True Mass

What if you were only known for the worst thing you've ever done? Not only does the US have the highest rate of incarceration in the world, it also makes certain that the stigma of a felony conviction follows people who have already served their time. After she came to understand both the frustrations and untapped potential of the incarcerated, Catherine Hoke founded Defy Ventures, a revolutionary organization devoted to transforming the lives of people both inside and outside prison walls. A Second Chance is the story of how Defy came to be.

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.

Initially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and after a separation of his parents, Edmund Kemper already showed his twisted mind at 15 years old, when he murdered both his grandparents, who were taking care of him. Whether through nature or nurture, this man didn’t show a promising future from the get-go. But perhaps nobody could have suspected the horrors he would inflict on his many victims later in his life.

At 2 a.m., the Pulse nightclub was winding down on its weekly Latino night. The building was dark, crowded, and loud. Patrons were making plans to leave when they were ambushed by a gunman, who began firing in every direction. Customers tried to escape, but the killer followed. For the next three hours, the gunman terrorized victims while playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police.

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.

"Zodiac Killer" is a deadly, incredibly elusive, and very much mysterious serial killer who had terrified many people with his strings of brutal, inhumane killings in San Francisco City and Bay Area. Who would think that a person is capable of butchering others, sending letters to the authorities, boasting of his killings and explicitly saying he had enjoyed killing people as much as killing games?

Al Capone was an infamous mob boss between the two world wars in the city of New York and surrounding areas. His name and style have been emulated in movies. The mass shootings, tax evasion, and revenge on Italian murders in the mafia gangs on the United States' East Coast were so notorious that they have become iconic and stereotyped. How did Al Capone get the scars on his face? How did he manage to control so many of the gangs in the cities? How was he able to bribe the police, evade taxes, and become a terror for anyone who opposed him? And how did his life finally come to an end?

One of the big lords of the drug cartels in Colombia is Pablo Escobar, a criminal who became a leader and expanded his influence on organized crime throughout the North and South American continents. With billions in his bank account, in cash, and in other assents, it’s not easy to ignore his name and the power he gained.

Jack the Ripper was an unknown serial killer active in the mainly poor parts around the Whitechapel district of London in the year 1888. In both the criminal case files and modern journalistic books, the killer was referred to as the Whitechapel Killer and Leather Apron.

"Den polisanmälan som knackades ned tidigt denna junimorgon hölls i samma lakoniska stil som polisanmälningar brukar hållas, vare sig det gäller cykelstölder, krogslagsmål eller mord: 'Tid som i fält 31 ringde kassernvakten I 13 och meddelade att det förekom skottlossning i skogspartiet omkring restaurant kullen. Polispersonal sändes till platsen och påträffade minst 5 döda personer.' " Det hade varit övning för de tretton lottorna som befann sig i kasernen. De hade haft en underbar vecka, sommaren hade kommit, befälhavarna hade varit trevliga, och gruppen hade haft roligt.

"Hej mamma. Jag går och hälsar på Jesper i skolan, har gjort läxan och till och med bäddat sängen, kommer hem senare för att hämta träningskläderna. Ciao/Nico" Nicolas skulle aldrig komma hem igen. Han begav sig till Bromma gymnasium en kall januariförmiddag 2001, för att hjälpa sin bror som hamnat i trubbel med en langare. De två annars skötsamma bröderna hade fått tag på en påse blå valiumtabletter, som langaren ville ha tillbaka. Nicolas går med langaren till en av skolans toaletter, för att överlämna sin del.