Crime Horror Thriller

Christmas: a time for family and festivity. Unless you’re in Adder’s Fork, home of the Essex Witch Museum, where it’s a time for ghostly spirits and demonic visits. In these 12 short stories, menacing ghosts and supernatural terrors haunt Rosie Strange and Sam Stone, as well as characters past and present from beyond the Essex Witch Museum. Featuring stories from The Strange Casebook as well as original short stories.

A depraved past has shaped a man into the twisted serial killer he is today. His obsession with the color red, and his lust for blood, leads to inventive ways to kill his captives. Who is his next victim, and can she be his salvation?

For five years Seattle journalist Anne Jeffers has pursued the horrifying story of a sadistic serial killer's bloody reign, capture, trial, and appeal - crusading to keep the wheels of justice churning toward the electric chair. Now the day of execution has come. A convicted killer will meet his end. Anne believes her long nightmare is over. But she's dead wrong.... Within days, a similar murder stuns the city. As the butcher stalks his next victims, creeping ever closer to her, Anne is seized by an icy unease, a haunting sense of connection to these unspeakable crimes.

تجمع السجناء على أثر تلك الصرخة التي اهتزت لها جدران السجن وعندما تجمع أكبر عدد منهم بدأ الظلام يأخدهم شيئا فشيئا وواحدا تلو الاخر وخيل لعابد أنه كان يسمع صوت عظامهم تتهشم ، وكأن أسنانًا غرزت فيها..

Brian and Iggy are suddenly living the urban legends and ghost stories they love as they witness a jet-black car cruising across the fog-laced, moonlit surface of Gray Lake. At the same moment, in the marshes to the north, the battle for dominance over a troubled gang of small-town meth dealers begins. For Scott Ignatowski, the demonic car's arrival heralds a downward spiral as he dreams of its sometimes lovely, sometimes ghastly occupants chauffeuring him into murky depths.

Before he was trying to save the world, he just wanted to save his own ass. Bill Ryder has a problem: the vampires under his rule don't respect him. Unfortunately, in the world of the supernatural, that makes him as good as dead.

Conquistata finalmente la pensione, il giornalista Jorge Greck molla tutto e si trasferisce su un'isola semi-deserta al largo della Bretagna. Dopo una carriera spesa scrivendo articoli su tragedie, omicidi e misteri, Jorge cerca un po' di tranquillità. Ma conoscendo il suo passato lavorativo, il sindaco dell'isola gli chiede un ultimo favore: indagare sulla misteriosa sparizione di un famoso archeologo. Jorge comincerà le sue indagini dalla casa dello scomparso.

"What could go wrong?" is what a group of teenagers wonder about before breaking into an abandoned house at the edge of town. They seal their fates on the darkest night of the year, Halloween. Listen as history comes alive in front of their own eyes in a series of terrifying events. Broken families, lives tortures by those that had happened in the past. And in the middle of it, is the one person that was never supposed to come back in the first place. Allowing her to roam free is what will cause the demise of them all. But what if there is a way?

On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult to the police department. And with 17 murder cases on the go, the surly inspector is happy to leave her to it. Only she’s going to need to get around, and that means her slightly unhinged adopted brother, Matiu, will be doing the driving.

Equine veterinary technician Walter Watson was working in a prestigious practice in Colts Neck, New Jersey when he makes a terrible discovery. His boss, famed equine surgeon Dr. John Hansen, is involved with a group of men committing a multimillion-dollar fraud killing racehorses in order to collect insurance money. Just before Walter can expose the scam, he is murdered. However, he is reincarnated as a thoroughbred racehorse colt.

Gracie Flynn may be dead. But she's not gone. Three university friends are divided by a tragic death. Eighteen years later, chance reunites them. Robyn is still haunted by memories of her best friend Gracie, and Cohen's heart has never healed. Only Sam seems to have moved on and found success and happiness. But death rocks their lives again when Sam's body is found in mysterious circumstances. And the ghost of Gracie Flynn has a story to tell about the night that changed their lives forever.

