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This story has to do with the final Will of a man named Mornington, who, in the year 1900, left behind the sum of $400 million francs. Of that, three fourths went to his adopted country which left $100 million francs to be distributed to his heirs. The executor of the estate was Mornington's friend, Don Luis Perenna (AKA Clotaire Chantal ). The problem, however, was that no one knew where (or even who) some of the heirs were. If no heirs were to be found within 3 months, the entire $100 million francs would go to Perenna. And Perenna/Chantal had a reputation as being something of a rogue. It is definitely a race against time, as the heirs seem to be turning up dead at an alarming rate.

The scariest thing about serial killers is that they are actual people. Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is among Brazil's most prolific serial killers. This is his story. Look at how far a human can go into the depth of heinous crimes.For Brazil, Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is the monster in the deceptive mask, the handsome man with the suave persona that fooled so many. He is a good-looking young man, 6'4" with brown hair and brown eyes, who is considered a decent person by those who know him. Although he was a quiet child, and he kept to himself even in adulthood, he had all the physical qualities that women find attractive. Unfortunately, this fact undoubtedly helped him become the most murderous serial killer the city of Goiânia, in Brazil, had ever known.As a security guard, he was a man trained and paid to protect people. Yet, by the time he was 29, Gomes da Rocha had murdered some 39 people and committed at least 90 armed robberies. His demeanor and lifestyle aroused no suspicions, and his nightmare rampage lasted four years before he was finally caught.His good looks and unassuming personality were not the only reason he got away with his crimes for so long. His murder victims were random; his modus operandi fluctuated between stabbing, shooting, and choking; and his favored outfit made identifying him difficult. Dressed all in black, wearing a black helmet and riding a black motorcycle with stolen license plates, he easily avoided identification, and he never hinted that he could possibly have a dark side to anyone who knew him.Scroll back up and order your copy now!

THE REAL AMITYVILLE HORROR: The True Story Behind The Brutal DeFeo MurdersSettled in an affluent neighborhood in Long Island, New York is the one of the most infamous houses in all of America, or perhaps the world. The house with the iconic double-windows, white siding, and chimney at 112 Ocean Avenue is the home to the one of the most horrific family massacres in history, as well as an infamous haunting hoax.The haunting of the Amityville house is much more prominently known than the murders that took place in the same house. The Amityville or DeFeo family murders committed by Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Jr. have gone down in both true crime and pop culture history.The book and the subsequent horror film series about the case continue to fascinate and fear audiences years later. Both cases are clouded in unreliable testimony, profiteering, admitted fabrication, and greed.This is the real story of what happened at Amityville, and the events leading up to this horrific crime.

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Long regarded as a possible Jack the Ripper suspect, the Victorian poet Francis Thompson lived in London at the time of the Whitechapel murders, and may have had motive, means and opportunity to commit at least some of those horrific crimes. At one time, he even lived with a prostitute who subsequently disappeared. Considering known facts about Thompson's life and personality, and searching for clues in the darker corners of his poetry, Simon Webb's new book offers a balanced view of the case for Jack the Poet. Simon has also written 'American Jack', about the Ripper's links to the United States, and 'Severin', a Ripper novel.

What do you do when you have struggled loyally for years beside your husband, living in financial hardship as you bring up your joint children virtually as a single mother, working toward the good times that you can see coming for all of you, only to discover that your husband is committing adultery and is planning to leave you?Worse, he aggressively denies his affair, denouncing you as crazy to your face and to everyone you know, while he schemes to walk off with everything you have worked so hard for as he is reborn into a new life with a star-struck younger woman, as pretty as you once were, who will enjoy everything you have invested in - your financial security, your home-life and even your children.Worse still, he is a notoriously hard-ball lawyer with every intention of crushing you in any way he can, of erasing you from his life, of reducing you to nothing, so that he can move on as if you never existed.Daniel T. Broderick III's relentless harassment of his discarded wife, Betty, made her increasingly crazy as he and his girlfriend - then second wife - Linda Kolkena Broderick piled on the pressure, until one day, on November 5, 1989, at her wits' end and believing herself to be acting in self-defense, she confronted them in the early hours of the morning and in a panic shot them both dead.A multitude of onlookers has absolved Betty for what she did. Many even admire her, especially if they have suffered similar fates to hers. One juror at her trial openly questioned why she had taken so long to kill Dan under such extreme provocation.Now, twenty-five years into a thirty-two year to life prison sentence for her second-degree murder of Dan and Linda Broderick, Betty has reluctantly decided to give her personal account of what led up to that fatal and fateful day, when all three of their futures came violently and abruptly to an end.

