Murder category: 3028 books
Family Blood
The True Story of the Yom Kippur Murders
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Gerald Woodman, an Englishman and an Orthodox Jew, came to American penniless and hungry for the good life. By 1980 he had gained and lost two fortunes, had built his plastics company into a cash cow that supported his large extended family in great luxury. Killed in 1985 along with his wife Vera,...
Behind Every Successful Psychopath
Why Karla Homolka was the perfect match for Paul Bernardo
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
"In my 1998 book No Claim to Mercy, about the controversial murder conviction of Robert Baltovich, I devoted quite a few pages to the infamous crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka because there was a compelling case to be made that Bernardo was the man responsible for the disappearance...
by M. William Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Phelps shows how the ugliest crimes can take place in the quietest of suburbs. --Library Journal
When librarian Martha Gail Fulton was gunned down in a Michigan parking lot on a quiet evening, there were two obvious suspects--Gail's husband George, a former military officer . . . and George's...
by Mark Horner
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
"Horner skillfully compiles facts and recites dialogue from thousands of pages of police supplemental files, court transcripts, and personal interviews." -- Weekly Alibi (Albuquerque
"Horner tells this incredible story of the life and death of Girly Chew with the vivaciousness...
by M. William Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
His Target
Aspiring model Sandee Rozzo's big mistake was being kind to Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey. After Rozzo refused the 'roided-up ex-con's advances, she described how he imprisoned, raped, and brutalized her for two days. When the courageous woman pledged to testify against him,...
by Don Lasseter, Ronald E. Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Everything She Wanted. . .
Rebecca Salcedo had an easy smile, a sexy body, and strong appetites--she wanted the world. Bruce Cleland, she decided, would buy it for her. The shy engineer quickly fell victim to her charms, getting her whatever she wanted. A new car. A boat. A house. But he wasn't...
Dead and Gone
Classic Crimes of North Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
An absorbing collection of ten famous murder stories of North Carolina, spanning the years 1808 to 1914.
“An interesting job of reporting....A book that rates a place on the bedside table.”-Charlotte Observer
by Gary Provost
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
As seen on A Current Affair—the shocking story of Florida's most bizarre multiple murder case. As Lisa and Kosta Fotopoulos lay sleeping in their home, a burglar broke in and shot Lisa at point-blank range in the head. Miraculously, she survived to learn the sobering truth about her would-be assassin—and about her sociopathic husband's deadly agenda.
by Greg King
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The first comprehensive biography of Sharon Tate: Hollywood star, wife of Roman Polanski, victim of Charles Manson, and symbol of the death of the 1960s.
It began as a home invasion by the “Manson family” in the early hours of August 9, 1969. It ended in a killing spree that left seven...
Beyond Evil
Inside the Twisted Mind of Ian Huntley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
The horrific murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman shocked and sickened the nation, and the man found guilty of their murders is now one of the most reviled men in the country. As if his crime was not dreadful enough, he has recently admitted that he lied under oath about the circumstances of...
If I Die...
A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
He'd been shot in the head, decapitated, and set on fire. Who could have turned on the real-estate ace with such bloodthirsty fury? Even before the remains were found, circumstantial evidence was building against Rudin's 52-year-old wife, Margaret, who stood to inherit a handsome share of her husband's...
Over the Edge
A True Story of Marriage, Money and a Shocking Death
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2004
He Called It A Tragic Accident.
On a May evening in 1998, the idyllic marriage of wealthy Lake Tahoe couple Peter and Rinette Bergna ended in a crush of metal as their truck plunged 800 feet down a Sierra-Nevada mountainside. Peter was thrown from the vehicle and lived. Rinette, strapped in her seat,...
Carmine the Snake
Carmine Persico and His Murderous Mafia Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
The shocking true story of the most ruthless and deadly mob boss in the annals of the American Mafia.
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In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine “The Snake” Persico was the King of the Streets. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw gang wars, murders,...
The World's Most Bizarre Murders
True Stories That Will Shock and Amaze You
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
From the stomach-churning to the truly bizarre, the details of some of history’s weirdest and most shocking murder cases are collected in this enthralling volume. The criminals covered here all perpetrated crimes with a peculiar twist, among them Enriqueta Marti, who kidnapped children then boiled...