Violent True Crime

They were wives first, mothers, breadwinners, Sunday-smile neighbors, long before they became killers in the headlines. This book is the fifth volume in a chilling series about women who crossed the final line, and the nine wives you’ll meet here did it in the one place meant to be safest: home. Some struck in white hot rage, after years of humiliation, bruises, or betrayal. Others planned calmly and carefully, turning marriage into a ledger and a husband into a payout, killing not for freedom, but for cash. A poisoned drink. A staged accident. A hired gun. Each chapter follows one wife, ...

Imagine walking alongside a retired Chicago police officer as he recalls some of the most chilling, bizarre, and noteworthy true-life crime cases of his career. Author Frank Goff shares the inner workings of law enforcement and the politics involved, but also the realities of the streets. Sometimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching, these stories transport us into the shoes of real cops, real criminals, and real victims. The bottom line? Policing is a calling for the very few at great personal cost and sacrifice. Here's to the men and women of law enforcement who protect and serve. ...

Warning: These stories are not for the faint of heart. True Crime: Gore dives deep into the darkest corners of real criminal history, spotlighting 17 chilling cases involving brutality, mystery, and human darkness. From infamous serial killers to bizarre unsolved murders, this collection strips away the fiction and leaves you with the raw, unsettling truth. Each case is carefully researched and told with gripping detail—highlighting not only what happened, but why it continues to haunt investigators and the public to this day. Real victims. Real killers. Real horror. Think you can handle it?

Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history - "Little" Nicky Scarfo’s reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s - written by Scarfo’s underboss and nephew, "Crazy" Phil Leonetti. The youngest-ever underboss at the age of 31, Leonetti was at the crux of the violent downfall of the traditional American Mafia in the 1980s when he infiltrated Atlantic City after gambling was legalized, and later turned state’s evidence against his own.

Prepare yourself for a relentless plunge into the bloodiest corners of true crime. True Crime Gore Stories is a brutal collection of 15 immersive tales inspired by real events—each one more disturbing than the last. From shocking murders and twisted obsessions to scenes that defy belief, these stories don’t just recount the crimes—they drag you into them. Logan Carter strips away the filters, retelling these harrowing cases with chilling intensity. Though names and select details have been changed for privacy, the core of each story remains true—and unforgettable. If you're drawn to...

The wind blows colder in the heartland. From the isolated farmhouses of the Panhandle to the quiet streets of Omaha, Nebraska hides a history of violence that defies its peaceful reputation. Behind the friendly smiles and the open fields lies a darker reality—one where doors are locked, secrets are buried, and the unimaginable becomes real. True Crime Nebraska pulls back the curtain on twenty of the most shocking and disturbing cases to ever strike the Midwest. This collection goes beyond the headlines, delivering fast-paced, high-impact narratives that put you directly at the scene of ...

In the heart of California’s Central Valley, two childhood friends from the small town of Linden—Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog—descended into a world of drug-fueled violence, leaving behind a trail of death and devastation that would haunt communities for decades. The Speed Freak Killers – Meth, Murder, and Mayhem is a comprehensive true crime investigation into one of the most chilling serial killer duos in American history, tracing the roots of their brutality, the victims they claimed, and the justice long denied to grieving families. Chapters 1 through 3 explore their ...

Between 1800 and 1930, a quiet but chilling thread ran through the fabric of everyday life. Behind lace curtains and respectable facades, some women harbored secrets sharp enough to sever vows of love and loyalty. They were wives, mothers, daughters, ordinary in appearance, extraordinary in their defiance of the roles society demanded of them. When they killed, the world gasped. A woman was meant to nurture, not to poison, stab, or scheme. And yet, across Europe and America, newspapers filled with shocking accounts of wives who plotted their husbands’ demise, or who struck out with sudden...

They were brides, mothers, pillars of their churches and cul-de-sacs, until the headlines named them something else. Welcome to Killer Wives 3: More Deadly Wives, the third volume in our series on women who cross the last, unthinkable line. Some well known, others less so, but these pages aren’t about monsters lurking in alleys; they’re about danger at the dinner table, the slow boil behind a smile, the plans whispered between grocery lists and school drop-offs. In these new cases we follow arsenic and rat poison, staged suicides and “tragic accidents,” insurance policies fat with ...

On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two 12-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier’s violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called “Slenderman”. Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case.

The Black Mafia is one of the bloodiest crime syndicates in modern US history. From its roots in Philadelphia's ghettos in the 1960s, it grew from a rabble of street toughs to a disciplined, ruthless organization based on fear and intimidation. Known in its "legitimate" guise as Black Brothers Inc, it held regular meetings, appointed investigators, treasurers and enforcers, and controlled drug dealing, loan-sharking, numbers rackets, armed robbery, and extortion.

Killer Wives 4: 10 Deadly Dames – 10 Dead Dudes pulls you deep into the chilling world where love, lies, and lethal intentions collide. This fourth volume in the gripping Killer Wives series exposes ten shocking true stories of women who turned their marriages into murder scenes, and their husbands into headlines. From coldly calculated poisonings to sudden bursts of bloody violence, these women shattered the illusion of domestic bliss with deadly consequences. Each case is meticulously researched and told in vivid, page-turning detail, taking you inside the minds of the so-called “...

Till Death Do Us Part Marriage is often described as a sacred bond, a union built on love, trust, and the promise of forever. It begins with vows whispered under candlelight, hands clasped tightly, hearts full of hope. But behind the doors of some of these picture-perfect homes, darkness festers, jealousy, abuse, betrayal, fear. And sometimes, the end comes not with a divorce, but with a knife, a gun, poison, or the silent slip of a pillow pressed down in the dead of night. This is not a book about monsters in the shadows or strangers lurking in alleyways. This is a book about wives. Women ...

A groundbreaking major best seller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano's gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. Known by insiders as "the System," the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast

The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, John Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas takes us further than ever before into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial killers, and mass murderers.

The Search for the Green River Killer is the ultimate authoritative account of the Pacific Northwest killing spree that held a nation spellbound - and continues to horrify and fascinate, spawning dramatizations and documentaries of a demented killer who seemed unstoppable for decades.

Revisiting Dr. Michael Stone's groundbreaking 22-level Gradations of Evil Scale, a hierarchy of evil behavior first introduced in the book The Anatomy of Evil, Stone and Dr. Gary Brucato, a fellow violence and serious psychopathology expert, here provide even more detail, using dozens of cases to exemplify the categories along the continuum. The New Evil also presents compelling evidence that, since a cultural tipping-point in the 1960s, certain types of violent crime have emerged that in earlier decades never or very rarely occurred.

Based off Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala's popular podcast of the same name, RedHanded explores real-life true crime cases to help answer once and for all if a killer is born or made. Features an audiobook exclusive interview: Suruthi and Hannah interview award-winning author Denise Mina on the...

In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on the The Dating Game, one of America's most popular television shows at the time. Handsome, successful, and romantic, he was embraced by the audience - and chosen as the winner by the beautiful bachelorette. To viewers across the country, Rodney seemed like the answer to every woman's dreams. Until they learned the truth about his once and future crimes.

In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando...