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Some of the scariest and most interesting criminals are broken down and analyzed by Dr. Kris Mohandie, an expert police and forensic psychologist who has met - and evaluated - some of the most dangerous people who have walked among us. This book has numerous first-hand accounts of his work, and interviews for cases like the Angel of Death serial killer, racist serial assassin Joseph Paul Franklin, and even the O.J. Simpson case.

If you think you know everything about the East End's toughest gangsters, think again. Meet Linda Calvey, a.k.a. the Black Widow. Growing up in the East End of London, Linda falls in with gangsters including the Krays, Freddie Foreman and Ronnie Cook. When the love of her life, Mickey Calvey, is gunned down on a job gone wrong, Linda resolves to carry on his work. But in 1990, after years of living in fear of her lover Ronnie Cook, Linda finds herself accused of his murder in a trial that shocks the nation. Still, Linda sticks to her code of honour, refusing to confess. Until now.

Quando la realtà supera qualsiasi finzione, soltanto una grande scrittrice può raccontarla. Questa è la storia di un figlio affettuoso, di uno studente modello, avviato a diventare un brillante avvocato, di un uomo che ha salvato numerose persone lavorando presso un "telefono amico". Ma questa è, anche, la storia dell'assassino seriale più famoso degli Stati Uniti. Dell'uomo che, con inaudita ferocia, a un certo punto della sua vita ha cominciato a uccidere e ha continuato a farlo per vari anni, senza lasciare la minima traccia, tenendo in scacco la polizia di un intero Paese.

There is no doubt that Yolanda Saldívar pulled the trigger and killed Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Pérez on March 31, 1995. But does anyone know what really happened in room 158 of the Days Inn moments before the crime took place? María Celeste Arrarás has many answers, and her unrivaled coverage of the murder, trial, and aftermath made her the undisputed expert on the Selena case.

Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the 20th century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe - and they're not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these predators have been caught and brought to justice whereas others have never been found, let alone identified.

One Sunday morning in 1993 a 16-year-old girl named Eliza Claps goes missing from a church in the centre of Potenza, Italy. Shortly before her disappearance, Elisa had met Danilo Restivo, a strange local boy with a fetish for cutting women's hair on the back of buses. Elisa's family are convinced that Resitvo is responsible for their daughter's disappearance, but he is protected by local bigwigs: by his Sicilian father, by a doctor with links to organised crime, by a priest who had vices of his own. Years go by, and Elisa's family can find only false leads.

To his neighbors, Wayne Nance, a furniture mover from Missoula, Montana, appeared to be an affable, considerate, and trustworthy guy. No one knew that Nance was the "Missoula Mauler," a psychopath responsible for a series of sadistic sex slayings that rocked the idyllic town between 1974 and 1986. Nance's only requirement for murder was accessibility - a preacher's wife, a teenage runaway, a female acquaintance, a married couple. Putting on a friendly façade, he could easily gain his victims' trust. Then, one September night, thirty-year-old Nance pushed his luck.

On a camping trip at Ayer’s Rock, the Chamberlain family’s infant daughter disappeared in the middle of the night. Her distraught mother, Lindy, claimed she saw a dingo carry her off into the Australian outback. Two years later, their tragedy worsened when, without a murder weapon, a body, or even a motive, a jury convicted Lindy Chamberlain of killing her own daughter. The public cheered.

As oil-boom money poured into Anchorage, Alaska the city quickly became a prime destination for the seedier elements of society: prostitutes, pimps, con men, and criminals of all breeds looking to cash in. However, something even worse lurked in their midst. To all who knew him, Robert Hansen was a typical hardworking businessman, husband, and father. But hidden beneath the veneer of mild respectability was a monster whose depraved appetites could not be sated. From 1971 to 1983, Hansen was a human predator, stalking women on the edges of Anchorage society.

This true-crime novel offers a look into one of the most horrendous murders in Canadian history and follows the killer's trajectory through three counties.

