Serial killers and murderers Books

This book is specially oriented to the wounds of women in the society who faces very much diffulties in life and how society make her so weak and why she didn't able to reply to the wrong in the society. Everyone who belongs to middle class family and...

Inside you will find 13 chilling campus mysteries-unsolved murders that occurred at U.S. and Canadian colleges. You'll get the most recent details of: the stabbing of a young co-ed in the stacks of the Penn State library, the gruesome ritualistic murder...

South Florida in the 1970s was one of the nation's most dangerous locations. Behind the image of sun and surf, young women were the victims of a brutal killer. In the mid-1970s, over a dozen young women were murdered and found in canals. These cases...

"Uncle Reid committed suicide!" Shirley read from an article found in Mother's genealogy records. We looked at each other in amazement as I shouted, "Mother, what happened to Uncle Reid?"A compelling true drama of political corruption, voter fraud and...

“Narratives of Remarkable Criminal Trials” is a 1846 work by Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach that looks at a variety of interesting German criminal cases from the early nineteenth century. It provides details concerning each crime, its evidence,...

Dive into the world of mystery with Hargrave L. Adam's book, Murder Most Mysterious. It's a fascinating read that covers some of the most perplexing and intriguing murder cases in history. Follow along as Adam provides his insight into the crimes and...

Published in 1791, "Biographien Der Kinder-mörder aus Gerichtlichen Akten Gezogen und Romantisch Dargestellt" is a collection of true crime stories that became a sensation in late eighteenth-century Germany. Written by Christian Heinrich Spiess, the book...

This gripping true crime account delves into the shocking murders committed by Stephen Dee Richards and other infamous criminals of the time period. A chilling look at the dark side of human nature and the justice system of the 18th century.This work has...

A Zodiac killer encrypted message on a locally circulated reward poster for the missing Donna Lass was thought to perhaps give some clue to the location of her body.  For the first time, the decrypted messages are published in this book.

It's raw, profane, offensive, bizarre. It's not politically correct or warm and fuzzy. It's real.How did police officers do their jobs four decades ago during some of the nation's most turbulent and violent times?These aren't one-dimensional Hollywood...

In Victorian London, long before the term serial killer was coined, two series of murders played out that have captured the imagination of the whole world. The Jack the Ripper murders and the Thames Torso murders, so similar to each other, took place...

In 1976, a killer who called himself 'The Son of Sam' shot and killed a half dozen people and wounded as many more in New York City. During his crime spree, the madman left bizarre letters mocking the police and promising more deaths.After months of...

The Kennedy assassination is a vital part of our national history, but for those who study it, it becomes something more, something…personal. That personalization of history creates a healthy passion that drives research forward. But it also...

It was a brisk April morning in 1990 when a woman walking her dog stopped cold in her tracks. She reeled back from something strange and disturbing blocking the drainage tile: a human skull. Forensic examination showed that it was the remains of Joan...

On Mother's Day 1949, someone killed a high school girl in a church kitchen. The janitor found her body the next morning…. brutally beaten… strangled… lying in a pool of blood.Baffled police got an anonymous phone tip to go ask her...

Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. As a young adult, Clyde must take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then as a bellhop to support his family. At the...

¿Te has preguntado de donde viene la imagen del payaso asesino que se ha usado en incontables películas, series y libros? ¿Sabías que el 23 de diciembre de 1978 fue un día que el vecindario de Summerdale recordará para siempre? ¿cómo te sentirías si uno...

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and the shocking spectacle of greed that followed.Kentucky never deserved its Indian appellation “A Dark and Bloody Ground” more...

New York Times Bestseller: The “fascinating” true story of John Dale Cavaness, a much-admired Illinois doctor—and the cold-blooded killer of his own son (The Washington Post). Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist...

Public mass killings are becoming more common. Though the chances of being harmed or killed in a mass shooting are slim, each incident affects the public's sense of safety. There are many myths and falsehoods concerning mass murderers. As a result,...

