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"What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among the world's most abundant freshwater fish. But since the 1970s, their numbers have plummeted. Because eels--as unagi--are another thing: delicious. ..."--
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"A strikingly original novel in the vein of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX meets Riley Sager, TRUE CRIME STORY twists together transcripts, emails, and documents into an investigation of a missing college girl, also weaving in the mysteries of how the narrator "Joseph Knox" came to be in possession of these files and what fate befell the original author, as well as why Knox might not be telling us everything he knows. Zoe Nolan disappeared from Manchester...
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In this illuminating exploration of women, violence, and obsession, Rachel Monroe interrogates the appeal of true crime through four narratives of fixation. In the 1940s, a bored heiress began creating dollhouse crime scenes depicting murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. Known as the "Mother of Forensic Science," she revolutionized the field of what was then called legal medicine. In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, a young woman moved...
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"When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it's an utter tragedy . . . and an entertaining national obsession in this thoughtful and addictively readable novel that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime. Sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp April morning in Frederick, Maryland. Her tragic story was a national obsession and the centerpiece of a controversial TV docu-series that followed...
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Obsession, Unrequited Love, Jealousy, Revenge, and Violence Collide in this Page-Turning Anthology
Crimes of passion are both eerie and strangely tantalizing. How can someone you hold dear become someone you fear? This riveting anthology explores the question through some of the most compelling true crime accounts and stories of obsession and vengeance.
Crimes fueled by emotions. Love, passion, obsession, jealousy, and betrayal. When it comes to...
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"The true story of the world's most prolific art thief--a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years--in museums and cathedrals all over Europe--Breitwieser,...
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A collection of True Crime stories featuring women who swindle and kill...Poison is one of the most effective female weapons in the history. Whenever they needed to get rid of someone, the poisoners would choose a deadly chemical that would eventually deliver the results. The reasons for this move varies. Women often kill for a financial gain, when they are jealous or want to escape an abusive marriage. Yiya Murano, who would later be known as the...
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Thomas Stack's death didn't surprise a lot of people when it happened. He was an alcoholic, and everyone suspected that he accidentally poisoned himself. But once the small town of Farmington heard that Cynthia Galens was actually behind the murder and that she used a large amount of antifreeze to get rid of her husband, everyone was in pure shock. Cynthia was a lovely lady without prior charges, but she did complain a couple of times that Thomas...
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[2019]
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"More than two dozen gripping tales of murder, kidnapping, robbery, and much more from the Reader's Digest archives. For more than 90 years, Reader's Digest has been telling the amazing true stories of real-life thrillers, unsolved mysteries, and tales of cold-blooded murder--and of the regular folks caught up in these harrowing situations. Now we've pulled together a collection of more than two dozen of these gripping narratives, including: a woman's...
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Some murders offer more questions than answers. The vicious slaying of Michael McMorrow, a forty-four-year-old real estate worker, is such a case. That his murder was carried out by fifteen-year-old kids is just one of the bizarre elements to the crime, which took place in the Strawberry Fields area of Central Park, New York City, in 1997. Who actually wielded the blows that killed Michael? Was it Daphne Abdela, the rich girl gone bad? Or Christopher...
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AN ANTHOLOGY OF WOMEN GONE MISSING
AMY LYNN BRADLEY
For most people, a cruise to the Caribbean is an exhilarating, fascinating experience-but for others, the holiday can be memorable for the entirely wrong reasons. The Caribbean is one of the top cruise destination for many major cruise operators, and millions of people travel there each year. It's the perfect place to enjoy exotic sights, sounds, and flavors while taking advantage of the Caribbean's...
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"Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence agents and military officers were alarmed enough by the president's actions that they alerted senior government officials and ignited the impeachment process. Yet despite all...
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In True Crime, we investigate some of the most iconic crimes in recent history, from O. J. Simpson's 'Trial of the Century', to the monstrous actions of Edmund Kemper and Charles Manson. Featuring a host of genuine evidence, including official police documentation and unbelievable images, True Crime gives you an insight into the minds of some of history's most notorious killers. Featuring: The Death House - Take a look inside Sing
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MURDERS WITH RELIGION AT THE COREA true crime anthology with murders that seemed to have been inspired by religion...Lauren Stuart lived an idyllic life in the quiet town of Keego Harbor, Michigan with her husband and two children. But underneath the placid surface brewed a demonic depression inside Lauren. She and her family had been shunned from the Jehovah's Witness church years earlier for daring to send their children to college. The shunning...
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At 4 p.m. on March 16, 2021, a black 2008 Hyundai Tucson was caught on surveillance cameras entering a strip mall in Acworth, Cherokee County, Georgia. For about an hour, the car remained parked outside Young's Asian Massage, with the driver still in the car. At 4:50 p.m., the driver - a young man wearing black pants and a black-and-magenta hoodie - exited the car and walked to the door of the massage parlor which had the following sign posted on...
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Outrageous acts of villainy have slowly drifted out of the national limelight and into the dustbin of Texas history. Consider the uproar over the 1879 shooting of actor Maurice Barrymore in Marshall and the 1949 murder of oil field legend Tex Thornton in Amarillo. The 1909 Coryell County Courthouse massacre committed by a sixteen-year-old girl remains just as shocking today. For the long-suffering associates of repeat offenders like Fort Worth's Flapper...
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North Carolina's Triangle region is known for universities, research facilities and politics, but even in such a prosperous, diverse, modern environment, crime helps define the edges. These cases cover several decades of murder, fraud and betrayal. Read about the nation's largest prison escape and a couple of North Carolina's poisoners. From a civil rights-era clash of Old South and New and a suspected Cold War spy to new-tech sleuths and tales of...
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Jemma Lilley had always been obsessed with serial killers. When she was just sixteen years old, the tattooed Brit penned a crude and disturbing novel—which she published online—describing scenes of violence, torture, and murder. Although Lilley was dyslexic, she was a determined writer, and eventually completed her story. Playzone, as the novel was called, featured a character named SOS, and featured passages like, "I feel I can't rest until the...
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Are you the ultimate true crime fan? How much do you know about your favorite cases? Play true crime trivia to find out:•Did a serial killer roam the Titanic?•Which food is the most shoplifted?•How many killers get away with murder each year?•Did a fax machine identify the Black Dahlia?Discover the answers to 350 eye-opening questions like these in True Crime Trivia. Each question is multiple choice or true/false so you can play trivia against...
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