Murder category: 3028 books
Deadly Derbyshire
Tales of Murder & Manslaughter c.1700–1900
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
A collection of historical British true crime stories, with illustrations included.
From the murder of Hannah Hewitt in 1732 to John Cotton’s killing in 1898, Deadly Derbyshire gathers dramatic, atmospheric true tales of murder and manslaughter in this county in England’s East Midlands.
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The Poison Plot
A Tale of Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
An accusation of attempted murder rudely interrupted Mary Arnold’s dalliances with working men and her extensive shopping sprees. When her husband Benedict fell deathly ill and then asserted she had tried to kill him with poison, the result was a dramatic petition for divorce. The case before the...
by J.D. Rockefeller
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
When salesman Travis Victor Alexander hooked up with his girlfriend Jodi Ann Arias, little did he know that she was going to brutally murder him in his own apartment. Jodi killed Travis on the 4th of June, 2008 and she was sentenced to a natural life in state prison on the 13th of April, 2015.
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The Pembrokeshire Murders
Catching the Bullseye Killer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In the words of the detective chief superintendent who led it, this recollection tells the story of Operation Ottawa, the cold case investigation of John Cooper for two Pembrokeshire double homicides: the Scoveston Manor murder of Richard and Helen Thomas in 1985 and the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path...
by Margaret Drinkall
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Discover the darker side of Leeds with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the city. Featuring all factions of the criminal underworld, this macabre selection of tales includes the case of Mary Bateman, known as the Yorkshire Witch, and that tale of a man so determined to kill...
by Caroline Maxton
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
True crime stories that span more than 200 years in south London history—from poisonings to passion killings.
We are all drawn to understand the circumstances that lead others to commit unforgivable acts of violence—the moment that turns a caring human being into a killer, the series of events...
Ripper of Waterloo Road
The Murder of Eliza Grimwood in 1838
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
When Jack the Ripper first terrorized the streets of London, the Daily Telegraph reported that his crimes were as ghastly as those committed by Eliza Grimwood's murderer. Grimwood was a high-class prostitute, and on May 26, 1838 she brought a client home with her. The next morning she was found with...
Flesh and Blood
Murder-Suicides that Haunt Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In Flesh and Blood, Sunday World Investigations Editor, Nicola Tallant looks at the rising phenomenon of murder-suicide in Ireland, at events which, while shocking in the extreme, happen in tight-knit communities, behind the closed doors of apparently loving homes.
She takes us inside these...
Murder in Battle Creek
The Mysterious Death of Daisy Zick
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
In 1963, Daisy Zick was stabbed twenty-seven times at her home in Battle Creek, Michigan—and locals are still talking about the unsolved case today.
On a bitterly cold morning in January 1963, Daisy Zick was brutally murdered in her Battle Creek, Michigan, home. No fewer than three witnesses...
by Stephanie Hoover
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Politics in Kelayres turned deadly on November 5, 1934. When Republican boss "Big Joe" Bruno sensed his grip on Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region slipping away with the night's election, he and a few family members opened fire on a peaceful Democratic parade passing Bruno's home. The carnage was...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Meyer Luckman was convicted of beating and strangling his brother-in-law, Samuel Druckman, to death. Two other men were involved in the murder, including Meyer's brother Harry. The scene of the crime was a garage in Brooklyn from which the Luckman's ran a very profitable flour trucking business....
Walking After Midnight
One Woman's Journey Through Murder, Justice, and Forgiveness
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Many people who have been harmed or wronged often feel that to respond with non-violence and forgiveness is to be weak. As Katy Hutchison reveals here, to forgive and seek reconciliation not only requires even more strength than a resort to force or retaliation, but also ensures deeper, more far-reaching...
by Kim Casey
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
The first of its kind, this book offers readers a rare glimpse into the darker side of country life. A Jesse James inspired shooting spree, mysterious murder-suicides, outlaws on the run, and a fatal fight over bacon, are just some of the true stories that have taken place in the outlying parts of the Thunder Bay District.
Kalahari Killings
The True Story of a Wartime Double Murder in Botswana, 1943
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
A true-life murder mystery of two British airmen in Bostwana—and the extraordinary trial that followed that changed the lives of an entire peopleOn October 4, 1943, two RAF pupil pilots, Walter Adamson and Gerald Edwards, took off from Kumalo in what is now Zimbabwe. Some time later they were...