Murder category: 3028 books
Torn Apart
The Most Horrific True Murder Stories You'll Ever Read
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Torn Apart takes an in-depth look at 14 gruesome murder cases and examines how "victim impact statements" used in court finally give a voice to the suffering of those dealing with the death of a partner, child, or loved one. The cases discussed include lawyer Tom ap Rhys Pryce, who was...
Die, My Love
A True Story of Revenge, Murder, and Two Texas Sisters
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The day before Halloween 2004 was the last day on Earth for respected, well-liked college professor Fred Jablin. That morning, a neighbor discovered his body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway of Jablin's Virginia home. Police immediately turned their attentions to the victim's ex-wife, Piper,...
by Lisa Wallis, Derek Wright
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2012
Here are twenty true tales of murder most foul: dark deeds at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots; the great Victorian trials of Madeline Smith and Dr Edward Pritchard (‘The Human Crocodile’); the grisly exploits of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare; and the still-undetected ‘Bible John’, who...
by Doug Jones, Phyllis Gobbell
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The horrific true crime cold case of Marcia Trimble, the little girl who disappeared while selling Girl Scout cookies and was discovered a month later, strangled. This mystery haunted her family for over 30 years...
When nine-year-old Marcia Trimble was murdered in 1975, her devastated parents...
Murder at Green Springs
The True Story of the Hall Case, Firestorm of Prejudices
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The cautionary true crime shocker of Virginia’s Elizabeth Hall, and one of the most sensational trials of an accused murderess since Lizzie Borden.
On an April morning in 1914, Victor Hall was murdered in his store at Green Springs Depot. It was only hours after his competitor’s business...
Pittsfield's Fosburgh Murder Mystery
Scandal in the Berkshires
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
A riveting account of one of the most scandalous unsolved murders at the turn of the nineteenth century: the killing of twenty-four-year-old May Fosburgh.
Shots rang out in a prominent Pittsfield family home on the morning of August 20, 1900, ending the life of young socialite May Fosburgh....
by Tobin T. Buhk
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
While the River City is known for its history of furniture making, it also has a sinister side. Jennie Flood was a widow with a get-rich scheme that involved a shotgun and an insurance application. Reverend Ferris went undercover in his war against the city's purveyors of vice. The police rounded...
by Steven Walker, Rick Reed
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Includes killer's confession
Slaughter On A Shoestring
On October 29, 1997, hooker Andrea "Slick" Hendrix's, beaten, naked body was discovered in a roadside ditch near Stewartsville, Indiana. With no leads for police to follow, the case eventually went cold, but it wouldn't stay that way....
She Wanted It All
A True Story of Sex, Murder, and a Texas Millionaire
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Trophy wife Celeste Beard wasn't satisfied with a luxurious lifestyle and her rich Austin media mogul husband's devotion -- so she took his life!
The wife:
She wanted everything, but her husband stood in the way.
The lesbian lover:
A love-struck, middle-aged woman with a history of mental...
by Vincent Bugliosi
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2004
"Bugliosi, the quintessential prosecutor, has written a crime book that should be read by every lawyer and judge in America."—F. Lee Bailey
On December 11, 1966, a mysterious assassin shot Henry Stockton to death, set his house on fire, and left the scene without a trace. A year...
Poisoned Love
The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, his Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller. In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had attended to her late husband just before his death.
Three years later, fifty-year-old...
Shadows of Evil
Long-haul Trucker Wayne Adam Ford and His Grisly Trail of Rape, Dismemberment, and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Claiming he'd been sent by God to confess, truck driver Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humbolt County Sheriff's Office and admitted to them that he was a serial killer. After police found a gruesome piece of evidence in Ford's pocket, he told them that he had to be stopped before he killed again,...
Killer Bodies
A Glamorous Bodybuilding Couple, a Love Triangle, and a Brutal Murder
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
HE WAS THE "BAD BOY" OF BODYBUILDING
Craig Titus once earned the championship title of Mr. USA, but that was before his illegal drug use and terrible temper got the best of his body—and his career. Soon he would redirect his attention toward a young, bubbly fitness professional who looked...
Hastened to the Grave
The Gypsy Murder Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
They were a notorious gypsy family that seeped into their victims' lives like a deadly cancer. And they couldn't be stopped-- until one courageous woman took on the cases no one else would touch...
THE VICTIMS:
Elderly, well-to-do men and women who, due to their failing health, strength, and...