some have called him a “Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter”—whose crimes spanned decades and whose victims were chosen out of revenge, out of envy, and sometimes out of necessity.

Welcome back to Unsolved Serial Killers, the second volume with 10 more frightening cases of serial killers you've never heard of and the victims whose names have long been forgotten. Featuring 10 more of the most shocking and mysterious killers that are still out there. Prepare to take a journey from continent to continent as we unfold these wild unsolved crimes that will keep you listening.

1934 Chicago dazzles with fast action and calculating, cold-blooded meanness as private detective Nate Heller combs Chicago’s North Side looking for John Dillinger. But things take a turn for the strange when self-aggrandizing G-Man Melvin Purvis shoots down a Dillinger double in front of the Biograph Theater. Full of muscle and oozing Chicago’s tough-guy persona to the hilt, Max Allan Collins’ Nate Heller is the ultimate private investigator.

The best of this year's true crime writing from master true crime authors RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, JJ Slate, Sylvia Perrini, and Michael Newton, who give us nine new shocking case accounts of serial killers.

On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed “The Ladykiller.” A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate’s extensive recorded confessions—all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager.

In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolescence, he had read about serial killers and imagined becoming one. Soon after killing the family, he murdered a young woman and then another, until he had 10 victims. He named himself “B.T.K.” (bind, torture, kill) and wrote notes that terrorized the city. He remained on the loose for 30 years.

Prepare yourself for a relentless plunge into the bloodiest corners of true crime. True Crime Gore Stories is a brutal collection of 15 immersive tales inspired by real events—each one more disturbing than the last. From shocking murders and twisted obsessions to scenes that defy belief, these stories don’t just recount the crimes—they drag you into them. Logan Carter strips away the filters, retelling these harrowing cases with chilling intensity. Though names and select details have been changed for privacy, the core of each story remains true—and unforgettable. If you're drawn to...

Murderers or monsters, normal people turned bad or people born with the desire to kill; it doesn’t matter where they come from, serial killers strike dread into our hearts with a single mention of their names. Hunting in broad daylight or stalking from the shadows, we are their prey and their hunt is never done until they are caught or killed. With a worrying number of them living in our communities, working alongside us at our places of employment and sharing the same spaces where we spend time with our families, serial killers are just another neighbor that we barely think about.

In February 1990, Oregon State Police arrested John Sosnovke and Laverne Pavlinac for the vicious rape and murder of Taunja Bennet. Pavlinac had come forth and confessed, implicating her boyfriend and producing physical evidence that linked them to the crime. Authorities closed the case. There was just one problem. They had the wrong people. And the real killer wasn't about to let anyone take credit for his kill.

Boasting a gritty and authentic look into the tragic life of Aileen Wuornos, this profound true crime audiobook offers a complete biographical sketch of a terrifying female serial killer who claimed over half a dozen lives. Drawing on real police investigations, firsthand accounts, and psychological theories, you’ll be taken on a journey to examine the mind of a serial killer–and the deadly delusions that drove her to commit her crimes.

AMERICAN KILLERS - VOLUME 2 Manhattan Murder Spree Joel Rifkin prowled the darkened streets of New York, driven by a sinister hunger for both sex and murder. For over four harrowing years, the city trembled under the weight of his sadistic reign. It was only when vigilant police officers, drawn to a missing rear number plate, halted his truck that the horrifying truth was exposed—an unimaginable horror concealed in the back. Chamber of Horrors San Francisco police responded to a routine call for a shoplifter, unsuspecting of the grotesque revelation that awaited them. Inadvertently, they ...

When Chris Bryson was discovered nude and severely beaten stumbling down Charlotte Street in Kansas City in 1988, police had no idea they were about to discover the den of one of the most sadistic American serial killers in recent history. This is the true story of Robert Berdella, nicknamed by the media the Kansas City Butcher, who from between 1984 and 1988 brutally raped, tortured, and ultimately dismembered six young male prostitutes in his unassuming home on a quiet street in Kansas City.