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The bomb appeared early one morning in an upstairs office of Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino near Lake Tahoe, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches. A neatly typed letter explained that the box contained 1,000 pounds of dynamite. It was the largest improvised explosive device in American history - and its creator promised to explain how to remove it safely if the casino delivered $3 million by helicopter to a remote landing site in the mountains.

At the entrance of Sydney Harbor, the cliffs rise fourteen stories above the Pacific, like a gigantic skirt made of sandstone. North Head, one of the most memorable cliffs, is a gorgeous place to watch the sunrise. But it’s an unforgiving place to lose your footing. When Steve Johnson’s younger brother Scott went over the edge in 1988, he hit an outcrop on the way down and exploded on the rocks below.

In this, the first book of its kind, Kate Kray, who married gangster Ronnie Kray, peers into the minds of the top 20 worst killers in criminal history and, sparing no detail, reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. The extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse makes for uncomfortable yet fascinating listening.

Nous sommes le 16 décembre 1994, près de Toulouse, à Portet-sur-Garonne. Il est 7h30 quand un colis piégé explose devant une entreprise de fabrication de lentilles de contact, situées dans une grande zone commerciale. Les époux Joseph et Dominique Hernandez, propriétaires de cette entreprise, venaient de garer leur voiture à l'entrée. Lors de l'explosion, ils seront défigurés, brûlés par une boule de feu de 1000 degrés Celsius. Selon eux, il n'y a aucun doute, c'est bien Daniel Massé, leur ancien associé qui a tenté de les assassiner.

In 2003, fresh out of NYU, Daniel Genis was working in publishing as his writer father had always expected. But he was also hiding a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and burglary. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint in 2003, Daniel Genis was nicknamed the "apologetic bandit" in the press, given his habit of apologizing to his victims as he took their cash. He was sentenced to 12 years (10 with good behavior).

A riveting storyline that includes a sting operation carried out by 20-armed federal agents on the tarmac of a South Florida runway, and the tales of a prisoner living inside America’s maximum security prison, Leavenworth Penitentiary – this autobiography will captivate you from start to finish.

Kristin and Ashlee navigate through the horrors of moving a thousand miles apart by sharing bi-weekly true crime cases. Their unique perspective comes from a plethora of life experience including a missing childhood friend, close ties to murderers, and a ghost hunter. Join these two friends as they take turns examining the darker sides of humanity.

Pendant plusieurs mois, les journalistes Adèle Humbert et Emilie Denètre ont travaillé sur une vieille affaire judiciaire. En 1994, un colis piégé explose devant l’entreprise Medilens, une petite société de fabrication de lentilles de contact située près de Toulouse. 1000 Degrés est la première investigation narrative française. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.