True Crime Fiction

When 28-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a volunteer firefighter, customs inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved 90 lives at sea), he had second thoughts about Shirley Tempest, his proposed book about a local girl firefighter, and began to envision a novel of wider scope.

Carl, reeling from the death of his brother, is drowning in visions. Followed by shadow men through the crumbling outer regions of the city. Unable to trust those closest to him. Doubting his own reality. As a wave of brutal, ritualistic gangland killings sweeps through the underworld, Carl’s involvement with a life he thought he had left behind catches up with him, with terrifying results.

In June 1994 the Oakland Tribune cracked the story of a string of bizarre deaths in the San Francisco area. The victims were elderly, well-to-do, and, in each case, had been befriended by members of an extended Gypsy family - the Tene Bimbos.

After her mother's untimely death, Clara Schwartz became distant, withdrawn. Her father, a renowned DNA researcher, lived in a farmhouse outside Leesburg, Virginia, where in December 2001 he was fatally stabbed by what seemed to be a ninja-style sword. Police arrested Kyle Hulbert, a troubled teen - and aspiring vampire. Kyle was Clara's friend, one of a circle obsessed with role-playing games.

Searching for case-law for a present matter, an attorney is eerily drawn to a 1890's gold-rush paternity litigation. Mid-trial, he realized he is essentially retrying a haunted spirited complicated case of injustice.

n Stacey arrived at Bill Bateman's for her five year class reunion, she had no idea how a memory from her past would alter her future. In one innocent moment, a simple cordial act leads one on a path of jealous rage and another fighting for their life. Tempers flare, threats are exchanged, blood is shed, and the services of the homicide detectives are soon requested. In his second release, former homicide detective and award-winning author, Ken Lang, unveils the inner workings of a chaotic homicide unit.

"Stay away" - Those are the two words written on the forehead of every pedophile murdered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joshua Theaker is tasked with finding the killer whose killing methods involve strange weapons. Theaker and local law enforcement find it hard to agree on where the trail goes, while the local FBI is distracted by child kidnappings. For Theaker, there is a pattern among the victims. But just when Theaker thinks he is getting closer to the killer, he strikes again. And again.

Esto es Caper, una serie original multilingüe de crímenes reales del galardonado equipo de podcasts de Studio Ochenta. Acompáñanos en nuestro viaje, mientras nos adentramos en las historias de atracos más destacadas de todo el mundo. En cada episodio, te presentaremos a criminales profesionales, atracadores y ladrones improvisados, y te contaremos la historia de robos resueltos y sin resolver... y lo que significaron para el mundo. En las partes finales de cada capítulo, analizaremos en qué consiste una buena historia de atracos, y compartiremos otros atracos de los que nunca antes habías oído hablar.

What were their crimes? Who were their victims? It's time to meet the horrifying truth lurking in one of the darkest places on earth.

Bei einem Überfall auf einen Postzug wurden im April 1990 von einer Bande mit professionellem Know-how über 35 Millionen Schilling erbeutet, wobei der Postkursleiter dabei getötet wurde. Es war nicht der einzige Überfall auf Geldtransporte in Österreich dieser gut vorbereiteten Täter, die bis heute unvergessen bleiben.

Im Juni 1959 verschwindet eine Frau aus einem Ferienzug von Deutschland nach Italien; ihre Leiche wird kurze Zeit später an einem Bahndamm in der Nähe von Freiburg gefunden. Die Ermittlungen führen zu einem mehrfach vorbestraften Mörder und Sexualstraftäter.

A savage murder, committed the same day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. A young black man is falsely accused. In the style of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, Erik German's Kindle Single Dead Girls picks up where the reporters left off - just in time for the 50th anniversary of a crime that captivated the nation. On August, 28, 1963, two young white women were found slain and mutilated in their apartment on New York's Upper East Side.

After overcoming several obstacles and finishing second in my class at the academy, my undercover story continues in Kansas, where I face some of the most dangerous criminals and situations of my career. Creative undercover tactics, a task force, and continuous wiretaps help take down some of the most deadly and largest drug cartels in the US and Mexico. Frustrations with the bureaucracy and family issues lead to the end of my undercover work and a new career contracting overseas in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Liberia, as well as rising to the rank of chief of police in SC.

Fascinating, frightening or just plain frustrating? These eight gripping stories show detective work as it really is - and sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Hear about the ghostly dream that helped to solve a baffling murder mystery, some clever detectives' tricks that led to the conviction of the 'Laurel and Hardy' jewel thieves, and the crafty blackmailer who nearly got away with the perfect crime.

Dos jóvenes, Sam y Stacie, viven los años de Universidad en plena armonía. Pasan los años, cambian las circunstancias y las ambiciones. Los dos protagonistas se separan y llevarán vidas paralelas. Después de un tiempo, casualmente, sus destinos se cruzarán nuevamente pero en el fondo no será ya más aquel alocado de la Universidad.

Eine Frau wird auf einer Zugfahrt nach London Zeugin und Opfer eines kaltblütigen Raubmords durch einen jungen Mann, der in einem Anfall aus Verzweiflung und Berechnung einen Mitreisenden erschießt und sie schwer verletzt zurücklässt.

Der Täter, ein gebildeter und musikalisch begabter junger Mann aus gutem Hause, handelte ohne offensichtliches Motiv und passte nicht ins Täterklischee. Das machte diesen Fall kurz nach der Jahrhundertwende zu einer medialen Sensation.

Im September 1905 wird die Leiche einer Frau im Merstham-Tunnel gefunden. Indizien deuten auf einen tödlichen Übergriff während einer Zugfahrt hin. Trotz zahlreicher Hinweise blieb der Fall ungelöst, bis Jahre später der Bruder des Opfers unter falscher Identität seine beiden Lebensgefährtinnen, drei Kinder und sich selbst ermordet.

Your sovereignty is under attack. You don't need the red pill to see it because you've already been unplugged. It's all around you. Within this audiobook lies top secrets known only to the FBI and a few law enforcement agencies: How to disappear in style and retain assets. How to switch up multiple identities on the fly and be invisible such that no one; not your ex, not your parole officer, nor even the federal government can find you. Ever.

An electrifying true story of Marco, a poor adolescent Colombian fishermen who dreams of wealth and whose ambitions result in his forced servitude to the AUC, a ruthlessly violent narco paramilitary organization that operates at the height of Colombia's drug-fueled civil war. The adventure thrusts the listener into the mind and soul of Marco, who's charged with the dangerous responsibility of moving millions of dollars in cash and thousands of kilos of cocaine through the treacherous jungles of Central and South America and the Gulf of Mexico's unforgiving waters.