True Kidnapping

El Caso Marinski comenzó como otro aburrido y mundano caso sobre un marido desaparecido. Okey, se trataba de un marido rico desaparecido pero, sin embargo, solo se trataba de un marido desaparecido. Aunque pronto se manifestó como una trama de robo, secuestro, chantaje y asesinato. Pero, ¿existió el secuestro realmente? ¿Y quién chantajeaba a quién? ¿Quién llevó a cabo el robo? ¿Quién cometió los asesinatos? ¿En quién podías confiar? ¿A quién podías creerle? ¿Acaso alguien decía la verdad?

In the heart of Victorian France, a name once whispered with admiration and envy was Blanche Monnier. Known far and wide for her breathtaking beauty, Blanche was a vision of grace and charm, the epitome of a desirable young woman. However, beneath the glittering façade of her life lay a chilling secret, a dark tale of betrayal and unimaginable cruelty that would forever stain the annals of history.

A successful lawyer, Perry March married the beautiful daughter of one of the most powerful attorneys in Nashville. Through his wife Janet, Perry won a position in his father-in-law's firm and joined the city's social elite. They seemed to have the good life. But in 1996, when Janet vanished, police dug into Perry's past, turning up strange stories of sexual obsession, unfaithfulness, and vicious arguments with Janet. When they suspected that one of those fights ended in murder, Perry skipped town with his children. Janet's father would not let Perry escape so easily.

In September 2002, Mexican writer Ernestina Sodi and her sister, actress Laura Zapata, were kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico City. Deliver Us from Evil is a first-person account of the living nightmare endured by the two women. Blindfolded for much of her ordeal, Ernestina Sodi learns to identify the members of this well-organized, brutal, and professional kidnapping gang by voice and smell. Plunging listeners into the dark world of crime, rage, and violence without mercy, this real-life drama culminates in a thrilling and truly unforgettable climax.

On September 12, 2001, Michele Harris went missing from a small town in upstate New York. She has never been found, and the mystery surrounding her disappearance remains. Four years after she went missing, her wealthy husband Cal Harris was arrested and charged with her murder. With neither a body nor a murder weapon, Cal was shockingly tried and convicted of her murder. Then, new evidence surfaced. His conviction was overturned, and a new trial granted. But once again, he was convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. That conviction, too, was overturned on appeal.

The book focuses on the 1978 disappearance of Genette Tate. The 13-year-old schoolgirl vanished while out delivering newspapers on her bicycle in the Exeter countryside; no trace of her was ever discovered. With new and rarely seen comments from family, police and inside the courtroom, the story links her case to the earlier abductions of April Fabb (also 13), Christine Markham (9) and Mary Boyle (6).

Alla tragedia di Giulio Regeni, scomparso il 25 gennaio 2016 al Cairo, il mondo della politica non ha ancora risposto. Non ha risposto l’Egitto di Al Sisi. Che, anzi, continua a sabotare le indagini sul sequestro, la tortura e l’omicidio del figlio di Paola Deffendi e Claudio Regeni: in quasi quattro anni gli egiziani hanno ucciso cinque innocenti, inventato storie incredibili, falsificato documenti per allontanare i sospetti dai loro apparati. Senza però riuscirci.

Il 22 giugno 1983 Emanuela Orlandi scompare. Dopo quarant'anni e due lunghe inchieste della magistratura italiana archiviate, la famiglia non ha ancora potuto mettere la parola "fine" a questa storia. L'avvocato Laura Sgrò, dal 2017 legale della famiglia Orlandi, fin dall'inizio del suo mandato ha lavorato perché il Vaticano, dopo decenni di silenzi, ambiguità, incongruenze e chiusure, iniziasse a collaborare e a indagare sulla scomparsa di Ema.

Así empieza la historia increíblemente real de uno de los casos más extremos de la crónica negra española. Aquel crimen se transformó en un drama humano cuya investigación, repleta de errores policiales y judiciales, estuvo acompañada de vergonzosos ejemplos de periodismo basura.

Mit den hier versammelten Fallerzählungen führt Romy Hausmann den Beweis, dass kein Thrillerautor auch nur annähernd so bizarre Verbrechen schreiben kann wie das Leben. In einfühlsamen Gesprächen mit Angehörigen und Opfern, Tätern und Ermittlern, mit renommierten Richtern, Forensikern, Medizinern und Traumaexperten spürt sie den Fragen hinter dem Offensichtlichen nach. Die Ergebnisse dieser Gespräche verdichtet sie zu einer sehr persönlichen Tagebucherzählung über die Macht der Gefühle von Opfern und Hinterbliebenen.

