This true crime exposé reveals a chillingly intimate portrait of the newlywed serial killers who preyed on schoolgirls in suburban Niagra Falls.Karla and Paul seemed like a picture-perfect couple, but their wholesome smiles and charming good looks hid a sinister reality. Together, they abducted, sexually tortured and murdered innocent schoolgirls—gleefully videotaping their evil acts. When their vicious crimes came to light, they became known as the Ken and Barbie ...

A true crime account of a brutal 1983 Texas murder and the ten-year hunt for the killer and the woman who placed a price on the victim's head."One of the most remarkable true crime books I've ever read." —Ann RuleOn a fall afternoon in 1983, in an upscale Dallas suburb, Rozanne Gailiunas was found stripped, bound to her bed, and shot through the skull. Her four-year-old son has been napping peacefully in the next room when she was killed. R...

From the New York Times–bestselling author, the chilling true story of one woman who escaped the deadly hold of the killer she loved and married.All Diane Bertalan really knew of her new husband, John, was that he was a widower, he lavished her with gifts, and he preferred to keep his past a secret. What she didn't know was that the FBI had been watching him for years. In the Fall of 2000, she found out why—it was a crime that had been haunting authorities ...

A Chilling True Story of a Picture-Perfect Family Shattered by Secrets and MurderWhen high school sweethearts Karen and Richard Sharpe married, they shared an interest in medicine, a desire for family, and a dream for the future. But behind the doors of their upscale Massachusetts home, Dr. Sharpe was hiding dark secrets that would ultimately lead to cold-blooded murder.After years of abuse at the hands of her physician husband, Karen put an end to their 26...

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on social media—but the truth would lead to a vicious and heartbreaking murder.In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day,...

The true crime story of the California serial killer who won a date on the 1970s TV show The Dating Game during his killing spree.The real story behind the Anna Kendrick Netflix film Woman of the HourIn 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on 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 t...

An eye-opening account of the shocking murder that has been featured on 48 Hours, Forensic Files, and Investigation Discovery's Killing Time.Brian Stidham fell in love with Tucson, Arizona, the minute he came to town. A young and talented eye surgeon, he accepted a job with an established eye surgeon to take over his pediatric patients."It's a beautiful place," Stidham told a friend. "I can live right there by the mountains and go ...

"Deeply researched and densely atmospheric," a true crime account of a serial killer who acted under cover of London's historic environmental catastrophe. ( New York Times Book Review)London was still recovering from the devastation of World War II when another disaster hit: for five long days in December 1952, a killer smog held the city firmly in its grip. Some twelve thousand people died from the poisonous air. But in the chaotic aftermath, another kille...

The star of Investigation Discovery’s Dark Minds—****“the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers”—takes readers inside a crime that shocked the nation (Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author).In the summer of 2003, the Houston suburb of Clear Lake, Texas, was devastated when four young residents were viciously slain. The two female victims, Tiffany Rowell and Rachael Koloroutis, were just eighteen years old—popular and beloved. But when a...

A South Carolina police investigator's account of solving a thirty-seven-year-old murder—includes photos.For decades, evidence of the 1978 murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle lay in the evidence room at the Walterboro Police Department. Investigators periodically revisited the case, but it remained the department's top cold case for thirty-seven years. However, Special Agent Lieutenant Rita Shuler worked on the case shortly after she joined the South Carolina Law Enfo...

A husband's anguish, a son's suspicion, a killer's secret. The true crime account of Jeffrey Gorton, the Michigan murderer who lived under the radar.In 1991, flight attendant Nancy Ludwig checked in to an airport hotel near Detroit. The next morning she was found gagged, raped, and tortured—her throat slit with such rage that she was nearly decapitated. Her husband Arthur never gave up hope that the future would bring enough evidence to close the case. But it was t...

One of Canada’s finest crime reporters tells the whole story of the infamous Bernardo-Homolka case.NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTERThe sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for abduction, rape, manslaughter and murder caused widespread controversy that continues to this day. The public was particularly outraged by the so-called “sweetheart deal” — the twelve-year sentence Homolka received as part of an agreement with government lawyers.