True Thrillers

Do you want to learn more about how the great literary detective Sherlock Holmes was born and how Arthur Conan Doyle came to create him, but don’t have time to listen to huge, long biographies? Then let The History Journals take you on an hourly history tour of his life. Now fascinating as Sherlock Holmes undoubtedly is, and this journal will certainly take you on a journey of discovery following in the great man’s footsteps, there’s another story here, most certainly worthy of your attention.

Kate's dreams come true and it's not about her dreams of love. Her nightmares come true! Can she save everyone from the subconscious machinations of her own mind? Can she save her heart for the one god she truly desires?

Almost all of us know someone who had been deployed to Vietnam. But most of the veterans don't want to talk about their Vietnam experiences. So, for me, this is the first realistic, packed-with-details account of what daily life was like in Vietnam that I've ever heard. You will enjoy Lost Behind Enemy Lines: A Vietnam Veteran's True Story of Survival and the Revelation of Physical and Spiritual Warfare, a firsthand description of the reality of being in the "infantry boots on the ground" of Danny Clifford, a US Army Ranger Team Leader in Vietnam, on a mission behind enemy lines.

On the night of Samantha True’s first job as a forensic photographer she learns three things: 1. Crime scenes are messy. 2. Especially when you throw up on them. 3. She may not be cut out for this. When the police drag her to a second investigation, she’s just as baffled by the crime scene as they are. Why is the school lunch lady, Miss Trina, chained to a pole? Is this somehow connected to the robberies taking place all over Wind River?

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.

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!

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 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.

"True Stories" is one of Vincent Zandri's most anthologized short stories. Based on the true story of Zandri having tackled and apprehended a car thief who was rampaging through his upstate New York neighborhood, this literary thriller begins with a 'seed of truth' around which grow invented circumstances - the result being a clever mesh of truth and creation.

Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this audiobook, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we examine the lives of real vigilantes who often had their own agendas.

"Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. The killings took place within a mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the City of London proper. He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and "Leather Apron."

There are many creatures that walk the night, from Bigfoot to shape-shifters, but nothing seems to compare to what happen to me! I decided to hike the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee. I'd been hiking the trail for one day and didn't have a problem; I hiked about 25 miles. That was a hard push! I saw a couple and one old guy, and thought he wasn't going to make it. In any event, I set up camp on the second day, and that's when I started to hear walking in the woods at night! I was pretty far out and too tired to check. What happened next shocked me.

How do you explain something that you can't prove or touch? You know without a doubt that something is there, lurking in the corner, watching your every move yet invisible to the naked eye.... Your heart thuds and pounds against your ribs. Your fear spikes so high that your stomach twists and turns, and your pores prick with chill before layering your skin with a fine sheen of sweat.

Die Rache der beiden Schwestern an ihrer Dienstherrin samt Tochter schockiert selbst hartgesottene Gemüter. Ein aufsehenerregender Fall aus dem Paris der 1930er Jahre.

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.

Wien zur Zeit des Dritten Mannes. Der durch Schleichhandel reich gewordene Gemischtwarenhändler lag erschlagen in seinem Laden. Mordwaffe ein Fleischwolf. Täter eine Täterin, die sich gegen die unsittlichen Angriffe wehrte, oder doch, wie sie sagte, der geheimnisvolle Mann im Dufflecoat, nach dem ganz Wien suchte?

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.

Wahrscheinlich Deutschland "erfolgreichste" Giftmischerin. Die tüchtige und beliebte Haushaltsperle beförderte alle ihre Dienstgeber in den Tod: Amts- und Gerichtsräte, versuchte es auch bei deren Besuchern, Dienern, Boten und bei einem ganzen Kegelklub. Ihr Ziel, eine solide Altersversorgung, erreichte sie aber nicht.

Built soon after the Norman conquest of 1066, Prudhoe was continuously occupied for nine centuries. Following the First World War, it fell in to ruin until it eventually ended up in the hands of a landowner during the 1940s. When the same wealthy property owner decided to buy up some of the land near the coast of Tynemouth, Elizabeth Rogers and her mother, who rented a cottage on the land, were told they would have to leave their home.