Titres dans Meurtre

On November 23, 1887, white vigilantes gunned down unarmed black laborers and their families due to strikes on Louisiana sugar cane plantations. A future member of the U.S. House of Representatives was among the leaders of a mob that routed black men from houses and forced them to a stretch of railroad track, ordering them to run for their lives before gunning them down. Author and award-winning reporter John DeSantis uses correspondence, interviews and federal records to detail this harrowing true story.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author who is “among the very small group of top-notch true crime writers” (Booklist) comes the eleventh installment of Ann Rule’s Crime Files, exploring heart-stopping true tales of those who commit murder with no conscience, no remorse, and no...

In this white-knuckled entry in Ann Rule’s Crime Files, the #1 New York Times bestselling author presents the true story of a man who betrayed his family with heinous crimes and other tales of passion and greed. Former Marine sergeant and judo instructor Roland Pitre Jr. claimed it was all an...

More than a collection of dramatically told true crime stories, Ignatowski's anthology challenges and explores the integrity of widespread myths surrounding infamous personalities such as Jack The Ripper, Dennis Rader, Elizabeth Bathory, Ed Gein, and Ted Bundy. It provides a deeper understanding of their stories through historical insight, criminological analysis, and a careful separation of fact from fiction.

In 1949, the year of the Berlin airlift and the founding of the two post-war German states, Elisabeth Kusian (nurse, black marketeer, morphine and methamphetamine addict, and pathological liar) garroted and dismembered two people in a mini crime spree. Her actions both fascinated and terrified the public—how could this woman, a nurse, commit such a violent act?

Everyone heard the story. But no one knows the truth. Two murders. Twenty years apart. One truth to be uncovered. 1999. Emily Pierce is at uni in Leeds having the time of her life. On New Year’s Eve her plans to have the best night ever are brutally cut short when she is killed in her student...

As shots rang out on March 29, 1981 outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Ronald Reagan and three others lie seriously wounded. Just two months after Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president, John Hinckley Jr. shocked the world because of his movie star obsession. What followed was chaos. America learned of the deep psychosis that led to Hinckley’s obsession with actress Jodie Foster, and how, in his mind, he did it all for her. His trial gripped the nation.

La pasión por la crónica negra habría de servirle para escribir relatos de ficción a partir de un hecho real, demostrar que había leído abundante bibliografía de criminología y entendía de todos estos temas y, también, que conocía al dedillo las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, que despreciaba.

Nicholas Tochka analyses the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture. Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader. A rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture inflicted on America? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of that society’s broken institutions?

In twenty haunting, real-life cases, True Crime–Unsolved Murders explores those moments when a trail suddenly goes cold and the truth slips away forever. From Hinterkaifeck, the eerie Bavarian farmhouse where six people were brutally murdered, to the Zodiac Killer who taunted police with cryptic messages, to Elisa Lam, the young woman whose chilling elevator footage shocked millions—the stories are as real as they are disturbing.

What drives seemingly ordinary individuals to commit unimaginable acts of evil? In the case of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, this question has haunted Britain for decades. Known as the Moors Murderers, this notorious pair lured, abducted, and ultimately murdered five innocent children, subjecting...

True story of an American family’s odyssey to Colombia, South America. Their intentions were to relocate their Mom and Pop commercial fishing business. Inadvertently they became involved with Colombia’s corrupt world of drug smuggling, manipulation and strong-arm tactics. Finally, after the secret escape back to the safety of the USA they sought revenge to recuperate the money that was stolen from them by the dangerous Colombian drug cartel.

The true crime genre tends to revolve around the same notorious names, retold until every detail becomes familiar. But for every killer who achieved infamy, dozens more committed equally heinous acts that barely made it past the local news. Their victims' stories remain untold, their families' grief unacknowledged. This collection digs deeper, unearthing cases that prove not all monsters are famous. These accounts reveal that the most disturbing crimes often happen far from the spotlight—in quiet suburbs, rural communities, and forgotten corners where evil thought no one was watching.

In remote forests and suburban homes, behind friendly smiles and professional facades, the most horrifying crimes unfold when ordinary people reveal their capacity for extraordinary evil. This collection of twelve meticulously researched cases exposes how the darkest predators often hide in plain sight—until their masks finally slip.

A self-proclaimed vampire. His harem of “witches.” And the small-town murder that shocked America. When twenty-four-year-old Sydney Loofe disappeared after a Tinder date, the quiet town of Wilber, Nebraska was stunned. Days later, her dismembered body was found scattered across nearby...

The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America. Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another...

Terrifying true tales to keep you up at night—from TikTok sensation Sebastian Krahl This deeply horrifying collection of 50 chilling stories is not for the faint of heart. Collected and told by viral true crime storyteller Sebastian Krahl, these true tales dive into the unexplained, the...

Petie Miller vanishes without a trace two days before his wedding in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in 1983. Some speculate it's a case of cold feet, but investigators suspect cold-blooded murder. The bride's stepfather, a violent career criminal named Charlie Almond, is the prime suspect. Circumstantial evidence suggests that Almond killed Miller and successfully disposed of the body. But with no witnesses, no forensic evidence, and no body, Almond is allowed to walk free.

For centuries, whispers of a forbidden ritual have haunted archaeologists and historians, a chilling practice woven into the rise and fall of Egypt’s most powerful rulers. In The Pharaoh’s Kill List: Inside the Ancient Egyptian Tradition of Human Sacrifice, bestselling researcher Davis Truman pulls back the curtain on a world where divine kingship demanded blood, loyalty was enforced through death, and every royal tomb carried secrets meant to stay hidden forever.

This audiobook is an independent narrative based solely on publicly available documents, including indictments, court filings, press releases, and verified news coverage as of August 19, 2025. It is not affiliated with, nor authorized by, the authors of any existing book, the courts, or law enforcement agencies. All interpretations, summaries, and commentary are original and intended for informational purposes only. The presumption of innocence applies until proven guilty in a court of law.