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A fascinating look into dimensions of murder that are often overlooked and undeveloped. Spree killing, in particular, is a crime that researchers have vacillated over in the past two decades or so, most notably when the FBI's 2005 consortium on Serial Homicide seemed to walk back from the concept because of the implications of the term "cooling off period." The author draws the reader into consideration of such classifications, both the spree killer...
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Bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee returns with a companion volume that delves even deeper into the evil world of psychopaths and their hideous crimes. In Talking with Psychopaths: Beyond Evil, criminologist Berry-Dee combines sections on killers whom he has known, interviewed, or corresponded with, with studies of psychopathic serial killers from the past, including Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Monster; John Christie, a murderer and necrophile;...
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Deep within the annals of criminal history, there exist enigmatic cases of unsolved murders that have baffled detectives and enthralled the public for generations. Delve into a captivating exploration into these chilling and unresolved crimes, each story a testament to mysteries that continue to haunt.
The narratives reveal a series of victims lost to silence and culprits who seemingly disappeared without a trace. The intricate details of each...
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Claiming he'd been sent by God to confess, truck driver Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humbolt County Sheriff's Office and admitted to them that he was a serial killer. After police found a gruesome piece of evidence in Ford's pocket, he told them that he had to be stopped before he killed again, before he murdered his ex-wife, and made his beloved three-year-old son an orphan. Authorities arrested the long-haul trucker and listened in horror to...
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"Behind the Mask: The Devil's Architect H. H. Holmes" delves into the dark and twisted mind of one of America's most notorious serial killers. This chilling book explores the life, crimes, and the construction of the infamous "Murder Castle" by H. H. Holmes. Through meticulous research, historical accounts, and in-depth analysis, it unveils the horrifying details and the mask of evil behind Holmes' facade.
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Bestselling true crime writer and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee turns his attention to a new kind of victim: the wives and partners of serial murderers who remained unaware of exactly who they had fallen for until after their other half's arrest or, in some cases, conviction. Only upon Peter's arrest did Sonia Sutcliffe first discover that her husband was leading a secret existence as the Yorkshire Ripper. The wife of the Hillside Strangler...
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Delve into the darkest corridors of criminal investigation, where mysteries linger and justice seems perpetually out of reach. This gripping book explores some of the most perplexing unsolved murders that continue to haunt investigators, families, and communities worldwide. Each chapter is a journey through a labyrinth of clues, dead ends, and haunting questions, painting a vivid picture of cases that have defied explanation.
From quiet suburban...
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En 1988, los detectives del Departamento de Policía de Sacramento, fueron llamados para investigar la desaparición de un hombre en su última dirección conocida: una casa de huéspedes para ancianos, indigentes y enfermos mentales. La propietaria, Dorothea Puente, era una adorable anciana que cuidaba de los vagabundos y del resto de los náufragos de la sociedad. Tenía una gran reputación en la comunidad y era célebre por su desinteresada labor...
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Mass murders. Increased suicides. Tattered lives. Armed authorities pitted against unarmed Black men. Our means of preventing gun violence is fatally flawed. Robert Fraga covers the history, statistics and more, answering the question: what can be done?Fraga "... traces America's history ... from the days of Bleeding Kansas to the long tradition of political assassination, exploring the ways that American gun culture has become more radical over time....
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While he was still in his school uniform, Peter Dupas walked over to his neighbor's house and knocked. The 27-year-old mother was breastfeeding her five-week-old baby when she heard the knock. She answered the door, and was surprised to see the young boy at her door. She welcomed him into the house and asked why he had come over. He asked to borrow a sharp knife. He was supposed to be peeling potatoes, and they did not have a knife that was sharp...
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Nicole Vonlee Titlow is a middle aged woman who is currently serving out a 20-40 year prison sentence in the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility for the second degree murder of her uncle, Don Rogers. At first glance, this case seems to be one of commonplace gold digging and an attempt to make some quick cash, but upon further reading, it quickly devolves into betrayal, back-handedness, ineffective counsel, and further tragedy. This otherwise average...
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Has The Claremont Killer Been Brought To Justice? Sometime in 2020, when the warm Australian winter is turning to searing summer, Bradley Robert Edwards will discover whether or not he has been found guilty of the homicide of two, perhaps even three, of the Claremont murder victims. These were the young women who, in a spate of assaults in the mid 1990s, lost their lives in sexually motivated attacks. The quietly spoken, outwardly calm middle aged...
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Judy Buenoano loved men. But she loved killing them more. In 1971, she murdered her husband James and nine years later she would kill her own son, Michael. In 1983, she would attempt but fail to kill her boyfriend, John Gentry. She is also believed to have been responsible for the death of Bobby Joe Morris (another boyfriend) in 1978. She was never convicted of the Morris crime, however, as by the time the authorities had connected the dots she was...
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In December 1985, a narcotics detective was shot and killed in the driveway of his farm in Pueblo, Colorado, where he lived with his five children and his wife, Donna Yaklich. Initially, authorities suspected Dennis' death was linked to his work in law enforcement, but a tip led them to two teenage shooters – and eventually, back to Dennis' wife, Donna. However, attorneys for Donna Yaklich argued that Dennis had been beating his wife. The murder,...
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Elliot Rodger considered himself to be intelligent, refined, handsome, fashionable and charming. He spent years trying to be cool so women would like him. He thought if he just wore expensive and fashionable clothing, had a better car, or if he were rich, then women would throw themselves at him. In fact, he thought himself to be "The Supreme Gentleman."
Yet, women paid no attention to him. His only conclusion was that they were genetically flawed,...
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"Being in the same room with him and looking at him, I realized that one day I would be in the same position as he, facing death. Before it happens I mean to do the things I want to do. I will not end up saying, "I wish I had". When Sal Mineo said those words about his dying father, nobody could have predicted that just four short years later, he would, himself, be facing death.
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