True Crime
Truth is often stranger than fiction. Life writes the most fantastic and unbelievable stories. Read here the cases that occupied TV prime time and the ones that have fascinated mankind for decades.
Bisac: TRU000000
| New in True Crime | Hot List | Hot Authors | Bestsellers | Top Rank | Top Reviews |
Subtopics under True Crime
Products in True Crime
exclude subtopics| Displaying 1 to 5 (of 5 products) | Pages: 1 |
| Product Name Author | Listed | Price | Actions |
17 Days: The Katie Beers StoryArthur HerzogKatie Beers, a young girl, was hidden in a secret cellar for two-and-a-half weeks. Except for the cops, she might have died.
On December 28, 1992, two days before her tenth birthday, Katie Beers disappeared. She had left for an outing with a close family friend, John Esposito, and her whereabouts remained mysterious as the year drew to a close and her family grew frantic, fearing the worst. On January 13th, Katie was found alive in a secret, dungeon-like vault beneath Esposito's Bay Shore, Long Island house. Families nationwide followed the story of Katie's heartwrenching ordeal, as she bravely... | 2013 / 1 / 5 | $9.99 £8.01 €8.95 Ca$13.39 Au$14.01 ¥1128.12 | to wish list PDF & EPUB |
Robert Vesco: the king of white collar crimeArthur HerzogThe adventures of the fugitive financier - accused of looting a quarter of a billion bucks - who fled south of the border, engaged in the drug trade and wound up in a Cuban prison where he languishes.
Today's high-flying, high-rolling conglomarateurs and corporate raiders are a tame lot compared to their immediate predecessors. The most notorious of these is Robert Vesco, the Kingfish himself, who in 1973 fled the United States accused of looting $250 million from Investors Overseas Services. Now, in this riveting account, noted author Arthur Herzog tells the astounding story of this high... | 2013 / 1 / 4 | $9.99 £8.01 €8.95 Ca$13.39 Au$14.01 ¥1128.12 | to wish list PDF & EPUB |
The Woodchipper MurderArthur HerzogRichard Crafts, an airline pilot, killed his wife and tried to conceal the remains by chopping them up. Failing, he was convicted of murder.
In The Woodchipper Murder the Newtown, Connecticut police listed Helle Crafts disappearance as routine, but a private detective and a sheriff suspected murder with a dreadful machine. Even though the Newtown, Connecticut, police listed Helle Crafts' disappearance as a routine missing person case, Keith Mayo, a private investigator, knew the Danish-born mother of three hadn't skipped town nine days before Thanksgiving. Rita Buonanno remembers the words... | 2013 / 1 / 3 | $9.99 £8.01 €8.95 Ca$13.39 Au$14.01 ¥1128.12 | to wish list PDF & EPUB |
A Murder in our TownArthur HerzogHow pristine Salisbury, CT., almost surrendered to local hoods.
In the early morning hours of October 23, 1986, Earl Morey was shot to death in a small town in the Northwest Corner region of Connecticut. Salisbury, Connecticut, a seemingly calm, pastoral and peaceful community, has a sordid, evil underbelly. The lavish weekend homes of wealthy New Yorkers stand only short distances from the dilapidated homesteads of the local working class. This is both a story about a murder, and a revealing study of the juxtaposition of the "haves" and the "have-nots," in small-town America. | 2013 / 1 / 3 | $9.99 £8.01 €8.95 Ca$13.39 Au$14.01 ¥1128.12 | to wish list PDF & EPUB |
The MagiCIAn: John Mulholland's Secret Life, 2nd EditionBen RobinsonThe only biography of the master magician and spy instructor John Mulholland.
"John Mulholland is surely one of the most fascinating personalities in magic history. For his work to advance conjuring as a recognized art, he deserves tremendous respect, and no serious student of magic will want to skip this book." —Michael Claxton, Magic Magazine, Feb 2009. | 2008 / 9 / 25 | $19.99 £16.04 €17.90 Ca$26.80 Au$28.04 ¥2257.37 | more than one type to choose from softcover |
| Displaying 1 to 5 (of 5 products) | Pages: 1 |