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Infamous names like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer are known and feared. But what if, just south of the border, there was a far more active network of serial killers? What if the perfect storm of crime, fuelled by this nation's deadly narco wars, has turned Mexico into an ideal hunting ground for many of the most bizarre and blood thirsty serial killers the world has ever seen? Serial Killers of Mexico delves into this criminal underbelly to tell the stories of the psychopathic loners, professional narco assassins and the overwhelmed law enforcement trying desperately to hunt them down.

I 1997 blev den 11-årige Jun Hases afhuggede hoved fundet hængt op i et gitterværk ved hovedindgangen til en skole i Kobe. I munden havde han en seddel, hvor der med rødt blæk stod, at politiet skulle prøve at finde ham. Det viste sig, at morderen var en kun 14-årig dreng, og at Jun var langt fra hans første offer. DØDEN I SKOLEGÅRDEN er en del af true-crime serien MORD I JAPAN, hvor du får de sande historier om nogle af de mest opsigtvækkende mord i landet med den oprejsende sol. Du får et indblik i det mytiske land gennem nogle af de mest spektakulære drab.

I årene 1988 og 1989 fandt nogle af de mest grusomme mord i Japans historie sted. Den unge mand Tsutomu Miyazaki kipnappede i perioden 4 piger, der blot var mellem 4 og 7 år gamle. Han lemlæstede og dræbte dem på brutal vis. Bagefter forgreb han sig seksuelt på ligene, og han gik så langt, at han spiste en af sine ofres hånd. Det gjorde ham til den mest forhadte skikkelse i Japan og i pressen fik han tilnavne såsom rottemanden, Dracula og den lille pigemorder.

I midten af 1970’erne begik seriemorderen Ted Bundy en række brutale voldtægter og drab i USA. Han blev fanget og tiltalt for mord, men det lykkedes ham at flygte under retssagen i 1977 og igen lidt senere på året. Han nåede at begå tre mord til inden, han blev dømt til døden i 1979. CIGARETFLUGTEN er en del af FAMØSE FANGEFLUGTER, en true crime serie om menneskers trang til frihed. Det er sande fortællinger om kriminelle, der kæmper for at undslippe den monotone tilværelse bag tremmer på de mest udspekulerede måder.

Après le succès des tomes 1 et 2 de Gardez l’œil ouvert, la youtubeuse Victoria Charlton revient avec un ouvrage aussi intrigant que captivant. Dans ce nouvel opus, tueurs en série, kidnappeurs et malfaiteurs en tout genre nous entraînent dans les arcanes du crime. Avec la délicatesse et la rigueur qui la caractérisent, l’autrice prend la peine de discuter avec les proches de certaines victimes, ouvrant ainsi à ses lecteurs des perspectives uniques sur des affaires irrésolues.

How to Find Zodiac includes an exclusive interview between author Jarett Kobek, true crime aficionado Rebecca Lavoie, and host of True Crime Obsessed, Patrick Hinds. This title encourages you to forget everything you think you know about the infamous killer as it reinvestigates what's possible within the case and poses a new suggestion of who's to blame.

Under åren 1988 och 1989 ägde några av de mest brutala morden i Japans historia rum. Den unge mannen Tsutomu Miyazaki kidnappade fyra flickor som bara var mellan 4 och 7 år gamla, lemlästade och mördade dem. Han misshandlade sedan liken sexuellt och åt till och med upp den ena handen på ett av sina offer. Detta gjorde honom till den mest hatade figuren i Japan och i pressen fick han smeknamn som Råttmannen, Dracula och Den lilla flickemördaren. MANGAMÖRDAREN är andra delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

Personer som kan medla mellan de tre världarna i det indonesiska universumet kallas "dukun", för trollkarlar eller shamaner, och sägs ha extraordinära förmågor som förs vidare från mästare till lärlingar. Ibland innebär inte mästarens död att lärlingen förlorar kontakten med mästaren. Välsignelsen från den avlidne mästaren kan också ge lärjungen kraft att höja sig till en ny nivå. Det finns särskilda ritualer för att kalla på en död mentor, och om en länk mellan världarna uppstår kan lärlingen få ofattbara krafter. Ibland slutar mötet väldigt illa.

