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The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground...

A gripping true crime story and an insight into the motivations of a truly evil man, Babes in the Wood by Graham Bartlett with Peter James is a fascinating account of what became a thirty-two year fight for justice. On 9 October 1986, nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway went out to...

New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher bring to life the incredible story of one of America’s most publicized—and most surprising—criminal trials in history. No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President...

*NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* “An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams’ finest hour.”—Kirkus Reviews Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre The New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln’s Last Trial and host of LivePD Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell...

Committed in utmost secrecy in April-May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly 50 years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fiction that Katyn was a Nazi crime, their story unchallenged by Western governments fearful of upsetting a powerful wartime ally and Cold War adversary. Surviving Katyn explores the decades-long search for answers, focusing on the experience of those individuals with the most at stake.

The mysterious is all around us.... UFOs, extraterrestrial encounters, baffling disappearances - Mysteries Uncovered investigates, without prejudice, some of the most notorious, disturbing and enduring mysteries ever recorded. For every instance rationalised away, there is another that defies explanation. Emily G. Thompson has several years experience as an investigative reporter. She has her own popular true crime website and podcast, Morbidology, and is the co-author of DK's Unsolved Murders and Cults Uncovered. 

"The Officer’s Daughteris a masterpiece. More than that, it's the perfect book for our troubled time. Johnson has written the deepest, most emotionally resonant understanding of forgiveness and justice I have ever read."—Darin Strauss, bestselling author ofHalf a Life The author reflects on...

Probing into a trial that deliberated on Betty's promiscuity, her alcoholism, and her adulterous affair with a black man rather than any physical evidence against her, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze reveals how sex, politics, and corruption could possibly have led to a scandalous miscarriage of justice that kept the real killer from facing full penalty for his cold-blooded deed. A fascinating true crime account, By Two and Two is a must-listen investigation into the harrowing details of a sensational murder case.

A Jacket Off the Gorge peels back the layers of the criminal mind, revealing a fascinating look at one man's struggles within himself and with others. Jon's story raises questions about incarceration versus rehabilitation, lack of mental health treatment for offenders, and abuses by those we entrust to uphold the law.

'An incredible tale.' – The Daily Mail Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a Kray brother. First prisoner in the notorious Belmarsh Unit … Welcome to Ronnie Field's world. There was a code. It's not there...

Piacenza, 2019. Il maggiore dei carabinieri, Rocco Papaleo, riceve e trasmette al comando dei vigili urbani e non ai suoi superiori un'informazione di cui è venuto a conoscenza e che ha dell'incredibile: un carabiniere in servizio presso la caserma Levante, la seconda per importanza della città, è accusato di "condotte gravi e illecite". Le indagini della Procura di Piacenza scoprono cose incredibili, commesse non da uno ma da 7 carabinieri che popolano quella caserma: soprusi, pestaggi, sopraffazioni, festini privati, arresti illegali e persino spaccio di stupefacenti.

Winner of 'Best Book' and 'Impact for Change' True Crime Awards 2025 The shocking true story of one of Britain’s most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operations Bristol, 1979. An attacker roams the streets… Young women are warned not to go out alone… Enter the Decoys...

Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood—except his own—as he cut a felonious path across the western United States, as the country hobbled through a recession in the aftermath of the First World War. Alcatraz Ghost Story explores the life of Roy Gardner in the context of his great love story and the larger backdrop of drug addiction, incarceration, and the racial and labor violence of the 1920s and 1930s.

Литературное творчество писателя Ильи Васильевича Селиванова в настоящее время известно разве что профессиональным исследователям. Однако в середине XIX в. его произведения пользовались огромным успехом у читающей публики. Илья Васильевич Селиванов окончил юридический факультет Московского университета, после которого состоял на гражданской службе в Москве и Петербурге. Позже был избран на должность уездного судьи. Работа новоизбранному судье предстояла колоссальная. В компетенцию уездного суда входило разрешение мелких гражданских и уголовных дел.

En el verano de 1915, cinco víctimas —entre ellas dos niñas y una mujer embarazada— fueron masacradas a hachazos en una finca remota de un municipio fronterizo al noroeste de Cáceres, y como consecuencia cinco campesinos del lugar fueron arrestados y condenados a cadena perpetua. La condena fue el inicio de un largo proceso de búsqueda de la verdad protagonizado por los abogados defensores, convencidos de la inocencia de sus defendidos y de que se había cometido un gravísimo error judicial.

Brought to you by Penguin. Every two minutes someone is reported missing in the UK. Most return, but some do not. The police are unable to investigate every case fully, and so too often these people disappear from memory. But the missing always leave behind traces – clues to who they might...

For fans of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Catherine Fogarty investigates a decades-old cold case and uncovers the true story of a Montreal teen murdered in Los Angeles in 1969 In 1969, the body of a young female murder victim was found discarded down a rocky outcropping off Mulholland Drive in Los...

De prisiones, putas y pistolas es la historia de una amistad y también de una promesa, de cómo dos amigos trazan un plan y lo llevan a cabo, no en elegantes despachos ministeriales, ni en los restaurantes más selectos, ni tan siquiera en las agencias de inteligencia estatales, sino en grises oficinas de los funcionarios anónimos, en los pasillos de las prisiones o en conversaciones telefónicas, y que consiguen que los esforzados y a veces desencantados servidores públicos, encargados de lidiar con la decepción y la mala leche, y a los que nadie otorgará nunca medallas al mérito, sean quienes l

À une époque où la justice avançait à tâtons, sans empreintes digitales, sans ADN ni science médico-légale, les enquêteurs se fiaient à l’instinct, aux rumeurs… et aux erreurs.

La Costa del Sol puede tener el dudoso orgullo de haber sido refugio y residencia de célebres nazis. Algunos, prófugos sin haber podido ser juzgados en su país como autores o responsables directos de horribles crímenes; otros, que fueron juzgados, pero huyeron antes de cumplir condena. Prácticamente todos siguieron negando el delito de genocidio sistemático, planificado y llevado a cabo por el Tercer Reich, y siguieron disfrutando de la hospitalidad del Régimen mientras doraban sus cuerpos a orillas del Mediterráneo.