For three years, a serial killer known as the Penny Murderer terrified Monroe, Georgia. His signature was leaving a note on the body starting with "A penny for your thoughts". Detective Mike Allen and his team tracked down and arrested Samuel Johnson for 12 murders. Throughout the trial and even after his conviction, Johnson always proclaimed his innocence. The controversial trial divided the city, and things exploded when he was found dead in his cell shortly afterward. A cover-up?

Isaiah Black is a newly minted detective for the small college town of Norman, Oklahoma. Seldom is there ever any violent crime. But something has changed. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in an alley, Isaiah's partner wants to write it off as a random act of violence. Isaiah isn't buying it. But catching the killer will be no small task. How do you catch a serial killer who leaves no forensic evidence behind? On his secret quest for justice, he encounters two unlikely allies. One causes him to question everything he believes. The other inspires him to be something more.

Fear grips Boston as an evil serial killer "hell-bent" on accomplishing his brutal agenda unleashes his venom on the citizens of the city. Boston's leaders are not prepared for this breed of killer, ruthless, methodical, and with a taste for the ancient ways. As they flounder, the Watchmaker, a sleuth with an unmatched record for routing out serial killers, is forced upon them. Dr. Edward Dunham, FBI's chief scientist, slowly grasps this elusive adversary is different, quite possibly out of his reach. The killer's brutality and intelligence are unbelievable, almost otherworldly.

Caught in the bustle of everyday life, Cassie is unaware of an ominous presence in the shadows. Follow Cassie as she discovers things are seldom what they see and nothing is ever guaranteed. Her beautiful dream starts to become ugly. Her clothes come up missing, her nerves are on edge, she feels that she is being watched. Maybe she misplaced the clothes, maybe she's stressed, maybe she's just paranoid. All the maybes until her friends come up missing. Listen to this tale of what it's like with a stalker who makes a love story become a thriller.

When a blood-stained effigy of body parts is found in a central London park, D.I. Daniel Graves must set about trying to discover what it could mean and find the person responsible. Symbols at the crime scene suggest the occult. Who would leave a murder victim in such a way, and why? As Graves and partner D.I. Charlie Palmer begin to investigate the ritual and the act of human sacrifice, they enlist the help of Charlotte Gooding, a talented professor specializing in the subject. They hope to narrow down a motive—could the killer believe in the supernatural? Witchcraft, even?

Psychopath’s Diary, Vol. II is a continuation of the infamous diary written by a serial killer Chester LaRue. In this violent piece, he brutally depicts with frightful honesty the early years of his life and the evolution of his twisted mind he recorded in this diary. I still don’t understand why he sent his life story to me, but I’m gradually connecting the dots one by one through his writing, and slowly, I’m beginning to build a faint picture in my mind. It is not quite clear yet, but I am desperately trying to uncover the answer to my continuous questions. Why me?

411 Menschen verschwanden in den letzten 150 Jahren spurlos in den Nationalparks der USA. Bild-Bestseller. Der fünfte Fall aus der Howard-Caspar-Reihe. Eine Gruppe amerikanischer Schüler unternimmt im Jahre 1997 einen Ausflug in den Yosemite Nationalpark in Kalifornien. Emily und Ashley lösen sich von der Gruppe, verschwinden spurlos und tauchen nie wieder auf. Zwanzig Jahre später geschieht an genau der gleichen Stelle ein ähnlicher Vorfall. FBI Agent Bob Starks Nichte war bei dem Ausflug dabei und bittet ihren Onkel um Hilfe.

Difficile la vita di Patricia Campbell: divisa tra un marito troppo impegnato col lavoro, i figli e l'anziana suocera, la sua unica oasi felice è un gruppo di lettura di libri true crime. Un giorno al gruppo si unisce James Harris, bello, misterioso e sensibile, che fa sentire alla donna cose ormai non provate da anni. Eppure c'è qualcosa di strano in lui: non ha un conto in banca, non esce durante il giorno e la suocera di Patricia sostiene di averlo conosciuto da ragazza. Quando alcuni bambini scompaiono senza che la polizia faccia nulla, Patricia e le amiche sospettano che James sia un serial killer.

Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, where 110 years ago a madman slew his sister and her lover, throwing their decapitated corpses in a nearby lake before drowning himself to join them in death. Ever since, the cabin has been cursed, and anyone who spends the night there is possessed by the killer's spirit and infected with his madness.