True Monsters

Princess Anna's quest for a flower leads to an intriguing deal with an ice dragon and a journey into magical realms, where fate weaves its frosty tale of true love. Princess Anna, driven by curiosity, ventures too close to Frostfell's icy domain in pursuit of a rare frostbloom lily. There, she encounters the formidable ice dragon, who strikes a deal: in exchange for a single flower, she must retrieve a tome from her kingdom's library detailing the whereabouts of The Snowflake Pendant. Oblivious to the consequences, Anna agrees. Little did Princess Anna know that her innocent curiosity had ...

In the woods, fear meets the unexplained. Things in the Woods is a chilling anthology curated by Erik Lake, a former anthropology professor with a keen interest in the paranormal and unexplained. This collection brings together true accounts of unsettling encounters within the enigmatic wilderness—from Bigfoot and Sasquatch sightings to inexplicable lights and haunting apparitions. Blending academic rigor with the allure of campfire tales, the book challenges readers to question the boundaries of scientific understanding and confront the unsettling notion that we are not alone in the ...

Prostitutes and animals could no longer satisfy Peter Kürten’s sexual deviancy. During a burglary of a local tavern, he stumbled upon a nine-year-old girl asleep in her bed. He strangled her, slashed her throat with a pocket knife, and orgasmed upon hearing her blood drip to the floor. His crimes were halted by World War I and an eight-year prison sentence but he unleashed his urges with a spate of brutal murders in 1929 earning him the nickname "The Düsseldorf Monster."

Ambitious, attractive, and full of potential, five young college students prepared for the new semester. They dreamed of beginning careers and starting families. They had a lifetime of experiences in front of them. But death came without warning in the dark of the night. Brutally ending five promising lives, leaving behind three gruesome crime scenes, the Gainesville Ripper terrorized the University of Florida, casting an ominous shadow across a frightened college town.

What if the stories were true? From the misty hollers of Appalachia to the frozen ridges of the Himalayas, these chilling firsthand accounts reveal what most dismiss as myth. I’ve Seen What You Don’t Believe is a gripping collection of encounters with the most infamous creatures from global folklore—Bigfoot, La Llorona, the Mothman, Skinwalkers, and more. Each story is told by those who lived it…and barely escaped to tell the tale. Told in raw, intimate detail by park rangers, truckers, psychologists, sailors, and survivalists, this anthology doesn’t just entertain—it makes you ...

Jillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she wrote her first letter to prolific serial killer Samuel Little. All she knew was her research had led her to believe he was good for far more murders than the three for which he had been convicted. While the two exchanged dozens of letters and embarked on hundreds of hours of interviews, Lauren gained the trust of a monster. After maintaining his innocence for decades, Little confessed to the murders of ninety-three women, often drawing his victims in haunting detail as he spoke.

Summertime in Florida. Tourists flock to the subtropical paradise for its beautiful beaches, abundant sunshine, and the magical allure of Disney World. For one Midwestern mother and her two teenaged daughters, a trip to the Sunshine State seemed like a dream vacation.

Illuminating and captivating, New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder—the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history—which humanizes the victim and situates the notorious case within an anxious, postwar country grappling with new ideas, demographics, and technologies.

Beyond the trail markers and scenic overlooks of our national parks lies a hidden world, a realm of deep woods and deeper mysteries. For over a century, credible witnesses have reported encounters with a creature that should not exist, yet persists in the fabric of American folklore: Bigfoot. This meticulously compiled chronicle moves beyond myth and speculation to present a detailed account of the most compelling, famous, and terrifying encounters on record. From the iconic 59.5 seconds of the Patterson-Gimlin film that forever defined the creature's image, to the all-night siege at Ape ...

In 1902, at the age of 11, Carl Panzram broke into a neighbour’s home and stole some apples, a pie, and a revolver...During his two-year detention, Carl was repeatedly beaten, humiliated, and raped by the school staff...Kill 'Em All is a chilling and gripping account of one of the most brutal and gruesome true crime stories in American history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the listener into the real-live horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.

