When it comes to conning each other, we have some of the most colourful and interesting hucksters in the world. This book contains stories from all regions of the country.

Based on previously sealed testimony and interviews, this disturbing true account paints a horrifiying portrait of Wayne Adam Ford, a twisted man who, unable to control his perverse sexual appetites, brutally tortured, mutilated, and ...

Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy (1925) is a novel about the harsh realities of American life. Based on an actual murder case, the story concerns a young man, Clyde Griffiths, who is born into a religious family.

Here Michaud and Hazelwood go beyond the lurid details, to a deeper understanding of the depraved minds behind the grisly crimes, in a stark, startling, and fascinating work you will not soon forget.

But crusading journalist Mabel Norris Reese cannot stop fretting over the case and its baffling outcome. Who was protecting whom, or what? She pursues the story for years, chasing down leads, hitting dead ends, winning unlikely allies.

This work, winner of the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award, provides an account of the international scandal and media activity surrounding the death of Starr Faithfull in 1931.

" Libro único en muchos sentidos, La Reina del Pacífico: Es la hora de contar se publica en el momento más trascendental de la guerra contra el narcotráfico.

In this true crime classic, out of print since 1981, Lucky Luciano remains a mythical underworld figure.

FROM NARCISSISM TO AGGRESSION, AN ORIGINAL LOOK AT THE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND BEHAVIORS THAT CONSTITUTE EVIL In this groundbreaking book, renowned psychiatrist Michael H. Stone explores the concept and reality of evil from a new perspective ...

The true story of the murderesses who became media sensations and inspired the musical Chicago Chicago, 1924.

The Prison Break, the Manhunt, the Inside Story In June 2015, two vicious convicted murderers broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, in New York’s North Country, launching the most extensive manhunt in state history.

In a frank and enlightening look at our criminal courts, attorney Roy Black reveals his defense strategies in four cliffhanger cases.

Understanding Parricide is the most comprehensive book available about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents.

The chilling true story of the Spahalski brothers, who looked alike, acted alike—and killed alike .

This book tells the story of the Galloway Boys, who as young teens banded together in an urban-blighted area of Toronto's east end to sell drugs and run guns.

This is the true story of unorthodox, underdog intelligence officers who fought an uphill battle against their own government to prove that the KGB had pulled off the most devastating penetration of U.S. national security in history.

A model of cultural history, this ambitious book will stimulate and enlighten readers across a broad range of interests.

Read this book and know the truth about him. It is an urgent message from death row; the whole story of who Damien Echols really is.

During Mike Peterson’s trial, Duane Deaver, blood-spatter expert, gave his testimony in which he explained that the blood present on the staircase wall and on Michael’s clothes, was evident that the accused was guilty of the first ...

The essays discuss the philosophical and political implications of war crimes jurisprudence as well as the surprisingly rich and unexpected historical record of previous war crimes trials.