For twenty-five years, the trusted family doctor in a small Wyoming town had been raping and molesting the women and children who most relied on him. Mostly Mormons, the naive victims sometimes realized on their wedding nights the truth about what had happened in Dr. Story's office. In riveting detail, veteran crime writer Jack Olsen tells the searing story of a small group of courageous women who decided to bring a doctor to justice - and unearthed a legacy of pain and anger that would divide their families, their neighbors, and an entire town Publishers Weekly: This masterful book by the author of Son, as much a searching sociological study as a true-crime narrative, tells what happened in Lovell when these happenings came to light: the community lost its bearings and the doctor was convicted of rape.

A list of unsolved mysteries from 1991.Contains 62 cases including Maria Requina who was found dismembered and packed into bin bags in Pennington Flash, John Green who was stabbed to death at his flat, Ronald James who was stabbed at his bar, Peter Rasini who was shot with a .45 calibre pistol, Alan Leppard who was shot at his home and his partner Brenda Long who was found dead in her bath several months later, Glenda Potter who was found behind a church, Alison Shaughnessy was stabbed 54 times in her flat, Penny Bell who was stabbed 50 times in her car in the car park of Gurnell Grove Leisure Centre and Lynne Trenholm who was found dead upstairs in Pinkys Massage Parlour.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1991. A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1991. Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources. The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1991 in the UK on the market. Cases include: Brenda Long Alan John Joyner Fred Clarke Agnes Madeline Ogden James Cox Nicola Payne Giebre Luul Kassa James Morrison Kenneth Neal Sharon Tyler Paul Hartley Barbara Finn Anthony Johnson Diane McInally Headless Body Derek Neil Darren Samuels Joseph Hamlyn and Bobby Glover Brenda Cross Charles Trueman Nicholas John Hanscomb Veronica Anderson Andrew Gerald Elphick Brendan Penn Sharon Hoare Billy Smith Stanley Silk and David Brindle Sheila Elsie Margaret Egner Alan Brooks Daniel Gilfeather Kevin Fox Malcolm Cole Evangeline Smith Hajinder Singh Tom Griffiths Alexander L Drummond Lynne Trenholm Ruth Penelope Bell Alison Shaughnessy Glenda Potter Nicholas Adrian Paul David Norris Ernest Jones Greta Anderson Gordon Campbell Carl Stapleton Simon Law Alan J Leppard Duncan Clift Peter Rasini Ronald James Ahmet Abdullah Gordon William Rogers Cheryl Lesley Shackleton Janine Downes Tony Gorman John Green Kasia Bernas Wendy Gallagher Donna Healey Maria Requina Ernest Blake

Chilling. One of the best words to describe the cases recounted in this book. These gruesome crimes seemed to hit a dead end... That is until the cases were reopened for investigation and then solved thanks to modern technologies and new investigation techniques.When it comes to cold blooded murder, nobody who is a part of civilized society can stand the thought that someone out there would actually get away with such horrendous crimes. We all want these wayward criminals to be caught and held accountable for their actions.This book demonstrates the lengths that some have gone to and the depths that they have plumbed just to make sure that the long arm of the law finally reached the barbaric perpetrators of unspeakable deeds and brought them to justice. You will read riveting account after riveting account of how some of the most notorious cold cases were finally solved.Some of the cases you'll find in this book include: Bonnie HaimJessica KeenJoyce ChiangRoy McCalebMia ZapataTodd KelleyKimberly PandeliosScroll back up and grab your copy today!

In 1985 Leonard Lake and Charles Chi-tat Ng were suspected of killing over a dozen people. All this only came to light after both of them were caught for shoplifting in South San Francisco and Lake, rather than face being imprisoned, committed suicide. Charles Ng fled to Canada to avoid getting arrested and became a fugitive. After this happened, Ng was instantly labeled as the son from Hell, a sadistic monster, a killing machine and a cold-blooded killer who microwaved a baby.A six-year legal battle between Canada and the United States ended in September 1991 with Ng's extradition to California to face trial on 12 murder charges. Incarcerated in Canada, Ng educated himself about American laws so that he was able to manipulate the legal system to delay his trial, which finally began in October, 1998. Millions of taxpayer dollars were spent bringing Ng to justice. In July, 1999 Charles Chi-Tat Ng was convicted of murdering eleven people (six men, three women, and two babies) in one of California's most gruesome, terrifying, torture killing sprees.Conducting a series of interviews inside the walls of California State Prison at Folsom while Charles Ng awaited trial, and later at San Quentin Prison Valerie Lee asked the questions that everyone wanted to ask and heard the answers that Ng gave or evaded.

tony manshino was living a life right out of an episode of miami vice. life was good, the chick were better. from hustling cocaine to stolen cars, by any means necessary the money had to be made. the gangsters were always waiting for you to slip, because they were always ready to relieve you of your goods. miami was a melting pot of gangsters and hustlers living in a mafia movie; and the cops and fbi was never far behind, lurking and hope to spoil your american dreams. and for that dream haitians yearn for it. from hustling since the age of 10, to voodoo rituals, to becoming a boss, to becoming a billboard top 10 artist to vacationing in federal prison and rubbing shoulders with top corrupted political officials in haiti.

They were two of the most notorious and controversial murder trials of the last twenty-five years, splitting American public opinion in half.Before dawn on November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick got into her car and drove over to the house in San Diego of her lawyer ex-husband, Daniel T. Broderick III, and his new wife, Linda. Arriving at 5:30 a.m., she used a key that she had obtained from one of her children to enter the house by a back door and climbed the stairs to Dan and Linda's bedroom. Five shots rang out in the dark, three hitting their targets. Linda died instantly. Dan lingered on for several minutes. As he tried to call for help, Betty stamped on his hand and tore the phone from the wall.The prosecution claimed it was as about as clear a case of premeditated murder as anyone could imagine. Betty claimed she had gone over to the house to talk to Dan - or maybe to commit suicide in front of him - but when someone shouted, 'Call the police', she got flustered and started firing.Betty Broderick was acquitted of first degree murder in her second trial but found guilty of second degree murder.To some, Betty Broderick is virtually the patron saint of the sanctity of marriage, executing her abusive, cheating husband and his 'nineteen year old college dropout of a Polack whore' (actually Linda was twenty-eight, a college graduate and a professional paralegal). To others, Dan Broderick suffered his wife's abuse of him for fourteen years of marriage, left her well provided for and then married the love of his life, only to be continually stalked for seven years, to have Betty repeatedly incite his children to kill him and Linda, to find her driving her car through the front door of his new house, and then to be murdered in the coldest of blood.Bella Stumbo's account of the Dan, Linda and Betty Broderick affair is encyclopedic and definitive, and 'Until the Twelfth of Never' was a runaway international bestseller when it was first published twenty years ago, as well as winning an Edgar Award. Bello Stumbo herself died in 2002, so was not alive to cover Betty Broderick's parole hearing in 2010, a short account of which is included in this book.Dan Broderick, Linda Broderick and Betty Broderick - saints or sinners? Betty Broderick - sane or insane? Read 'Until the Twelfth of Never' and you will certainly have an opinion.(Contains new material - interviews with Dan Broderick's friend and an analysis of Betty Broderick's handwriting.)