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit. Her 1889 trial was presided over by an openly misogynist judge who was later declared...

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in...

""The Truth About Clement Ker: Being An Account Of Some Curious Circumstances Connected With The Life And Death Of Sir Clement Ker"" is a book written by George Fleming in 1889. The book is a detailed account of the life and death of Sir Clement Ker, a...

The Spirit Portrait Mystery: Its Final Solution is a book written by David Phelps Abbott and published in 1913. The book explores the world of spiritualism and the controversy surrounding the production of spirit photographs. In the late 19th and early...

A gripping account of a real-life murder trial that made headlines in turn-of-the-century America. Henry K. Goodwin was accused of killing his business partner, Albert D. Swan, in a dispute over money, and this book is the official record of his trial...

This thrilling narrative recounts the story of the murders that occurred in Bussey's Wood, questioning whether a ghost or a human was responsible. It is an intriguing read for those interested in true crime and unsolved mysteries.This work has been...

This fascinating book delves into the real-life story behind the legend of Bluebeard, the infamous serial killer who murdered his wives. Drawing on historical accounts and eyewitness testimony, author Sabilla Novello provides a chilling and detailed...

Written in his own words before his execution, Martin Richard Kehoe's life and dying declaration chronicles his life up until his conviction for the murder of his wife. This compelling document provides a unique window into the criminal justice system of...

This book offers a detailed account of the notorious murder trial of Professor John W. Webster. It provides a glimpse into the criminal justice system of the mid-19th century and explores the influence of wealth and privilege on legal proceedings. A...

This entertaining group of eight essays concerning great crimes of murder reveals the author's affinity, not only with the wellsprings of human passion, but also with the means of bringing them into lucid focus, using the slow unfolding of telling...

On April 19, 1973, Rosemarie D'Alessandro's daughter, Joan, said "Goodbye, Mommy," as she ran out the door. Joan was a Brownie Scout, and she was excited about delivering the last two boxes of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor. Her mother didn't know it...

This historical account is based on the memories and stories of two successful men, both on the side of law enforcement and prosecution. The first is a detective for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Gang Unit, (SEB) Special Enforcement...

Joe Metheny was a serial killer active in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1990s. He claimed that he had killed up to ten victims. However, he was convicted of only two cases of murder and one case of kidnapping. He mostly preyed on young white prostitutes who...

In the early hours of March 22, 1989, two friends - career criminals with violent felony convictions - drove around the eastern Kansas City area in a stolen car committing a series of crimes. The weather was mild for late March in Kansas City; the sky...

The first dedicated textbook for Criminology students studying homicide. As the authors explain, criminal homicide is but one form of lethal violence victims may suffer, leading them to describe a much broader range of scenarios. Ranging from murder...

An eminent historian sheds light on the serial killings that terrorized Boston in the early 1960s, the man arrested for them, and the brash young lawyer, F. Lee Bailey, who defended him.

The coldest cases from Middletown, USA With dozens of unsolved murders spanning decades, Muncie and surrounding Delaware County might have more killings without justice than any American community like it. In 1962, Maggie Mae Fleming was shot to death...

Author Alan Brown leads readers on a stomach-churning turn through Florida's dark side . Florida sunshine beckons, but in can be unrelenting, too. And in the shadows, tragedy strikes. Ted Bundy leads a cast of serial killers who wrought havoc on the...

Warren township in the southern portion of Herkimer County has been the scene of more than one gruesome event. In January 1885, locals reeled in horror when disgruntled wife Roxalana Druse shot her husband and dismembered his corpse to incinerate it in...

Authorities had no bodies, no murder weapon and no crime scene. All they knew was that two people were gone and rumors pointed to drug dealer Billy Dean Smith.Their break in the case came when he started talking, but was his confession really true?

A Deadly Silence tells a true story set in Annandale, an exclusive Pasadena neighborhood overlooking the Rose Bowl-an unlikely backdrop for a triple homicide. David Adkins and his girlfriend, Kathy Macaulay, had been dating for four years, but it hadn't...