2 janvier 1949, dix-huit footballeurs du bourg de Corps-Nuds, en Bretagne, revenant d'un match, trouvent la mort dans un accident. Comment cet accident annonce-t-il la journée du 22 mai où Jean-Paul Kauffmann sera enlevé à Beyrouth et détenu en otage durant trois années ? Après l'accident libanais, ce récit sur l'inexplicable s'est imposé à l'auteur.

In the second book of the PATHS CROSSED series, the listener shadows the author as he sheds the uniform of a trooper for the plainclothes of a detective to take a closer look at unsolved crimes. These true cases, ranging from murders, to a serial kidnapper of children, to organized crime, to police shootings, and more, are full of twists and turns that often sound like fiction.

Updated 5th Anniversary Edition Including Exclusive Interview with Steve AveryIn 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK's Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven Avery, who had already beaten one wrongful conviction only to be charged again with the murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005. This case captured global attention through the Netflix documentary "Making A Murderer."

Den 11.11.11 anholdes forretningsmanden Pierre Fle�nsborg i Mexico City, ankla�get for at vill�e smugle� diktatoren Gaddafis søn over grænsen. I 533 dage sidder danskeren i nogle� af Mexicos værste fængsle�r. F�lensborg hævder at være uskyldig og Mads Brügger kommer på sagen. Under gravearbejdet opdager Brügger imidlertid, at intet i Pierre F�lensborgs li�v er, hvad det giver sig ud for at være. Mere og mere tvivlsomt bli�ver det også, hvi�lken roll�e Mads Brügger har påtaget sig som journa�list.

On 4th July 1975, Juanita Nielsen set out on foot through the wintry streets of Sydney's red-light district. The chic heiress and newspaper publisher had a business meeting with a man called Eddie Trigg, a manager at the seedy Carousel Cabaret nightclub in Kings Cross. The following day, Juanita was reported missing. She has not been seen since and her body has never been found.

"Yo pensaba: al final se ha disfrazado de guardia civil y, para escarnecerme más, me va a sacar de aquí para matarme fuera. Entonces fue cuando le dije: "No, no, fuera no. Hazlo aquí, que es más fácil y no quiero salir"". Así describe José Antonio Ortega Lara su liberación en una extensa entrevista en la que relata, por primera y única vez, los detalles de su cautiverio por parte de la banda terrorista ETA en aquel zulo de cuatro metros cuadrados en el que permaneció secuestrado 532 días.

On the night of August 6, 1930, Joseph Force Crater, a newly appointed judge and prominent figure in many circles of Manhattan, hailed a taxi in the heart of Broadway and vanished into thin air. Despite a decades-long international manhunt led by the New York Police Department's esteemed Missing Persons Bureau, the reason for Crater's disappearance remains a confounding mystery.

American bush pilot Russell Stendal, on a routine trip, landed his plane in a remote Colombian village and found himself in the middle of an armed ambush. Within minutes, he was taken hostage by Communist guerrilla fighters and told he would be held for ransom. Held at gunpoint deep in the jungle for 142 days, Russell began to write. He told the story of his life and recorded his experience inside the guerrilla camp. That writing became a bridge between him and his captors, many of whom were young, armed, and spiritually lost.

Ein hochspannender Blick auf spektakuläre Kriminalfälle - Peter Jamin beschäftigt sich seit 25 Jahren mit Vermisstenfällen und hat die eindrücklichsten Schicksale und dramatischsten Geschichten zusammengetragen. Ein 16-jähriges Mädchen wird mehr als ein Jahr lang von einem Unternehmerpaar eingesperrt und gefoltert. Als sie die Täter bei der Polizei anzeigen will, glaubt man ihr nicht. Ein junger Mann bittet im Fernsehen um Unterstützung bei der Suche nach seiner Ehefrau.

Charlie works at St Patrick’s residential home, where the walls are so thick no one can hear you cry. He’s asking child protection expert Shane Dunphy for help, before someone gets murdered. Charlie tells him of mistreatment, brutality and random cruelty, and now Maisie, his girlfriend, a resident at the home, has gone missing. When Shane finds out what has happened to Maisie, he knows he’s uncovered a world of trouble. Shane works his connections and, together with the ingenuity of the care home residents, attempts to bring the guilty to justice.