This is a sequel to Ice Tea and Roses second edition, you will find Sabre'a and Daniel finally came to the moment of knowing it was time to get married. What is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but twist and turns turned it into a mystery that she and Daniel never saw coming. Neither did anyone else in the family! Their house was finished, their jobs were as good as they were going to get, so they planned the wedding and a honeymoon in Paris was on track to happen. Arriving in Paris at the Chateau is where the mystery began, it was painful, but intriguing. All their lives would change from that time on. Read and see what happens next. check out our other books www.c-dorothysfavoritefamilyrecipes.com

After the Capital Punishment Amendment Act of 1868 the grisly spectacle of public hangings at Kirkdale gaol in North Liverpool was no more. The gaol though remained in existence until 1892, during which period 29 killers were hanged. All of these killings, which included stabbings, poisonings, shootings and kickings, as well as the subsequent executions are described here.

A century ago, the peaceful, picturesque village of Assinippi, Massachusetts, became the focus of national attention after retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton was found dead in his bedroom. An autopsy revealed the presence of a fatal dose of arsenic. Authorities launched an investigation, and less than three weeks after the admiral's death they arrested his wife, Jennie May Eaton, for his murder. She later stood trial in Plymouth County Superior Court where an all-male jury decided her fate. The prominence of the admiral in military and social circles, the scandalous nature of the charges, and the rare indictment of a woman for a capital crime generated extensive press coverage. It was the era of sensationalism when newspapers, all vying to increase their circulations, splashed dramatic headlines, photographs, and sketches across their front pages. The Eaton case captivated people across the country for eight months in 1913. This book is a nonfictional account of the events leading up to Admiral Eaton's death, the ensuing investigation and trial, and the tragic aftermath. Newspaper stories, court records, town histories, census returns, vital records, genealogical records, military records, archival manuscripts, and other documentary evidence are among the sources the author used to tell the story of this significant chapter in the nation's history.

UNSPOKEN WORDSThey say that the boogeyman doesn't exist, but for Emely Isabella Fernandez it lived down the street from her in the form of a deranged psychopath. Her inability to recover her memory has made it hard for her or anyone to protect her from her best friend brother who is targeting her. He may have an advantage but does Emely have any more strength left to take him down? Follow Emely as she tries to stay strong in order to recover past memories. Follow this psychological thriller that will have you on the edge, as you battle alongside Emely to uncover the truth. Detective Mike Ortman teams up with Detective Joshua Gutierrez as they work side by side to quickly piece the evidence together before it's too late.

Unsolved British true crime stories from 1900.Contains 32 cases including the death of George Fell who was killed in a post office robbery, Ada Richards who was found in a trunk, John Jesson who was poisoned, Sarah Ann Walker who was outraged in a wood, Mary Kate Waknell who was stabbed to death in the night with a pair of scissors and Walter Hague who was stabbed by a stranger whilst walking with his sweetheart to the Midlands Company Railway Station.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1900.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1900.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1900 in the UK on the market.Cases include: BabyMrs ElliottJohn WrightHannah WilliamsGeorge John WraightAmelia RotheryJohn SchalferBabyCharles HiscokeWalter HagueGeorge FellBabyDavid AugustusLizzie SmithMartin SavadaPeter GriffithsAda RichardsErnest ParrettJames LynchMinerBabyBabySarah Ann WalkerJohn Robert JessonMary Kate WaknellAndrew McIntyreBabyBabyMary MulliganWillian John MaddernJohn AdamsBaby

Since the 1600's moonshining has been passed down from generation to generation. Like a drug, once shining gets in your blood it can be very addictive and hard to get out of your system. Like enjoying a walk in the warm rain, "white lightning" can be just as deadly as lightning in a thunder storm. These are just a few of the recorded deadly lightning Strikes.

