Showing results for "Rituals" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

Human sacrifice still goes on uncomfortably close to home - cases have been found in the U.S., Europe, and the United Kingdom. In other parts of the world, such as South America, ritual killing is almost commonplace. Human Sacrifice investigates the terrifying current spate of human sacrifices and ritual killings. Jimmy Lee Shreeve draws on police reports and interviews with the victims' families to paint a horrifying picture of ritual sacrifice at home and abroad.

A member of the parliament is stabbed to death in Reykjavik, the small and usually peaceful capital of Iceland. Police officer Grímsson thinks he saw the perpetrator earlier that night, in a pub in the city's east end. The young man turns himself in. He has no previous record and does not remember anything about the night of the murder, but his fingerprints are on the murder weapon. Grímsson feels that the young man is somehow innocent, a victim rather than a wrongdoer.

Faye Longchamp doesn't believe in ghosts. But she's an archaeologist - dead people are her life. While working in Rosebower, a rural New York town founded by spiritualists, Faye is surrounded by people who talk to the dead on a regular basis. When the most influential spiritualist in town, Tilda Armistead, invites Faye and her project assistant to commune with the dead, she can't say no. An hour later, her crystal ball shows Faye things no rational mind can explain. Tilda is dead.

Rachel Connery is on a seek-and-destroy mission, out for revenge against the mysterious, charismatic man who enticed millions of dollars from her dying mother and cheated Rachel out of her inheritance. She wants retribution and is willing to use every seductive trick at her disposal to obtain it. But desire is a dangerous weapon that cuts both ways, and her trap could end up catching her in a nightmare of forbidden feelings.

Some doors are better left closed . . . Darkly profound and utterly chilling, Apartment 16 is a work of compulsive psychological horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill. ‘Fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King’ – The Guardian In Barrington House, an upmarket...

In der Universität von Reykjavík wird die Leiche eines jungen Deutschen gefunden, in seine Haut wurde ihm ein merkwürdiges Symbol geritzt. Der Geschichtsstudent war fasziniert von alten Hexenkulten. Doch die isländische Polizei glaubt an einen Drogendelikt und verhaftet einen Dealer. Die Eltern des Opfers misstrauen den Ermittlungen: Sie beauftragen die junge Anwältin Dóra Gudmundsdóttir, den Fall noch einmal aufzurollen. Auf der Suche nach dem wahren Mörder findet Dóra mehr über die dunklen Rituale heraus, als ihr lieb ist.

When a high-society party is crashed by a naked, knife-wielding, blood-covered man who "thinks" he might have killed someone, Eve Dallas must track down the crime, and the criminals. Everything points to Satanic ritual, but Eve doesn't believe in devil worship.

Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing...

Saffron Everleigh returns to Ellington Manor after her grandfather suffers a heart attack. Back in her childhood home for the first time in years, Saffron faces tense family relationships made worse by the presence of the enigmatic Bill Wyatt, hired on as a doctor to the ailing Lord Easting. But the man is no doctor—in reality, he is a mysterious figure involved in the trafficking of dangerous government secrets, and his presence at Ellington can only mean trouble.

Ritual Rewind brings you into the darkest corners of 1980s America, uncovering the crimes, conspiracies, and occult fears that shaped a generation.And since it's a podcast where Cassette Culture Met Cult Culture, at the end of the episode we'll recommend a film that we feel pairs well with the week's episode.So... slip in a videotape, sit back, press play, and listen to... The Ritual Rewind.Feel free to reach out to us at hello@theritualrewind.com

Patterns & Rituals is a biweekly true crime podcast focusing on killers, cults and the paranormal. Join your host, Cameron Holly Dexter, as she explores serial offender violence, cult belief, unsolved cold case mysteries and paranormal curiosities. Here, we step beyond traditional headlines into the twisted corridors of each haunting narrative. This season, we’re delving into cases like the Boneyard Killers, the Portland Serial Killer, the Bear Brook Murders, and much more. Lock your doors. Light a candle. It's about to get dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In einer schummrig beleuchteten Frankfurter Unterführung wird eine verwahrloste Frau aufgegriffen, die verängstigt von einem alten Fluch fantasiert. Kriminalhauptkommissarin Marie Winter und der milliardenschwere, exzentrische BKA-Hauptkommissar Daniel Parkov wissen nicht, wer diese Fremde ist - bis ihnen ein geheimnisvolles Indiz in die Hände fällt.

Un serial killer senza volto. Una sfida che viene dal passato. Perché il male non lascia scampo. L'aria è malvagia sull'isola di Sirling, al largo della costa bretone, dove il comandante Erwan Morvan si trova a indagare sull'orribile delitto di un cadetto militare. Suo padre è un uomo potente, che ha fatto fortuna in Africa e ora manovra tra le quinte le leve della polizia francese: è quel Grégoire Morvan famoso per aver fermato il killer chiamato l'Uomo Chiodo.

The Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Winning Author Winner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel ‘It’s hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence’ – Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret...

As Logan Martin begins his prison sentence for the brutal murder of his father, the eighteen-year-old’s aunt hires private investigator Teàrlach Paterson. She believes Logan is innocent and wants Teàrlach to uncover the truth. Teàrlach’s visit to the Martin family home yields two disturbing discoveries: a pentagram etched under the carpet in Logan's sister’s bedroom, and a link to the sinister deaths of their elderly neighbours—a journal with the same ominous symbol lies in the couple's home.

Un peculiar detective del siglo XVII llamado Capablanca, junto con su inseparable ayudante Fray Hortensio, se verá envuelto en un misterio, justo cuando está a punto de embarcar rumbo hacia las Indias. Se han producido una serie de asesinatos, sus víctimas siempre son mujeres y las muertes parecen obedecer a una especie de ritual sangriento. Capablanca descubrirá que el Madrid barroco de los bajos fondos y las altas esferas del poder no están tan alejados como cabría pensar.

The once tranquil woods in a picturesque part of Lenchester have become the bloody stage to a series of ritualistic murders. With no suspects, Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker is once again forced to call on the services of forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish. But this murderer isn't like any they've faced before. The murders are highly elaborate, but different in their own way, and with the clock ticking, they need to get inside the killer's head before it's too late.

Für Inspector Ayala alias Kraken geht es ans Eingemachte: Seine erste Liebe Annabel wird ermordet aufgefunden, hingerichtet nach einem keltischen Opfer-Ritual, ertränkt in einem historischen Wasserkessel. Und es bleibt nicht bei diesem einen Mord. Jemand scheint Menschen zu töten, die bald Mutter oder Vater werden. Kraken nimmt zusammen mit seiner Kollegin Estíbaliz die Ermittlungen auf. Er muss sich beeilen, denn seine Chefin Alba ist schwanger - und das Kind könnte von ihm sein.

Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham’s social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr’s mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might be too late.