Shocking, eye-opening and grimly fascinating, these are the true stories, patients and cases that have characterised a career spent treating mentally disordered offenders....

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time....

Andrew Hamilton thought he had life sorted: beautiful fiancée, a popular pizza restaurant, two beloved dogs and a thriving side business supplying massive quantities of magic mushrooms and LSD to eager Sydneysiders.

A victim of her mother’s Munchausen by proxy and child abuse survivor, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s unique and controversial case made headlines across the world. Now, she’s finally free to start living her life on her terms—and to tell her own story as only she can.

Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ 25-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling....

Lucy Letby seemed like a totally ordinary young woman: fun-loving and popular. She had a happy childhood with devoted parents, and after university she landed her dream job as a nurse looking after sick babies. She even became a poster girl for the hospital where she worked.

Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac....

A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse....

A mysterious disappearance, a brazen murderer and the police who hunted him down. In March 2020 secret lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay disappeared in Victoria's remote Wonnangatta Valley.

When Who the Hell is Hamish? hit podcast platforms in 2019, Tracy Hall quickly became known as the last victim of one of the world's most prolific con men, Hamish McLaren.

Jay Malkoun isn't the type of man who lets a little thing like being blown up slow him down. In March 2019, a car bomb outside a gym in Athens detonated the Mercedes Jay's his children had been riding in less than an hour earlier.

Imagine living with the knowledge that your father had murdered your mother and lied to you your whole life, telling you she left because she didn't love you anymore....

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues....

Once one of the most highly decorated police officers in New South Wales, Rogerson would brag of the crims he killed. For too long, the whispers of corruption around him were ignored. But his unholy alliances with heroin dealers and underworld figures would eventually bring about his downfall.

Devious, daring, cunning...but ultimately too greedy, too cocky. Gangland Oz exposes the country's pantheon of crooks and criminals since the first convicts stepped ashore and got to work....

Authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions....

Late one evening investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data....

Number-one New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother’s house of horrors....

"In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things....

Among members of the outlaw motorcycle clubs, Caesar Campbell is a legend....

Ann Rule was working on a story tracking the trail of victims left by a brutal serial killer. Little did she know the savage slayer she was hunting was the young man she counted among her closest friends....

This raw and true account of the life of a tough cop has all the twists, turns and drama of a rattlingly good thriller.

The true story of an abused childhood, of shocking brutality and life as the daughter of notorious serial killer and master manipulator Rose West....

As a young girl growing up in a strict ultra-Orthodox family, Dassi's life was preordained - marry young, live a devout life and raise children within the Adass community's religious rules. This righteous path would keep her safe from the immodest, secular world just a few blocks away in Melbourne.

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to wiretap the world, shows how cunning both the authorities and drug traffickers have become, with privacy implications for everyone.

As an 18-year-old on a gap year in Canberra, Liz Cameron was approached at a shopping centre by a woman who, unbeknownst to her, was a recruiting agent for Providence, a Christian cult that originated in South Korea and currently operates in 72 countries. As a new adult, Cameron was struggling to navigate the world and her identity, and as cults do so skilfully, they took advantage of her vulnerability.

Ventuno morti, un'unica guerra: quella, tra opposte ideologie, che per quasi quindici anni sconvolse l'Italia. Cominciando da Genova 1970, Ugo Venturini: «Il primo passo verso gli anni di piombo. Così, quasi per caso». Per finire a Roma 1983, Paolo Di Nella, il «fascista grunge», che chiude con un sigillo di sangue quell'epoca. In mezzo, il rogo di Primavalle, destinato a bruciare per decenni; il «western metropolitano» per le strade di Roma in cui rimane ucciso il greco Mikis Mantakas; l'escalation di tensione nella Milano del 1975 che porta all'omicidio di Segio Ramelli; e molti altri.

The first of its kind, Three Weeks in July provides the definitive narrative on the harrowing events of 7th July 2005 and the aftermath, where chaos, confusion and terror reigned on the streets of London. A true-crime investigation woven together with high-politics and seminal history, the book will intricately explore the untold accounts of the Met’s and Government’s response to 7/7, and their desperate attempts to prevent a possible second wave.

In this unforgettable memoir, the daughter of the "Happy Face" serial killer shares her poignant message of hope and the power of finding your voice. Melissa has told her story on several national talk shows and as the host of the LMN television series Monster in My Family. She continues to share in this updated edition of Shattered Silence, which features two new chapters. Uplifting and emotional, this book will inspire you to trust your intuition and speak out for truth as you face your own challenges and conquer your own obstacles.

Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a ‘whodunit’. Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts?

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012.

Un cas marcat per la vergonyosa complicitat amb la ultradreta de les forces policíaques, del sistema judicial i d'una premsa que va manipular la realitat fins a l'extrem de presentar la víctima com a botxí. Un crim que va marcar una generació sencera. Aquest llibre denuncia l'intent d'enfonsar una família, calumniant-la i assetjant-la amb pintades als carrers i pancartes amb insults als estadis de futbol.

From the creators of the theory of ethical blindness comes an investigation into how corporate scandals happen, revealing the common pattern behind them and how your organization can avoid them.

As a rising star in pharmaceutical sales, Lisa Pratta wanted to believe that she was helping improve the lives of people who suffered from illness. But as she climbed the corporate ladder, she uncovered a sinister world of bribery, fraud, and sexual harassment—all papered over with a thin veneer of corporate respectability. At Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Lisa found herself at a small company with a blockbuster drug that could have been a lifeline for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis—that is, if it was prescribed properly.