'Dear Boss - I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they won't fix me just yet.' Was Jack the Ripper an American, or had he lived in the United States? Did he commit any of the Ripper-style murders carried out in the U.S. in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Simon Webb's first non-fiction book about the Whitechapel killer re-tells the stories of the murders usually attributed to this mysterious figure, and re-examines the evidence surrounding a number of suspects with American connections.

Unsolved True Crime Cases from 1935.Contains 57 cases (17 babies) including the case of the human legs found at Waterloo Station and legs found in the canal at Brentford, Josephine Martin who was found strangled in her flat, Florence Smalley who was found dead in a yard, Daniel Kerrigan who was shot dead on Cuddie Strip, Minnie Lawson who was beaten to death with a hammer and a poker and Edith Nicholls who had her head nearly chopped off with an axe.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1935.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1935.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1935 in the UK on the market.Cases include: Vincent DunnRuth BrowettBabyBabyEthel May CarlineVincentia Maria Carmela Baptistina Victoria Theresa GusmanGlayds Mary HargestJosephine MartinBabyDouglas George Rix GordonBabyFlorence Amy SmalleyMary PeartSam Elimeleck RayworthCaroline CarverNorman DepledgeBabyBabyJoseph PhillipsDaniel KerriganMinnie LawsonBabyLouise Antoinette PerrinPhylis Nora GreenJack James JohnsonThomas QuinnCatherine Hilda NormanEdith Agnes NichollsAndrew GibsonTeresa Louise HowlettHugh KelsoPamela Frances PettittBabyGertrude WardeBabyBabyElizabeth CrossWilliam EllisBabyJohn William MoorhouseBabyLewis Thomas RowlandsFlora BurgunBabyHarry Caulton ReeksEileen CaddellBabyBabyAlice StephensonUnknown MaleBabyBabyAda PalinSamuel LeethanMillie ShorNancy Jane LongPatrick Archibald Heron-Maxwell

The Hoover sisters are three young sleuths who live to solve the crimes that occur in their small town of Middlesboro, Tennessee. The Case of The Missing Gem will be their most dangerous case yet. Will they solve the crime? Join the sisters in the first book of the Hoover Girls Mystery series.

A new edition of the book The Murder of Bessie Sheppard incorporating a new section covering developments since original publication. A low price, compact edition.

In the latter half of the 1800s, widespread suspicion and anxiety emerged when wives of all ages and social status were accused of killing their husbands with poison. However, what seemed like a massive spike in murderous wives across the United Kingdom and United States may not have been a spike at all, but rather a poison panic caused by hungry newspapers and mass hysteria. This work explores several high-profile cases of women on trial for murdering their husbands with poison. Lust, money and power were often central to the accusations, and the sensational news coverage set off a century-long witch hunt. No woman was safe from suspicion during this untold chapter in the history of crime.

Frank Abbott, author, stumbles into a murder mystery when his neighbor at #17 is brutally murdered and he might have seen the murderer. Conflict arrives when the next day he finds the man he is having a luncheon date with, millionaire James Forbes, is the very man he saw enter the apartment bldg. This man has a very beautiful daughter that Abbott is quite interested in and he hesitates to say anything. Now he's being followed by a gray car that is linked to the Chinese Embassy. The murder victim's husband died in China. How much should he tell the Scotland Yard detectives? Is Mr. Forbes guilty or is he in danger too? What will happen to Evelyn Forbes if her father is guilty? Many twists and turns involving an American tourist, kidnapping, shots through the window, a conspiracy involving a Chinese political group, tiny carved ivory skulls, a motorbike chase and the two fun detectives from Scotland yard. The big question though is, does Abbott get the girl in the end? London 1910

