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Great Yarmouth, September 1900: A young woman is found dead on the beach, a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Despite her death attracting national attention in the press, nobody claims her. Detective Inspector Robert Lingwood of the Great Yarmouth police force declares he will not rest until the mystery of the young woman's death is solved. But it's only once the case has been referred to Scotland Yard that the layers of mystery start to peel away.

On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed “The Ladykiller.” A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate’s extensive recorded confessions—all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager.

Kim Wall was a thirty-year-old Swedish freelance journalist with a rising career. Then, in the summer of 2017, she followed a story that led to an eccentric inventor in Copenhagen. Instead of writing the next days headline, she'd become one. As the bizarre events of Kim's murder unfolded, the world watched in shocked disbelief. For Kim's distraught parents, Ingrid and Joachim, it was a devastating personal struggle. In the ensuing months, day by grueling day, they had to come to terms with their loss, process the global media attention, and endure the investigation and trial.

In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. O. J. Simpson was tried for the crime, but was ultimately found not guilty of criminal charges. The victims' families brought civil cases against Simpson, in which he was found liable for willfully and wrongfully causing the deaths of Ron and Nicole by committing battery with malice and oppression. The Goldman family views this book as Simpson's confession.

As the author of many true crime books, Don Lasseter has sometimes been asked to identify and rank the "worst of the worst" murderers. Considering the stunning variety of bloodthirsty methods used by these perps, and the horrific toll of victims, it would be difficult. Instead, in this book, he has profiled fifty of the most heinous killers in modern history for readers to discover and make their own rankings.

Fractured skulls. Gas masks. Brain buckets. Vats of acid. Pickled body parts. Not the usual tools of trade, but for chief forensic medical scientist Derek and forensic secretary Pauline they were just part of a normal day in the office inside the world-famous Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy's Hospital in London. Derek has played a pivotal role in investigating some of the UKs most high-profile mass disasters and murder cases.

The Story of Fred and Rosemary West examines the horrifying account of an incestuous butcher and his wife, a bisexual nymphomaniac, who kept their deadly secrets buried in their garden at 25 Cromwell Street.

Bloodstains is the startling tale of one man’s search for the truth after inheriting the personal diaries belonging to his great-great-grandfather who, he discovers, was America’s first and most notorious serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett. Better known by his alias H.H. Holmes, Mudgett was the mass murderer who struck terror in the nation by being the proprietor of the infamous Murder Castle and stalking the streets of Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair.

Imagine losing a loved one in the public eye. A media frenzy ensues and spreads your family name through the news. Reporters ambush you, and across the country, strangers gossip about your personal loss. Welcome to the circus. In Media Circus, Kim Goldman, now a dedicated victims' advocate who works with families across the country, presents the first collective look at these ordinary, grieving victims - forced to manage their very private trauma and despair in a very public way.

The chilling true story of Oregon's most shocking killer! Jimmy Rode was serving a sentence for burglary in a Florida prison when he met serial killer Ted Bundy. It was Bundy who gave him a Seattle newspaper containing personal ads - an easy means for meeting vulnerable female victims - that launched Rode on a coast-to-coast killing spree under the alias of Cesar Barone. Now, in detail, Lasseter unleashes the story of Jimmy Rode.

From award-winning journalists John Quiñones and María Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on yearlong ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the community is forging on through grief with hope and activism in the shadow of tragedy.

Real Life Evil is the first book in a compelling series of true-crime short stories for listeners who don't have time for a full-length novel.

More than 200 stories of killers, con artists, master thieves, and brazen kidnappers—and strong survivors, detectives, forensic breakthroughs, and legal minds on all sides of the action. In other words, a mini-encyclopedia perfect for newcomers and hard-core crime fans alike. Here are the big names—Bundy, Manson, Berkowitz, Borden, and the Black Dahlia. The lingering mysteries—like JonBenet Ramsey and Natalie Wood. The disturbing puzzle of the Zodiac Killer. The true story behind the most lurid headline ever: “Headless Body in the Topless Bar.” And more.

Edge of Madness - The Story of Joseph Kallinger is the fourth book in a compelling series of true crime short stories for people who don't have time to listen to a full-length novel. This audiobook examines the horrifying account of a knife-wielding shoemaker who kills under the command of Charlie, a floating head.

Tidernas värsta seriemördare är en samling om både stora, ökända och mindre välkända seriemördare som både fängslat och förfärat omvärlden. Samlingen består av kortare artiklar och reportage, tidigare publicerade som enskilda titlar, och ger inblick i några av tidernas värsta seriemördare och deras fasansfulla dåd. Möt kannibalen Jeffrey Dahmer från Milwaukee som var både mördare och sexualförbrytare. Han dödade sitt första offer redan när han var 18 år gammal och kom sedan att ta livet av 17 män innan han greps 1992. Dahmer är känd som en av vår tids absolut värsta seriemördare.

Frank Richardson, a wealthy merchant who had repented of his wayward past and was determined to make the most of the second chance he was given, was shot dead in his home.

I boken "Seriemördare och kannibaler" skildras sex olika berättelser om några av historiens värsta seriemördare. Det är ingående beskrivningar av bland annat Zodiac-mördaren, som lekte kurragömma med polis, press och uppskärrade invånare i Kalifornien. Även sadisten och blodtörstiga mördaren Ted Bundy skildras i boken, samt "Mördar-clownen" som våldtog, torterade och mördade pojkar och klarade sig undan polisen under flera års tid.

Det är en torsdagskväll i november 2012 i stadsdelen Marinkylä i Kotka. Det är mörkt ute, snön har ännu inte fallit och färgat marken vit. Den 23-åriga Joni Nurminen lämnar sin bil på gården till en närbelägen servicestation. Då han går tar han en ryggsäck från bilen i vilken han har en kniv och en VVS-tejprulle. Runt halsen har han ett par slalomglasögon och i fickan har han en röd scarf. Joni har bott i trakten under hela sitt liv. Han börjar jogga längs den bekanta vägen i grannskapet, i riktning mot advokatens hem.

En kvinna blev överfallen på Molinsgatan i Göteborg den 20 december 2009. Tio dagar senare slogs Nancy Tavsan ihjäl med en magnumflaska Pommac på väg hem från en fest i Angered. Tillvägagångssättet var likartat, men var det samma gärningsman? I artikeln får läsaren en unik inblick i de stegvisa förhören med den misstänkte som endast medgav det han efterhand överbevisades om. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Thomas Montgomerys lögner var nära att kosta honom både hans fru och älskarinna. Men när Thomas vän fångade hans chat-flirtars uppmärksamhet nådde hans raseri kokpunkten. I nästan ett år hade den hårt arbetande, gifte, tvåbarnspappan utbytt heta meddelanden i smyg med sin online-älskarinna. Vad ingen av dem visste var att motparten inte riktigt var personen den utgav sig för att vara. Förhållandet mellan de två höll i sig tills en av Montgomerys arbetskollegor blandade sig i och stal uppmärksamheten från hans internetflirt.