It was the drugs that made him murder. He liked to experiment with fatal dosages to see how much they could take. Fascinated with death, he had watched his mother die when he was a child. Killing his elderly lady patients sustained his endless evil urges and nourished his insatiable impulse to recreate his mother’s death...Read about the shocking medical murders of Dr Harold Shipman, along with the horrific killings of Dr Thomas Neill Cream and Dr John Bodkin Adam...

His childhood dream of blood-drenched crucifixes possessed him as he drank his first victim’s blood. His prison experiments with mice were rehearsals for the real thing as he dissolved the corpse in an acid-filled oil drum. His insane plan was full-proof. How can you prove a murder if there is no body?Read about Acid Bath Murderer, John George Haigh, along with the shocking stories of the Brides in the Bath and the Bodies in the Barrels in this 3 in 1 True Crime Compendium. Three b...

'What is the real hip hop?''To whom does hip hop belong?''For what constructive purposes can hip hop be put to use?'These are three key questions posed by hip hop activists in Hip Hop Versus Rap, which explores the politics of cultural authenticity, ownership, and uplift in London’s post-hip hop scene. The book is an ethnographic study of the identity, role, formation, and practices of the organic intellectuals that populate and propagate this ‘conscious’ h...

22 November 1963: Dallas, Texas. US President John F Kennedy is assassinated as his motorcade passes through the city's streets. The assassin is soon captured, and revealed to be disaffected Communist sympathizer Lee Harvey Oswald. Did Oswald act alone, or did he have help? Is the Bilderberg Group simply a group of international financiers concerned with promoting democracy throughout the world, or is there a more sinister power at work? And what really happened to Princess Diana's Mercede...

In "TRUE CRIME COLLECTION: Real-Life Tales from the District Attorney's Office in New York City," Arthur Cheney Train offers a gripping and meticulously detailed portrayal of the criminal justice system through his unique firsthand perspective as a former district attorney. Train's narrative style is both engaging and descriptive, capturing the nuances of courtrooms and criminal minds alike. Set against the bustling backdrop of early 20th-century New York City, the book blends factual repr...

In the bestselling Deadlier Than The Male and Female of the Species, Wensley Clarkson revealed the terrifying truth of the horror that women can inflict upon their men. Now he brings you a new volume that is more compelling than ever before. The horrifying truth of the world's most dangerous women is revealed in these pages. They come from every cross section of society, and whether young or old, rich or poor, they are united by one thing - murder. This is a collection of darkly readable t...

Reason to be afraid - over 50 unsolved cases of serial murderFact: murderers and serial killers do not always get caught. Behind every headline of a newsworthy conviction lie other cases of vicious murderers who got away, and who remain somewhere among us. Here in one giant volume are more than 50 of the most serious serial killings and other murder cases that continue to remain unsolved. The cases covered in this alarming book include: " Argentina's crazed highway...

The fifth installment of the "Odd True Tales" series… This volume focuses exclusively on the Inquisition, and is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. It's divided into four chapters: Profit & Pain, Cries in the Dark, A Miscellany of Madness, Letter from Hell…

Love and lust are among the most powerful of emotions, but when joint thirst for violence is thrown into the mix, it creates the ultimate lethal cocktail. Exploring the deadly dynamic that exists within the relationships of men and women whose romantic obsession leads them to commit acts of bloody devastation. Includes case histories from around the world - some well known, others whose shocking truth is revealed for the first time. The horrific details of couples, that had they never met ...

From the Florida roadside prostitute and first convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos to the Empress poisoner of ancient Rome, this is the biggest collection of the world's most dangerous women newly revised and expanded, including: Ruth Snyder, the last woman in the US to go to the electric chair; the English multiple murderess who chopped up the bodies of children and scattered them from a plane; Rosemary West - unsuspecting dupe or cold-blooded killer; the mother who hired a killer to e...

The true-crime story of the murder of an amateur pornographer and two teenage girls on the run, by the New York Times bestselling author.The crime stunned quiet Mineral Wells, Texas: forty-nine-year-old Bob Dow shot execution-style in his own bed, his invalid mother locked in the next room—and a cache of homemade porn starring the town's underage girls. The two accused killers—teen lovers Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones—were on the run, intent on going o...

Murder played out in the spotlight of maximum publicityDoes celebrityhood preclude a fair trial? Can the famous get away with behaviour off limits to most ordinary mortals? Here in a fascinating diagnosis of the shifting nature of high-profile justice is the fullest ever analysis of infamous and celebrity murder cases that have come to trial. This A-list selection looks in depth at 25 notable murders involving those who live their lives in the full beam of press and media headlight...