True Crime Mystery

In 1955, small-town girls flock to Minneapolis for work, love, and adventure. But Teresa Hickman, from Dollar, North Dakota, is a special case. Beguiling. Promiscuous. And, on a chilly April morning, dead along an abandoned trolley track in a Southside neighborhood. Teresa Hickman was three months pregnant when she was strangled. Was the unborn child's father also her killer? Could the killer have been - among the many men drawn to her like flies to honey - Dr. H. David Rose, a middle-aged dentist who admits he was with her the night she died?

The Garden State Parkway Murders: A Cold Case Mystery is the first and only historical account of the unsolved murders of college friends Susan Davis and Elizabeth Perry, who were stabbed to death in the woods alongside the Garden State Parkway near Ocean City, New Jersey, on Memorial Day 1969. The discovery of the wealthy coeds three days after their slayings, as reported by Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News, touches off one of the largest manhunts in New Jersey since the Lindbergh baby kidnapping.

The Hollywood culture of the 1940s served as a symbol of fantasy for a country at war. The American population, steeped in a dark global reality, lived vicariously through the film industry's fantasy offerings on the big screen, and eagerly embraced the advent of television in the latter part of the decade. On the stage, images of idealized feminine beauty thrived in the Ziegfeld Follies tradition, Radio City Music Hall, Las Vegas, and the fantastical world created by Earl Carroll in his Hollywood theater.

Jack the Ripper still causes a shudder, synonymous as it is with violent murder and mutilation. But also of mystery and speculation, for the gruesome series of killings in London's East End in that horrific autumn of 1888 have never been finally solved. The identity of the Ripper, his motives, and his association have been the subject of endless discussion and speculation since Victorian times. Suspects have been as varied as a Jewish slaughter man and the Duke of Clarence.

An ambitious lieutenant puts seven bad apple cops back out on patrol and appoints a tired sergeant to keep them in line. They patrol the streets of Los Feliz trying to make sense of a constantly changing world. All unaware of the ticking time bomb in one ambitious meth dealer named Bigfoot.

Pamela Morgan is afflicted with a moderate traumatic brain injury that has affected her memory. As the only witness to the death of her abusive cousin, Pamela lives with the guilt of not remembering the details of his demise. Julia, her best friend, is the only one who Pamela feels comfortable talking to about that night, so when Julia announces that she and her mother are moving to Jamestown, North Dakota, Pamela panics.

Sir Jack Drummond, with his wife, Lady Anne, and their 10-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, were on holiday on the French Riviera when they stopped to make camp just off the road near a farm called La Grand' Terre in Provence. The family was found murdered the next morning. More than two years later, the barely literate, 75-year-old proprietor of La Grand' Terre, Gaston Dominici, was brought to trial, convicted, and condemned to death by guillotine.

"Stay away" - Those are the two words written on the forehead of every pedophile murdered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joshua Theaker is tasked with finding the killer whose killing methods involve strange weapons. Theaker and local law enforcement find it hard to agree on where the trail goes, while the local FBI is distracted by child kidnappings. For Theaker, there is a pattern among the victims. But just when Theaker thinks he is getting closer to the killer, he strikes again. And again.

From the moment Michael met Rachel online more than a year ago, the two of them have been inseparable. The excitement of young love is something they experience every day. In their minds, everything is perfect. When Rachel decides she’d like to meet him, Michael’s dream comes true. He’s ecstatic and can’t wait to see her. He’ll finally get the chance to hold her in his arms. In the blink of an eye, his world is torn apart. Rachel’s unexpected abduction takes Michael by storm. It’s up to him to find her, but where does he start? Who can he trust?

In 1978, 56-year-old Leoma Patterson left a bar in Clinton, Tennessee, and was never seen again. Six months later, a female skeleton was found on a wooded lakeshore in a neighboring county. The bones were consistent with those of the missing woman, and one of Patterson's daughters recognized a ring found at the death scene as her mother's. The bones were buried, and six years later, a relative of Patterson's - one of the men she was last seen alive with - confessed to killing her. Case closed.

