True Crime Serial Murders

The Music of Murder: A True Crime Tale from Jazz Age New Orleans – The Axeman Files By Eliza Hawthorne Step into the haunted heart of Jazz Age New Orleans—where the rhythms of jazz clashed with the silence of murder, and a city danced on the edge of dread. New Orleans, 1918–1919. The air was thick with music, heat, and fear. An unknown killer slipped through the shadows, striking down victims in their homes with an axe—then vanishing into the night. The press called him The Axeman. His crimes sparked panic, folklore, and one of the most bizarre letters in American true crime history...

Inside this chilling true crime audiobook, you’ll peel back the curtain on one of the most twisted and psychopathic men to ever stalk America. Known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, his gut-wrenching crimes have fascinated and terrified people ever since his shocking arrest.

There are reasons why some of the most famous serial killers in the world have names that stick in our memories, send shivers up our spines, make us double-check to make sure the doors are locked at night, and maybe peek under the bed to be sure nothing is lurking there before we turn off the lights.

Investigative reporter James Renner reopens cold cases that have baffled Clevelanders for years.

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Thief of Joy: A college student answers a Craigslist ad for a babysitter and is never seen again. What happened to her is straight out of a horror movie. The Wall: An eccentric old man dies, leaving behind a house full of bizarre keepsakes. There’s a particularly nasty secret in the cellar. Murder by Consent: This was a serial killer with a unique motive. According to him, his victims had asked to be murdered. On the Run: A cruel killer is sent to prison for the murder of his wife....

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Lights! Cameras! Murder!: Life imitates art in this chilling tale of a wannabe filmmaker who set out to imitate his hero – the TV character, Dexter. The Stepmother from Hell: What kind of a monster would torture a 6-year-old amputee and cancer survivor? Black Widows of Hollywood: The barely believable tale of a couple of elderly women who targeted the homeless in a callous murder-for-profit scheme. The Barbecue Murders: Marlene claimed that her parents had gone on an extended ...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; The Man She Thought She Knew: Sheila was growing increasingly suspicious of her husband’s cagey behavior. There are some secrets, you don’t want to know. Somewhere in Middle America: A troubled teen with suicidal tendencies. He’s checking out of this life. But he’s not going alone. Because He Said So: How far would you go to please your lover? As far as murder? As far as child murder? As far as your own child? True Detective: The killer was clever; he was cunning; he was ...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Death in Small Doses: A good marriage gone bad, a wife’s slowly failing health. Is she being poisoned, and if so by who? The answer is far from straightforward. The Wedding Crasher: A joyous day is turned into a night of pure terror when a killer comes calling. The Case of the Flying Corpse: When body parts start washing up on the English coast, the police are left with a baffling puzzle to solve. The solution will leave them dumbfounded. Terror at the Mall: Everyone thought Sylvia...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Flesh and Blood: How far would someone go to maintain their standard of living? As far as murdering their children to relieve themselves of the financial burden? Death Metal: The band’s lyrics were peppered with references to Satanic sacrifice. For one of its members, that would prove to be a revelation of his own bloody end. Kill Him by Christmas: The would-be hitmen had been given strict instructions by the boy’s stepmother. “Kill him by Christmas so I don’t have to buy a ...

Hot on the heels of the Lizzie Borden case from 1893-1894, newspapers around the world began closely following a new and unusual case in upstate New York. Lizzie Halliday, a seemingly harmless woman, was about to stand trial for a triple homicide in Burlingham, NY. Lizzie Halliday lived in the hamlet of Burlingham and worked as a housekeeper, eventually marrying her employer, Paul Halliday. After Paul went missing, a search of their property revealed the bodies of two unidentified women. The investigation which followed revealed that Lizzie, in her twenties, left behind a trail of failed ...

They loved. They lied. They killed. And the truth is more twisted than fiction. Four real murders. Two unforgettable women. One chilling true crime collection. In this gripping true crime anthology, bestselling author Rod Kackley takes you deep inside two harrowing cases—where love, trust, and cold-blooded murder collide. Story One: He’s Dead, Now What? One woman. One gun. Two dead men. Goidsargi Estibaliz Carranza Zabala—“Esti” to her friends—was the soft-spoken woman serving gelato in a cozy Vienna ice cream shop. But behind her quiet smile was a dark secret: murder. Killing ...