One mystery, one romance, and an owl god. In Song, the undercity of Singsong City, The Queen Heir of fairies, otherwise known as Princess Sparkles is on a mission: save the werewolves from the rebel member of her court who wants to poison them, and save her own people from another werewolf invasion of fairyland. But when it comes out that she's already been tangled up in a plot with the werewolf alpha, a secret traitor, and a juvenile delinquent, she'll have to trust in the real magic of friendship and love before she can save her people or herself. Will she find the traitor and her fated ...

The woods are watching. In Pennsylvania, some secrets don't stay buried. While the Pacific Northwest may claim the legend, Pennsylvania has quietly become a terrifying hotspot for Sasquatch encounters. From the dense, ancient woods of the Allegheny National Forest to the haunted hollows of the Laurel Highlands, thousands of ordinary people have ventured into the wild, only to come back with stories that defy explanation. Now, for the first time, twenty of the most compelling and chilling firsthand accounts have been collected in a single, terrifying volume. This is not a book of abstract ...

The question is not whether monsters walk among us. They do. They have. For thousands of years. On the borders of humdrummia and every day reality, be it the forest’s edge or a moonlit graveyard draped in gossamer spiders’ webs, the macabre is all about. For our souls, our sanity, the vital question to answer is: Just WHERE are all these blankety-blank monsters? Santa Clarita is a riparian bedroom community, an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles. It’s been home to giant, man-eating grizzly bears, ghosts, serial killers, devil cults, more ghosts, Bigfoot, werewolf encounters, UFO ...

Every year across the United States, there are individuals whose passions defy simple description. Some call them researchers, others investigators, but their relentless pursuit of the unknown ignites imaginations and leaves many bewildered. Could monsters truly exist? Are the creatures that lurk in our nightmares and darkest fears roaming the earth—perhaps even living closer than we dare to believe? In this thrilling journey, renowned cryptopunkologist Kenney W. Irish, author of American Cryptids: In Pursuit of the Elusive Creatures and International Cryptids and Legends, once again ...

Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the film Monster. There have been few female serial killers, but Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002, was a remarkable example of this rare breed of death row inmate. All too often, female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers - Wuornos’ killings were the inverse of this pattern.

Everyone has a reason for joining the Moltov-Human mating system. Some do it for wealth, some do it for endless pleasure, but I just want to find someone to fulfill my fantasies. Over two centuries ago the Moltovs came to Earth. We thought it was an invasion, but they were a peaceful race. All they wanted were humans. There was a need inside of them that burned hot and deep, a fire that consumed their soul when they found their perfect match. On Earth, I’m a chubby twenty-five-year-old who can barely score a kiss. On Hades, my innocence is desired and revered. The choice is easy. When I ...

In October 2014, after Chris Regan failed to arrive at his new job, his ex-girlfriend filed a missing-person report. Something was off. It was not like Chris, a devoted father, avid hiker, and all-around great guy, not to show up. When local Michigan police chief Laura Frizzo learned Chris was having an affair with Kelly Cochran, a married coworker, suspicion fell on her husband, Jason. After a search warrant on their house revealed several suspicious items, the Cochrans abruptly moved to Indiana. As questions swirled around the case, the whereabouts of Chris Regan remained unknown.

Are you ready to take a deep dive into darkness? This is the terrifying true story of a bizarre and brutal series of murders committed between 1974 and 1985 near the city of Florence in Italy. Over a period of nine years a sadistic serial killer killed and mutilated fourteen helpless victims and then hacked body parts from their corpses to take as macabre souvenirs. Three men were convicted of these crimes, but there are serious doubts that any of them were really guilty. All that we are certain about is the chilling name given to this killer by an Italian journalist: Il Mostro, the Monster...

Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia, apartment in 1981. Her killer left few clues and the murder went unsolved. Three decades later, in 2011, next-generation detective Randy Mayer re-opened Olivia's dusty cold case file and began unraveling the mystery. Mayer located a reluctant witness who was a teenager back in 1981. She recalled a suspicious man lurking outside Olivia's apartment the morning of the murder and provided a detailed description of the man.

“Sharks are as timid as rabbits,” says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possibility that a shark could be the culprit in an unprecedented fatal attack at the Jersey Shore. It’s July, and swimming in the sea is a popular new pastime, but people up and down the East Coast are shocked and mystified by the swimmer’s death. A prominent surgeon at the shore, Dr. Edwin Halsey is the one who examines the victim, and the only one who believes the perpetrator was a shark—and that it will strike again.