True Mass

At the time of her first journey from Southampton to New York City, RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and died in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. An overall of 2,224 guests and team were reported to have been on board when the ship sank, making it one of the absolute worst single ship catastrophes and the absolute worst peacetime superliner or cruise liner sinking to date. As a result of the general public's interest in the aftermath, the mishap has acted as a structure for the category of catastrophe movies.

Bob Rowe and his wife Mary worked hard to build their American dream. A suburban home, barbecues in the summer, and a fast track corporate job made their life look ideal to outsiders. Yet they faced one of the most difficult challenges for a couple: their son Christopher was born severely handicapped and disabled. As a family, they managed to navigate through the tough times by being hands-on parents. Their efforts were emboldened by a group of extraordinary women - all of whom also had disabled children.

Since the Enlightenment, there has been a very simple but widely held assumption that we are a species of thinking individuals and that human behavior is best understood by examining the psychology of individuals. It appears, however, that this insight is plain wrong. The evidence from a number of leading behavioral and neuroscientists suggests that our species is designed as a herd or group animal. Mark Earls applies this evidence to the traditional mechanisms of marketing and consumer behavior, with a result that necessitates a complete rethinking about these subjects.

As 6 o'clock hits, the employees of the town's Be-Lo grocery store are going through their closing tasks. A cleaning crew loads their equipment in as they prepare to wax the store's floor. What they don't know is that someone else is in the store with them. With the sun falling below the horizon, a call is placed to 911. The caller, fighting to get each word out, has been shot. Police descend on the store to find a grisly scene: three people are dead, two more are seriously injured.

Innocent Blood is the true story of Charles Hatcher and his life of crime - a powerful and blood-chilling glimpse into the darkness between sanity and madness. It also chronicles a justice system gone wrong. Throughout his criminal career, Hatcher was able to fool dozens of psychiatrists, who repeatedly failed to identify him as a multiple murderer. Hatcher's astonishing skill was not just in his ability to murder and escape imprisonment. He became an expert at manipulating the criminal justice system.

This audiobook will document the rise to power of the most notorious cult leader of all time. Jim Jones was directly responsible for the deaths of over 900 of his followers. Many of them children. The story of the Jonestown is one of betrayed hope. Jones offered poor and needed people a promised land and in return for giving him their resources and trust, he took their lives.

Infamous names like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer are known and feared. But what if, just south of the border, there was a far more active network of serial killers? What if the perfect storm of crime, fuelled by this nation's deadly narco wars, has turned Mexico into an ideal hunting ground for many of the most bizarre and blood thirsty serial killers the world has ever seen? Serial Killers of Mexico delves into this criminal underbelly to tell the stories of the psychopathic loners, professional narco assassins and the overwhelmed law enforcement trying desperately to hunt them down.

PET modtog i 2005 en underretning fra en udenlandsk efterretningstjeneste om, at to unge mennesker med skandinavisk baggrund var blevet anholdt i Bosnien med 20 kilo sprængstof og et selvmordsbælte. Sagen trak tråde til personer i Danmark og blev en af Danmarks første terrorsager. TERRORSAGEN I GLOSTRUP er en del af serien DANMARKS STØRSTE KRIMINALSAGER, der opruller de allerstørste og mest fascinerende sager i nyere dansk kriminalhistorie. Serien er skrevet direkte til lyd og produceret af Rakkerpak Productions for Gyldendal Stereo.

I 2017 fik den blev en kun 17-årig pige idømt 8 års fængsel for at have planlagt et terrorangreb mod en skole i Sydskolen Fårevejle Stationsby og Carolineskolen i København. Det var første gang en kvinde blev dømt under dansk terrorlovgivning. KUNDBYPIGEN er en del af serien DANMARKS STØRSTE KRIMINALSAGER, der opruller de allerstørste og mest fascinerende sager i nyere dansk kriminalhistorie. Serien er skrevet direkte til lyd og produceret af Rakkerpak Productions for Gyldendal Stereo.

I 2008 kørte den 25-årige Tomohiro Kato ind i en menneskemængde i et shoppingområde i Tokyo. Bagefter hoppede han ud af bilen med en kniv i hånden og gik amok på alle mennesker, han løb forbi, mens han skreg og råbte. I alt syv mennesker mistede livet ved den frygtelige massakre. MORD I DEN ELEKTRISKE BY er en del af true-crime serien MORD I JAPAN, hvor du får de sande historier om nogle af de mest opsigtvækkende mord i landet med den oprejsende sol. Du får et indblik i det mytiske land gennem nogle af de mest spektakulære drab.

