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Brad Hunter has spent over thirty years writing about some of America's most horrific crimes. In this new book he enters the mind of John Wayne Gacy, the real-life 'Killer Clown', often said to be the inspiration for Stephen King's evil Pennywise in It. Gacy lured victims to his home with the...

A riveting account of the infamous unsolved murder of two remarkable women in Shenandoah National Park, by a journalist with unprecedented access to all key elements of the case. This story reveals the challenges of wilderness forensics, the failures of our justice system, and offers an...

Anthropophagy – humans eating their fellow-humans – creates a curious blend of revulsion and fascination. When the perpetrator is a murderer – most commonly a sadistic serial killer – the crime is not only shocking, but also bewildering. Moira Martingale’s comprehensive study, Cannibal...

“A tour de force of storytelling.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache series “Jobb’s excellent storytelling makes the book a pleasure to read.” —The New York Times Book Review ”When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of...

"My life will always be in danger. My beautiful sister Banaz Mahmod was murdered in an ‘honour killing’ ordered by our father and uncle. If those evil men find me, they will kill me too." Bekhal Mahmod was one of six siblings from a Sunni Muslim family in Iraqi Kurdistan who sought a new...

A beach read like no other! Be prepared for a journey from wherethe land meets the sea, to where life meets death. There is something sinister about a British seaside town. On the surface they’re all funfairs and breezy promenades. Yet dig a little deeper in the sand and you soon uncover an...

Due to Sullivan’s extensive writing about Ted Bundy, he’s become a sort of magnet over the years, drawing out many people who were part of the Bundy story but have otherwise kept a low profile over the decades. These first-person contacts continue to this day. As such, this is the first book in a new series of books whose aim is to bring new revelations to the public about Bundy, the victims, the murders, and the almost murders that failed Bundy for one reason or another. 

Days after Richard Dorrough violently takes his own life at a public gun range in Perth, Western Australia, his fiancée receives a parcel from him in the post - a book filled with the former sailor’s handwriting. She starts to read and, horrified by the chilling confession inside it, quickly hands the book to police....

This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Often told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller. This collection includes the stories of Harold Shipman, Fred and Rose West, the Kurim case, the Mockingbird Hill massacre, the Truro Murders, Herb Baumeister, Katherine Knight, Henry Lee Lucas, and Nannie Doss.

Das Krankenhaus als vermeintlich perfekter Tatort... Krankenhaus Nykøbing Falster: Ein Patient stirbt. Da die Todesursache ungeklärt ist, wird die Polizei hinzugerufen. Ein Routineeinsatz – bis eine Krankenschwester den Verdacht äußert, ihre Kollegin aus der Nachtschicht habe den Patienten vorsätzlich getötet. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass es weitere verdächtige Todesfälle in den letzten Jahren gab – und Christina Aistrup Hansen gerät mehr und mehr in den Fokus der Ermittlungen.

With a gritty, raw, and compelling account of the lives and crimes of four terrifying murderers, this eerie and disturbing collection paints a vivid picture of their heinous crimes, along with the chilling psychology that drove them to prey on their fellow men and women. Shedding light on the lives and upbringing of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard “Night Stalker” Ramirez, and killer clown John Wayne Gacy, this audiobook delves into the grisly details of their killing sprees, as well as the warped ideas that drove them to murder.

The reverberations from Fred West's crimes continue to this day. The story never dies. West was perhaps one of Britain's most evil, feared serial killers. His horrifying compulsion to kidnap, rape and torture his victims before murdering them showed a savagery and cruelty that can barely be...

Meurtres de sang-froid, enlèvements dramatiques, tortures sauvages, violences odieuses, drames familiaux tragiques, tueur en série sans pitié et vol du millénaire : autant d’histoires vraies que vous lirez ici. Dans le troisième volume de sa série de livres True Crime International, l'auteur à succès Adrian Langenscheid raconte une fois de plus des histoires de crimes qui se sont produits il n’y a pas si longtemps.

La storia di Gianfranco Stevanin non è quella che si potrebbe immaginare quando si sente parlare di serial killer. Stevanin, infatti, era per tutti un ragazzo normale, tanto che potrebbe essere definito "un tranquillo serial killer di provincia". Al suo paese l'avevano soprannominato Elvis per quella sua espressione da bamboccione, conosceva tutti e nessuno aveva mai sospettato nulla di strano. Fino a quando la polizia non iniziò a rinvenire una serie di cadaveri di donne in quello che venne subito ribattezzato il campo degli orrori.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Stevie Cameron’s investigative tour de force about one of North America's most prolific serial killers—now widely regarded as a true crime classic. Verteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd...

In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Department was asked to respond to a possible homicide. Little did he know that he would soon be delving into the dark mind of one of America's most notorious serial killers, the "Milwaukee Cannibal", Jeffrey Dahmer. Kennedy spent the next six weeks locked in an interrogation room with Dahmer. There, the killer described in lurid detail how he lured 17 young men to his apartment, where he strangled, sexually assaulted, dismembered, and in some cases, cannibalized his victims.

The year 1969: The hippie scene is vibrant in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Long-haired teenagers roam the streets, strumming guitars and preaching about peace and love...and Tony Costa is at the center of it all. To a certain group of smitten young women, he is known as Sire—the leader of their counterculture movement, the charming man who speaks eloquently and hands out hallucinogenic drugs like candy. But beneath his benign persona lies a twisted and uncontrollable rage that threatens to break loose at any moment. Tony Costa is the most dangerous man on Cape Cod.

"Will Damron performs a meticulous, exact narration of Stashower’s work. He unpacks the background and history of the places and players with the calm and collected authority of an insider, yet exudes the excitement, confusion, and fear of outsiders when delivering numerous gruesome passages...

En ce samedi 31 août 1895, le jeune berger Jean-Marie Robin s'étonne de ne pas voir son ami Portalier veiller sur son troupeau dans la grande prairie, à deux kilomètres d'Onglas. Alors que ses moutons envahissent un champs de trèfles qui ne leur appartient pas, Jean-Marie appelle son nom, puis aperçoit sous un grand noyer une tâche rouge. Il s'en approche, et découvre avec horreur une trainée de sang conduisant à une mare de déjection humaine, de sang et de boyaux. Le cadavre de Portalier git là, éventré, les yeux grands ouverts.

In Unsolved Serial Killers, Volumes 1 and 2, here is just a fraction of what you will discover explorations of the cities and historical contexts of the killings, so you understand the atmosphere when they were taking place, in-depth profiles of the victims of each killer and what happened to them, and much more. If you're a true crime junkie, you may think you know the world of serial killers inside and out, but prepare to be surprised by what you find within these lines.