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A mother is supposed to be loving, protective, caring, and kind. She's supposed to nurture and guide her children from infancy into childhood and adolescence. The very thought of murdering a child—much less their own child—is not only bizarre but perhaps the most disturbing thought a parent could have! Exploring the ultimate betrayal of a mother's duty, Killer Moms: True Stories recounts thirty-one harrowing tales of motherhood gone wrong.

The Canonical Five refers to the five women most commonly identified as the victims of Jack the Ripper: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly. Each of these women shared a tragic fate, becoming emblematic of the violence and desperation that characterized the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. Their stories are not just about their horrific deaths but also about the lives they led prior to their violent encounters with an unidentified killer.

This book narrates the events that unfolded during those four days. It is recounted by someone who was there–FBI Special Agent R. Scott Crabtree. Telling his story for the first time, Crabtree takes the listener behind the scenes of the investigation and its race to find the killers before they could strike again.

Il sostantivo “mostro” è di genere maschile. Si dice “il mostro”, non “la mostro”. Che può avere, questo è certo, un significato compiuto in italiano, ma per puro caso, e comunque come espressione verbale e non sostantivale. La figura del “mostro” evoca orchi, giganti, figure mitologiche orribili. La letteratura ne è piena. Naturalmente al maschile….

'Captivating. What begins as a modern horror story slowly reveals itself as something more ambiguous and, ultimately, heartening. Blake is a very winning narrator.’ Julie Myerson A haunting blend of true crime, psychological thriller and paranormal investigation, Hearth of Darkness is a...

This is the never-before-told story of Harold Derber, the debonair British Merchant Navy veteran who pioneered the modern drug trade with his groundbreaking invention: the drug mothership. Through his ghost fleet of drug ships, Derber eventually became the chief supplier of marijuana to post-war America. This gripping true tale follows Derber from humble beginnings in Manchester, England, to his assassination in the sun-kissed streets of Miami.

On a winter's evening in 1673, tragedy descended on the respectable Rhode Island household of Thomas Cornell. His 73-year-old mother, Rebecca, was found close to her bedroom's large fireplace, dead and badly burned.

Im Jahre 1589 wird der verwitwete Bauer Peter Stump angeklagt, einen Pakt mit dem Teufel geschlossen zu haben. Dieser soll ihm einen magischen Gürtel gegeben haben, mit dessen Hilfe er sich in einen Wolf verwandeln und in diese Gestalt über Jahrzehnte hinweg gemordet habe. Noch heute fasziniert der, nur aus alten Flugschriften überlieferte Fall des Werwolfs von Bedburg die Menschen.

Laura Grillo, carabiniere comandante della sezione forestale di Siena, è stata ritrovata cadavere da alcuni suoi colleghi nella stazione di Greve in Chianti. Era di origine pugliese e aveva 28 anni. L’ipotesi più accreditata per la spiegazione del suo decesso è quella del suicidio.

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE PODCAST EPISODE HOSTED BY THE AUTHOR A murdered young woman; a missing wife; a forty-year mystery. In 1986 on Phillip Island, a young woman called Beth Barnard was savagely murdered and her boyfriend’s wife, Vivienne Cameron, went missing. The police immediately jumped...

Una joven y talentosa cantante de música tradicional mexicana es asesinada en un exclusivo restaurante de la Ciudad de México, frente a decenas de testigos. Yrma Lydya Gamboa, de 22 años, recibe tres disparos a manos de su esposo, un hombre de casi 79. Luego de jalar el gatillo, él da un trago a su whiskey y camina hacia la salida con total tranquilidad, como si nada hubiera ocurrido.

“Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive.” —Zoë Schlanger, New York Times bestselling author of The Light Eaters “This book is a marvel.” —Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees “Masterful reporting. As riveting as any thriller.” —Seth Harp...

12 maggio 1957, ventiquattresima edizione della Mille Miglia, la corsa degli italiani. Una Ferrari guidata dal marchese spagnolo Alfonso De Portago esce rovinosamente di strada uccidendo nove spettatori. Saranno colossali e travolgeranno la corsa, che verrà abolita. A Ferrari vengono ritirati il passaporto e la patente, come se alla guida dell'auto di De Portago ci fosse stato lui. Ferrari viene incriminato per omicidio colposo plurimo, e rischia di finire in carcere per qualche decennio.

The evening of November 17, 1978, should have been like any other for the four young crewmembers closing the Burger Chef at 5725 Crawfordsville Road in Speedway, Indiana. After serving customers and locking the doors for the night, the kids began their regular cleanup to ready the restaurant for the following day. But then something went horribly wrong. Just before midnight, someone muscled into the place, robbed the store of $581, and kidnapped the four employees.

Joseph Leslie 'Squizzy' Taylor was many things to many people: a kind and caring husband, father and stepfather, a reliable son and brother, a generous and considerate neighbour and patron. He was also a criminal willing to consider any type of crime, provided it supported his lifestyle and his ego. Squizzy graduated from teenage pickpocket to adult murderer, from organizing smash-and-grab raids on jewellers to corrupting juries and suborning witnesses.

The chilling true story of a brutal string of deaths on the post-Revolutionary frontier that reveal the violence at the heart of the young United States “In Cold Blood for the 1790s . . . Part true crime, part western, part ghost story, Kingdom of Devils plumbs the dark underbelly of the...

Step into a world where ancient enigmas meet modern investigation. From the haunting depths of vanished civilizations to cold cases that still chill detectives today, Epic Historical Mysteries takes you on a thrilling journey through humanity’s most captivating unsolved puzzles.

Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln—the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map—the Lyceum Address. Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aiding a slave...

Grisham turns an unflinching eye to the tragic case of Robert Roberson, a Texas father who has spent years on death row for a crime he did not commit. In Shaken: The Rush to Execute an Innocent Man, he exposes the many failures that led to a blameless man's death sentence, and a justice system more eager for a conviction than the truth.

And on its surface, the Chappaquiddick Incident (as it has infamously become known) was a simple but tragic traffic accident. However, its political fallout caused it to become the most speculated-upon car accident until Princess Diana's fatal ride, some 28 years later: Was Kennedy drunk? Was he trying to conceal an affair by deliberately killing Kopechne? Why did he wait for so long before reporting the accident? And who else was involved?