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A True Crime podcast where we research and regale with stories of the truly worst and most insane groups and individuals this planet has to offer.

Exploring simple, authentic Christianity for normal people. Hosts Dave and Sharaya Betts explore the Christian faith, covering broad topics as broad as the Bible's overarching narrative, how the church came to be what it is today, tackling popular church myths and wrestling with tough subjects like LGBT, anxiety and depression, and grief. We don't promise to have all the answers, but we promise that we'll wrestle through them with you!

When Carrie Rose was six years old, she fought off her mother’s attacker. Now, 20 years later, she’s an internet sensation with millions of adoring fans and an offer to take her cooking show to television. Her culinary talents have brought her everything she’s ever wanted. Money. Success. A loyal fanbase. But it also brought her something she didn’t want. A stalker.

La emocionante historia de una joven boticaria londinense en plena epidemia de la peste en el siglo XVII.

Susannah, hija de un boticario viudo, ha ayudado desde niña a su padre y se ha convertido en toda una experta en remedios naturales. Cuando su padre vuelve a casarse con una mujer mucho más joven que él, que además tiene tres hijos, su universo se derrumba. En plena epidemia de la peste bubónica, la propuesta de matrimonio de un encantador amigo de la familia, Henry Savage, parece la mejor solución para huir de su situación. Pero a medida que la epidemia avanza por toda la ciudad, su marido resulta ser alguien distinto de lo que ella esperaba.

At the age of 16, R. Dwayne Betts - a good student from a lower-middle-class family - carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes he had committed six felonies. A bright young kid, he served his nine-year sentence as part of the adult population in some of the worst prisons in the state. A Question of Freedom chronicles Betts's years in prison, reflecting back on his crime, and looking ahead to how his experiences and the books he discovered while incarcerated would define him.

At the height of the Great Depression, thousands of families who have lost everything are left with no choice but to make the pilgrimage westward in search of a new life. Some will find what they're looking for. Some will not and will then be forced to make the long journey back home. Then there are the others, those who never make it to either place because they made a stop along the way in a town called Exodus, an abandoned silver mining town in eastern Arizona.

In this extraordinary collection of holiday novellas, vampires turn to Angelina Ricci - vampire matchmaker extraordinaire - to help them find that special someone to curl up with under the mistletoe....

Nightclub dancer Chloe Lamoureaux just met the man of her dreams: Aidan Raines is charming, considerate, rich, and hot. Of course, he's a little mysterious about his age. And his favorite drink. And he's not much for sunlight. But he's asked her to marry him, and she's ready to do it. Her identical twin sister, Chuck, isn't so sure. Maybe being a tabloid reporter has skewed her judgment, but to Chuck, Aidan and his brother Sebastian look like honest-to-Dracula vampires.

After a decade-plus of war, the lessons for the United States are clear: fight fewer, more traditional wars and fight them more decisively. Above all, avoid getting entangled in the politics of chaotic countries.

Das Letzte, was Zac im Nebenzimmer erwartet hätte, wäre ein Mädchen wie Mia gewesen - wild und streitsüchtig, mit einem fragwürdigen Musikgeschmack. Im echten Leben würde sich Zac wohl kaum mit ihr anfreunden. Doch hier auf der Krebsstation im Krankenhaus herrschen eigene Gesetze. Und was mit zaghaften Klopfzeichen an der Wand beginnt, endet mit einer Freundschaft, die beiden das gibt, was sie in ihrer momentanen Situation so sehr brauchen.

No problem's too big for CEO Alexander Bajoran - until a baby is left in his boardroom with a note stating he's the daddy. The mother must be Jessica Taylor, an unforgettable though regrettable one-night stand. Why would she do such a thing? When Jessica returns, desperate and remorseful, there's no way Alex will let her walk away with his son. And after discovering that she's connected to his jewelry empire's biggest rival, the mogul wonders if the pregnancy really was an accident. What will he gamble to keep his heir - and the woman who still has a stranglehold on his heart.

This fast paced yet philosophically intriguing sci-fi audiobook reveals what genetic engineering has not figured out yet: How to turn a child into a genius! In 2025, the whole scientific world is chasing that elusive goal. The US, China and Peru are leading the way. Ace Peruvian scientist, Dr. Indira Rico, is a lifelong member of the EYPC cult "Engineer Your Perfect Child" (where children get trained from infancy for a specific career). She has nearly perfected a nanobot system to 'copy' genius neural networks from one person's brain into another.

Best Black Women's Erotica 2 showcases the hottest, most arousing and surprising erotic literature by African American women writers. Representing a wide range of styles and voices, these 20 stories offer a steamy assortment of fiction from popular authors, including C.C. Carter, T'Ashia Asante, Dorothy Randal Gray, Carol Smith Passariello, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Shawn F. Rhea, Opal Palmer Adisa, R. Erica Doyle, Tara Betts, and Tracy Price-Thompson among others.

Wciągające wspomnienia Kate Betts o Francji - paryskich klubach nocnych lat 80., polach lawendy w Prowansji, wielkich pokazach na dziedzińcu Cour Carrée w Luwrze - magicznie przywołują ten moment w życiu, gdy młoda kobieta odkrywa, co jest jej przeznaczeniem. Jedyny taki przewodnik po modzie, Paryżu i tym, co Francuzi lubią najbardziej. Od najmłodszych lat Kate Betts pragnęła wyrwać się z rodzinnego domu i rozpocząć życie na własny rachunek. Chciała być zagraniczną korespondentką poważanej gazety.

A searing volume by a poet whose work conveys “the visceral effect that prison has on identity” (New York Times). Felon tells the story of one man in fierce, dazzling poems― canvassing his wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse...

Two good Canadian kids go back and listen to the compilation that defined a generation, Much Music's Big Shiny Tunes.Every episode comedian Chris Betts and musician Jordan Robson Cramer go back and listen to a different volume of Big Shiny Tunes and talk about what it meant to them, how it hits them now and what it's like to be a Canadian music fan.There will be interviews with bands from the compilation and Much Music personalities as well as other Canadian big wigs plus your favourite alt-rock from 1996 to 2009. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We live in an age of displacement. Refugee numbers are increasing due to a proliferation of fragile states. And yet, rising populist nationalism has undermined the political willingness of rich countries to accept migrants and asylum seekers. Given these contradictory trends, how can we create sustainable refugee policies that enable displaced people to live in safety and dignity, while operating at scale? The Wealth of Refugees draws upon a decade of original qualitative and quantitative research to offer practical solutions.

Catalina “Cat” Rivera’s life is upended after a gas station robbery claims her parents’ lives and forces her and her younger sister into Witness Protection. Seven years later, the quiet life Cat has worked hard to build is shattered when Vince Fletcher, her former military pen pal, tracks her down.

Fleeing an approaching blizzard, a military train carrying prisoners and a handful of citizens derails in the mountains. The survivors fight to stay alive and regroup as the terrible storm buries them in snow. Only then do they discover the train also carried another cargo - two cars loaded with biological experiments - genetically-altered sasquatches conditioned to annihilate anything they find. Can the few remaining soldiers team with a pair of sisters and a police constable to fight the relentless beasts, icy temperatures, and escaped prisoners long enough for help to arrive?