D. 22. juli 1985 fandt Danmarks første terrorangreb i nyere tid sted, da to bomber eksploderede i København. Senere fandt politiet ud af, at gerningsmændene var islamiske terrorister. Bombeangrebet i København er en del af serien DANMARKS STØRSTE KRIMINALSAGER, der opruller de allerstørste og mest fascinerende sager i nyere dansk kriminalhistorie. Serien er skrevet direkte til lyd og produceret af Rakkerpak Productions for Gyldendal Stereo.

d. 20 marts i 1995 fandt det værste terrorangreb siden 2. verdenskrig sted i Tokyos undergrundbane. Det viste sig senere, at det var sektens Aum Shinrikyo, der stod bag angrebet. Sekten var ledet af den blinde og selverklærede frelserskikelse Shoko Asahara. 12 mennesker mistede livet og sårede flere tusinde mennesker. Angrebet fik store konsekvenser for det ellers meget liberale og religionsfrie Japan. GASANGREBET I UNDERGRUNDBANEN er en del af true-crime serien MORD I JAPAN, hvor du får de sande historier om nogle af de mest opsigtvækkende mord i landet med den oprejsende sol.

I 1998 døde fire personer, inklusiv to børn, og 63 andre blev syge efter have spist af en karryret ved en sommerfestival i byen Wakayama. Sagen rystede Japan. Det viste sig senere, at det var en 47-årig kvinde, ved navn Msumi Hayashi, der boede i nabolaget, som havde puttet arsenik i karryretten, mens hun var alene i den garage, hvor retten blev lavet. Men hvad fik kvinden til at gøre det? MORD I KARRY er en del af true-crime serien MORD I JAPAN, hvor du får de sande historier om nogle af de mest opsigtvækkende mord i landet med den oprejsende sol.

2008 körde den 25-årige Tomohiro Kato in i en folkmassa i ett av Tokyos shoppingområden. Efteråt hoppade han ur bilen med en kniv i handen och rusade mot alla människor medan han skrek och skrek. Totalt miste sju personer livet i den fruktansvärda massakern. MORD I ELECTRIC TOWN är första delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

Den 20 mars 1995 ägde den värsta terrorattacken sedan andra världskriget rum i Tokyos tunnelbana. Bakom attacken låg sekten Aum Shinrikyo, ledd av den blinda och självutnämnda frälsarfiguren Shoko Asahara. Tolv människor miste livet, flera tusen skadades. Attacken fick stora konsekvenser för det annars mycket liberala och religionsfria Japan. GASATTACKEN I TUNNELBANAN är sjunde delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

1998 dog fyra personer, inklusive två barn och 63 andra blev sjuka efter att ha ätit en curryrätt på en sommarfestival i staden Wakayama. Fallet skakade Japan. Det visade sig senare att det var en 47-årig kvinna vid namn Msumi Hayashi, som bodde i grannskapet, som hade lagt arsenik i curryn medan hon var ensam i garaget där måltiden tilllagades. Vad fick henne att göra det? CURRYMORDEN är fjärde delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

Welkom in de sinistere wereld van seriemoordenaars, waar de dunne lijn tussen fictie en realiteit vervaagt. Deze verhalen gaan verder dan onze alledaagse angsten; ze graven diep in de donkerste uithoeken van de menselijke geest. Dit boek is een reis door de geheimzinnige gangen van de psychopathie, een poging om te begrijpen wat zich afspeelt in de hoofden van degenen die ervoor kiezen om onschuldigen te terroriseren.

While Waco remains notorious more for the federal agents’ siege of David Koresh’s compound and the deaths of the Branch Davidians, it was followed a few years later by a mass suicide carried out by one of the most notorious doomsday cults in American history. On paper, the extraordinarily unorthodox ideology spouted by Heaven's Gate ranks near the top of the list of most outlandish end-of-the-world prophecies, and it was built on a blend of Christian, Gnostic, supernatural, New Age, and extraterrestrial lore.

In the early hours of 7th August 1985, five members of the Bamber family were shot dead with a .22-calibre Anschutz rifle. Sheila Caffell, who was known to have struggled with mental illness, was at first thought to have murdered her twin sons and adoptive parents and then to have turned the gun on herself. Forensic evidence, however, told a different story and raised such questions as how Sheila could have received two shots in an act of suicide. A year later it was Jeremy Bamber, the only survivor, who was convicted of the callous murders of his entire family.

From an author praised by the Wall Street Journal for his "eye for a good story" comes an account of Herbert Fuller tragedy of 1896, a tragedy that occurred on the high seas and one involving the senseless slaughter of three of the 12 souls on board. Stunned by this act of random violence, and in sure knowledge that one or more of their own was the murderer, the living turn the vessel to shore, 750 miles distant.