Real True Crime

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 ...

The Netflix hit Don’t F**k with Cats was based on the 2012 Montreal murder of thirty-three-year-old Lin Jun by his porn-star boyfriend, Luka Magnotta. Previously Magnotta had anonymously posted videos of himself killing kittens. This spurred horrified Facebook sleuths into working tirelessly to uncover his identity and location. Sometimes citizen sleuthing goes wrong, though, with innocent people being targeted, or accused of crimes they haven’t committed, with tragic results.

For nearly 100 years, the Lindbergh Kidnapping still remains a major topic of controversy and fascination. A Talent to Deceive uses investigative journalism to dive into evidence ignored by previous investigators in search of the truth. Who really committed the crime? What really happened the night of March 1, 1932? What was the motive to kidnap and murder the Lindbergh baby? Follow Norris in this history-meets-mystery tale as he performs a thorough investigation to solve the case that will never die.

Engrossing Psychological Narrative There are people among us who survive great catastrophes, even murder attempts, in one lifetime, but few have survived innumerable murder attempts, and multiple catastrophes. I am alive today, despite, or, because of, quirks of chance-in fact- there are people who have said that I have experienced what can only be called miracles of survival. Regardless of the reasons, the paradoxical inevitability of the facts remains true: over twenty near-death experiences, via disease, accident, beasts, and by men with knives and guns, as well as inopportune and ...

Polygamy. Incest. Vampires. Murder. There are words you might expect to read together in the plot of a gothic horror novel, but not so long ago, in the usually quiet town of Fresno, California, those words were the headlines. What do they have to do with each other? The answer to that question is one man: Marcus Wesson. Chances are you have heard of cults, such as the Manson Family, and Jonestown, but this might be your first time hearing the story of a vampire cult led by Marcus Wesson. The members of this cult were members of Wesson’s own family.

The gripping true story of Tina Soctoy, held captive as a young girl as part of a Secret Russian Military plot to develop brutal child warriors, continues in Devil Cries Stones. “I've ended up in another world, and this world is becoming mine forever. Resting against the wide, dark-blue door frame, I look at the clay surface of the ground, covered with pebbles near the staircase. I’m becoming unafraid. A strange feeling crops up, of entering into another life. My parents are far, far away from me now. I don’t even know what they’re like, they’re that far away. My memory can no ...

He looked like a harmless old man. He knocked on the Budd family’s door with a smile and a promise. And he walked away with their ten-year-old daughter—never to return her. The Cannibal of Wisteria is the chilling true story of Albert Fish, one of the most disturbing serial killers in American history. Behind his soft-spoken demeanor and grandfatherly appearance hid a predator driven by religious delusions, sadistic desires, and a hunger that defies comprehension. From his brutal childhood in an orphanage to his grotesque confessions of cannibalism, child murder, and self-mutilation, ...

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?

True crime is about humanity. We are hardwired to pay attention to things that could harm us, and that’s why so many of us are captivated by the genre. It’s not a reflection of something dark within us - it’s a reflection of human nature. True crime has become more than a source of entertainment, and it plays a critical role in giving forgotten victims a voice they never had the chance to share. Indeed, reading and sharing true crime stories is an act of social responsibility.

Carles Porta probablemente sea uno de nuestros mejores periodistas, pero sin duda se ha coronado, con sus libros, podcasts y series televisivas, como un magistral narrador de relatos reales. En este volumen, que recoge diez de los casos más impactantes de la crónica negra reciente, descubriremos su especialidad literaria: contarnos extraordinarias historias de crimen y trabajo policial mientras nos mantiene en vilo hasta la última línea.

Top crime stories from the Chesapeake Bay Tidewater Region, including accounts of historical murders 100 years ago. One such saga took place in Princess Anne, Maryland, when a mob of 5,000 overran a squad of State Troopers and plucked an accused rapist from jail and lynched him on the lawn next door to the home of the judge who had just made a passionate plea for the mob to go home.

