Western True Crime

The West Virginia Penitentiary was a fortress of misfortune, a bastion of brutality, and an aggravated avenue of anguish. But there were events and acts of the prisoners that did provide some humanity in the course of the continual carnage. In this book, these are the stories of what happened every day in the penitentiary.

The Wild West has made legends out of many men after their deaths, but like Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James was a celebrity during his life. However, while Hickok was (mostly) a lawman, Jesse James was and remains the most famous outlaw of the Wild West, with both his life of crime and his death remaining pop culture fixtures.

Three young women snatched from the streets. From their lives, friends, and family. Two of them - Jane Louise Rimmer and Ciara Eilish Glennon - brutally slain. The third, the youngest - Sarah Ellen Spiers - still missing but presumed dead. Assumed murdered by the same man. The hunt for their killer had already spanned two decades and three continents, confounding detectives who had never given up, but had nothing to show for their endless years of searching.

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she and her sister Deirdre found themselves on the doorstep of 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester, seeking lodgings from a seemingly friendly local couple: Fred and Rose West. While growing up in poverty-stricken Dublin in the 1960s, Kathleen was abused from a young age. A move to England allowed her to escape, but even so life remained difficult, forcing her to seek refuge. At first, Cromwell Street provided freedom for the sisters who were entertained by Fred's quirky behaviour and endless DIY.

Paul Derry's first book, Treacherous: How the RCMP Allowed a Hells Angel to Kill is an inside look at his life as an undercover RCMP agent whose dangerous life landed him in the middle of a murder plot. Currently being featured on History Channel's Outlaw Bikers, Treacherous is a book constructed with facts and inside knowledge of the RCMP.

Join this bloodthirsty crew of pirates on ships, including their dying declarations of the most brutal and vicious deeds ever set upon innocent civilians and merchant-ship crews. The Demon Rum is cited as the chief cause by one pirate for his awful and murderous acts. Their day of reckoning came when they faced their final day of judgement when captured in Spain.

När polisen började gräva i en misstänk barnamördares förflutna hittade de något som chockade en hel värld... Det var en grå och regnig dag i Gloucester, England, och bortsett från en liten samling journalister och poliser vid ingången till 25 Cromwell Street verkade det vara en vanlig dag. Men i den smala trädgården på baksidan av huset pågick något väldigt ovanligt. Poliser arbetade med att försiktigt gräva upp spår efter ohyggliga händelser, som alla fruktade var sanna - men som ingen egentligen ville tro på.