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Disgraced is a sweeping religious and cultural history of Protestant sex scandals in nineteenth and twentieth century America. From the birth of the modern press to the advent of the internet age, the book traces the public downfalls of religious leaders who purported to safeguard the morality of the nation.

Some murders reveal a terrifying truth: the capacity to plan another person's destruction with cold, deliberate precision. This collection of 12 meticulously researched cases exposes killers who had time to reconsider, countless chances to stop, but chose murder anyway.

In the quiet suburbs of Indiana, Herbert Baumeister appeared to have it all: a thriving business, a loving family, and the perfect home. But beneath the polished veneer of success lay a predator whose crimes would shock the nation. Known as “The Bone Collector”, Baumeister preyed upon young men from Indianapolis’s gay community, luring them to his secluded Fox Hollow Farm—where investigators later uncovered thousands of bone fragments scattered across the property.

Il primo libro sul caso di Francesco Ferreri 16 dicembre 2005. È sera. Francesco Ferreri, un tredicenne di Barrafranca, in provincia di Enna, esce di casa. E scompare. Due giorni dopo il suo corpo viene ritrovato in un'incisione lungo la strada provinciale, a pochi chilometri dalla cittadina erea. Qualcuno ha ucciso Francesco la sera stessa della sua scomparsa. Trascorrono alcuni mesi. I carabinieri arrestano quattro adulti e un minorenne. Il principale teste d'accusa è Angelo, un coetaneo di Francesco.

In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death was ruled "accidental." It wouldn't be the last death associated with Seven Ranges Reservation. James Renner, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges that year. He was always sure there must be more to the story of Mike Klingler's death, because Renner also knew firsthand that the 900-acre camp was not the safe getaway it was portrayed to be.

In Abused: Surviving Sexual Assault and a Toxic Gymnastics Culture, Rachel details her experiences as a competitive gymnast and the painful realities of being one of Nassar’s many victims. With honesty and candidness, Rachel shares how the sport she loved that gave her so much—friendships, accomplishments, a college education—is also tangled in a dangerously toxic culture that needs to be fixed. In a world that was setting her up for a lifetime of recovery, she tells how faith, family, and an army of survivors made healing possible.

A quattordici anni un ragazzo può già essere precipitato nell'inferno della sua innocenza tradita. E i suoi sogni, la sua fiducia nelle persone che più dovrebbero tutelarlo dal male si infrangono forse definitivamente. Ma a una madre può sfuggire il dramma che tormenta il proprio figlio?

Na een nare periode keerde Merel van Groningen op haar vijftiende terug naar het internaat waar zij eerder had gewoond. Ze was een getraumatiseerde tiener die zich alleen voelde en wanhopig op zoek was naar liefde. Die vond ze bij haar mentor. Hij gaf haar het gevoel dat ze mooi en bijzonder was, en dat ze op z'n minst bij hem een heel speciaal plaatsje in zijn hart had. Pas toen bleek dat Merel bepaald niet zijn enige liefje was, begreep ze dat hij misbruik had gemaakt van haar vertrouwen. Hij had meer dan wie ook beter moeten weten, en daarom werd hij op staande voet ontslagen.

Op 19 december 2024 eindigde het proces van Mazan, waarin 51 mannen werden beschuldigd van verkrachting van dezelfde vrouw, Gisèle Pelicot. Caroline Darian, de dochter van het slachtoffer en de veroordeelde, biedt haar unieke perspectief op deze tragedie, onthult wat in het onderzoek is weggelaten en zet haar onvermoeibare strijd tegen chemische onderwerping en voor het onthullen van de waarheid voort. Zodat we ons blijven herinneren wat er in Mazan is gebeurd. Zodat we de slachtoffers niet vergeten, die zelf beroofd werden van hun herinneringen. Zodat de schaamte definitief van kant wisselt.

Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she had when she was fifteen. Sure, he had been a decade older than her, but it was consensual ... wasn't it? To her surprise, Sonia broke down in tears, then began to shake uncontrollably–an unmistakable expression of trauma that lasted for days. She was clearly not okay, but could the relationship she'd thought was love really have been abuse? Had she been groomed?

To the people of Great Falls, Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was just another friendly face. He attended church, hosted barbecues, and was a neighbour you could trust. But inside his freezer were secrets far darker than anyone imagined. Children disappeared. Rumours spread. And when the truth began to thaw, investigators uncovered something unspeakable – recipes that didn’t name the meat, bones buried in the yard, and stories of a man consumed with control who indulged every urge.

In July 2019, Bláthnaid Raleigh was enjoying a typical night out in Galway with friends and a few acquaintances from Mullingar. At the house party that followed, a night that had started like any other took a sinister turn when Jonathan Moran attacked and raped her. Back in their hometown of Mullingar, Bláthnaid would spend the next five years living with the after-effects of that night, she and her family left in limbo, wracked with uncertainty. On 1 July 2024, Moran was sentenced to eight years in jail, without ever offering a moment's remorse.

Most ambitiously, Best Copy Available lends voice to an alternative version of American boyhood, manhood, and fatherhood. One where the sons of deadbeat dads can grow up to be stay-at-home dads, and where our boys and men may realize that the most courageous show of strength is not the determined use of force. It's knowing when and how to ask for help.

Who’s Watching Shorty? is a fearless, timely memoir about one of the most high-profile cases of a generation. Reshona Landfair—known as “Jane Doe” when she testified at R. Kelly’s trial—was the 14-year-old-girl in the child pornography video that ultimately led to racketeering and...

For years, Eddie Lee Sexton ruled his large family like Charles Manson. The depraved patriarch dominated his ragged brood of twelve children mentally, physically, and sexually, and enforced every cruelty imaginable, from vicious beatings to raping his daughters and fathering their children. Finally, in 1992, Sexton's eighteen-year-old daughter Machelle, seeking refuge in a women's shelter, revealed the shocking, sordid details of her father's abuse to authorities. As the law attempted to catch up to Eddie Lee Sexton, he moved his family to a mobile home in western Florida.

Dez de setembro de 2016. A atendente do drive-thru de uma lanchonete em Ramos, no subúrbio do Rio de Janeiro, sai da cabine para entregar o lanche ao cliente de um Jetta branco. Quando o vidro escuro é baixado, a jovem vê um homem de cabelo branco ao volante e, no carona, uma menina que aparenta não ter mais que dois anos. A cena seria corriqueira se não fosse insólita: o motorista é Pedro Chavarry Duarte, coronel reformado da Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro, que no dia seguinte estaria em todos os telejornais, acusado de estupro de vulnerável.

Com uma narrativa emocionante, que prende a atenção do início ao fim, o audiolivro de memórias de Chanel Miller reverbera a dor de tantas mulheres que buscam o caminho da justiça para reparar o trauma do abuso e se veem muitas vezes presas em uma armadilha de humilhações, vergonha e sofrimento.

Uncover the shocking and brutal truths behind some of the most heinous crimes committed against innocent victims in Killer Case Files, the true crime anthology that takes you on a gripping journey into the minds of depraved murderers. An anthology of 20 stories, Killer Case Files delivers riveting accounts of deviant and horrifying murders. These killers can range from seemingly normal people to psychopaths and serial killers who commit years of murder and mayhem. Every volume delves into the forensic science and detective work used to identify and apprehend these violent predators.

In the tight-knit community of Lorain, Ohio, a whirlwind of horror swept through as unsettling allegations surfaced - a trusted bus driver and her alleged companion were accused of shattering the innocence of preschoolers in the respected Head Start program. The verdict? Life-long prison sentences that would cast a shadow over a community, and initiate an untiring quest for truth.

Uncover the shocking and brutal truths behind some of the most heinous crimes committed against innocent victims in Killer Case Files.