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Author: Michael W. Cuneo
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-03
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780312381547
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes how sixteen-year-old Alec Kreider murdered his best friend, Kevin Haines, and Kevin's parents, Tom and Lisa, for no apparent reason, and showed no remorse for the brutal crime.
Author: Mark Pettit
Publisher: Mark Pettit
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780988928329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Three-time EMMY(r) award-winning investigative reporter Mark Pettit returns to write the final chapter in the sordid saga of Nebraska serial child killer John Joubert. In the non-fiction novel style of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, Pettit delves into the mind of an Eagle Scout turned killer, recreating Joubert's violent past and solving a string of unsolved crimes.
Author: Mark Pettit
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780988928312
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fall marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most terrifying times in Nebraska's history: The year that a young Air Force Airman went on a killing spree, leaving two young boys dead and a community gripped by fear. Now, dramatic and chilling new evidence comes to light exposing the sinister thoughts running through the mind of John Joubert--the man behind the Nebraska killings. Former TV news anchorman, investigative reporter and three time Emmy winner Mark Pettit returns to the case to write the final chapter in his best-selling, and now newly updated book: A Need to Kill: The True-Crime Account of John Joubert, Nebraska's Most Notorious Serial Child Killer. In the spirit of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," Pettit delves into the Joubert case to tell the dramatic story from all angles as a non-fiction novel. In a series of exclusive, face-to-face interviews with Pettit, Joubert admits to a string of violent crimes and another killing that sends investigators into a frenzy ending with Joubert being convicted for a third murder and ultimately executed in Nebraska's electric chair. Now, 30 years after the murders in Nebraska, Pettit uncovers shocking new evidence from Joubert's prison records that proves the killer was fantasizing about committing more violent crimes. Never-before-seen death row drawings made by Joubert while he waited to be executed once again send a chill through Nebraska and those touched by Joubert's horrific crimes. In the updated version of his book, Pettit opens his investigative files to the public and for the first time, shares handwritten letters Joubert wrote to the journalist while in prison. Pettit also reveals aspects of Joubert's personality gleaned during the exclusive interviews and details from the death row discussions that have never been shared publicly.
Author: Robert Scott
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786018864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →True-crime author Scott reveals the gruesome true story of Sebastian Shaw, a serial killer and rapist who terrorized the Pacific Northwest in the early 1990s. photos. Original.
Author: Dave Distel
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780786017256
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Previously published as "The Sweater Letter," this book tells the riveting true story of a ruthless husband who tried to get away with murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the relentless police sergeant who was determined to bring him to justice.
Author: John Glatt
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008-12-02
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780312941666
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Documents the case of Melanie McGuire, a New Jersey nurse involved in a long-term affair with a married doctor, who was arrested and convicted of murdering and dismembering her husband, William.
Author: J. Reuben Appelman
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2019-02-26
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1501190008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this cold case murder investigation from “a powerful, confident voice in the new true crime memoir genre” (James Renner, author of True Crime Addict), one of America’s most notorious sprees is cracked open. With a foreword by Catherine Broad, sister of victim Timothy King, this is a deftly crafted true story set amid the decaying sprawl of Detroit. Four children were abducted and murdered outside of Detroit during the winters of 1976 and 1977, their bodies eventually dumped in snow banks around the city. J. Reuben Appelman was only six years old when the murders began and even evaded an abduction attempt during that same period, fueling a lifelong obsession with what became known as the Oakland County Child Killings. Autopsies showed that the victims had been fed while in captivity, reportedly held with care. And yet, with equal care, their bodies had allegedly been groomed post-mortem, scrubbed-free of evidence that might link to a killer. There were few credible leads, and equally few credible suspects. That’s what the cops had passed down to the press, and that’s what the city of Detroit, and Appelman, had come to believe. When the abductions mysteriously stopped, a task force operating on one of the largest manhunt budgets in history shut down without an arrest. Although no more murders occurred, Detroit remained haunted. Eerily overlaid upon the author’s own decades-old history with violence, The Kill Jar tells the gripping story of Appelman’s ten-year investigation into buried leads, apparent police cover-ups, con men, child pornography rings, and high-level corruption saturating Detroit’s most notorious serial killer case. “Always deft, often sublime, Appelman uses his investigation to draw us into his personal journey through darkness, to light and life” (Chip Johannessen, producer of Dexter).
Author: Katherine Ramsland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2006-08-30
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0313081786
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There are many cultural myths about serial killers, often propagated even by mental health professionals. Many assume there is a profile of a serial killer, that serial killers always go for the same victim type or always use the same MO, that they are more clever than ordinary people, and that they are inevitably charming and attractive. The truth is not as simple as that. There are different types of serial killers, and while there are many books that discuss the serial killer phenomenon especially in relationship to victim types or context, researchers have not yet been able to come up with a definition, or type, that covers the broad spectrum of serial killers and their complex psychological dynamics. Ramsland looks at the variety of serial killer types, illustrating that it is difficult to accurately depict these elusive, intriguing, and dangerous killers. There are many cultural myths about serial killers, often propagated even by mental health professionals. Many assume there is a profile of a serial killer, that serial killers always go for the same victim type or always use the same MO, that they are more clever than ordinary people, and that they are inevitably charming and attractive. The truth is not as simple as that. There are different types of serial killers and while there are many books that discuss the serial killer phenomenon especially in relationship to victim types or context, researchers have not yet been able to come up with a definition, or type, that covers the broad spectrum of serial killers and their complex psychological dynamics. Ramsland looks at serial killer types, illustrating that it is difficult to accurately depict these elusive, intriguing, and dangerous killers. This book examines a variety of serial killers, from sexual predators to psychotic killers, from murder teams to odd eccentric stalkers, in order to present the distinct psychological dynamics that set serial killers apart from other violent murderers. Among the motives addressed are lust, control, glory, profit, thrill, delusions, rage, the desire for company, the need to please a partner, and even murder as an intellectual exercise. Serial killers live double lives, hiding their violence even from those who live with them, so along with a study of motives are chapters devoted to how close associates have described killers, including parents, siblings, co-workers, lovers, and survivors. There is no profile of a serial killer, and this book establishes that in vivid and frightening detail.
Author: Casey N. Cep
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1101947861
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Author: Graeme Shimmin
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2014-06-19
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1448171636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →‘I don’t like killing, but I’m good at it. Murder isn’t so bad from a distance, just shapes popping up in my scope. Close-up work though – a garrotte around a target’s neck or a knife in their heart – it’s not for me. Too much empathy, that’s my problem. Usually. But not today. Today is different . . . ‘ The year is 1955 and something is very wrong with the world. It is fourteen years since Churchill died and the Second World War ended. In occupied Europe, Britain fights a cold war against a nuclear-armed Nazi Germany. In Berlin the Gestapo is on the trail of a beautiful young resistance fighter, and the head of the SS is plotting to dispose of an ailing Adolf Hitler and restart the war against Britain and her empire. Meanwhile, in a secret bunker hidden deep beneath the German countryside, scientists are experimenting with a force far beyond their understanding. Into this arena steps a nameless British assassin, on the run from a sinister cabal within his own government, and planning a private war against the Nazis. And now the fate of the world rests on a single kill in the morning . . .
