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In Azalea, Mississippi, the only thing steamier than the summer days are the men of the King family. When the patriarch Randall King is found dead, Detective Arabella Matthews will race the clock to stop the killer from striking again. Benton, the eldest of the King siblings, has to decide if he wants to cooperate with the feisty detective or conduct his own investigation. The more he finds out about his father - and the closer he gets to Arabella - the more he wants to keep her safe. But the killer has different plans....

Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln—the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map—the Lyceum Address.

In Mississippi Noir, literary crime fiction master Tom Franklin has assembled a phenomenal short-story collection that highlights a mesmerizing and diverse set of styles and subject matter. Urban, suburban, and rural settings alike unveil new shades of darkness that fall upon Mississippi's past and present.

Don’t miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MAN The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles’s epic tale of love and honor, hatred and...

Ute i dypet finnes de, likene av de tyske ubåtmannskapene som under annen verdenskrig lå ved munningen av Mississippi og ventet på amerikanske oljetankere. Som barn hadde førstebetjent Dave Robicheaux mareritt om de døde sjøfolkene. Som student kom han tilfeldigvis over vraket av en av båtene mens han dykket. Det er denne hendelsen som mange år senere – i et New Orleans på vei mot tusenårsriket – setter både hans og andres liv i fare. Hvorfor er en jødisk organisasjon og en dreven skurk fra det irske miljøet interessert i båten? Hvor kommer den italienske mafiaen inn i bildet.

Biloxi, Mississippi: After the fatal shooting of one of the city’s most prominent couples - Vincent Sherry was a circuit court judge; his wife, Margaret, was running for mayor - their grief-stricken daughter came home to uncover the truth behind the crime that shocked a community and to follow leads that police seemed unable or unwilling to pursue. What Lynne Sposito soon discovered were bizarre connections to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran The Strip, Biloxi’s beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze.

Mississippi is well known it's southern charm, beautiful scenery, and rich history but many don't know the dark events that happen in this state.

This riveting exposé details how a small team of auditors and investigators, led by the youngest State Auditor in the country, uncovered a brazen scheme where the powerful stole millions in welfare funds from the poor in a sprawling conspiracy that stretched from Mississippi to Malibu.

A colorful and historically detailed mystery places the famous author Mark Twain in its center, as the curmudgeonly character finds himself playing an unlikely detective along the Mississippi.

Jerica Poole had no idea how quickly life could change until hers is ripped apart at the seams. After a messy divorce and the tragic death of her daughter, she jumps at the chance to fulfill the last wish of her friend, Harper Belle Hayes. The troubled nurse makes the journey to Harper's hometown of Desire, Mississippi, and immediately finds herself swept up in a 75-year-old mystery: what happened to Jeopardy Belle?

From the hosts of Mothers Who Kill PodcastStaci and Katie will cover 2 cases of missing people in Mississippi each month.

In each episode your host Harley Norris will discuss the most heinoius true crime case that have happened in the state of Mississippi. New episodes uploaded every week Email for case suggestions | harleydakotan@gmail.com

Helena, Arkansas, in den 1840er-Jahren. Das Ufer des Mississippi ist Treffpunkt für Händler und Farmer. Mit Flatbooten wird wertvolle Ware flussabwärts transportiert. Doch viele Boote und deren Ladung verschwinden spurlos. Anfang ahnt niemand, dass eine gefährliche Bande dahinter streckt. Bei den Verbrechern steht Raub und Mord an der Tagesordnung. Die Einwohner organisieren sich schließlich selbst, um die Flusspiraten vom Mississippi zu bekämpfen... Der Roman von Friedrich Gerstäcker, bei dem sich Karl May Ideen holte, zählt als Klassiker der Abenteuerliteratur.

Mimi Rutherfurt hat von ihren Freundinnen eine Fahrt auf der Mississippi-Darling geschenkt bekommen und möchte sich endlich einmal ordentlich erholen. Doch schon nach kurzer Zeit fällt das erste Mal der Strom aus. Kurze Zeit später wird das Schaufelrad des Dampfers beschädigt. Mimi ist sich sicher: Auf der Mississippi-Darling geht es nicht mit rechten Dingen zu und irgendjemand versucht an das Geld vom Pokerturnier zu kommen, das auf der Mississippi-Darling abgehalten wird.

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On a June night in 1983, twenty-three-year-old Karla Faye Tucker and her boyfriend, fueled by a sinister cocktail of illicit drugs, broke into a Houston apartment. "We were very wired," Tucker later testified, "and we was looking for something to do." Though they later claimed they entered the premises with no murderous intent, they ended up slaughtering two people—one a sworn enemy, the other an utter stranger. The weapon: a pickax they found in the apartment.

Under Yazoo Clay dives deep into the generations of family secrets around Mississippi’s former “lunatic asylum.” In 2012, a construction crew in Jackson, Mississippi discovered human remains at the site of the state’s university hospital. They would eventually turn out to be one of over 7,000 patients, who had died at the old asylum and been buried on its grounds. Reporter Larrison Campbell travels to Jackson to meet the families trying to get answers about their ancestors. And she tries to understand just how this “forgotten” chapter of history came to be forgotten.