True Crime Authors

On September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. According to official reports, the students commandeered several buses to travel to Mexico City to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. During the journey, local police intercepted the students and a confrontation ensued. By the morning, they had disappeared without a trace. Hernández reconstructs almost minute-by-minute the events of those nights in late September 2014, giving us what is surely the most complete picture available.

The incredible story of the two most high-profile Italian cases in recent history: the story of the Monster of Florence, a serial killer who targeted unmarried couples and terrorized Florence for two decades, and the Amanda Knox case.

Back then, hot-headed gangsters, not-so-gentle dames and bullet-riddled corpses filled the newspaper headlines. And some of the stories below the headlines were even true. The 1920s was a period in American history when even the respectable were unwilling to stay sober. And not-so-fast cars carried assassins across Chicago, a city that for many captures the essence of the USA. In Tough Guys in the Room, the story of Al Capone and his rivals is told in separate and stand-alone topics that cover key figures and events.

Melbourne's gangland war was an era dominated by murders, stings, hits, drug busts, corruption and greed - inspiring best-selling books and even a popular TV series, Underbelly. It took the police a decade to curtail the violence and bring down criminal kingpins Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel, and their accomplices.

Chuck Palahniuk's world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. These pieces from Stranger Than Fiction, his first nonfiction collection, prove just how different, in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling.

In Des Teufels Hand wird das Leben des Andreas Gabriel Klein beschrieben, der vom "Vorzeigekind" seines Geburtsorts zum Terroristen und vielfachen Mörder wird. Andreas Gabriel Klein engagiert sich im bewaffneten Kampf nicht nur in Indien, sondern auch in Deutschland, wird letztendlich verhaftet und verbringt etliche Jahre in deutschen Gefängnissen, nachdem er nicht politisch motivierte Überfälle verübte.

Twenty-six-year-old actor Daniel Wozniak was unemployed, facing eviction, and deep in debt for his upcoming wedding. So he devised a diabolical plan: He asked his neighbor Sam Herr, a young war veteran, to help him move some things into the attic of an empty theater. There, Wozniak shot Herr twice in the head before taking his ATM card and cell phone.

This gripping historical crime fiction novel, based on fact, is set in Bradford, England, 1888. It explores the horrific murder of Johnny Gill; a murder and mutilation so gruesome, it stuns a nation. Even hardened detectives are affected by its savagery, swiftly comparing it to the work of Jack the Ripper.

I de første måneder af 1980 blev flere vesttyske trawlere opbragt ved Grønland i anledning af ulovligt fiskeri efter torsk til millionbeløb. Sagerne vakte stor opsigt og fik megen omtale. I Grønland var harmen over dette torsketyveri stor. Her skildres, hvorledes disse store og betydelige sager blev optrevlet af de grønlandske myndigheder.

I de senere år er der forøvet mange røverier mod banker landet over – mere eller mindre efter de "traditionelle mønstre" – men i denne beretning skildres det første bankrøveri med gidseltagning i Danmark, som skete i Århus den 22. august 1977.

Et forsøg på væbnet bankrøveri, herunder forsøg på dobbelt manddrab, forøvet den 14. november 1974 kort før kl. 16.00 overfor en bankafdeling beliggende i tilslutning til Vejle Eksportstalde nær havnen i Vejle, skulle vise sig at få et helt usædvanligt opklaringsforløb, - hvilket ikke mindst beroede på differerende og i visse tilfælde direkte usande vidneudsagn.

Anmelderen 31-årige Mustafa kontaktede tirsdag den 29. juli 2014 klokken 13.31 telefonisk Nordsjællands Politi. Han ønskede at anmelde, at han søndag den 27. juli 2014 mellem klokken 15.00 og klokken 16.00 havde set en død kvinde ligge på gulvet i et udlejningsværelse i sin nabo, 31-årige Ghassans lejlighed i Lyngby.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is still as relevant today as it was on November 22, 1963. Over the years, novices and experts have poured over evidence, witness testimonies, pictures and film of the covert cover-up and controversial killing of JFK. To date, nobody has been able to penetrate the elusive plot and classified plan that was established 365 days prior to November 22, 1963 until now.

In Girls of Tender Age, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith fully articulates with great humor and tenderness the wild jubilance of an extended French-Italian family struggling to survive in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut.

Den 29. november 1972 begyndte et mareridt for tandtekniker Hans Larsen og dennes hustru, der sammen med ægteparrets 3 sønner havde deres hjem i Klarup, en forstadsagtig landsby få kilometer sydøst for Ålborg. Et mareridt, der skulle komme til at vare måneder for derefter, da deres mellemste søn under makabre forhold blev fundet død, at gå over til ufattelig sorg over den skæbne, for hvilken deres dreng var blevet et helt uskyldigt offer.

Studies in Forensic Psychiatry is the product of extensive research into the psychological motivations for criminal behavior. Bernard Glueck draws his conclusions from a huge wealth of experience with the criminally insane and with the public health care systems. He recognized the need for criminology to be expanded to reflect a deeper understanding of motive and inclination on the part of the criminal, rather than being considered solely in terms of the criminal act itself.

Almost since the beginning of time, man has committed crimes that have defied our ability to explain. Among these are the most heinous crimes of all, murders. The taking of an innocent life goes against our most basic principles. Yet, murders continue to occur, and sometimes, they go unsolved. Following are some of the most famous and infamous cases that are still waiting. They are murders, unsolved, in audiobook form.

America’s #1 true-crime writer unveils the chilling true story of the Sheila Bellush murder, unveiling domestic violence, an obsessive ex-husband, and a desperate plea for justice in this gripping account written at the victim’s request. “If anything ever happens to me…find Ann Rule and...

Den 19. september 1975 kl. ca. 05.10 blev der påsat en brand i et af pakhusene i Københavns Frihavn. Det blev begyndelsen til vel nok den første sag i Skandinavien, hvor hyrede amerikanske gangstere skulle brænde et vareparti af for at få udbetalt forsikringen. Forsikringsspørgsmålet lå i Sverige, da det skadelidte firma var svensk og derfor havde tegnet forsikring i et svensk forsikringsselskab.

Da det første kup var gået godt og drømmen om en sorgløs tilværelse ved at gå i opfyldelse, tog man munden for fuld, og så gik det galt.