Résultats pour "True West" dans Meurtre

Two days before Christmas 1996, the broken, battered body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found outside her vacation home in West Cork, a serene region on Ireland’s idyllic southern coast. Decades later, no one has been charged with the murder, but the aggrieved inhabitants of West Cork are convinced they know who did it - and he still lives among them.

The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious serial killer and master manipulator Rose West. You're 21 years old. Police arrive on the doorstep of your house, 25 Cromwell Street, with a warrant to search the garden for the remains of your older sister you didn't know was dead. Bones are found, and they are from more than one body. And so the nightmare begins. You are the daughter of Fred and Rose West.

'Under Their Roof...does so much more than chronicle her time living with the Wests. It's a desperately sad insight into what makes someone vulnerable to abusers... but ultimately, this is a book about the triumph - however painful and even fluky - of good over evil.' Simon Hattenstone, GUARDIAN...

This audiobook covers famous and not-so-famous murderers, but the deaths they dealt to their victims were just as deadly, gruesome, and fatal. It didn’t matter to these soulless murderers whether death came to their anguished victims by knife, gun, bayonet, or bare hands. Listen and discover the stories behind the lingering silent sounds of those who no longer walk above ground in California - a state meant for its beauty, beaches, and bright sun.

Finished listening to the story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier's mysterious murder? Hear the latest from Executive Producer, Jesse Baker, and Producers Jennifer Forde and Sam Bungey as they discuss all the burning questions of the Audible Original, West Cork: what it was like to spend a year of their lives with a suspected murderer, how the investigation was bungled, and where does the case stand now? This is a must listen for fans of the hit Audible Original series.

[Contains Mature Themes] After the arrest is made public, the community is terrified and convinced a murderer lives next door. Still, the suspect remains in West Cork. And it seems everyone has a theory - a story about the suspect’s strangeness - ranging from the plausible to the absurd: that he is a sexual predator; that he wanders the countryside alone, howling, driven to madness by the full moon. But as it turns out, some of the craziest rumors were coming from the unlikeliest of sources - the suspect himself.

[Contains Mature Themes] West Cork, Ireland is an outpost at the edge of Europe. Rugged, windswept, and coastal, it was a region of farmers and fisherman until the 1960s, when it was discovered by the “blow-ins”—artists, urban runaways, and people who drove until the road ran out. It was a haven for those wanting to turn their backs on their old lives and start over. But then there was a murder in West Cork, and everything changed overnight.

[Contains Mature Themes] The Guards have a suspect - a man who has spent the last 20 years trying to convince Ireland that he is not a murderer. We begin on the first day of the investigation, tracing the suspect’s behavior over the six weeks following the murder up until the day of his arrest. What was he up to, and how did he become the central figure in one of Ireland’s most notorious murder cases?

[Contains Mature Themes] If the Guards’ prime suspect didn’t kill Sophie, who did? Theories abound: a “French connection,” a murderous horse, a misidentified man in a long black coat. There are promising leads that seem to have gone unpursued by the police, and the distinct impression that the case wasn’t nearly as strong as it originally seemed.

[Contains Mature Themes] After the defamation trial, no one understands why the suspect is still a free man. But the case against him is quickly unraveling - there’s a new, seasoned lawyer, trouble with a key witness’ story, and questions about the legitimacy of the Guards’ investigation.

[Contains Mature Themes] Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder is big news in Ireland - so big that the suspect takes the newspapers to court for defamation, intending to clear his name with the public. But it backfires spectacularly when the newspapers round up angry locals to testify, air secret diaries, and reveal the suspect’s long history as a domestic abuser.