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No-nonsense New York journalist, Joe Nocera investigates a strange 100-year-old British murder case featuring poisoned scones and weedkiller. How did the case, and others like it, inspire the bestselling writer of all time: Agatha Christie?

Crime Scenes takes you behind the police tape and immerses you in the stories of astonishing crimes from around the world. A town created by Disney, a luxury yacht in the Caribbean, an impenetrable Australian forest, the backstreets of Liverpool and a bungalow in Wales all provide settings for a series of sinister, and at times unbelievable, true crimes.

Médecin légiste depuis plus de trente ans, le docteur Philippe Boxho nous fait découvrir dans cet ouvrage son quotidien fait de morts qui ne le sont pas toujours ou pas encore, de disparitions de cadavres, de dissimulations de meurtres, de suicides étonnants. De la scène de crime à la salle d’autopsie, entre pratique médicale et enquête policière, l’expert médico-légal nous raconte son métier, qui est aussi sa passion.

Based on a “that can’t actually be true” story, Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive new musical about Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century outlaw who became a traveling corpse and accidental celebrity. After a botched train robbery and an untimely death, Elmer’s body embarks on a decades-long postmortem adventure—through carnivals, roadside attractions, wax museums, and even a Hollywood film set. Dead Outlaw dives into the absurdity of fame, the inevitability of failure, and the meaning—or utter meaninglessness—of legacy.

Pain, torment, and torture. Cruelty, brutality, and violence. The twisted psyches, murder. and yes, even the ability to charm people. Take a deep dive into the terrifyingly real serial murderers, spree killers, and true faces of evil.

Dans cette nouvelle saison, vous découvrirez l'effroyable prise d'otages à la Mitsubishi Bank et vous vous heurterez au cas perturbant de Nevada-tan, l'écolière meurtrière. Vous serez confrontés à l'horreur de l'emprise psychologique avec la famille Ogata et aux dangers des rencontres en ligne avec le "tueur de Twitter".

“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review) Named a Most...

Une famille entière manipulée pour commettre les plus horribles crimes, une écolière froidement assassinée par son amie, une hôtesse de bar droguée puis mutilée, l’étrange dégustation d’un curry mortel... Toutes ces histoires réelles se sont déroulées au Japon et ont eu un retentissement important dans la presse nationale... Mais restent encore à découvrir en France ! À la manière d’une HVF, explorez-le déroulé des faits et de l’enquête, la psychologie des protagonistes, les débats pendant les procès et des focus culturels pour bien comprendre le contexte de ces glaçantes histoires nippones.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York...

2008 Audie Award Finalist for Achievement in Abridgement The nation's foremost prosecutor takes on the most important murder case in American history For over forty years the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been obscured. Now Vincent Bugliosi, author of the biggest...

The author describes the experience of being in bombed-out, dangerous, post-war Nuremberg, where she lived for two years while working on the trial. This landmark trial resulted in the establishment of the Nuremberg Code, which sets the guidelines for medical research involving human beings. Doctors from Hell is a significant addition to the literature on World War II and the Holocaust, medical ethics, human rights, and the barbaric depths to which human beings can descend.

Take a fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the identity of an unknown woman by exploring the rapidly evolving techniques being used to break the most notorious cold cases. Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and...

A Recommended Book from: New York Times * Publisher's Weekly * Kirkus * BookRiot * Booklist * Boston Globe * Goodreads * Town & Country * Refinery29 * CrimeReads * Glamour Dive into a "tour de force of investigative reporting" (Ron Chernow): a "searching, atmospheric and ultimately entrancing"...

In a gay nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016, the shooter, Omar Mateen, murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others. The attack was the deadliest act of violence against the LGBTQ+ community in US history and the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11. But there’s a story you haven’t heard. The FBI had a secret history with the shooter and his father. To obscure that history, the FBI pushed a false story that the media dutifully carried—that the attacker was a secretly gay Islamist extremist who had chosen to target Pulse and planned the attack for weeks.

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 bestselling crime author Peter James, The Crime Book explores over 100 crimes and examines the science, psychology and sociology of criminal...

Will Johnnie Veal—convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970—be granted parole after 50 years in prison? How can he convince the parole board he’s reformed when he insists he’s innocent? What is prison time even supposed to accomplish? These are the questions that propel The Parole Room forward as it builds toward Johnnie’s 20th parole hearing—after 19 rejections.

Plongez dans les sombres mystères des États-Unis avec la série incontournable "12 affaires de meurtres aux USA". Chaque épisode vous transportera dans les tréfonds de l'horreur criminelle américaine, vous laissant fasciné et effrayé. Découvrez notamment les secrets troublants de Patrick Wayne Kearney, le tueur au sac poubelle et préparez-vous à une plongée dans l'esprit tordu de Randy Woodfield, le redoutable I 5 Killer. Ne manquez pas cette série saisissante qui vous plongera dans les recoins les plus sombres de l'Amérique et vous captivera du premier au dernier meurtre.

True Crime from the 70s. Delve into the dark world of True Crime with 13 real, shocking criminal cases and true events from the 1970s. This book is a captivating collection of the most horrifying and thrilling criminal cases, perfect for anyone who loves true crime books.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Someone You Know takes you into dangerous territory—behind closed doors where family, friendship and love can ultimately turn fatal Someone You Know is an anthology of twelve unforgettable Canadian true-crime stories by Story Hunter podcast producer, host and writer...

Thirty years ago, award-winning journalist Jon Ronson stumbled on the mystery of Carol Howe—a charismatic, wealthy former debutante turned white supremacist spokeswoman turned undercover informant. In 1995, Carol was spying on Oklahoma’s neo-Nazis for the government just when Timothy McVeigh blew up a federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.