On Monday, February 13, 1905, eight- year-old Kenneth Beasley walked to the back of his school's playground and into the melting snow of the woods beyond. He never returned. A massive search was undertaken for the North Carolina state senator's son, and a reward was offered. Despite clues, rumors, and even a ransom note, he was never found. A year and a half later, a political rival hurriedly was charged. Accused of the most bizarre and twisted of plots, he faced a courtroom overflowing with jurors, star lawyers, spectators, and newspaper reporters.

There have been a countless number of serial killers throughout history, and certainly more prolific ones, but the timing, circumstances, and unsolved nature of the case continue to make Jack the Ripper the most famous serial killer in history. The murders came at a time when media coverage could be both more acute and more widespread, and it allowed the public a closer look into how police agencies operated at the time, exposing both their strengths and shortcomings.

Searching for case-law for a present matter, an attorney is eerily drawn to a 1890's gold-rush paternity litigation. Mid-trial, he realized he is essentially retrying a haunted spirited complicated case of injustice.

Beautiful, shrewd, and lethal, Daria Villalobos is on a mission. Determined to be the first woman to take the reins of her father's notorious organization, she hatches a plot to eliminate Veranda, framing a rival to take the fall. Veranda Cruz is on a mission of her own. Intent on destroying the powerful Villalobos criminal empire, Veranda battles her department and her personal demons as she takes on Daria.

On a bitterly cold morning in January 1963, Daisy Zick was brutally murdered in her Battle Creek home. No fewer than three witnesses caught a glimpse of the killer, yet today, it remains one of Michigan's most sensational unsolved crimes. The act of pure savagery rocked not only the community but also the Kellogg Company, where she worked. Here, Blaine Pardoe artfully takes the listener into this true crime thriller.

Ominöse Leichenteile tauchen in Kiel auf - ein neuer brisanter Fall für Paul Herzfeld, authentisch und atemberaubend spannend erzählt von Michael Tsokos, Deutschlands bekanntestem Rechtsmediziner. In einem privaten medizinischen Lehrinstitut werden Leichenteile beschlagnahmt. Es besteht der Verdacht der illegalen Beschaffung. In der Kieler Rechtsmedizin erkennt Paul Herzfeld auf einem der beschlagnahmten Arme ein auffälliges Nazi-Tattoo wieder: eine schwarze Sonne. Der versierte Rechtsmediziner beweist anhand von DNA-Untersuchung und Blutprobenvergleich, dass er den Mann, zu dem dieser Arm gehört, schon einmal seziert hat.

Now an MI6 operative, Snow must locate and rescue an old SAS colleague before an Al-Qaeda splinter cell can carry out acts of unprecedented horror. But who is covertly funding these new attacks, and why? Aidan Snow finds himself caught in a maelstrom involving East, West and Middle East that could have catastrophic results.

1903, Buffalo, New York. Ed Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer known for his kindness and generosity, and his wife Alice had a life few could imagine. The couple had three lovely daughters, a beautiful home, and they were fixtures in the elite Elmwood Avenue set. Despite rumors of trouble in the Burdick marriage, few believed it until Ed ordered his wife out of their home and filed for divorce. The whispers about their separation abruptly ended when Ed Burdick was found murdered in his den while his family slept upstairs.

Almost since the beginning of time, man has committed crimes that have defied our ability to explain. Among these are the most heinous crimes of all, murders. The taking of an innocent life goes against our most basic principles. Yet, murders continue to occur, and sometimes, they go unsolved. Following are some of the most famous and infamous cases that are still waiting. They are murders, unsolved, in audiobook form.

After Billy Jay Cader is arrested, charged, and convicted for two cold-blooded murders of law enforcement officers, Amy Jo Whitenhour decides to interview the killer in order to tell his story of how he became Florida's most notorious criminal. This is the true story through Billy Jay's words from accounts from childhood and up. They are told from his perspective through the looking glass of Amy Jo's eyes. Harsh realities from his abusive past. This book ushers in and readies the listener to continue on to book six, The Call Home.