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A delightfully comic and touchingly romantic interlude in which Colin Clark describes for the first time what happened between Marilyn Monroe and himself during the missing week in The Prince, the Showgirl and Me. In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (son of ‘Lord...

When Detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries: what really happened to the Striding Horses, Hitler's favourite statue, which disappeared during the bombing of Berlin. As Brand goes undercover to find the horses, he discovers a terrifying world ruled by neo-Nazis and former KGB agents, where Third Reich memorabilia sells for millions of dollars.

Duik in de duistere wereld van de jaren 60 en ontdek waargebeurde misdaden die hele naties in angst en afschuw deden sidderen. Stemacteur Sam van Megen neemt je mee op een schokkende reis door 13 authentieke misdaadzaken uit een decennium dat niet alleen bekend stond om Flower Power en Rock 'n' Roll, maar ook om enkele van de gruwelijkste misdaden in de criminele geschiedenis.

Wer träumt nicht gerne vom großen Geld? Um reich zu werden oder an Geld zu kommen lassen sich in den Episoden dieser Box verschiedene Personen einiges einfallen: Ein Imbissverkäufer und ein Tankwart werden dabei in illegales Glücksspiel bzw. eine Unterschlagung verwickelt und ein Familienvater geht sogar soweit, einen wohlhabenden Unternehmer zu erpressen, um seinen Hausbau zu finanzieren.

From Jack the Ripper to the modern-day drug cartels, discover the most notorious crimes and criminals in history. With a foreword written and narrated by best-selling crime author Peter James, The Crime Book explores over 100 crimes and examines the science, psychology and sociology of criminal behaviour. Hear the gory details of each crime and how they were solved, with renowned quotes and detailed criminal profiles letting you delve into the criminal mind. 

In the midst of the devastating Hundred Years’ War between France and England, Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight, fresh from combat in Scotland finds his wife, Marguerite, accusing squire Jacques Le Gris of brutally raping her. A deadlocked court decrees a “trial by combat” that also leaves Marguerite’s fate in the balance. For if her husband loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser. While enemy troops pillage the land, and rebellion and plague threaten the lives of all, Carrouges and Le Gris meet in full armor on a walled field in Paris.

Philippa Langley took the world by storm when, against all the odds and a seven-year investigation, she discovered the grave of King Richard III (1452-1485) in a Leicester car park. A king finally laid to rest, the rediscovery and reburial of Richard III was watched by an estimated global...

Dr. William Sargant ran a lucrative private practice and published multiple books on psychiatry, and he was awarded the Starkey medal and prize by the Royal Society of Health for his work on psychiatric medicine. But what he was best known for was the apogee of his career: the Sleep Room in Ward Five. This was a dark gallery where patients selected by Sargant were subjected to deep narcosis, sleeping for more than twenty-one hours per day for weeks at a time, and roused only for sessions of electroconvulsive therapy.

In 1947, a young woman named Elizabeth Short was murdered in Los Angeles.

Ein spektakuläres Mordrätsel aus dem Jahre 1948: Es gibt viele Spekulationen zum mysteriösen Doppelmord im Kopenhagener Peter Bangs Vej 74. Am Morgen des 20. Februar 1948 wurde das Ehepaar Vilhelm und Inger Margrethe Jacobsen in ihrer Wohnung ermordet aufgefunden. Der oder die Mörder wurden nie gefunden, aber es ranken sich verschiedene Theorien um diese grausame Tat, die hier genauer beleuchtet werden. Atemberaubende Lektüre!

Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years. Organised crime has captivated pop culture for decades, from the Krays to the Mafia. Now Caine delves into the real stories behind the gangs we think we know so well, revealing the hidden realities behind the myths. And he throughout the series he asks: can a gang ever truly be ‘successful’?

The gripping story of the Ruby Ridge siege, showing how the historic standoff between federal agents and a white-separatist family set the stage for the conspiracy-laced politics of the Trump era. “Vivid, frightening, and fascinating…This book blew me away and opened my eyes.”—Walter...

Ist der Brand in einem Bootshaus ein gezielter Versicherungsbetrug oder steckt doch mehr dahinter? Welche Rolle spielt ein harmlos wirkender Friseur bei einem groß angelegten Kunstraub? Warum entführt eine junge Frau ein Baby vor einem Kaufhaus? Wie kam es dazu, dass eine erst dreißig Jahre alte Arbeitslose acht Jahre wegen Arbeitsbummelei im Gefängnis verbrachte? Antworten auf diese und mehr Fragen geben die acht weiteren Folgen der beliebten Reihe Tatbestand in dieser Box.

The thrilling story of Edward Rulloff - a serial murderer who was called 'too intelligent to be killed' - and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind. Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer - some...

Brought to you by Penguin. When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state? On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world's criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all...

Im Mittelpunkt der Folgen in dieser zweiten „Tatbestand“-Box stehen unter anderem ein Gastwirt, der seine Gäste und die Behörden betrügt, um sich zu bereichern, und ein vereinsamter Jugendlicher, der eine schwere Körperverletzung begeht. Neben anderen Verbrechen geht es auch um durch Geldnot bedingten Kassendiebstahl und um Gewalt in der Ehe. Die 40-teilige DDR-Serie Tatbestand basierte wie das beliebte und populäre Fernsehpendant "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort" auf Gerichtsakten und schilderte interessante Fälle, die abschließend von einem Staatsanwalt kommentiert und erläutert wurden.

Bloomsbury presents The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale, read by Nicola Walker. FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Financial Times, Spectator, Independent, Tablet and New Statesman 'I loved...

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets. "A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the...

New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder—the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history. The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia—in 1947 has been in the public...

Josef Mengele, el médico del horror de Auschwitz, murió en libertad. Tras la guerra huyó a Sudamérica y pasó sus últimos 18 años en Brasil, oculto bajo una identidad falsa y protegido por una red de simpatizantes nazis. Con un estilo vibrante y riguroso, Betina Antón reconstruye esta historia real con acceso a archivos secretos de la Mossad, entrevistas a quienes le dieron cobijo y documentos nunca antes publicados. Tras la pista de Mengele es una obra imprescindible para entender los vacíos de justicia en la historia reciente, la persistencia del odio y la fragilidad de la memoria.