As Bill Clinton's political and business mentor, Jim McDougal, with his knowledge of embarrassing real-estate and banking deals, bribes, and obstructions of justice, long haunted the White House. McDougal's vivid self-portrait, completed only days before his death and coauthored by veteran journalist Curtis Wilkie, reveals the hidden intersections of politics and special interests in Arkansas and the betrayals that followed.

The Real Manhunter Casebook is the captivating accompaniment to hit Sky Crime TV series The Real Manhunter, chronicling 12 of the most complex cases that former Metropolitan Police detective Colin Sutton worked on throughout his career. Colin Sutton is widely acknowledged as the most eminent Metropolitan Police detective of the last thirty years.

In the early hours of Saturday, December 17th, 2011, Zoe Nolan, a 19-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months. She was never seen again.

Filius Thoreau, arch-benefit fraudster and jaunty raconteur, celebrates the silver anniversary of his induction into the world of the workshy with his candid, but not too candid, autobiography in which he celebrates the unique and sinuous path he has steered through the minefield of work-obsessed modern Britain. From the dark days of the Poll Tax through the laissez-faire nineties to the ghastly government work schemes of the new millennium, Filius has marched onwards to the sound of his own personal drummer and constructed a uniquely apologist philosophy along the way.

The Real Death in Paradise is cosy crime...in the sun, recounting the idyllic two years ex-DCI Richard Preston spent as one of the twelve young police officers sent to the tropical paradise and infamous tax-haven of the Cayman Islands. But when faced with the reality of life in the Caribbean - including foiling a turtle egg kidnap, a rum smuggling ring and corrupt police officers - Richard soon found out that the truth was far more interesting than he ever could have imagined.

Without Redemption was written on a number of parallel tracks that constantly intersect: First, it is the most detailed historical biography ever written about Bill Bonin, the notorious Freeway Killer responsible for murdering 22 teenage boys over ten-months in 1979-80. Second, it is a psychological roadmap which charts the evolution of Bonin’s personality from abused child to sexual predator to serial killer. This is accomplished using documents from his childhood, war service, multiple California government mental health and penal institutions, witness testimony and the expertise of ...

TRUE TALES OF MURDER & MAYHEM - Volume #2 *MURDER BY GASLIGHT The gaslit towns and cities of the 19th century have long fascinated criminologists. One has only to think of the appeal of Sherlock Homes in fogbound London. This was an era when a criminal like the master burglar Charles Peace (a capable violin player and a master of disguise), was able to steal, and kill, under cover of darkness. The story of his notorious career is complemented by the trial of James Blomfield Rush, who chose a stately home setting for his Victorian mass murder - and all because of greed..! *ASSASSINS - ...

Esta novela es una especie de True crime sin crime, una narración que podrás leer como la obra literaria que es, o bien como la radiografía de una experiencia particular. Lo que aquí leerás será una historia real: la mía. La de mi encuentro con el monstruo. De cómo me atrapó y cómo escapé de él. ¿Preparado para entrar en ella? Otras obras de la autora: -HERMANAS, nominada al premio Nadal 2024 -LOS OJOS DE LA MUERTE -ÁNGELA -LA CONDESA MUERTA -SEGUNDAS OPORTUNIDADES -TODO EL MUNDO ES GILIPOLLAS -LOS MUERTOS SÍ HABLAN -Saga SERES MALDITOS -DESPUÉS DE DIOS -CUENTOS PARA VAGOS

This book contains the combined volumes of my True Scares and Real-Life Nightmares series with a disturbing new tale added for good measure. Included in this collection are true accounts of haunted dwellings, possessed objects, ghost animals, a sinister entity that attached itself to an unsuspecting couple, zombie legends that may be closer to reality than we would like to believe, dreams that foretold the future, Halloween terror, a mysterious presence that stalked people while they slept, a madman who took his obsession with dolls to macabre extremes, a parasitic twin with a mind of its ...