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American ISIS tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who converted to Islam and traveled to Syria to fight for the Islamic State.

Un luogo, un momento, un delitto. Un ritorno sulla scena dei grandi crimini attraverso il racconto coinvolgente e diretto dei cronisti che per primi hanno seguito il caso. Storie di persone, di moventi, di vittime e carnefici, ma soprattutto di emozioni e sentimenti, narrati dal punto di vista inedito di chi, con taccuino e registratore alla mano, ha vissuto in prima persona le indagini su queste terribili vicende. Gli occhi dei giornalisti sulla scena del delitto, le testimonianze raccolte, la tensione e le emozioni di quei momenti, fino allo svelamento della verità.

H. H. Holmes’ story has become one of legend. Holmes committed his crimes during a time in history where the idea of murdering on a mass scale was being introduced to the world through the actions of Jack the Ripper. Unlike Jack the Ripper, Holmes’ motives were clear; he killed out of greed, convenience, and curiosity. 

Qui est Gianfranco Franciosi ? Personne. Un homme au quotidien banal qui, grâce à son talent de mécanicien nautique, s'est retrouvé du jour au lendemain plongé dans le trafic de cocaïne international. Approché par la police, il deviendra le premier indic de toute l'histoire italienne de la lutte contre le trafic de drogue. Comédiens et comédiennes ayant participé, par ordre alphabétique : Myrtille Bakouche, Mathieu Buscatto, Alexandre Donders, Pierre Junières, Jérôme Keen, Isabelle Miller, Philippe Roullier, Pierre Tissot.

In 1927, while the majority of the township of Bath, Michigan, was celebrating a new primary school - one of the most modern in the Midwest - Andrew P. Kehoe had other plans. The local farmer and school board treasurer was educated, respected, and an accommodating neighbor and friend. But behind his ordinary demeanor was a narcissistic sadist seething with rage, resentment, and paranoia. On May 18 he detonated a set of rigged explosives with the sole purpose of destroying the school and everyone in it.

Tra tutti i gerarchi nazisti, Rudolf Hess è assolutamente unico nel suo genere. Nessuno sano di mente potrebbe mai trovare nulla di positivo in Hitler, in Goebbels, in Heydrich. Rudolf Hess è forse l'unico, tra i grandi gerarchi nazisti, il cui giudizio continua a dividere. Hess ha commesso molti crimini terribili, e li ha pagati tutti duramente. Per anni è stato considerato l'unico vero amico di Hitler, ed è stato tra i teorici dello "Spazio Vitale", il teorema con il quale la Germania si arrogava il diritto di invadere i territori ad est dei propri confini.

One night, in a small North Carolina town, a down-on-his-luck guard at Loomis Fargo manages to steal $17 million - literally more than one ton of cash. Despite being caught on camera wheeling the money from the vault to the getaway van, David Ghantt makes off to Mexico before the FBI can blink. There's just one hitch: Ghantt has entrusted the money to an oddball crew of accomplices who had wooed him into committing this massive theft in the first place - and who, he soon learns, are trying to take him out.

A story from the anthology Masters of True Crime, which spans murder cases from the beginning of the 20th century to today. This is a must-hear for fans of true crime and will also be compelling to mystery and thriller listeners.

Lords of Chaos focuses on the scene surrounding the extreme heavy metal subgenre black metal in Norway in the early 1990s, with a focus on the string of church burnings and murders that occurred in the country around 1993.

A rousing tale of espionage and unsung valor, this is the captivating true story of Vera Atkins, Great Britain's spymistress from the age of 25. With her fierce intelligence, blunt manner, personal courage, and exceptional informants, Vera ran countless missions throughout the 1930s. After rising to the leadership echelon in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by Winston Churchill, she became head of a clandestine army in World War II.

In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, 19-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body stabbed over 30 times and missing both feet and a forearm was discovered on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of 20-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Over the next two years, five more bodies of female students were uncovered around the area.

L'opération Mincemeat (littéralement "chair à pâté") était un plan britannique organisé par le Système Double Cross durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'opération doit convaincre les Allemands de leur interception de documents hautement confidentiels qui détaillaient avec précision les futurs plans d'invasion des Balkans et de la Sardaigne, afin d'éloigner de la Sicile - véritable objectif des Alliés - les troupes allemandes.

Nel corso della loro vita gli agenti speciali Javier Peña e Steve Murphy hanno più volte rischiato la vita al servizio della DEA (l'agenzia federale antidroga statunitense). Ma la missione più pericolosa che si siano mai trovati ad affrontare è stata quella mirata a catturare Pablo Escobar, in Colombia. La loro storia è diventata una fiction prodotta da Netflix, Narcos. Oggi, per la prima volta, i protagonisti di una delle più grandi operazioni mai realizzate nella lotta al crimine organizzato raccontano la loro versione della storia in un libro sconvolgente.

La liberazione di Silvia Romano: Il riscatto, gli 007 turchi, il video: così è stata liberata Silvia Romano, di Giuliano Foschini; I due volti della stessa Silvia. Dagli orecchini di perle al velo che copre le ferite, di Gabriele Romagnoli; La liberazione di Silvia Romano: il dovere della sobrietà, di Carlo Bonini; Silvia, si indaga per terrorismo. Le sue foto esibite come trofeo, di Giuliano Foschini e Fabio Tonacci; "Il Corano in audio per ore, così i rapitori Talebani tentarono di convertirmi", di Daniele Mastrogiacomo.

In the early 18th century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates - former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves - this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, Blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.

Reynard Heydrich, il braccio destro di Himmler, l'ideatore, nel gennaio del 1942 della Soluzione finale, lo sterminio sistematico degli ebrei. Heydrich è il gerarca più spietato del Terzo Reich, il macellaio di Praga, la bestia bionda. L'uomo dall'infanzia problematica, segnata da due traumi: da una parte la voce stridula e l'aspetto effeminato che gli valsero l'appellativo di capra, e dall'altra il mistero di una presenza ebraica all'interno della sua famiglia.

During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and the American colonies. He was infamous for the very crime for which he was hanged, piracy. This book by Rebecca Simon dives into the details of the two-year manhunt for Captain Kidd and the events that ensued afterward. Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701, and from that sprung a massive hunt for all pirates led by the British during a period known as the Golden Age of Piracy. Ironically, public executions only led to pirates’ growth in popularity and interest.

Rarely does a week go by without a well-known executive being indicted for engaging in a white-collar crime. Perplexed as to what drives successful, wealthy people to risk it all, Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes spent seven years in the company of the men behind the largest corporate crimes in history - from the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemers Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford.

This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and audiences of both fiction and true-crime nonfiction. It's the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way. When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, and wrote her out of the will.

Posing as a jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone worked undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Mafia wise guys, captains, and bosses. Now his eyewitness account brings to pulsing life the code of honor, loyalties, treacheries, and dirty dealings of unforgettable characters.