True Crime Fiction

Twenty-seven years after the murder of Nancy Willem, the State of California has not put Johnny Miles to death. He has lived in a one-person cell on San Quentin’s death row, among hundreds of others convicted of first-degree murder. Johnny Miles has had to find a measure of acceptance to continue living on death row; he has chosen to live while under the sentence of death. The learning curve is meant for the learned: a person that can separate flair from meaning...more or less an investigative and curious art enthusiast and/or enjoyer of abstract poetry.

In this Notorious USA collection, Death of a Cheerleader, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Olsen and true crime journalist Kevin M. Sullivan write about notorious crimes in the Bluegrass State. In a scene right out of Hitchcock's "Rear Window", a young woman vanishes from a beach on a summer day and a neighbor views the abduction through his telescope. A newlywed disposes of his bride but doesn't know what to do with her head. Selling tickets at a drive-in movie theater proves deadly.

Being married to Bart Titus gave Lisa a great deal...money, position, all those things she'd thought were important. But it was also boring. A trap. He was controlling. So when she went to Mexico for a vacation, she decided to have a little fun. But sometimes fun catches up with you, and now she was being blackmailed. So one problem had become two. A clever and impatient girl like Lisa isn't going to let that situation fester. All she wants is to have a little fun, but that might require some work and planning.

Efter år av misshandel fick Lorena Bobbit nog ... Natten den 23 juni 1993 fick John Wayne Bobbitt berömmelse av ett slag som ingen man någonsin önskar sig. Hans fru Lorena fick nog efter åratal av misshandel och skar av hans penis medan han sov. Därefter körde hon iväg i sin bil och kastade ut den avskurna penisen genom bilfönstret ut på en åker. Lorens friades senare för brottet med hänvisning till tillfällig sinnes förvirring. Vad för ont kan mannen ha gjort för att hon skulle fatta beslutet att korta ner hans mandom? Och vad hände med de två efteråt?

33-årige Janne dödades av en fjärrutlöst bomb som apterats i hans bil. Dådet utfördes mitt i Helsingfors i juli 2002 och gav upphov till långtgående spekulationer. Efter en intensiv utredning lyckades helsingforspolisen klarlägga bakgrunden - som visade sig ganska krånglig. Mordet var ett beställningsjobb, där uppdragsgivaren ville göra sig av med Janne för att han inte längre skulle "stå i vägen" för honom och hans flickvän. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Cazador de viejas en Viena - Harald Sassak. Dramatizado, con música y efectos. Viena, 1971. El joven Harald Sassak acepta la proposición de su amigo Johans Scharadisch para desvalijar a unas cuantas ancianas en sus domicilios, con la idea de reunir así una buena cantidad de dinero y salir del país. Es un trabajo fácil y no van a encontrar resistencia.

Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863-1938) was an English author best known for his adventure and detective fiction. He also wrote supernatural and fantasy stories. 'The Battersea Flat Mystery' is the true story of a particularly unusual unsolved murder in the Battersea area of London. A man is found shot on the stairs outside the empty flat below the one where his ex-mistress lives and where his son is visiting for supper. A mysterious stranger is seen running from the scene.

In the first part of the 19th century, many young men held a secret longing to abandon their lives in North Shields, along with their homes and families, and sail away to distant lands in search of wealth, romance, and adventure. John Margetts was not one of them! He disappeared one night under the most unnatural circumstances.

Wyatt is a mortician's assistant who has an overdeveloped interest in serial killers. He reads all of the True Crime books, watches all of the Deadly Women shows, and has an encyclopedic knowledge when it comes to every serial killer in history. But when a series of mysterious deaths take place in his city, he begins to notice things on the victim's body that the authorities do not. He launches his own investigation into who is doing the murders, and soon finds himself face to face with the killer himself.

A group of people have a memorial party for their fallen friend, however, little do they know that just miles away, an insane asylum that closed down still holds crazed men, looking to spill the friends blood before the night is over!

A group of friends including Kendall Grey, Riley Panova, Tammy Bridge, and Celine and Corrine DeCaste are seemingly typical teenagers who live in the small town of Rockledge. Their different personalities lead them to adventures around the town; their historical meet-up place, the orange grove; and later to Miami, a place that Kendall has been trying to avoid for unknown reasons.

When Troy and his family are forced to move, they take a spot on an old deserted farmhouse. The field out back is barren except The Tree that is in the middle of the field. Strange things start to happen and the family is forced to find out the macabre history of The Tree.

25° compleanno di Anne, madre single e cardiopatica di Trevor, 9 anni. Litiga con l'Uomo che se ne va. Una telefonata della madre lontana squarcia un velo nella sua memoria: Dick, il suo patrigno e violentatore, è il padre di Trevor. Sconvolta, eccede in tranquillanti e muore nel sonno. Trevor la trova morta al rientro da un week-end con amici, ma non accetta la verità e tirerà avanti per un intero mese nascondendola al resto del mondo. A poco a poco, però, le pressioni della vita reale si fanno più forti e lui più debole, e quando l'Uomo si ripresenta Trevor decide di lasciarlo entrare, convincendosi che il Principe Azzurro sveglierà con un bacio la Bella Addormentata e che potranno vivere felici e contenti.

Psychic Jeff Resnick has no expectations when investigating the disappearance of a four-year-old, until he confronts the mind responsible - a shattering experience for all involved. L.L. Bartlett's "Cold Case" tells the emotionally packed story of Jeff Resnick, a psychic, who is asked to solve the disappearance of a four-year-old boy. The conclusion to this story is bound to have you questioning those around you.

A boy with a rifle walks into a middle school, intent on carrying out Western-style vigilante justice. A wife and mother of four kisses her twelve-year-old student and forever changes our definition of student-teacher conferences. The world's most famous serial killers put Washington on the map. A bathtub, a handgun, a meat grinder, and a burn barrel play a role in the murder of the captain of a freighter.

Hatte der struwwelköpfige Mann auf einsamer, nächtlicher Landstraße auf die drei Kinder geschossen, um das Auto zu kriegen, und die Mutter weiter fahren lassen? Oder standen die Kleinen der flotten Briefträgerin nur im Weg zu weiteren Abenteuern? Der Staatsanwalt musste hinsichtlich Mutterliebe noch Überzeugungsarbeit leisten. Sie vergiften und erschlagen, sie erschießen und erstechen, und wenn es sein muss, tun sie das alles auch in Serie: die Mörderinnen dieser Welt.

Zwei tote Mädchen, liebevoll abgelegt am Straßenrand. "Behutsam erstickt", "Sanft erwürgt" sagte der Obduktionsbericht. Von der Mutter? Vom Vater? Schließlich doch von der Mutter. Drei Sensationsprozesse, zwei Urteile, unter heftiger Anteilnahme von Publikum und Presse.

Charlie White leads a simple life in 1920s Philadelphia as a chemist at the Dupont Corporation. One day, as he's walking home from work, he is approached by two men and is forced into the world of bootlegging, corruption and murder. When tragedy strikes, Charlie must decide whether to continue his double-life or tell the world his story before it's too late. The Chemist is based on a true story during Prohibition.