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The 1830 murder of wealthy slaver Joseph White shook all of Salem, Massachusetts. Soon the crime drew national attention when it was discovered that two of the conspirators came from Salem's influential Crowninshield family: a clan of millionaire shipowners, cabinet secretaries, and congressmen.

I årene under og efter 2. Verdenskrig skaber varerationeringen den ideelle grobund for sortbørshandel. Der tjenes formuer på illegal handel med varer og rationeringsmærker, og i København er Svend Aage Hasselstrøm og Johannes Linde blandt hovedpersonerne i de kriminelle transaktioner. De har vidt forgrenede kontakter både i det kriminelle miljø og inden for Københavns Politi.

Et brandattentat mod Udlændingestyrelsens administrationsbygning og en efterfølgende pressemeddelelse til landets nyhedsredaktioner, hvor en gruppe kaldet "Homoaktion" tog ansvaret og henviste til udvisning af tre iranske homoseksuelle, satte gang i en efterforskning rettet mod det autonome miljø.

Tirsdag den 11. september 2001 fandt et frygteligt selvmordsangreb sted med fire kaprede fly fyldt med passagerer mod World Trade Center og Pentagon i USA. Et terrorangreb, der kostede mere end 3000 mennesker livet og sårede endnu flere, og som i lang til lammede det meste af verden, både økonomisk og menneskeligt. Samme formiddag i det fredelige Danmark stod kunsthandleren, en rund knap 42-årig mand, rødmosset og med blå øjne, lidt tynd i toppen og lurede fra gaden mod en opgang på Frederiksberg. Hans tanker og interesse var rettet et helt andet sted hen.

De seneste 30 år har Henrik Oryé ofte været med i forreste række, når der var store spektakulære politiaktioner i København. "I politiets frontlinje" er hans dramatiske og øjenåbnende fortælling fra gadeplan om de store sager, der ramte overskrifterne: opgøret med bz’erne ved Sorte Hest, masseanholdelsen under COP 15-topmødet, rydningen af Ungdomshuset, terrorangrebet på Krudttønden, kampen mod rockere og bandegrupperinger – og håndteringen af de store fodboldkampe med tilskueruroligheder.

Londra, 1888. Un enigmatico serial killer terrorizza i quartieri degradati di Whitechapel, avvicinando prostitute che poi sventra senza pietà. Dallas, 1963. lI presidente Kennedy viene ucciso mentre la sua auto attraversa la città. Dopo soli tre giorni anche il suo assassino viene eliminato. Parigi, 1703. Alla Bastiglia muore un prigioniero costretto da trent'anni a indossare una maschera che gli nasconde il volto. Ekaterinburg, 1918. Nicola Il e la sua famiglia vengono trucidati e sepolti in un luogo misterioso.

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the way Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do...

The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir is a fresh account of one of the most controversial political assassinations in contemporary history - that of Mahatma Gandhi. Based on previously unseen intelligence reports and police records, this book recreates the circumstances of his murder, the events leading up to it, and the investigation afterward. In doing so, it unearths a conspiracy that runs far deeper than a hate crime and challenges the popular narrative about the assassination that has persisted for the past 70 years.

Journalist Dennis McAuliffe Jr. grew up believing that his Osage Indian grandmother, Sybil Bolton, had died an early death in 1925 from kidney disease. It was only by chance that he learned the real cause was a gunshot wound and that her murder may well have been engineered by his own grandfather. As McAuliffe peeled away layers of suppressed history, he learned that Sybil was a victim of the "Osage Reign of Terror"....

In January 1923, 20-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning, the barely clad body of the beautiful and bewitching dancer washed up on lonely Torrey Pines beach, her party dress and possessions strewn about on the sand.

Varför hade Timbuktu noll kronor på sitt konto när det borde ha varit minst fem miljoner, och vart tog "The Cardigans" förmögenhet egentligen vägen? Flera band visade sig snart vara inblandade i det som kom att kallas Tambourinehärvan: "The Ark", "Weeping Willows", "Europe" och framför allt - "The Hives".

Prohibition. Mobsters, murder, and mayhem. FBI agents. Cops, robbers, and worse. Sound like the background for a Hollywood epic? It's Ernest Marquez's latest very true story of the renowned gambling ships that anchored in Santa Monica Bay in the 1920s and 1930s. It's the story of Tony Cornero, the cockiest gangster who ever bootlegged a bottle of scotch, the man who helped found Las Vegas, and the smooth operator of the most glamorous gambling ship in the Pacific, the Rex.

In 1974, Pan American Flight 806 was hoping to land safely in Pago Pago, Samoa, but instead plummeted at 140 miles per hour into the jungle floor. The 101 passengers and crew members all survived this devastating crash. Unfortunately, only four of them escaped the wreckage before the ensuing fire that followed and lived to tell their story. After the disaster, Pan American was found guilty of "willful misconduct" after the longest and most expensive trial in aviation history.

Poliser ser mycket blod i sina dagar, men den lilla lägenhet i Helsingfors de kom in i denna oktobertorsdag var ändå bland det värsta de sett. Bland allt blod fann de en ung kvinna som blivit brutalt mördad. Polisen börjar genast utreda brottet. Offret hade bott ensam i lägenheten, men det ska visa sig att hennes före detta make bor på andra sidan gatan med sin nya fästmö. Genom förhör och intervjuer målas ett triangeldrama av sällan skådat slag upp, och det är svårt för polisen att avgöra vad sanningen är, när beskyllningar studsar åt alla håll.

Under 1980-talet var nynazismen på stark framväxt i Skandinavien. Flera uppmärksammade våldsdåd sker, och många av förövarna är unga män. År 1981 avrättades två unga män i norska Hadeland. Förövarna var tre unga nynazister. De tre unga männen, Espen och John som båda var 20 år gamla, samt Johnny som var 18 år, kom alla tre från konservativa hem, två av familjerna hade gamla kopplingar till nazismen. De hade också något annat gemensamt, alla tre var väldigt vapenintresserade.

The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, world famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his thirty years younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, who was half her age, riveted people. Debate continues even today as to which one of them really was responsible.

In this startling and original work, best-selling author Charles Higham (Howard Hughes: The Secret Life) addresses one of the greatest historical mysteries: Did John Wilkes Booth act alone on the night of Good Friday, 1865, or was he part of a wide conspiracy? Drawing from letters, diaries, previously unstudied records of official hearings, railway timetables, and obscure shipping manifests, Higham weaves a spellbinding account of intrigue.

From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York. Rogues' Gallery is a sweeping, epic tale of two revolutions, one feeding off the other, that played out on...

Художественной литературе свойственно романтизировать и идеализировать преступный мир. Начиная с гуттенберговских времен и по сей день эта область человеческого бытия остается книгой за семью печатями.

Большинство из тех, кто пережил ужасы XX века, будь то жертвы нацизма, сталинских исправительно-трудовых лагерей или многочисленных войн, бушевавших на протяжении этого столетия, старались, как можно быстрее забыть об этом страшном времени и с большой неохотой вспоминали о минувших событиях.