Are Psychopaths natural born killers or is society somehow to blame? Many killers have expressed feelings of alienation and have shown evidence of harboring violent fantasies before they commit to killing. Either way, these people are often created by the society they live in. We need to question ourselves and our society to find the answers to why these people kill. It is a mad world mankind has created and such a world is bound to create mad offspring—but for these psychopathic couples, murder is just a game.

The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 have remained unsolved for over 130 years and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity. Despite numerous books claiming to unmask the infamous Victorian villain, none have come close…until now. The authors of this book are all members of H Division Crime Club, the world's largest body of experts on the Jack the Ripper murders. They have all come together for the first time in history to deliver their own personal research into each suspect and to finally nail down the identity of the man known as Jack the Ripper.

Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit mit Berichten von spannenden historischen Kriminalfällen. Wie in ihrem Podcast Früher war mehr Verbrechen skizzieren die beiden Prähistorikerinnen Nina Batram und Katharina Kolvenbach mögliche Lösungen weit zurückliegender Fälle und Cold Cases und deren Relevanz für die heutige Zeit - dabei stets respektvoll, mit viel Empathie und Sachverstand. Sie beleuchten z. B. eine mordende Familie, eine Giftmörderin, eine falsche Ehefrau, einen intriganten Adelsmörder und den vielleicht bekanntesten Serienmörder der Geschichte: Jack the Ripper.

In March 2011, a major police investigation was opened in the search for missing Swindon local, Sian O'Callaghan. When taxi driver Christopher Halliwell was arrested, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher didn't expect what happened next. After the body of another missing girl, Becky Godden-Edwards, was uncovered, the police had two murders on their hands and one suspect, but how many more unsolved murders could Christopher Halliwell be responsible for?

Women have committed some of the most disturbing serial killings ever seen in the United States. Yet scientific inquiry, criminal profiling, and public interest have focused more on their better-known male counterparts. As a result, female serial killers have been misunderstood, overlooked, and underestimated. In this riveting account, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison draws on original scientific research, various psychological perspectives, and richly detailed case studies to illuminate the stark differences between female and male serial killers’ backgrounds, motives, and crimes.

In the ninth volume of his True Crime series, Germany's bestselling True Crime author Adrian Langenscheid once again unleashes heart-pounding, addictive reading. It offers a breathtaking, deeply harrowing portrait of human abysses that arouses powerful emotions precisely because of its cool, factually neutral depiction. Free of any sensationalism, thirteen True Crime short stories retell some of the most spectacular Canadian criminal cases of recent decades.

Some said that the killer couldn't be a local. Others claimed that he was the wealthy son of a prominent Morgantown family. Whispers spread that Mared and Karen were sacrificed by a satanic cult or had been victims of a madman poised to strike again. Then the handwritten letters began to arrive: You will locate the bodies of the girls covered over with brush—look carefully. The animals are now on the move.

Deutschlands erfolgsgekrönter True Crime-Autor Adrian Langenscheid entfacht mit seinen schockierenden Kurzgeschichten über wahre österreichische Verbrechen herzklopfendes Lesevergnügen. Es ist ein atemberaubendes, zutiefst erschütterndes Portrait menschlicher Abgründe, das gerade wegen seiner kühlen, sachlich-neutralen Schilderung gewaltige Emotionen weckt.

Australia's most prolific serial sexual killers met in prison. They were a complete contrast: Christopher Worrell, the charismatic psychopathic youngster; and James Miller, the older and socially awkward loner. For Miller, it was love at first sight. They developed an ominous sexual bond–proving that opposites can attract–and then kill. Once free, the inseparable tag team slayed as many people as notorious Australian serial killer Ivan Milat. Whereas Milat took a year to murder seven victims, the duo achieved the same in seven short weeks … the last four killed in only six days.

This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-live horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller.

Pine Box Parole, Part One, “The Terry Fitzsimmons Story” begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Ontario’s Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters explain his background and the senseless killings upon which he embarked after spending years in solitary confinement. Fitzsimmons’ lawyer, and author of this book, John L. Hill, defends the indefensible by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster.

In the mid-1980s, someone stabbed six women to death in the Connecticut River Valley on the border between New Hampshire and Vermont. The murderer remains at large and the total number of his victims is unknown. In this brilliant work of true crime reportage, New York Times-bestselling author Philip E. Ginsburg provides fascinating insights into the groundbreaking forensic methods used to track the killer and paints indelible portraits of the lives he cut so tragically short.