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The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus) A New York...

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world. In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just sixteen...

A gripping account of one man's long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system. During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of...

A breathtaking and dramatic account of the JFK assassination by the New York Times best-selling author. Swanson transports listeners back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. As he did in his best-selling Chasing Lincoln's Killer, he deploys his signature "you are there" style to tell the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before.

In 1865 France, a mere youth devises a way to fame and fortune through murder and mayhem.

Brother vs. brother in old Bombay. Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Bernard Herrmann (composer), Byron Kane, Lillian Buyeff, Alistair Duncan, Bob Lemond (announcer), Julie Bennett, Jack Kruschen.

Now a major motion picture! The exciting and definitive narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. In Parkland (originally titled Four Days in November), author Vincent Bugliosi “has definitively explained the murder that recalibrated modern America”...

A beautiful widow casts her own spell on the gypsies of New England. Lou Merrill (host), Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), William Conrad, Sammie Hill, Hy Averback, Shepard Menken.

The story of the first woman tried and executed in the United States. Lou Merrill (host), Mary Jane Croft, William Johnstone, Georgia Ellis, Herb Butterfield, Ben Wright, Sam Edwards, Morton Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer), Elliott Lewis (producer, director), Tudor Owen, Bob Lemond (announcer). 25 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

"Read this man's book." --James Ellroy Gangster Squad presents a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels—the real events behind the blockbuster Warner Brothers film starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone...

Dalle sue mitiche origini nell'Antico Testamento passando attraverso il Giappone feudale, la Sicilia mafiosa e i giorni nostri: un affascinante viaggio nel mondo segreto dei Killer Professionisti, ripercorso nei suoi momenti chiave, che accompagna l'ascoltatore fino al contraddittorio presente. "Che siate eccitati dalla prospettiva o atterriti al pensiero, sappiate che il killer professionista cammina tra noi, in tutti i modi, alcuni apparenti, altri velati. Ed è proprio in questa opacità inquietante ma avvincente che Forbus punta il faro dell'analisi."

Der rätselhafte Fall um die Enthauptung des Wahrzeichens von Kopenhagen: Jeder kennt zumindest ein Bild der kleinen Meerjungfrau, wie sie so bescheiden in den Kopenhagener Gewässern unweit des Schlosses sitzt. Doch als Heinz Günther früh gegen 3.30 Uhr am 25. April 1964 seinen Blick gen Statue richtete, wollte er seinen Augen kaum trauen, als er die kopflose Meerjungfrau erblickte... Wer steckte hinter der Enthauptung?

Ein spektakuläres Mordrätsel aus dem Jahre 1948: Es gibt viele Spekulationen zum mysteriösen Doppelmord im Kopenhagener Peter Bangs Vej 74. Am Morgen des 20. Februar 1948 wurde das Ehepaar Vilhelm und Inger Margrethe Jacobsen in ihrer Wohnung ermordet aufgefunden. Der oder die Mörder wurden nie gefunden, aber es ranken sich verschiedene Theorien um diese grausame Tat, die hier genauer beleuchtet werden. Atemberaubende Lektüre!

Eric Frattini, escritor y periodista especialista en servicios secretos y el Vaticano y Andrés Madrigal cocinero con dos estrellas Michelín nos ofrecen las recetas de las últimas cenas y comidas tomadas por 50 grandes personajes de la historia. Además el libro recrea las últimas horas de estos 50 personajes y que circunstancias les rodearon para que aquellos sabrosos platos fueran su última cena.

Clarence Darrow is the most celebrated criminal trial lawyer in American history. In the spring of 1911, organized labor implored Darrow to represent the McNamara brothers, two union iron workers charged with the murder of 20 employees arising out of the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. Darrow and his wife Ruby's trip west quickly became a fight for survival.

Late-1970s Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his younger associate, Jerry Schneiderman, brilliant and nerdy. When the pair hired a veteran contractor to oversee construction, the space planning firm they operated out of a hip mansion in LA's Miracle Mile district appeared poised to transform the boundless skyline into their jackpot. After the promising team imploded, however, the orderly lines on their blueprints succumbed to treachery and secrets.

Usando una nueva tecnología, documentos descubiertos recientemente y sofisticadas técnicas de investigación, un equipo internacional -dirigido por un obsesionado agente retirado del FBI- finalmente ha resuelto el misterio que ha perseguid a generaciones desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial...

""The Officer’s Daughter is a masterpiece. More than that, it's the perfect book for our troubled time. Johnson has written the deepest, most emotionally resonant understanding of forgiveness and justice I have ever read.""—Darin Strauss, bestselling author of Half a Life The author...

Zwölf Jahrhundertverbrechen in faszinierenden Interviews, geführt von Bestsellerautor und Journalist André Groenewoud. Gespräche über eine Vergangenheit, die Menschen bis in die Gegenwart verfolgt Zwölf Jahrhundertverbrechen, die Deutschland und die Welt bewegten. Der Journalist André Groenewoud hat sie beleuchtet, weil er wissen wollte.

It is an explosive true story of survival, betrayal, and the moment America lost its grip on the Middle East. On November 4, 1979, 52 Americans were taken hostage inside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, an act that stunned the world and sparked a 444-day standoff that shattered U.S. diplomacy and changed global politics forever. In this pulse-pounding narrative, acclaimed historian Davis Truman pulls back the curtain on the backroom deals, psychological torment, and international missteps that defined one of the longest hostage crises in modern history.