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The Strange
Vulgar
Favors: A highly acclaimed
investigative journalist explores the savage violence, lurid sex,
international celebrity, extravagant wealth, family secrets, and
the ultimately unsuccessful effort behind the biggest manhunt in
United States history. Telling, at last, the explosive story of
Andrew Cunanan and his cross-country killing spree, Orth offers
exclusive revelations that will shock the world. MORE
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Blind Eye:
Young, blond, handsome Dr. Swango seemed a godsend wherever he was
hired to practice medicine. But acclaim would turn to disbelief,
dismay, then horror, as the evidence mounted that he could
actually be murdering his patients. Then, Dr. Michael Swango would
leave that hospital -- only to be rehired at another. Today
the FBI believes that Swango may be the most prolific serial
killer in American history. MORE
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Murder in
Greenwich: On the night before
Halloween in 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to
death with a golf club in front of her home in the
ultra-upper-class Belle Haven district of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Though many suspects were brought forth, to this day no one has
ever been arrested for the crime and no trial has taken place.
Notorious former detective-turned-author Mark Fuhrman attempts to
shed light on the Moxley case in a book that summarizes the fruits
of his new investigation. MORE
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18 Wheels of
Justice: A chronicle of the
true-life adventures of highway vigilante Tex Brown covers his
numerous gun battles with outlaws, his horseback raid on drug
smugglers in Big Bend National Park, and much more. MORE
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Above the Law: In
June of 1996, Tom Capano, a former assistant attorney general in
Delaware shot one of his many mistresses, Anne Marie Fahey - the
scheduling secretary for the governor - and with the help of his
younger brother dumped her at sea. Thus began a two year
odyssey that ended with Capano's conviction and sentence to die by
lethal injection. MORE
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Bad Girls Do It:
These 182 case histories of female multiple murderers are packed
with well-researched details. You will read about "angels of
death" (nurses who kill), "black widows," lethal
landladies, and murderous moms. Many of them are little known,
such as Rachal David, a religious fanatic who tossed her seven
children off an 11th-story hotel balcony in Salt Lake City in
1978, while a screaming crowd watched from below. MORE
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Cannibal Killers:
These are no ordinary killers. They are monsters who murder,
mutilate and carry out the most gruesome, unimaginable act of
all--eating the flesh of their victims. This is a chilling look at
history's most repugnant criminals--a horrifying story too
shocking to believe, except that it's true. Includes 8 pages of
photos. MORE
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She Wanted: Also a major
motion picture from Fine Line, this is the story of Teena
Brandon, a woman who passed herself off as a man and had
passionate affairs with young women--until she was murdered.
Jones's exclusive access to Teena's family, girlfriends,
enemies, and convicted killers make this a riveting tale of
sexual betrayal and murder. MORE
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The
Embrace: A True Vampire Story With
an extraordinary talent for staring evil dead in the eye, New
York Times bestselling author and journalist Aphrodite Jones
plunges readers into the front lines of a modern nightmare:
murderous youths. In her most explosive work yet, she delivers
an all-too-real horror story of a growing cult among America's
young. Far more than the report of an isolated crime, this is a
chillingly true tale that begins with a belief in immortality
and a popular vampire game -- and ends in brutal murder. MORE
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America's Dumbest
Criminals: A hysterical collection of stories of
actual crimes committed by fumbling felons, clumsy crooks, and
ridiculous robbers, with their weird weapons, absurd alibis, and
daffy defenses, America's Dumbest Criminals is the ultimate
assemblage of the most incredibly stupid and painfully dumb
attempts at crime ever brought together. Soon to be a TV series.
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And The Sea Will
Tell: On a South Pacific island hundreds of miles from
civilization, a savage murder left two people there forever. The
author of Helter Skelter, Bugliosi defended his client against
overwhelming evidence to probe a serpentine scenario of death
that began when four people found hell in paradise. MORE
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Bitter Blood:
In this unrelenting real-life drama of three wealthy
families connected by marriage and murder, Bledsoe recounts the
shocking events, obsessive love, and bitter custody battles that
led toward the bloody climax that took nine lives. MORE
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A Clue From
The Grave: Describes the brutal
slaying of Kathleen Lipscomb and the struggle of her family to
bring to justice the killer, her husband Bill Lipscomb, a
distinguished Air Force master sergeant with an almost perfect
alibi for the time of the crime. MORE
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