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Deadly Mistress: A True Story of Marriage, Betrayal and Murder
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LOVE GONE BAD. MURDER GONE WRONG. West Coast doctor Kenneth Stahl would do anything to free himself from his wife Carolyn. Then Adriana Vasco-- Kenneth' s former receptionist and mistress of nine years-- obliged by introducing him to ex-con Dennis Earl Godley. The deal was set. Godley would murder C...
The A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
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Bestselling true-crime writer Harold Schechter, a leading authority on serial killers, and coauthor David Everitt offer a guided tour through the bizarre and blood-chilling world of serial murder. Through hundreds of detailed entries that span the entire spectrum -- the shocking crimes, the infamous...
If You Really Loved Me
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In 2004, Georgia teenager Holly Harvey, angered at her churchgoing grandparents' restrictions, convinced her 16-year-old girlfriend Sandy Ketchum to butcher them with steak knives in a murder case that stunned the nation. photos. Original.
I've Been Watching You: The South Louisiana Serial Killer
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I've Been Watching You: The South Louisiana Serial Killer
Final Analysis CD: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case
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In October 2002, Susan Polk was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix, kicking off what would become one of the most captivating murder trials in recent memory. Now, former judge and current Court TV host Catherine Crier turns an analytical eye to Susan's story, delving into her past and exa...
A Book of Scoundrels
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A Book of Scoundrels
The Blooding
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The old and the new, the traditional and the up-to-date, combine for one of Wambaugh's most unusual cases, the chilling story of a psychopath whose deeds might have remained forever undetected if a scientist doing research on DNA had not stumbled upon the technique of genetic fingerprinting.
The Good Husband: A Father, a Dark Secret, and Two Brutal Murders
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Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town
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In 1999, in the tiny Texas town of Tulia, 39 people were charged with dealing cocaine. All were convicted and given sentences as high as 99 years. This is the story of the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions in 2003.
Killers
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The Faces of the Famous series lets the reader put a face of well-known names--from infamous gangsters and murderers to rock and movie stars, Each book covers around 200 faces--most in color--all of them carefully captioned to provide an inexpensive reference.
Giant Book of True Crime: The Full Stories Behind the World's Most Notorious Murderers
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Giant Book of True Crime: The Full Stories Behind the World's Most Notorious Murderers
America's Most Hated Woman: The Life and Gruesome Death of Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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This is the real story of Madalyn Murray O'Haire, the most hated woman in America, by the only author to interview her killer and those close to him, and to witness the O'Haire family's secret burial in Austin, Texas.
In Broad Daylight
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Ken McElroy terrorized Skidmore, Missouri, for years--robbing, raping, shooting, and maiming the citizens into submission until they had finally had enough. While 45 townspeople looked on, McElroy was shot and killed . . . but the police could find no witnesses.
The Mammoth Book of Crime Scene Investigation
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Using the latest modern technology available to forensic science, crime scene investigators answer questions others never even thought to ask. Here are over 30 fascinating modern cases of forensic detective work, featuring the whole range of forensic techniques: genetic fingerprinting, blood splatte...
Murder Gone Cold
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Murder Gone Cold relates the double murder of Barbara and Patricia Grimes back in 1957. The work of many years, author Tamara Shaffer, has painsakingly researched this unsolved crime through actual interviews, newspaper articles and court testimony. Many not seen before photographs are also included...
The D.C. Sniper Shootings
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For twenty-three days in October, 2002 the Washington, DC area was terrorized by a pair of unknown snipers who killed ten innocent victims at random, leaving few clues at the crime scenes. Using the latest tools in forensic science, investigators from local, state, and federal law enforcement agenci...
The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century
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The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century
Killing Mr. Lebanon: The Assasination of Rafik Hariri and Its Impact on the Middle East
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, known as Mr. Lebanon, was killed by a massive explosion as he drove along the Beirut seafront on Valentine’ s Day in 2005. A business entrepreneur, who rose from nothing to become one of the most powerful men in Lebanese politics, Hariri's assassination ha...
Under the Bridge
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In the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, this work is a gripping, true-crime story of a group of middle school teenagers who beat a female classmate to death, and then tried to cover up the crime. Includes a new Afterword by the author.
Ripper Notes: Written in Blood
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Ripper Notes: Written in Blood
Love You More: The Taylor Behl Story
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It was just after Labor Day 2005 when Janet Pelasara received the news every parent dreads: her beautiful daughter, Taylor Behl, who had just started her freshman year at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,Virginia, was reported missing from campus. The ensuing search for Behl eventually u...
Substantial Evidence
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People who decide to become whistleblowers by exposing dangerous, corrupt or deadly practices know the perils involved. They are often labeled liars and frauds by those they've accused, but rarely are they indicted on false charges.This is exactly what happens to Sgt. Bill Hubbard when his investiga...
Libranos del Mar: Relato de Un Secuestro
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This is the kidnapping that has caused the greatest concern in Mexican public opinion. The abduction of Ernestina Sodi and her sister, the actress Laura Zapata, was perpetrated by a band of professionals, who are now incarcerated. The sisters were taken hostage in 2002, and Ernestina Sodi remained c...
Murder in the Heartland
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On December 16, 2004, eight-months-pregnant Bobbie Jo Stinnett was found bleeding profusely and her unborn baby was gone. Only 150 miles away in Melvern, Kansas, Lisa Montgomery proudly showed off her newborn baby. That was only the beginning of one of the most unthinkable crimes in American history...