DEVIANT
The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs… From “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (The Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered Wisconsin farmhand who stunned an unsuspecting nation—and redefined the meaning of...
Read MoreDAHMER DETECTIVE
In the early morning hours of July 22, 1991, Milwaukee Police Homicide Detective Patrick Kennedy would be called out to a multiple murder crime scene that would ultimately change his life forever. Jeffrey Dahmer was a son and brother turned predatory sexual serial killer, undetected until he was captured and who then went on to...
Read MoreHUNTING WHITEY
Based on exclusive, fresh reporting, the thrilling, definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture, and killing of legendary South Boston mob boss, James “Whitey” Bulger, detailing as never before his years on the run, how he evaded capture, and his brutal murder in prison. For the first time, Boston reporters Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge...
Read MoreREQUIEM FOR A FEMALE SERIAL KILLER
This psychological crime thriller takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men-a case with which the author was intimately involved. The issues raised by this high-profile criminal case remain unresolved to this day. Women, even prostitutes, have the right to self-defense in theory, but in...
Read MoreTHE MAKING OF A SERIAL KILLER
The True Story of the 1990 Gainesville Student Murders in the Killer’s Own Words. 2nd Edition. Murder confessions & drawings done on Death Row in Florida during the early 1990’s. The man convicted of the vicious murders of five college students in Gainesville, Florida, discusses his motivations and actions in committing the crimes, reflects on...
Read MoreTHE AGE OF ZODIAC
You probably know part of the Zodiac story. The guy killed five, wounded two, wrote letters in code, and drew tremendous press. There was a great movie about the case. But true crime veteran Michael Benson is taking a brand new look at that most-interesting of cold cases, coming from the mindset that the Zodiac’s...
Read MoreNORCO 80
Norco ’80 tells the story of how five heavily armed young men?led by an apocalyptic born-again Christian?attempted a bank robbery that turned into one of the most violent criminal events in U.S. history, forever changing the face of American law enforcement. Part action thriller and part courtroom drama, Norco ’80 transports the reader back to...
Read MoreHOUSE OF HORRORS
To his neighbors, Anthony Sowell was a friendly and helpful former Marine. But they didn’t know about his dark side — or the gruesome secret inside his house. Sowell’s secret life was revealed to the nation on Oct. 29, 2009 when a Cleveland Police SWAT team entered his house to arrest him for an alleged...
Read MoreINNOCENCE LOST
Some crimes are so shocking that they change a nation forever. In revealing the lives and crimes of Australia’s worst murderers, rapists and kidnappers in all their horror, Innocence Lost answers the question we ask when we hear about lives taken so ruthlessly: WHY? Seasoned crime writer Amanda Howard has spent 18 years studying and...
Read MoreTHE NAZI AND THE PSYCHIATRIST
In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, two cigar cutters, silk underwear, a hot water bottle, and the equivalent of $1...
Read MoreIN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
Now that Joshua Komisarjevsky has been sentenced to death we revisit my interview with author Brian McDonald as we discuss In The Middle Of The Night. The affluent suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Petit and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, to raise their two lovely daughters… Until July 23,...
Read MoreTHE ANATOMY OF EVIL
The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and other high-profile killers are so breathtakingly awful that most people would label them “evil.” Renowned psychiatrist Michael H. Stone—host of Discovery Channel’s former series Most Evil—uses this as his starting point to explore the concept and reality of evil from a new...
Read MoreTHE SPIRAL NOTEBOOK
On July 20, 2012, twelve people were killed and fifty-eight wounded at a mass shooting in a movie theater in Colorado. In 1999, thirteen kids at Columbine High School were murdered by their peers. In 2012, twenty children and seven adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary. Thirty-two were killed at Virginia Tech. Twelve killed...
Read MorePRO BONO
In 1958, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather went on a murder spree that paralyzed Nebraska, shocked the nation, and left 11 people dead. With him when he was captured was his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend Caril Fugate. The question soon arose, was Caril a kidnapped victim, or a heartless accomplice? Appointed to her case, Attorney John McArthur initially accepted...
Read MoreJACK THE RIPPER AND THE CASE FOR SCOTLAND YARD’S PRIME SUSPECT
An investigation into the man Scotland Yard thought (but couldn’t prove) was Jack the Ripper. Dozens of theories have attempted to resolve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper, the world’s most famous serial killer. Ripperologist Robert House contends that we may have known the answer all along. The head of Scotland Yard’s...
Read MoreCAITLIN ROTHER TRUE CRIME RETROSPECTIVE
In the late 1980s, Caitlin Rother wrote for the Berkshire Eagle and the Springfield Union-News in Massachusetts. She returned to California and went to work as a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News after working a year as a freelancer for the Los Angeles Times. Beginning in 1993, she worked as a metro news...
Read MoreBEAST OF NEW CASTLE
“‘No witnesses, no problems.’ Thompson’s mantra was supposed to be reassuring to the smaller man, but Percy felt the shadow of his own death coming. There was one witness. Him. And he cowered, wondering when his neck would be broken, when his body would be ripped apart with bullets.” Maybe the youngest son of a...
Read MoreA CROSSING OF PATHS
Ron Crisp invites the reader to follow him through his investigation of the Leslie Barry murder; the trial of Art Anzures for the murder; the evidence that led him to his 3 suspects; how his investigation of the Barry murder led him to the defense of Angelo Buono in the Hillside Strangler case; and what...
Read MoreMICHAEL BENSON TRUE CRIME RETROSPECTIVE
Michael Benson is one of today’s most popular true-crime writers. His books–including Betrayal In Blood, Murder In Connecticut, Killer Twins, The Burn Farm, Mommy Deadliest, A Killer’s Touch, Evil Season, Watch Mommy Die, A Knife in the Heart, Escape From Dannemora, Nightmare In Rochester, Haunting Homicides and The Devil at Genesee Junction–tell vividly of today’s...
Read MoreFRED ROSEN TRUE CRIME RETROSPECTIVE
Fred Rosen is a former columnist for the Arts and Leisure Section of The New York Times. He is also one of the most important and successful figures in true crime writing, and the author of several true crime classics. He got off to an incredible start with Lobster Boy in 1995, Blood Crimes in...
Read MoreBURL BARER TRUE CRIME RETROSPECTIVE
Burl Barer definitely is a legendary figure in true crime writing and broadcasting, co-hosting the very first true crime podcast, True Crime Uncensored. He is an Edgar Award winning author and two-time Anthony Award nominee. Burl Barer is the author of 9 truly important true crime books. In 2000, Murder in the Family was published,...
Read MoreTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE TED BUNDY MURDERS
“Sullivan’s A-to-Z coverage of Ted Bundy provides a solid guide to the people and places that define the man and the monster, including some not present in other Bundy narratives. It nicely rounds out his Bundy oeuvre and gives readers an extensive reference tool on one of the world’s most infamous serial killers.” – Katherine...
Read MoreBEST NEW TRUE CRIME STORIES
Serial killers Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the twentieth century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a...
Read MoreHANNIBAL THE CANNIBAL
Robert Maudsley casually walked into the cell of another inmate, who was sleeping on his bunk facedown. A savage rage quickly took over, and Maudsley started stabbing the back of the man’s head. There was blood, pieces of brain, and chunks of hair flying in a fury. After the man went limp, Maudsley grabbed the...
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