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This true crime history chronicles more than a century in the life of a small Midwestern city with an outsized reputation for violence and vice. Gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging have been going on in Steubenville for well over century. In its heyday, the city's Water Street red-light...

"With the enthusiastic delivery of an entertainment news anchor, narrator Armando Riesco emphasizes the shocking and obsessive elements of one of the most sensational crimes of all time." - AudioFile Magazine "This audio will appeal to listeners seeking a compelling, well-researched, historical...

A tragic death, a murder trial and a 170-year-old mystery - but what really happened? Shortly after Maria Kirwan died in a lonely inlet on Ireland’s Eye, it was decided that she had drowned accidentally during a day spent with her husband on the picturesque island. This inquest verdict appeared to conclude the melancholy events that consumed the fishing village of Howth, Co Dublin, in September 1852.

From mild mannered coworkers to doting parents. Some might be your jack-of-all-trades friend, or others might be your family member with an altruistic persona. The Best New True Crime Stories: Well-Mannered Crooks, Rogues & Criminals takes you deeper into the unconventional criminal's psyche...

The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salem's influential Crowninshield family: a clan of millionaire shipowners, cabinet secretaries, and congressmen.

I årene under og efter 2. Verdenskrig skaber varerationeringen den ideelle grobund for sortbørshandel. Der tjenes formuer på illegal handel med varer og rationeringsmærker, og i København er Svend Aage Hasselstrøm og Johannes Linde blandt hovedpersonerne i de kriminelle transaktioner. De har vidt forgrenede kontakter både i det kriminelle miljø og inden for Københavns Politi.

De seneste 30 år har Henrik Oryé ofte været med i forreste række, når der var store spektakulære politiaktioner i København. "I politiets frontlinje" er hans dramatiske og øjenåbnende fortælling fra gadeplan om de store sager, der ramte overskrifterne: opgøret med bz’erne ved Sorte Hest, masseanholdelsen under COP 15-topmødet, rydningen af Ungdomshuset, terrorangrebet på Krudttønden, kampen mod rockere og bandegrupperinger – og håndteringen af de store fodboldkampe med tilskueruroligheder.

Et brandattentat mod Udlændingestyrelsens administrationsbygning og en efterfølgende pressemeddelelse til landets nyhedsredaktioner, hvor en gruppe kaldet "Homoaktion" tog ansvaret og henviste til udvisning af tre iranske homoseksuelle, satte gang i en efterforskning rettet mod det autonome miljø.

Tirsdag den 11. september 2001 fandt et frygteligt selvmordsangreb sted med fire kaprede fly fyldt med passagerer mod World Trade Center og Pentagon i USA. Et terrorangreb, der kostede mere end 3000 mennesker livet og sårede endnu flere, og som i lang til lammede det meste af verden, både økonomisk og menneskeligt. Samme formiddag i det fredelige Danmark stod kunsthandleren, en rund knap 42-årig mand, rødmosset og med blå øjne, lidt tynd i toppen og lurede fra gaden mod en opgang på Frederiksberg. Hans tanker og interesse var rettet et helt andet sted hen.

The name “Hollywood” conjures up fantastical images of bright lights, glamorous dreams, and impossible riches. From its humble beginnings as a ranch sprawling northwest of Los Angeles in the late 1800s, Hollywood has spanned lifetimes as a factory of dreams, a dazzling place where all things are possible.

Londra, 1888. Un enigmatico serial killer terrorizza i quartieri degradati di Whitechapel, avvicinando prostitute che poi sventra senza pietà. Dallas, 1963. lI presidente Kennedy viene ucciso mentre la sua auto attraversa la città. Dopo soli tre giorni anche il suo assassino viene eliminato. Parigi, 1703. Alla Bastiglia muore un prigioniero costretto da trent'anni a indossare una maschera che gli nasconde il volto. Ekaterinburg, 1918. Nicola Il e la sua famiglia vengono trucidati e sepolti in un luogo misterioso.

On July 24, 1964, 24-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution.

A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside...

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the way Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do...

The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir is a fresh account of one of the most controversial political assassinations in contemporary history-that of Mahatma Gandhi. Based on previously unseen intelligence reports and police records, this book recreates the circumstances of his murder, the events...

""With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice."" –Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer-Prize Winning author of The Nickel...

In January 1923, 20-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning, the barely clad body of the beautiful and bewitching dancer washed up on lonely Torrey Pines beach, her party dress and possessions strewn about on the sand.

At a time when Edwardian Britain seemed a golden place, basking in its imperial glory, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his wife, Belle, lived among the suburban villas of North London, renting a house at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. After supper on 31st January 1910, their friends went home and Crippen killed Belle with poison, dismembered her body and buried some of her remains beneath the brick floor of the coal cellar. Crippen never admitted killing his wife and took the secrets of the crime with him when he was hanged, following his conviction for murder.

Between 1995 and 2002 four young trainee soldiers were found dead at a military training camp outside London, Deepcut. The soldiers all died from gunshot wounds, all on guard duty. In each case the army quickly concluded the deaths were suicide. But for the families, the official version of events just didn’t add up and so they all started to ask questions. Investigative journalist Jane MacSorley and retired detective chief inspector Colin Sutton join forces to investigate the deaths and try to find answers about what really happened at Deepcut.

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