Myth Crime

On a chilly Monday morning in 1935, a young maid opened the garage door of a Southern California seaside villa onto a grim scene. Her employer, a popular motion picture comedienne, lay dead in the front seat of her expensive automobile. Within hours, the news of Thelma Todd’s death was making headlines throughout the nation. Was it murder, suicide, or accident? Cast against the background of Hollywood and Los Angeles, the film industry and the growing metropolis, her death baffled both the public and the investigating authorities. After numerous attempts to solve the mystery over the last...

When Roland Barthes's groundbreaking Mythologies first appeared in English in 1972, it was immediately recognized as one of the most significant works in French theory - yet nearly half of the essays from the original work were missing. This new edition of Mythologies is the first complete, authoritative English version of the French classic. It includes the brilliant "Astrology", never published in English before.

"Between the three of them, author Alex Michaelides and narrators Louise Brealey and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith cast a spell that will have listeners glued to this suspenseful novel every chance they get." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner "The audiobook is narrated primarily by actor...

A killer who hid in plain sight. A city that never saw him coming. And the vulnerable women society looked past—until it was too late. In the brutal heart of 1990s Baltimore, where homelessness, addiction, and violence collided beneath abandoned bridges and in forgotten industrial zones, Joe Metheny preyed on women living at the margins—women whose disappearances went unnoticed for far too long. THE BEAST OF BALTIMORE is a chilling, meticulously researched investigation into one of America’s most disturbing and misunderstood killers. From his fractured childhood and deepening ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political issue that’s as explosive as it is timely—not only in Malone’s world, but in ours September 1861: All is not as it seems. With...

This page-turning gothic mystery sees Esther, a young painter, uncover the hidden story behind a famous Arthurian legend. A legend. An obsession. A secret that won’t stay buried. When Esther inherits an old tapestry from her father, she doesn’t think much of it at first. It seems to tell a...

The history of Nazi medical experiments is built on a post-war rationalization. The perpetrators claimed they were advancing science, but the typewritten ledgers in the archives speak the language of sociopathic accounting and biological theft. In The Red Harvest: Exsanguination and the Myth of Nazi Medicine, Laurence Blake delivers a hard-hitting, visceral investigation into the darkest corners of World War II history. Through a customized investigative framework, Blake proves that the medical blocks of the concentration camps functioned as a macro-parasite. The doctors in crisp white ...

Australia has a unique place in the history of outlaw motorcycle gangs. From the clubs' beginnings in the swinging '60s, their entry into the amphetamine market in the 1970s, through to the 1984 Milperra Massacre that made world headlines, to the Sydney airport brawl between the Hell's Angels and Comancheros and the brutal murder of Anthony Zervas, Outlaw Bikers in Australia tells how these 'one per cent deviants' grew to dominate the recreational drug market and became major players in the international outlaw biker scene.

From a nationally recognized violence-prevention expert, an accessible guide that debunks the most pervasive myths about crime and offers evidence-based strategies that make us safer A specific image of violence and how to avoid it lives in a lot of our imaginations. What some of us fear most is...

A chilling, lavishly illustrated who’s who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring stories from the Lore podcast—now a streaming television series—including “Black Stockings,” “Half-Hanged,” and “The Castle,” as well as rare material. Some monsters are...

An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States...

EDITORIAL REVIEW THE THING IN THE WOODS — The Case That Inspired Slender Man is a chilling, emotionally grounded account of a real-world tragedy that shook families, schools, and communities across the country. Told with restraint, realism, and relentless tension, the book captures how fear, obsession, and belief can spiral into consequences no one expects and no one can undo. This is not just a horror story — it is a powerful reminder that the most terrifying dangers are often the ones that begin quietly and grow unnoticed. THE THING IN THE WOODS A True Documented Terror — The ...

How much do you really know about the FBI? Do you know who the FBI is? Do you know what the FBI does? This manual debunks FBI myths and misconceptions for those who read, watch, and write crime dramas about the FBI or have always wanted to be a Special Agent. Like most people, you've probably learned about the FBI from popular culture - reading books and watching TV shows and movies, along with, of course, the news. You might be surprised to learn that a lot of what you've been reading and watching is inaccurate.

In 1986, the SEC and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York began an investigation into Michael Milken, Drexel Burnham Lambert, and its High Yield and Convertible Bond Department, a department Michael created and was head of. Michael was the most successful and innovative financier of his time. Drexel, an upstart investment bank was also the most successful securities firm on Wall Street, thanks to Michael.

Black masses. Human sacrifices. Secret cults hidden in the woods. For decades, stories about Satanic crimes have fascinated, terrified and divided public opinion. But how much of what we think we know is actually supported by evidence? Satanic Crime for Beginners explores the complex world of alleged ritual crimes, occult-inspired violence, moral panics and criminal investigations through the lens of criminology. From the Satanic Panic of the 1980s to real homicide cases involving occult symbolism, this book separates documented facts from urban legends, media hysteria and conspiracy ...

A thrilling and emotional mystery that spans over a century, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Fate. In Chapter Four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his...

A deadly satellite combined with an unstable president could prove fatal. (Saga 2 of 10). Can Detective Blackhawk save Earth from destruction? In this spell-binding thriller, an overheard conversation leads to three deaths in one night. Det. Blackhawk has no choice but chase a killer to Mars in the 25th century. Updated -5/18/24 Be sure to get the ebook, Best Friends, an outtake companion story of Alex's early life. #B07VVMQLQ6 Spanish - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMYFGR9Y German - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2Y86CS Next in the Domino Series: Crossroads #B01E9N6FPW

In this hilarious sequel to How to Summon a Fairy Godmother, Theodosia’s already survived being the evil stepsister in one fairy tale, but surviving fae bargains, fairy rings, and being turned into a hedgehog will be a whole new challenge. Theodosia Balfour is in a panic—she has no clue how...

American profiler Phil Chalmers destroys the myths of today’s serial killers and offers a new look, updating the research done by the early FBI Profilers in the 1970s. Most of what people believe about serial killers today are myths and are no longer true, including “Most serial killers are white,” “Most serial killers kill women,” and “Serial killers like to kill up close and personal.”

The question is not whether monsters walk among us. They do. They have. For thousands of years. On the borders of humdrummia and every day reality, be it the forest’s edge or a moonlit graveyard draped in gossamer spiders’ webs, the macabre is all about. For our souls, our sanity, the vital question to answer is: Just WHERE are all these blankety-blank monsters? Santa Clarita is a riparian bedroom community, an hour’s drive north of Los Angeles. It’s been home to giant, man-eating grizzly bears, ghosts, serial killers, devil cults, more ghosts, Bigfoot, werewolf encounters, UFO ...