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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.

Paced like a thriller and full of insider information, this book embeds readers in one of the most famous true-crime stories of our generation—the kidnapping of Polly Klaas. On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a...

Cold case : 10 affaires criminelles françaises non résolues est une série audio d'histoires captivantes qui explore des affaires criminelles non élucidées et faisant l'objet d'un classement sans suite. Des énigmes fascinantes, laissant les enquêteurs et le public perplexes quant à la vérité qui se cache derrière ces mystères depuis des années. Vous y découvrirez l'emblématique affaire Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, le cas du célèbre mystère de l'Affaire Grégory, ou encore la tuerie du Grand Bornand qui continue de hanter les esprits.

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.

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.

In this chilling true crime series, we tell the stories of pillars of the community who betrayed the trust of those around them and challenged what we all think about the people we’ve come to rely on. Police officers, teachers, doctors and nurses, we believe these people are here to protect us from harm, not cause it. This series looks at some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by people in positions of trust and examines the ripples their actions left on their community.

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...

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.

Detective Rick Jackson, a decorated LAPD detective and a key inspiration in the development of Harry Bosch, delivers a shocking and immersive look into the one case he could never let go. In June 1990, Ronald Baker, a straight-A UCLA student, was found repeatedly stabbed to death in a tunnel...

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.

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.

En 35 ans de carrière dans la PJ parisienne, Claude Cancès a tout connu : de l'Antigang à la Crim' en passant par la Brigade Mondaine avant de devenir le tout puissant patron du 36 Quai des Orfèvres. Dans ce livre, il ne se contente pas de raconter les affaires – nombreuses et retentissantes – qu'il a eu à traiter (François de Grossouvre, Jean de Broglie, le baron Empain, les Irlandais de Vincennes, Thierry Paulin, Guy Georges, attentats de 1995, etc.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the bestselling, prize-winning author Linden MacIntyre comes an engrossing, page-turning exploration of the little-known life of Sir Hugh Tudor. Appointed by his friend Winston Churchill to lead the police in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence, Tudor met...

WAS SHE A SWEET SOUTHERN CHARMER? OR A COLD-BLOODED KILLER? WAS SHE A SWEET SOUTHERN CHARMER? OR A COLD-BLOODED KILLER? For their wedding portrait, petite Pat Taylor and handsome Tom Allanson posed as Rhett and Scarlett. Both came from fine Southern families, and dreamed of the Tara-like...

Fatal Vision is the electrifying true story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children, murders he vehemently denies committing...

Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)—and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them. These are the stories that defy...

“The Life We Chose—an unforgettable story. A really great read.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of Goodfellas From Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix’s #1 movie Girl in the Picture—a revelatory...

Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. The Lost Tomb brings together an astonishing and compelling collection of true stories about buried treasure, enigmatic murders, lost tombs, bizarre crimes, and other fascinating tales of the past and present.

The instant New York Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, TIME, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe Nominated for a PEN America Literary Award “It literally changed my outlook on the world…incredible...

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