Forensics True Crime

'Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia Cornwell's autobiography, True Crime, could be the best book she's ever written. And I've read them all!' JAMES PATTERSON 'Patricia Cornwell's memoir is a personal page turner, filled with mysteries and tragedies like her fiction, but these characters...

The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Val McDermid uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine with ground-breaking research and her own experience. Along the way you’ll wonder at how maggots collected from a...

It’s a total crime wave: A mini encyclopedia of true crime, packed with stories of killers, cons, survivors, forensics and more! More than 200 stories of killers, con artists, master thieves, and brazen kidnappers—and strong survivors, detectives, forensic breakthroughs, and legal minds on...

Juristin Laura Karasek ergründet rätselhafte Kriminalfälle, die selbst erfahrene Ermittler:innen an ihre Grenzen brachten. Was auf den ersten Blick unentwirrbar erscheint, löst sich durch winzige Details – das entscheidende Indiz, die übersehene Zeugenaussage, die revolutionäre Analysetechnik. Karasek entschlüsselt die Gedankengänge brillanter Kriminalist:innen und legt ihre cleversten Methoden offen. Folge für Folge bewegt sie sich durch internationale Verbrechensgeschichten und rekonstruiert den Weg von der Tat bis zur Wahrheit.

The untold story of the Edinburgh doctor who became Arthur Conan Doyle's model for Sherlock Holmes, and his adventures in the criminal underworld of Victorian Britain. Throughout nineteenth-century Edinburgh, the surgeon Joseph Bell was known for his extraordinary talent for detection and...

Perhaps no other television show captures our innate fascination with crime and criminals better than the original Forensic Files. Examining true crime cases from murders to insurance fraud, hit-and-runs to kidnappings, every case featured on the show is solved in large part with the help of forensic science like DNA evidence. In Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the show along with fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow.com.

Groundbreaking scientific analysis that breaks the JFK assassination wide open! Did a shot from the "grassy knoll" kill President Kennedy? If so, was Oswald part of a conspiracy or an innocent patsy? Why have scientific experts who examined the evidence failed to put such questions to rest? In 2001, scientist Dr. Donald Byron Thomas published a peer-reviewed article that revived the debate over the finding by the House Select Committee on Assassinations that there had indeed been a shot from the grassy knoll, caught on a police dictabelt recording.

On October 20, 1973, in San Francisco, a White couple strolling down Telegraph Hill was set upon and butchered by four young Black men. Thus began a reign of terror that lasted six months and left 15 Whites dead and the entire city in a state of panic. The perpetrators wanted nothing less than a race war.

The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act. Packed with examples from real-life cases, this Beginner Guide covers all major areas of forensic science, including drugs, trace evidence, and crime scene investigation. Pathology, anthropology, and the laws that govern this evidence all come under the scalpel as Jay Siegel tracks the journey of evidence from crime scene to courtroom

Step into nine unsolved mysteries where forensic science battles the haunting silence of historical cold cases. Perfect for a suspenseful commute or late-night true crime binge, this gripping audio experience transforms vanished footprints into tangible clues. Armchair detectives will become...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Cold Cases is volume three of the Crime Cast Library, a collection of ten episode, true crime documentary drama volumes, with each book built around a true crime investigative idea, that shapes the cases inside it. Cold Cases is long form true crime...

The expert author of Murderabilia brings a fresh new approach to the irresistible subject of true crime with this statistic-based telling of some of the most notorious murders of all time. Veteran true crime master Harold Schechter presents hundreds of chilling tales of murder and mayhem told...

Learn about the science of Forensics with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. Forensics is the use of science to solve crimes. The word "forensics" comes from the Latin term "for ensis", which is closely related to the modern English word "forum". This close connection highlights the strong linkage between forensic evidence and courts - or forums - of law.

Marty Goddard dreamed up a new crime-solving tool—a kit that could help rape survivors fight for justice. This thrilling investigation tells the story of the troubled, heroic woman who kicked off a feminist revolution in forensics, and then vanished into obscurity. "Astonishing . . . Marty...

How does a criminology student become the very monster he studies? The shocking true story of how a criminology PhD student became one of America's most notorious killers. Bryan Kohberger spent years studying the criminal mind, analyzing violent behavior, and researching forensic techniques. But...

Decode the forensic evidence and criminal psychology used to hunt the world's deadliest serial killers. This meticulous true crime deep dive takes you straight into the suspenseful reality of active crime scenes and forensic laboratories. Whether you are an armchair detective looking for a dark...

In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles spotlighting true crime are now available in a bundle as an audio download: * "The Cheerleader Murder Plot" by Mimi Swartz, read by Pam Dougherty * "The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob" by Skip Hollandsworth, read by Bruce DuBose * "A Kiss Before...

A riveting true crime story that vividly recounts the birth of modern forensics. At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher, known and feared as “The Killer of Little Shepherds,” terrorized the French countryside. He eluded authorities for years—until he ran up...

Brought to you by Penguin. WHAT MAKES A MURDERER? Unraveling the Dark Psychology Behind Britain’s Most Notorious Killers From Forensic Psychiatrist, Dr Duncan Harding SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2025 A young girl burns down the family home A man doesn’t remember...

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jim Fraser introduces the concept of forensic science and explains how it is used in the investigation of crime.