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In the summer of 1937, a California crime stunned an already grim nation. Three little girls were lured away from a neighborhood park to unthinkable deaths. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged. Justice was swift, and the condemned man was buried away with the horrifying story. But decades later, Pamela Everett, a lawyer and former journalist, starts digging, following up a cryptic comment her father once made about losing two of his sisters. Everett unearths a truly historic legal case that included the genesis of modern sex offender laws and the last man sentenced to hang in California.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful presentation of secrets and crime case!
- By deb on 05-31-18
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Dead Reckoning
- By: Caitlin Rother
- Narrated by: Julie McKay
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4 out of 5 stars 31
Happy and retired, Tom and Jackie Hawks lived a charmed life in sunny Southern California. They were delighted when former child star Skylar Deleon and his pregnant wife, Jennifer, offered cash to purchase their 55-foot yacht, the Well Deserved. But a trial voyage turned into a nightmare. Out at sea, the Hawkses begged for their lives as they were forced to sign everything over to Skylar. In return, they were tied to the ship's anchor and thrown overboard - alive.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but does drag
- By A Mac on 10-10-16
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Masters of True Crime
- Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre
- By: R. Barri Flowers (editor)
- Narrated by: Tara Ochs, James Edward Thomas
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4 out of 5 stars 79
Spanning murder cases from the beginning of the 20th century to today, this is a must-hear for fans of true crime and will also be compelling to mystery and thriller listeners. The contributors include Harold Schechter, Katherine Ramsland, Carol Anne Davis, Burl Barer, and other leading writers in this genre. Each of the 17 contributors draws on his or her own strengths, backgrounds, interests, and research skills to describe, in a vivid narrative, not only the facts of each notorious case but also the terrible emotions and macabre circumstances surrounding the crimes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting and great variety of stories
- By Abby L. Nesheim on 03-21-16
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Failure of Justice
- A Brutal Murder, an Obsessed Cop, Six Wrongful Convictions
- By: John Ferak
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
Everyone felt the same way: Small-town Nebraska widow Helen Wilson didn't have an ounce of meanness in her body. Then, on February 5, 1985, one of the coldest nights on record, the unthinkable happened. The 68-year-old resident was murdered inside her second-floor apartment. But why?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sobering listening
- By E on 07-28-16
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Lust Killer
- By: Ann Rule, Andy Stack
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 375
When young women begin mysteriously disappearing in Oregon, Police Lieutenant James Stovall leads a relentless search for a killer. With little evidence available, and the public screaming for answers, he must find a remorseless, brutal killer whose identity will shock them all....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on Brudos!
- By Ms.Bliss on 01-06-18
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Escape from Dannemora
- Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Great Adirondack Manhunt
- By: Michael Benson
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Escape from Dannemora examines the strange case of Joyce Mitchell, the long-time prison employee who had a sexual relationship with at least one of the killers, and who smuggled them tools and aided in the escape, while they cooked up a plan to kill her husband. In the end, Benson looks closely at conditions at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, a crumbling Gothic pile now under investigation for charges of drug trafficking and brutality.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and informative
- By PJ on 01-19-19
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American Murder Houses
- A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide
- By: Steve Lehto
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 300
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4 out of 5 stars 274
From a colonial manse in New England to a small-town home in Iowa to a Beverly Hills mansion, these residences have taken on a life of their own, gaining everything from local lore and gossip to national - and even global - infamy. Here, writer Steve Lehto recounts the stories behind the houses where Lizzie Borden supposedly gave her stepmother "40 whacks", where the real Amityville Horror was first unleashed by gunfire, and where the demented acts of the Manson Family horrified a nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and engrossing stories.
- By S. Winchester on 09-14-16
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Undisclosed Files of the Police
- Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present
- By: Bernard Whalen, Philip Messing, Robert Mladinich
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 101
From atrocities that occurred before the establishment of New York's police force in 1845 through the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 to the present day, this history is an insider's look at more than 80 real-life crimes that shocked the nation, from arson to gangland murders, robberies, serial killers, bombings, and kidnappings, and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good History of Crime in NYC
- By Bob Shinders on 03-10-17
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The Man from the Train
- The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
- By: Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 878
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 819
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Story4 out of 5 stars 815
Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- By Amy L Bruce on 10-04-17
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Black Dahlia, Red Rose
- The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America's Greatest Unsolved Murder
- By: Piu Eatwell
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 113
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
The gruesome murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short, in the noir-tinged Los Angeles of 1947, has a permanent place in American lore as one of the most inscrutable of true-crime mysteries. Now, Piu Eatwell - relentless legal sleuth and atmospheric stylist - cracks the case after 70 years. With recently unredacted FBI files, newly released sections of the LAPD files, and explosive new interviews, Eatwell has unprecedented access to primary evidence and a persuasive culprit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best true crime stories I’ve ever read.
- By Mar on 12-27-17
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Satan's Circus
- Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
- By: Mike Dash
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
They called it Satan's Circus, a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common in the vice district that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New York, N.Y
- By Robert on 07-11-07
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Mississippi Mud
- Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
- By: Edward Humes
- Narrated by: Alex Paul
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Biloxi, Mississippi: After the fatal shooting of one of the city’s most prominent couples - Vincent Sherry was a circuit court judge; his wife, Margaret, was running for mayor - their grief-stricken daughter came home to uncover the truth behind the crime that shocked a community and to follow leads that police seemed unable or unwilling to pursue. What Lynne Sposito soon discovered were bizarre connections to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran The Strip, Biloxi’s beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book, Terrible Narration
- By JustS on 09-26-14
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Killing the Dream
- James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- By: Gerald Posner
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
In the three decades since April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot to death in Memphis, scores of books and articles have questioned whether James Earl Ray, King's killer, acted alone or was part of a larger conspiracy. Now, based on explosive new interviews, confidential files, and previously undisclosed evidence, best-selling author Gerald Posner finally resolves the simple truth of the last great political murder mystery of the 1960s, definitively proving that Ray acted alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening
- By Thornton Mellon on 05-19-19
Publisher's Summary
Famous Crimes the World Forgot Volume II uncovers more amazing true crimes that exploded into the national news, shocking Americans from coast to coast - crimes that were eventually forgotten - until now.
Each one of these stories transports you back to the time they happened, propels you through all the suspense-filled developments, and explores each one with an in-depth look into the actions of humans so evil, it's hard to believe they were real.
They include:
- A serial poisoner who laughed when thought he got away with murdering a brother and sister, but cried when he was arrested.
- A woman with a history of being robbed by two men until the third time it happened when they killed her husband, or so she said.
- A mail-order bride lured to her death 3,000 miles away by a man with a wife and five children.
- A serial-rapist and possible serial-killer who murdered two sisters on their way to church.
- A five-time loser turned drifter who gunned down four men for 40 dollars inside a hermit's shack.
- An escaped convict turned serial-killer with a taste for red-heads.
- The mysterious car bomb murder of a wealthy Texas socialite which churned up a cast of sordid characters who captivated an audience for what was America's first live-televised murder trial.
- And Milwaukee's first serial-killer who stabbed young girls with a seven-inch stiletto.
These astonishing true crimes will leave you wondering how they could have been ignored for so long.
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