Murder category: 3028 books

Essex has certainly had its fair share of bad guys during its history. From highwaymen to smugglers, thieves to murderers, it can boast some of the country’s most notorious figures. The legendary Dick Turpin was Essex born and bred, wreaking havoc in Epping Forest. At the other end of the county,...

Think the world is bad today? Then take a true-crime trip back in time to 1600s England, where violence, robbery, and cold-blooded murder ran amuck.   These days, criminals and evildoers are stopped, caught, and punished every day. But how did people deal with crimes before the police, computer records,...

Panic spread in the small Suffolk town of Ipswich between the days of 30th October and the 10th of December 2006.  Just like the original Jack the Ripper, who will forever be remembered for the East London murders which are so famous today, and the evil Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper)...

The Shocking True Story Of Murder In California Wine Country An award-winning journalist delves behind the scenes of a chilling true crime story aired on TV's 48 Hours Mystery -- and uncovers twisting revelations inside an already shattering case of double homicide. Halloween night in...

If you're honest, we see CCTV footage of worse crimes like harassment, theft, abuse, or murder. We know all those things; what we do not concern ourselves with is the fact that there are heinous crimes in our history which were almost impossible to believe. There are serial killers at large who not...

The true story of one of the most notorious crime couples in recent American history is told. Michelle Michaud and James Daveggio forged a perverse alliance in late 1997. After customizing Michaud's minivan into a mobile torture chamber, the pair hit the road and began a nightmare spree of incest, kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder. Includes photos.

Oscar Pistorius went from hero to villain overnight when he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. As journalist Stephanie Findlay writes, the Pistorius case has put a spotlight on guns and on violence in South Africa, especially against women. The case goes to trial on March 3.

Jay Robert Nash, best-selling author and one of the world's foremost crime historians, has compiled in one volume thousands of the most significant and fascinating crimes of the twentieth century. This extensive worldwide chronology is a year-by-year, crime-by crime historical record, Organized...

The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology—the trial of Lizzie Borden—based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew...

Gourmet Ghosts - Los Angeles is a new history, murder and mystery guide book that features 274 pages of ghosts, murders and mysteries at over 40 bars and restaurants in Hollywood, West Hollywood & Beverly Hills, Mid-City, Downtown, Westside & Beaches and Off The Menu. Illustrated with...

Hailed as one of Goodis’s best works, this is a gripping crime novel about a disgraced airline pilot who has sunk to the lower depths of existence. Disaster trails the forlorn Cassidy like a hellhound. His self-destructive pattern results not only in self-torment but drags two women, Mildred and...

The question often posed when we are confronted with such senseless acts of violence as these, is what causes medical professionals to kill individuals for which they have a fiduciary duty to protect? Are there contributing factors shared among them which predispose them to murder? When the implicit...

In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the "The Dating Game," one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience—and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney...

Larry W. Eyler was caught in 1983, accused of being the "homosexual highway killer," responsible for 22 murders in three states. Unbelievably, he was indicted for just one killing and spent three months in jail before an Illinois judge determined that the overwhelming evidence against him was tainted....