The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.

🕯 He couldn’t stop history’s first serial killer… but he might finally save himself. 🕯 On the brink of relapse, a broken man wanders into a decaying amusement park exhibit on Chicago’s lakefront. Moments after taking a long-feared hit of heroin, he finds himself not dead — but transported to the glittering horror of the 1893 World’s Fair. There, amid marvels of invention and carnival excess, he meets a charming doctor named H.H. Holmes. What begins as a surreal hallucination turns into a waking nightmare as the man realizes he’s inside the past… and inside the orbit of...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; The Act of Murder: Daniel was short of cash and desperate. His solution? The cold-blooded murder of his neighbor – with some collateral damage thrown in. Mr. & Mrs. Monster: A deeply depraved couple snatches an innocent 12-year-old from a suburban street. What happens next is beyond shocking. The Sins of Essie Bible: Essie was a woman on a mission. She knew what she wanted out of life. Those who stood in her way tended to come to a bad end. Mother’s Little Helpers: Paul was a ...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Walk in Shadow: John and Nancy had moved to Montana for the peace and quiet. What they’d find instead was cold, bloody murder. The Cop and the Cannibal: He was an educated man with degrees in philosophy and computer science. He was also a meth addict, with a taste for human flesh. Loved and Lost: Mourning the death of her infant son, Dynel goes looking for a child to replace him, targeting an expectant mother. Taking Innocence: A little girl goes missing from a busy street. Years ...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Death Foretold: All Jane wanted was a loving relationship. What she got instead was a liar, a cheat, an abusive thug. And those were his better qualities. Raised by Killers: What would you do if you found out that the people who raised you, your beloved parents, were both wanted for murder? In the Name of Lust: Carl had an eye on his cousin’s attractive girlfriend. The fact that she was heavily pregnant in no way deterred him from his evil plan. Paranoid: He was a quiet man, a ...

Bizarre! Shocking! Horrific! Depraved! 18 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases From Around The World, including; Greenlight for Murder: He said he was a documentary filmmaker who needed two teen models for a location shoot. His real intentions were far more sinister. Dark Obsession: When a young girl goes missing in broad daylight, suspicion soon falls on the unlikeliest of suspects – her beloved uncle. The Dreadful Truth: The doctor had a gambling problem. His way out was to hand over his beautiful, young wife to a pair of killers. Death at the Hilton: Three friends embark on the trip of a ...

In Murder Tales: The Child Killers, H. N. Lloyd examines some of the most shocking and horrifying crimes in the blood soaked annals of history, child murders. This volume of Murder Tales includes ten true crime chillers including: Albert Fish: The despicable child cannibal, the most loathsome man in the annals of crime who taunted his victims parents with foul letters, and who wrote a confession so blood chilling and sickening his lawyer refused to let it be released to the public. Alice Crimmins: A mother accused of murdering her two children, a wholly inadequate and biased police ...

We tend to think of serial killers as a modern phenomenon. They are not. The first known serial killers in the United States were the Harpe brothers. Active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Harpe brothers spread a path of terror across more than half a dozen American states. Along their way, they murdered between 39 and 50 men, women, and children. Their crimes, which often included grotesque mutilations, were so vicious that they made other murderers cringe with disgust. This is a true story, and it is as gruesome as any horror tale ever told. This fully documented story ...

Killer Romance: Love Stories with a Body Count unveils a gripping anthology of love tales laced with murder. From Victorian London’s gaslit alleys to Texas highways and French estates, these stories chart passion’s descent into peril. A doctor flees with his mistress, a cellar hiding gruesome secrets; a betrayed wife’s road chase ends in her husband’s death; a trapped heiress poisons her boorish spouse. Each romance ignites with desire and ends in a body count, driven by infidelity, jealousy, or desperation. Blending historical intrigue with modern twists, these narratives pit love ...