The Special Operations Group are Australia's most elite policing unit. They are who we turn to in times of crisis: shoot-outs, armed robberies, terrorism. And when the threat gets explosive, enter the Bomb Response Unit. John 'JT' Taylor has seen it all, from backyard blow-ups to the largest bomb to ever go off in Australia. He became the force's longest serving bomb disposal expert and one of its most distinguished members.

By day, Gary Heidnik was a man of God with money, charisma, and a growing congregation. But behind closed doors, he was building a torture chamber by hand and filling it with women.

Through betrayal, extradition, and eventual capture, Carlos Lehder: The Rise and Fall of a Smuggler King reveals the full story of a man who dreamed of building a narco-state and ended up in a prison cell. A fascinating portrait of crime, power, and downfall—perfect for true crime readers and history buffs alike.

In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of Hobby Lobby, announced a purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE. Noted scholar Roberta Mazza was stunned. When was this piece discovered, and how could Green acquire such a rare item? The answers, which Mazza spent the next ten years uncovering, came as a shock: the fragment had come from a famous collection held at Oxford University, and its rightful owners had no idea it had been sold.

Griselda Blanco was not just another drug trafficker—she was a pioneer of the cocaine trade, a key architect of the Miami underworld, and one of the most dangerous figures in organized crime history.

Muchas personas pasan años en la cárcel sin haber cometido ningún crimen. Esta injusticia, que sirve de premisa a tantas novelas, se hace real en este libro en el que John Grisham ha decidido contar diez desgarradores casos de inocentes que fueron obligados a sacrificar amigos, familias, parejas y décadas de sus vidas en prisión mientras los culpables seguían libres.

Andrés Mendoza Celis es un feminicida que actuó con total impunidad durante décadas en el municipio de Atizapán de Zaragoza, Estado de México. Su última víctima, Reyna González Amador, de 34 años, desapareció el 14 de mayo de 2021. Su esposo, Bruno Portillo, un policía de carrera y comandante de las fuerzas especiales de Tlalnepantla, en su búsqueda se encontró con una de las peores historias de crímenes de nuestro país: el mayor feminicida serial de México , y quizá del mundo, había sido descubierto.

Historias Reales: Casos Impactantes # 3 es una recopilación de relatos verídicos que desafían la lógica, conmueven el alma y dejan una huella imborrable en la mente del lector. Desde crímenes sin resolver hasta actos heroicos, desde eventos paranormales hasta situaciones extremas de supervivencia, este libro te sumergirá en historias que parecen sacadas de una película, pero que ocurrieron en la vida real.

That Day in Dallas: Lee Harvey Oswald Did Not Kill JFK is best described as a prosecution by Robert K. Tanenbaum of those corrupt, unscrupulous government and unelected agency officials, who from inception with predetermined outcomes, deceitfully engaged in insecure, phony pretense probes regarding the assassination in Dealey Plaza. Those responsible are prosecuted while those who speak truth to power are exonerated.

The spring of 1903 proved disastrous for the Murphy family. On April 22, the infant Ruth Murphy died in her crib. Within an hour, her mother, Gertrude, experienced a violent spasm before she, too, died. Ten days later, John Murphy followed his wife and child to the grave after suffering from a crippling convulsion. While neighbors whispered about a curse and physicians feared a contagious disease, Kalkaska County sheriff John W. Creighton and prosecuting attorney Ernest C. Smith searched for answers. As they probed deeper into the suspicious deaths, they uncovered a wicked web of intrigue.

This book is a third volume of true stories from a retired Kentucky game warden. Some are stories of adventure where officers chase poachers, and others contain humor from the daily routines of wardens enforcing wildlife and boating laws in the bluegrass state. Jeff shares the humorous stories and interesting investigations he and his fellow officers encountered during their careers as Kentucky game wardens. These are true, vivid, behind-the-scenes accounts from the men who loved wildlife and spent their careers protecting it.

Vera Atkins is one of the many unsung heroes and heroines of World War II. She carried out her life with great care and due diligence, quietly becoming the perfect spy when no one was watching. Beneath her polished exterior was a mind built for strategy, secrecy, and survival. But Vera wasn’t just a spy—she was a Spymistress. That’s what her operatives in Britain’s military intelligence unit, the Special Operations Executive, called her.

Op 2 november 2020 krijgt Caroline Darian een telefoontje van haar moeder met de mededeling dat haar vader Dominique Pelicot is opgepakt. De inbeslagname van zijn computer onthult het ondenkbare: sinds 2013 heeft hij zijn vrouw gedrogeerd voordat hij haar liet misbruiken door meer dan tachtig verschillende mannen. Met uitzonderlijke moed vertelt Darian over de schokkende ontdekking dat een dierbare, haar eigen vader, tot het ergste in staat is.

Plainfield, Wisconsin was a place of silence—where everyone knew everyone, and secrets stayed buried. But when police entered the Gein farmhouse in 1957, they stepped into a waking nightmare: masks made of human skin, furniture stitched from corpses, body parts preserved like trophies. The friendly handyman with the soft voice and shy smile had been hiding hell in his home.

On the morning of July 3, 1915, John Pierpont Morgan Jr., one of the most famous names in finance, was entertaining guests at his sprawling Long Island estate when the doorbell unexpectedly rang. An armed man forced his way inside. At the same time, authorities in Washington, DC, were investigating a shocking bombing at the US Capitol.

In his first true crime memoir, undercover operator Norm Boucher recounts eight months spent infiltrating Vancouver's heroin scene, a world of paranoia, ripoffs, and violence. It is 1983 and the War on Drugs is intensifying. From his barroom observer's seat, Boucher candidly reveals the lives of heroin addicts who spend each day looking for their next hit. Their dangerous subculture, centered around three gritty hotels on the Granville Strip, becomes Boucher's domain as he attempts both to gain acceptance in a world far removed from his own and to keep himself safe.