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When it comes to female killers, the most common type of crime is mariticide or murdering their husbands. There are many motivations behind taking someone's life but killing a person so close to you is often fueled by passion, financial gain, jealousy, or betrayal. The case of Shari Tobyne is the perfect example of a woman scorned. Her husband of thirty-five years wanted to divorce her due to the financial problems she caused by mishandling the couple's...
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Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper, John Wayne Gacy, and Ted Bundy. But what about Tillie Klimek, Moulay Hassan, Kate Bender? The narrative we're comfortable with is the one where women are the victims...
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Deep within the annals of criminal history, there exist enigmatic cases of unsolved murders that have baffled detectives and enthralled the public for generations. Delve into a captivating exploration into these chilling and unresolved crimes, each story a testament to mysteries that continue to haunt.
The narratives reveal a series of victims lost to silence and culprits who seemingly disappeared without a trace. The intricate details of each...
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Delve into the darkest corridors of criminal investigation, where mysteries linger and justice seems perpetually out of reach. This gripping book explores some of the most perplexing unsolved murders that continue to haunt investigators, families, and communities worldwide. Each chapter is a journey through a labyrinth of clues, dead ends, and haunting questions, painting a vivid picture of cases that have defied explanation.
From quiet suburban...
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En 1988, los detectives del Departamento de Policía de Sacramento, fueron llamados para investigar la desaparición de un hombre en su última dirección conocida: una casa de huéspedes para ancianos, indigentes y enfermos mentales. La propietaria, Dorothea Puente, era una adorable anciana que cuidaba de los vagabundos y del resto de los náufragos de la sociedad. Tenía una gran reputación en la comunidad y era célebre por su desinteresada labor...
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In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the "The Dating Game," one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience-and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney seemed like the answer to every woman's dreams. Until they learned the truth about his once and future crimes...
Ten years before his TV appearance, Rodney was charged...
7) I Am God
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Will the Monster of Florence ever be found? To this day his (or her or their) identity remains a frustrating mystery to both Italian law enforcement and INTERPOL. But here's what they know: the Monster, who was once the inspiration for Thomas Harris's cannibalistic serial killer, Hannibal Lector, not only needed to kill his victims, he also felt the need to brutally mutilate them. This story, which is graphic in nature, explores the mind of the Monster,...
8) Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
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Abrams Press
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2023
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For fans of Mindhunter and Criminal Minds, a chilling account of a woman facing down serial killers as one of the first female profilers of the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit and real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs' Clarice Starling
Jana Monroe was no ordinary cop: a cofounder of, and at the time, the only female agent in-the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit at Quantico, over the course of her career she consulted on more than 850...
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I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James "Whitey" Bulger, who I always called Jimmy.
Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. We took what we wanted. And we made people disappear-permanently. We made millions. And if someone ratted us out, we killed him. We were not nice guys.
I found out that Jimmy had been an FBI informant in 1999, and my life was never the same. When the feds finally got me, I was faced...
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For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorized Victorian England.
But what if there was never really any mystery at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who...
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Pinnacle Books
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2023
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The true-crime story of a Massachusetts nurse with a dark secret, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Left Behind.
At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, Kristen Gilbert was known as a hardworking, dedicated nurse. Yet so many emergencies and sudden deaths occurred under Kristen's watch that others jokingly called her the “Angel of Death.” No one suspected
At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, Kristen Gilbert was known as a hardworking, dedicated nurse. Yet so many emergencies and sudden deaths occurred under Kristen's watch that others jokingly called her the “Angel of Death.” No one suspected
12) In the Footsteps of Fear The Unabomber's Manifesto, Ideology, Anarchy, And The Pursuit of Revolution
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The Footsteps of Fear: The Unabomber's Manifesto, Ideology, Anarchy, and the Pursuit of Revolution takes readers on a gripping and thought-provoking journey into the life and mind of Theodore Kaczynski, the notorious figure known as the Unabomber. Delving deep into his motives, beliefs, and actions, this captivating book unravels the complex tapestry of his radical ideology and its lasting impact on society.This book explores the early life and formative...
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Newspaper reports of Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and others compiled by the New York Times-bestselling author.
Former detective and bestselling author Mike Rothmiller has, brought together classic works of journalism that will take the reader on a fascinating journey back in time to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation. Some may find these articles and their descriptions of people and crimes shocking...
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IRYN MEYERS Iryn Meyers came to the United States as a mail order bride for Joe Meyers. Both lonely and desperate but for different reasons, Iran began to show a side of herself that wasn't too apparent to Joe when she detailed her wants and desires in their mail correspondence. Joe would soon find out that his supposedly sweet mail order bride from the Philippines was willing to do anything for money... even murder. Iryn Meyers is just one of numerous...
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Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious American serial killer who murdered 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 21, 1960, and committed his first murder at 18. Dahmer was known for his shocking crimes, including cannibalism, necrophilia, and preserving body parts as souvenirs. He was arrested in 1991 after one of his intended victims managed to escape and alert the police. Dahmer was eventually sentenced...
16) Tough Tony
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Mafia enforcer Anthony "Tough Tony" Spilotro was the main muscle protecting the Chicago mafia's illegal casino profits in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s, until his death in 1986. Spilotro's time in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, inspired the memorable character Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.
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A collection of True Crime Stories headlined by the murder of Sherri Rasmussen For 23 years, no one knew how Sherri Rasmussen had died. In February of 1986, the body of the 29 year old woman was discovered in the Van Nuys, California, apartment she shared with her husband, John Ruetten. She'd been beaten, according to the medical examiner, and shot three times in what appeared to have been some kind of struggle. Initially, the Los Angeles Police Department...
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“Bad Choices” that End in Murder “I'd kill for my child.” It's a bit of a cliché, one that rolls off the tongue glibly enough but also with a touch of traction. We would do anything for our kids; they become central to all that we do, everything we are. But the point is that most of us wouldn't, or would need the most impossibly extreme circumstances, kill or be killed, to carry out the threat. Where that impossibly extreme point falls is,...
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Madeleine McCann, a young child of three years old, was visiting the popular Portuguese resort town of Praia da Luiz along with her parents and younger siblings, as well as a group of her parents' close friends, when she went missing on the night of May 3rd. Madeleine's disappearance became an international sensation and various police departments in both Portugal and the United Kingdom, as well as Madeleine's parents, would conduct independent investigations...
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The Memphis Underworld King
Diggs Nolen's name was the byword for crime in 1920s Memphis. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a swashbuckling outlaw. He turned his back on a promising career, his family and consorted with the worst elements of society. Under the tutelage of train robber Frank Holloway, Nolen became a notorious con artist. Later, he and his gun-slinging wife built an empire out of selling narcotics and trafficking stolen goods. Law...
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