Titres dans Historique

Im Mittelpunkt der Folgen in dieser zweiten „Tatbestand“-Box stehen unter anderem ein Gastwirt, der seine Gäste und die Behörden betrügt, um sich zu bereichern, und ein vereinsamter Jugendlicher, der eine schwere Körperverletzung begeht. Neben anderen Verbrechen geht es auch um durch Geldnot bedingten Kassendiebstahl und um Gewalt in der Ehe. Die 40-teilige DDR-Serie Tatbestand basierte wie das beliebte und populäre Fernsehpendant "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort" auf Gerichtsakten und schilderte interessante Fälle, die abschließend von einem Staatsanwalt kommentiert und erläutert wurden.

Ist der Brand in einem Bootshaus ein gezielter Versicherungsbetrug oder steckt doch mehr dahinter? Welche Rolle spielt ein harmlos wirkender Friseur bei einem groß angelegten Kunstraub? Warum entführt eine junge Frau ein Baby vor einem Kaufhaus? Wie kam es dazu, dass eine erst dreißig Jahre alte Arbeitslose acht Jahre wegen Arbeitsbummelei im Gefängnis verbrachte? Antworten auf diese und mehr Fragen geben die acht weiteren Folgen der beliebten Reihe Tatbestand in dieser Box.

To their coworkers, neighbors, and others who knew them, they led unremarkable lives. They had careers as military pilots, police officers, landscapers, small business owners, farmers, realtors, reporters, authors, veterinary technicians, nurses, doctors, handymen, painters, and chefs, while they simultaneously stalked city suburbs, college campuses, trailer parks, and red-light districts. This chilling book looks at the horrifying stories of nearly thirty malevolent killers who were mistakenly trusted.

Aktueller denn je: Grishams True Crime Storys als flammende Anklage des amerikanischen Justizsystems. Unschuldige, die in die Klauen der Justiz geraten und sich plötzlich in der Todeszelle wiederfinden: In seinem ersten erzählerischen Sachbuch nach dem Weltbestseller "Der Gefangene" schildert John Grisham gemeinsam mit dem Gründer von Centurion Ministries, Jim McCloskey, zehn wahre Fälle skandalöser Verurteilungen. Perfekt recherchiert und packend geschrieben, gewähren die unglaublichen Geschichten einen erschütternden Einblick in die Fehlerhaftigkeit des amerikanischen Justizsystems.

Aktueller denn je: Grishams True Crime Storys als flammende Anklage des amerikanischen Justizsystems. Unschuldige, die in die Klauen der Justiz geraten und sich plötzlich in der Todeszelle wiederfinden: In seinem ersten erzählerischen Sachbuch nach dem Weltbestseller "Der Gefangene" schildert John Grisham gemeinsam mit dem Gründer von Centurion Ministries, Jim McCloskey, zehn wahre Fälle skandalöser Verurteilungen. Perfekt recherchiert und packend geschrieben, gewähren die unglaublichen Geschichten einen erschütternden Einblick in die Fehlerhaftigkeit des amerikanischen Justizsystems.

Rancho Cordova, Kalifornien, 1974: Ein Einbrecher versetzt das sonst so idyllische Städtchen in Angst und Schrecken. Wie ein Schatten bewegt er sich über die Dächer, steigt in Wohnungen ein und prügelt die Haustiere brutal zu Tode. "Cordova Cat Burglar" wird er genannt – nur einer von vielen Spitznamen, die ihm im Laufe der 70er- und 80er-Jahre gegeben werden, als er verschiedene Städte an der Westküste terrorisiert. "Visalia Ransacker", "East Area Rapist", "Original Night Stalker", "Golden State Killer" – die Bezeichnungen spiegeln die wachsende Brutalität seiner Taten wider.

Edmund Lester Pearson was a journalist, court reporter, and librarian. He’s considered by many to be the first real true crime author in the U.S. Here he writes about the Lizzie Borden murders, axe murders that happened at sea, the murder of a wealthy New York businessman, and two others. Several of these crimes remain unsolved. Although he meticulously researched these crimes and interviewed many witnesses, his accounts are entertaining and, at times, even humorous.

The narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been told from many points of view, most significantly in the wave of books exploring the Warren Commission's findings and the conspiracy theories that followed. But for journalist Steven Beschloss, the story of Lee Harvey Oswald began with the troubled bond with his mother.

A compelling blend of true crime and memoir tracing the author’s investigation into the kidnapping and murder of her great-grandfather in 1980s Louisiana and the reverberations on her family and community throughout the decades "Riveting and atmospheric, Home of the Happy is also a heartfelt...

In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the circumstances of his eventual arrest in the apartment of Ireland's Attorney General nearly brought down the government. The case remains one of the most shocking in Ireland's history. Mark O'Connell has long been haunted by the story of this brutal double murder. But in recent years this haunting has become mutual.

The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years. But what about the real-life women behind these fictional tales? Dismissed as 'Mrs Sherlock Holmes' or amateurish Miss Marples, mocked as private dicks or honey trappers, they have been investigating crime since the mid-nineteenth century - everything from theft and fraud to romance scams and murder. In Private Inquiries, Caitlin Davies traces the history of the UK's female investigators.

Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, extras belong, and you control the whole industry.

In 1985, a white man walked into a South Georgia church and brutally murdered Harold and Thelma Swain, two pillars of the area's Black community. For fifteen years, the case remained unsolved. Then authorities zeroed in on Dennis Perry, a carpenter who grew up nearby. Convicted with devastatingly flawed evidence, Perry received a double life sentence. When award-winning journalist and South Georgia native Joshua Sharpe retraces the case, he discovers a winding path of corruption, devastating missteps, and secrets.

It is an explosive true story of survival, betrayal, and the moment America lost its grip on the Middle East. On November 4, 1979, 52 Americans were taken hostage inside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, an act that stunned the world and sparked a 444-day standoff that shattered U.S. diplomacy and changed global politics forever. In this pulse-pounding narrative, acclaimed historian Davis Truman pulls back the curtain on the backroom deals, psychological torment, and international missteps that defined one of the longest hostage crises in modern history.

Acts of Darkness exposes the many faces of crime, and the many faces of injustice. Some acts of darkness are brutal and unmistakable: murder, drug wars, and violence behind prison walls. Others are more calculated: fraud, betrayal, corruption, and abuse of power. And some unfold quietly, in courtrooms, in boardrooms, or deep inside the justice system, where wrongful convictions, systemic neglect, and indifference can be just as devastating.

Finding Hester explores the untold story of Hester Leggatt, a woman who helped trick the Nazis, and is a fascinating listen for fans of West End musical Operation Mincemeat and anyone with an interest in women’s war stories.

The modern American casino resort was born on a lonely stretch of road that, within a decade, would become known as the Las Vegas Strip. This was a place where America could cut loose, enjoying pleasures denied at home. As visitors flocked to Las Vegas, casinos became a business and then an industry. This book shares stories about how Las Vegas became—and stayed—America’s gambling capital, focusing on the casinos that made it famous and the hustlers, gangsters, number-crunchers, and dreamers who made them.

Criminal profiling—the delicate art of collecting and deciphering the psychological “fingerprints” of the monsters among us—holds an almost mythological status in pop culture. But what exactly is it, does it work, and why is the American public so entranced by it? What do we gain, and endanger, from studying why people commit murder? In The Monsters We Make, author Rachel Corbett explores how criminal profiling became one of society’s most seductive and quixotic undertakings through five significant moments in its history.

Lunedì 8 gennaio 2001, verso le sette di sera, nel giardino di Villa Altachiara a Portofino, scompariva la contessa Francesca Vacca Agusta, per anni protagonista del jet set italiano e internazionale. Prendeva il via quella sera un'indagine che avrebbe riempito le cronache di giornali e tv per settimane, mesi e anni, senza soluzione né requie neppure quando, una ventina di giorni più tardi, il cadavere venne ritrovato in mare, a pochi metri da una baia in Costa Azzurra.

New evidence in Dynamite Nashville uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950's and early 1960s. Award winning historian Betsy Phillips not only paints a detailed picture of the social dynamic of the times, but details how a violent fringe of racists came to national prominence. In Dynamite Nashville, Phillips unmasks the KKK, reveals a racist terrorist network, names its principle leader, and shines a much needed historical spotlight on unsung civil rights hero Z. Alexander Looby.