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The Kent State University Press
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[2021]
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English
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The definitive account of audacious con woman Cassie Chadwick, the Carnegie Imposter
Queen of the Con tells the true story of Cassie Chadwick, a successful swindler and "one of the top 10 imposters of all time," according to Timemagazine. Born Betsy Bigley in 1857 in Canada, she first operated as Madame Devere, a European clairvoyant, and in 1890 was arrested for defrauding a Toledo bank of $20,000. In the mid-1890s, while working as a madam in Cleveland,...
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Trine Day
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"FLY BY NIGHT is about the helicopter crash on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" -- the Warner Bros. film co-produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis -- that killed actor Vic Morrow, and two children who had been hired illegally. Confidential sources in the studios and in the private worlds of Spielberg and Landis -- and in the DA's office, the sheriff's office, Interpol and the FBI -- and newly uncovered internal Warner Bros. documents --...
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WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"The true-crime story of one man's life after his faked death, by the New York Times -- bestselling author of Murder in the Family. 1982: Oregon businessman Phil Champagne, age 52, dies in a tragic boating accident off Lopez Island off the coast of Washington state. He is survived by one ex-wife, four adult children, an octogenarian mother, and two despondent brothers. Phil didn't know he was dead until he read it in the paper. All things considered,...
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The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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Did a collector with a knack for making sensational discoveries really find the first document ever printed in America? Did Adolf Hitler actually pen a revealing multivolume set of diaries? Has Jesus of Nazareth's burial cloth survived the ages? Can the shocking true account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination be found in lost pages from his murderer's diary? Napoleon famously observed that history is a set of lies agreed upon," and Edward Steers Jr....
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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I wonder what you'd think of me if you found out that I've done something really serious ...'So begin the confessions of Thomas Quick - Scandinavia's most notorious serial killer.
In 1992, behind the barbed wire fence of a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane, Thomas Quick confessed to the murder of an eleven-year-old boy who had been missing for twelve years. Over the next nine years, Quick confessed to more than thirty unsolved murders,...
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In this stunning true crime thriller of Facebook, catfishing, and jealousy, a double-murder begins with the click of a button.
When Bill Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth began their romance, they unknowingly set in motion a diabolical plot that would end with them murdered in their own home, Hayworth holding their mercifully unharmed infant.
Chris was a CIA agent who was concerned about Jenelle. Seeing the cyberbullying she had endured, and worried...
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Orville Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film is not the typical JFK Assassination book. This book does not attempt to answer "who" killed JFK but why we should question the actions of the time and why the truth was withheld from the people. Written in a narrative style, the book shares the story of Orville Nix and how he was intimidated yet remained adamant to what he witnessed that horrific day. His camera original film that shows the grassy knoll...
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Leslie "Ike" Atkinson is one of U. S. history's most original gangsters. According to law enforcement sources, he and his gang smuggled, by conservative estimates, 1,000 pounds of heroin annually from Bangkok, Thailand, to U. S. military bases during their period of operation from 1968 to 1975. The Bangkok Connection: Trafficking Heroin from Asia to the USA chronicles the story of Atkinson, a charismatic former U. S. army master sergeant, career smuggler,...
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A new look at some gruesome and riveting murders. In this grisly and gripping collection of essays-some revised and updated, some never before published, but all new to American audiences-prize-winning English crime historian Jonathan Goodman turns his attention to a variety of British and American crimes from the 1820s to the 1980s, some high profile and others not. With the author as detective, each of Goodman's essays examines a particularly notorious...
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This is the story of how a family can be destroyed by a chain of events that begin when one member puts her trust in a conman. At the beginning of the 21st century, the de Védrines were an ancient aristocratic Bordeaux family, educated and socially established. From the outside they had everything they could have wished for – wealth, love, friends, education and family. But the very closeness and trust they had with each other ended up splitting...
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A book of mystery and intrigue. The central character in this story, Mitch Conner, is starting a new life after moving from the fast pace and complex city of Atlanta to the serenity and relaxed atmosphere of a small town. Conner's adopted new home is nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains of Western Carolina. While out walking in the forests surrounding his rustic cabin one day, he stumbles on human remains. And the unplanned circumstances surrounding...
12) Nexo 911
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Max Massini nunca se imagino que al dedicarse a ganar dinero cuando bajaban los precios de acciones, se encontraria en una situacion donde estaria lucrando con el ataque terrorista a las Torres Gemelas ese 11 de septiembre de 2001. Lo que averiguo despues fue aun mas escalofriante.
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Get the Summary of Becca Day's All Her Little Lies in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "All Her Little Lies" by Becca Day, Alex Forrester and Cynthia Carmichael's friendship is tested by a role reversal when Cynthia inherits her mother's farm, making Alex her employee. Tensions rise over concerns for Cynthia's children, Hannah and Bradley, and Hannah's relationship with Alex's son, Daniel. After a heated conversation,...
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The 2016 elections. Trump becomes possibly the most influential person in all of America. What he does with that power, though, twists the ideals of American freedom and democracy. Behind closed doors, President Trump plots to sway the lives of the American people, or possibly even further. The F.B.I., however, has other plans to reclaim America and return it to its constitutional heritage.
Who will become victorious in the chase for an entire nation,...
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Officer McCrea is starting his eighth year of service as a South Dakota Game Warden. His status as a naïve, rookie officer is in the distant past. He has matured professionally and has taken on additional, high-liability endeavors such as certified firearms instructor, head range master, and use of force expert. After just eight years he is bestowed with a tremendous professional honor: 1991 Wildlife Officer of the Year. He received this highest...
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Imagine a world where every wish was granted, love and laughter filled every day and lavish gifts were poured upon you. Then imagine everything that you thought was true never existed. This is a story of a non-fiction "Alice In Wonderland". Journey through a labyrinthine trail of joy, unbounded generosity, wonder, deceit, manipulation, mental and emotional contortions, and desperate love. Discover the fanatical obsession of a brilliant criminal who...
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The New York Times says the Knockout Game is a lie. USA Today says it is a myth, a product of white fear. This book settles that once and for all. This is the most complete collection of Knockout Game links and videos and stories ever assembled. "Knockout Game a Lie?" uses hundreds of links to videos and stories that provide the compelling answer: "Aww, hell no!" It also contains a link to a video with hundreds of examples. Created by the author of...
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Warden McCrea spent 23 years faithfully serving the citizens of South Dakota as a state game warden. His career, which spanned from 1983-2006, started in the Moody County Warden District in the small town of Flandreau. What made the Moody County Warden District so challenging is that prior to Warden McCrea's arrival, the district had been without a game warden for 25 years. His first serious challenge was overcoming the many vicious rumors started...
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Get the Summary of Gregg Olsen's American Mother in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "American Mother" by Gregg Olsen recounts the tragic death of Sue Snow, found unresponsive by her daughter Hayley on June 11, 1986, and later declared brain-dead. Sue's life, marked by her rise to bank vice president, marriage to Connie Snow, and their daughters Exa and Hayley, is detailed alongside her separation, infidelities,...
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