A list of unsolved murders and mysteries from 2008.Contains 68 cases including Andrew Cunningham who was stabbed to death in his caravan, George Redmond who was shot in a drive-by shooting, Martine Magnussen who was raped and murdered and buried in a basement, Nicholas Clarke who was shot in the head, Halton McCollin who was shot in the head, Jason Johnson who was shot in dead man's alley and John Rouse who was shot in the head in his shower.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 2008.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 2008.Resourced from old newspapers and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 2008 in the UK on the market.Cases include: Davion WattAndrew CunninghamGeorge DevonishGrigori Trakhtenbroit and Tatiana KonovalovaRicardo CoxDavid WeaverJason JohnsonScott BuchananAndrew CresswellEileen Martin and Kenneth MartinLea Florentina BrookeNathan DouglasJosie MullaneyGeorge RedmondAshley KemeteDaniel KingSurjit TakharErrol DavisChelsey ButcherVictoria CouchmanMelita JoDonna LennoxClive EnkelLucan Alistair GordonPaul DuckenfieldStephon DavidsonJordan RatcliffeEzcekiel OjoScott McAuslandDamian GordonKarl GbedemahJohn RouseFreddie MoodyAlex SloleyBadri PatarkatsishviliAdam ChadwickHameeda Begum and Alana MianDonna GlasgowAdil HussainIan TerrySharmaarke HassanPatrick MellardStephanie ElaidiJoyce CregeenKuldip Kaur SidhuAleksandra KaczmarskaDavid FindlayMatthew DemkoMargaret BriersAbdi LibanMartine Vik MagnussenNehemiah BryceNicholas ClarkeAlan BaileySyed MehdiHarun KhanDavid OLearyAde PukelieneJill GrinsteadMark John CorkhillSteven BatesLouis BrathwaiteRhianna ClotteyMahendran SelvaratnamHalton McCollinSteven CooperSarah MeliaElaine Taggart

Salem Grey Series #2 Dr. Riva Parker Grey, Md and Chief of Police Salem Grey go to Las Vegas where Riva is to be the Keynote Speaker at a forensic conference. They meet old friends, but quickly get drawn into a strange series of murders. As the bodies begin piling up the twists and turns fueled by lies, deceit and unruly children make the investigators feel as though they keep making unneeded or wrong turns in a giant maze.

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From victims of a fire who seemed to have literally went up in smoke to people who left on vacation never to return, to children who were abducted or wandered away forever to adults who either walked out on their lives or were taken against their will, this book puts a face and a life to all those troubling cases you hear about every day on the news. These cases are not just statistics or the plot to a book, they are all true cases of missing persons. Every year in the United States hundreds of thousands of people go missing. Most are later found, but some are never seen or heard from again. Women, men, and children in every state every year disappear without a trace. They leave behind loved ones, who are left to pick up the pieces and move on never knowing what happened to their family member or friend. In this book, you will read about the true case files of those who have seemingly vanished into thin air. With pictures, age progressions, and distinguishing characteristics included for every case, you may realize that you know some small piece of information that may be just what the investigators need to help the families bring their loved ones home, or at the very least to find some closure. However, the circumstances involved in some of the cases may be a bit graphic for some. Reader discretion is advised.

- This classic tale of spies and spymasters is lavishly illustrated with period images to enhance the readers experience. Read, look, enjoy! You think he was the ultimate Boy Scout, but before Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scouting Movement he was a spy. Not only did he spy for the British government, he wrote a book about those adventures -- explaining all. From the passing secret messages to using disguises, from hoodwinking the enemy to knowing whom to trust (no one). Baden-Powell tells all, and it reads like ... well, like a spy novel. But it's all true.

"These latest adventures of 'Raffles' and 'Bunny' are their most thrilling and exciting ones. The sentimental side of their story has never before been shown so dramatically and romantically, and the suggestion in this book of the final conclusion of their careers cannot but make these stories of the greatest interest to all readers." Boston Herald.