True Crime : Murder

From the Yorkshire Witch who was accused of murder when a potion for good health turned out to be fatal, to the woman who survived the gallows and took her empty coffin away with her, this book contains macabre true stories of executed women from around the world. more...

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By examining lynching from a comparative and temporal perspective, Waldrep teaches us important lessons not only about racial violence in America, but about the ways in which communities define and justify crime and the punishment of its criminals. more...

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A headline-making new book from the bestselling author of Black Dahlia Avenger. When veteran LAPD homicide detective Steve Hodel discovered that his own late father, Dr. George Hill Hodel, was the killer in the infamous Black Dahlia murder case, he wrote the bestseller Black Dahlia Avenger , a book that convinced even the Los Angeles County deputy district attorney that George Hodel was responsible for Elizabeth Short’s gruesome death. As a veteran police investigator, Steve Hodel’s instinctively knew that if his father was capable of that level of cruelty, it probably didn’t begin or end with the Black Dahlia. Steve Hodel has devoted his life to examining the evidence of his father’s fascinating and mysterious life, and the shocking new revelations that have come to light in the last five years are the subject of Most Evil . If Steve Hodel’s research is correct, Dr. George Hill Hodel was among the most prolific serial killers in history, beginning as a young man and continuing to kill throughout his long life of ninety-one years. Among his crimes are dozens of unsolved murder cases stretching back sixty years. Most Evil compiles an astonishing amount of never- before- seen visual, circumstantial, and forensic evidence to prove Hodel’s case. This relentless, compelling, and persuasive investigation will revolutionize the way we think about some of the most intriguing, brutal, unsolved, and previously unconnected murders in American history— and it may change our understanding of serial killers altogether. more...

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Murder in New York City dramatically expands what we know about urban homicide, and challenges some of the things we think we know. Eric Monkkonen's unprecedented investigation covers two centuries of murder in America's biggest city, combining newly assembled statistical evidence with many other documentary sources to tease out the story behind the figures. more...

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The bodies of Albert Fountain and his young son Henry lie in an unmarked grave. This work tells the story of the Fountains and, through research, reconstructs what really happened to them and who the likely killers were. more...

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