A wealthy and well-connected legal ace and the proud owner of a champion show horse, Larry McNabney had every reason to love his life. But when he disappeared in September 2001, his wife, Elisa, claimed he joined a cult. When Larry's body was found in a shallow grave three months later, Elisa was already gone. In a red convertible Jaguar, her brown hair dyed blond, Mrs. McNabney was speeding toward a new life in Florida - and a brand new identity. Who was Elisa McNabney? Beautiful, seductive, and ruthless, she had thirty-eight aliases and a rap sheet a mile long.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1953: An impoverished Cherokee named Buster Youngwolfe confesses to brutally raping and murdering his 11-year-old female relative. When Youngwolfe recants his confession, saying he was forced to confess by the authorities, his city condemns him, except for one man - public defender and Creek Indian Elliott Howe. Recognizing in Youngwolfe the life that could have been his if not for a few lucky breaks, Howe risks his career to defend Youngwolfe against the powerful county attorney’s office.

The case began in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1922 and lasted for over a decade. The killer has never been found, and the case continues to fascinate true-crime aficianados. A bon vivant Episcopal minister, a not-so-virginal soprano in his choir. The wealthy wife. Her oddball brother. Their furtive maid. The snooping congregants. The bumbling detectives. And in the denouement, a trial, one of the more notable of America’s Jazz Age, covered by the likes of Damon Runyon, Dorothy Dix and James Thurber. All of it hanging on the dramatic testimony of a single, strange witness.

Framgångsrika svindlare har alltid väckt vår motvilliga beundran. Vi fascineras av personer som inte plockar sina offer med skjutvapen, utan med fräck elegans. I boken får du lyssna på underhållande historier om världens största bedragare, som till exempel Victor Lustig - mannen som sålde Eiffeltornet två gånger. Och dessutom på historier om kvinnliga svindlare, svenska svindlerier, nätsvindlerier, kriminalitet i krinoliner och mycket mer.

In 1902, at the age of 11, Carl Panzram broke into a neighbour’s home and stole some apples, a pie, and a revolver...During his two-year detention, Carl was repeatedly beaten, humiliated, and raped by the school staff...Kill 'Em All is a chilling and gripping account of one of the most brutal and gruesome true crime stories in American history. Ryan Green’s riveting narrative draws the listener into the real-live horror experienced by the victims and has all the elements of a classic thriller.

Sono più interessanti le storie belle o le storie tristi, quelle nere o quelle rosa? Le storie sono storie, e raccontano la vita.

Il 25 gennaio 2016 scompare al Cairo Giulio Regeni, il giovane ricercatore di Fiumicello che stava scrivendo una tesi di dottorato per l'università di Cambridge. Il suo corpo senza vita, straziato dalle torture, viene ritrovato il 3 febbraio sul ciglio della superstrada che collega Il Cairo ad Alessandria d'Egitto. Carlo Bonini e Giuliano Foschini ripercorrono i tre anni dell'inchiesta, dei depistaggi, degli scontri diplomatici e delle omissioni di "un omicidio, un sequestro e una tortura di Stato".

Esattamente un anno fa veniva uccisa la giornalista maltese Daphne Caruana Galizia. La sua macchina è stata fatta esplodere con un comando a distanza, poco lontano da casa. Da molti mesi un team internazionale di inchiestisti - il Daphne Project che coinvolge 18 testate di tutto il mondo - sta continuando le sue indagini e pubblica rivelazioni che mettono sotto accusa il governo progressista di Muscat, negli ultimi anni nel mirino della blogger per traffici e corruzione. Cosa si è scoperto in questi ultimi giorni?

Jamal Khashoggi, blogger saudita, due anni fa aveva deciso di diventare la voce del dissenso, una spina nel fianco di Riad. Il regime però non ha ammesso (né ammette) critiche. E nella misteriosa storia della scomparsa del giornalista che scriveva sul Washington Post - entrato nel consolato di Istanbul per una pratica di divorzio e mai uscito vivo, il 2 ottobre scorso - prevalgono ancora troppi interrogativi. Una sola la certezza: la monarchia ha pagato un prezzo alto e non preventivato per questa eliminazione.

Nove anni per avvicinarsi alla verità. Il geometra Stefano Cucchi viene arrestato a Roma il 15 ottobre 2009, portato dai Carabinieri nella stazione Appia. La notizia della sua morte viene diffusa il 23 ottobre, otto giorni dopo, Stefano si spegne nell'ospedale Pertini. Per anni la verità è negata, occultata. Perché quel pestaggio? Chi ha mentito per anni? Chi sapeva? Quale la responsabilità dei vertici dell'Arma? Qui il racconto dei giornalisti di Repubblica che hanno seguito e scritto di questa vicenda sin dall'inizio, Carlo Bonini e Maria Elena Vincenzi.