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As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side - and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy.

The FBI’s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix. “Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco...

Invisible tells the story of the investigation into the missing person’s case of a Northern Arapaho woman named Jade Wagon who disappeared in January 2020.

Published just seven weeks after the killing of Jesse James, this volume gives the full particulars of each and every dark and desperate deed in the career of this most noted outlaw of any time or nation! The facts and incidents contained herein were dictated to the author by the bandit's wife and his mother, to ensure that every secret act, every hitherto unknown incident, every crime, and every motive was truthfully disclosed!

Step into the minds of the world’s most notorious killers. Each episode, we unravel the life stories, crimes, and psychological depths of history’s most dangerous figures—from their early years to their darkest acts. Through meticulous research and chilling detail, we explore the twisted motives, mental states, and environments that shaped them. This is true crime without shortcuts—an unflinching deep dive into the darkness behind the headlines.

Jesse James was a guerrilla during the Civil War, and afterwards set out on a criminal career that lasted more than a decade. This extensive biography discusses every one of the robberies and acts of violence that the legendary outlaw and his gang perpetrated.

Hosts Erin Keith and Paul Randall Adams review Lifetime movies based on true crimes and research the actual crimes that inspired them. Follow along as Erin watches and reviews made-for-TV movies based on heinous acts of crime, then join Paul as he delves into the truth behind the actual crimes.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2025 - AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS A shocking true story of heartbreak and survival by Sarah Corbett Lynch, daughter of Jason Corbett - an Irish Times Number 1 bestseller and the subject of NETFLIX documentary A DEADLY AMERICAN MARRIAGE. 'Honest and compelling' Sunday...

Listen along as hosts Audrey and Louise venture through (almost) every Lifetime film in order of release. We talk through and share our thoughts about each movie, discuss real-life crimes of the movies they inspire, and rate each one based on cheesiness and entertainment value. New episode every Thursday. Cover art by Gus Peters.

In 1960s Los Angeles, after the catastrophic Watts riots, an outsized character emerged — one who found an unexpected way to unite people across race and class. Odds are you’ve never heard of him. From L.A. Times Studios, the team behind “Dirty John” and “Man in the Window,” comes “Larger Than Life,” a docu-series about Big Willie Robinson, a 6-foot-6, muscle-bound street racer who preached peace a quarter-mile at a time. Cops and criminals, movie stars and miscreants, even Crips and Bloods — out at the drag strip, Big Willie could get them all to see eye to eye, easing ...

Carl Williams' role as unlikely gang boss in the Melbourne Gangland Wars had made him one of the most infamous names in Australian criminal history. In 2007 he was sentenced to 35 years' jail in a high security unit. In 2008 he was given access to a personal computer where, confined to a tiny cell for most of the day, Williams began a daily correspondence with his friends and family, covering his life in jail, his thoughts and hopes for the future and his views and opinions on everyone from barristers and judges to fellow criminals and deadly rivals.