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Book Caril

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ninette Beaver
  • Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • Release : 1974
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Caril written by Ninette Beaver and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1974 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Caril Fugate, only 14 years old when she and Charles Starkweather went on a mass-murder spree, resulting in the deaths of 10 people. Steadfastly claiming to be innocent, Caril was convicted as an accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment shortly after her 15th birthday. This tells of her early years in a reformatory, her years struggling towards adulthood and her legal fight for vinidcation and freedom.

Book The Twelfth Victim

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  • Author : John Stevens Berry
  • Publisher : Addicus Books
  • Release : 2022-03-15
  • ISBN : 1950091740
  • Pages : 331 pages

Download or read book The Twelfth Victim written by John Stevens Berry and published by Addicus Books. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caril Fugate story is to be released as a four-part SHOWTIME docuseries on February 17. The documentary is based on the Addicus Books title, The Twelfth Victim—The Innocence of Caril Fugate in the Charles Starkweather Murder Rampage. The series will premiere on Friday, February 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes airing weekly on Fridays at 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST on SHOWTIME. All four episodes will also be released on demand and on streaming platforms for SHOWTIME subscribers on February 17. In 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather gained notoriety as one of the nation's first spree killers. He murdered eleven people in Nebraska and one in Wyoming. After a week on the run, he was arrested, later convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair. Starkweather's girlfriend, Caril Fugate, fourteen, was with him throughout the murder spree. Was she his hostage or a participant? This question still stirs debate more than sixty years later. Fugate claims she was too terrified to attempt escape—Starkweather had told her he would have her family killed if she disobeyed him. Unbeknownst to her, he had already murdered them. A jury found Fugate guilty of first-degree murder.

Book Four Short Novels

    Book Details:
  • Author : August Franza
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2013-01-28
  • ISBN : 1479780065
  • Pages : 492 pages

Download or read book Four Short Novels written by August Franza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NAVIGATORS is about the hardships and disappointments the Del Vecchio family encounter when they immigrate from Italy to New York City at the beginning of the 20th century. They encounter harsh conditions which they are not ready for. In PULLING A GAUGUIN, Caril Bridgewater abandons her husband and family to pursue her dream of becoming a painter. With Paul Gauguin as her model, she slips away, leaving no information about her destination. When her husband Ben goes in pursuit of her, many confl icts and complications ensue. Caril accomplishes her goal, but pays a heavy price. BIRDS OF A FEATHER is about a violent student revolt in an isolated high school during a severe blizzard. This turbulent event cuts off students and teachers from their normal lives and routines. Smoldering confl icts then erupt between students and teachers which lead to the student revolt. CONDOMANIA, about snow birds on vacation in Florida, begins in a comic mode. But that atmosphere slowly deteriorates when pettiness, superfi ciality, and vicious infi ghting emerge. These events are mild compared to sweet, 93-year-old Dolly Flynn’s slide into vengeance and retribution.

Book Starkweather

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harry N. MacLean
  • Publisher : Catapult
  • Release : 2023-11-28
  • ISBN : 1640095411
  • Pages : 441 pages

Download or read book Starkweather written by Harry N. MacLean and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the modern age of America On January 21, 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather changed the course of crime in the United States when he murdered the parents and sister of his fourteen-year-old girlfriend (and possible accomplice), Caril Ann Fugate, in a house on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. They then drove to the nearby town of Bennet, where a farmer was robbed and killed. When Starkweather’s car broke down, the teenagers who stopped to help were murdered and jammed into a storm cellar. By the time the dust settled, ten innocent people were dead and the city of Lincoln was in a state of terror. Schools closed. Men with rifles perched on the roofs of their houses. The National Guard patrolled the street. If there is a cultural version of PTSD, the town suffered from it. Starkweather and Fugate’s capture and arrest, and the resulting trials about the killing spree, received worldwide coverage. The event would serve as the inspiration for the movie Natural Born Killers and Springsteen’s iconic album Nebraska. Today, the story has dropped far from the national consciousness. With new material, new reporting, and new conclusions about the possible guilt or innocence of Fugate, the tale is ripe for an updated and definitive retelling. In Starkweather, bestselling author Harry N. MacLean tells the story of this shocking event and its lasting impact, a crime spree that struck deep into the heart of the heartland.

Book Summary of Harry N  MacLean s Starkweather

Download or read book Summary of Harry N MacLean s Starkweather written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Starkweather" by Harry N. MacLean explores the life and crimes of Charles Starkweather, a notorious killer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Born in 1938, Starkweather was bullied as a child, leading to a deep-seated rage. His relationship with Caril Ann Fugate, marked by their intense bond and her troubled background, set the stage for their violent journey. Starkweather's fascination with firearms and violent fantasies, coupled with Caril's compliance, culminated in a murder spree that shocked the peaceful community of Lincoln...

Book The First Valkyrie

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  • Author : S. C. Coleman
  • Publisher : BookRix
  • Release : 2018-08-10
  • ISBN : 3743877023
  • Pages : 269 pages

Download or read book The First Valkyrie written by S. C. Coleman and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the Valkyries come from? We know them as avenging angel women. They wore bright armor and rode flying horses into battle. Well, there are many legends about them. Here is one more to add to the valkyrja lore. Working with myth, it is sometimes necessary to take liberties with historical folklore. Ok, ok, you got me. There are a lot of liberties taken with this book. In fact, this story does not take place on Earth; at least not what we know Earth to be. At the turning of an age, this world is struggling to oppose a dark force. The well named Dark Queen Magiya is waging war on the whole continent. If her war continues, then soon there will be only beasts inhabiting the world. A young woman, named Eleesa, begins her journey that will culminate in the showdown of ages. The Kingdom, or Queendom, she comes from is known as Bahl. It just so happens, the Dark Queen Magiya rules the land that Eleesa was born in. Eleesa must escape this place to find her true nature. She must first endure a series of tribulations. During her journey she will face a house filled with snakes, a jealous queen, and a mountain infested by bear men. She will meet a bundle of misfit companions along the way including; Diodo the Writer, Jaco/Marco, and even a venomous snake. Her counter-part, Queen Magiya, is busy waging war on the land. At the right hand of the Queen is a General named Hamo. He is a famous General caught between light and darkness. Will Eleesa survive? Will the Dark Queen take over the world? Will General Hamo find peace? You may not like the answer. The forces of light and dark will fight for the souls of those damned few caught in the middle. Enjoy this account of how the first valkyrja was born.

Book The Best New True Crime Stories  Partners in Crime

Download or read book The Best New True Crime Stories Partners in Crime written by Mitzi Szereto and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true crime anthology exploring the dangerous side of romance—with couples who bonded over murder, mayhem and more. What brings criminal couples together? And what drives them apart? This volume of The Best New True Crime Stories attempts to answer these questions with a deep dive into true tales of lawless love. Everyone’s heard of Bonnie and Clyde, but the annals of crime history are full of dysfunctional duos whose deadly escapades are equally enthralling. Featuring contributions from an international list of award-winning crime writers, journalists, and experts in the dark crimes field, The Best New True Crime Stories: Partners in Crime is a must-read for any true crime afficionado. Because when love goes wrong, there’s never a dull moment.

Book Outside Valentine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Liza Ward
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
  • Release : 2014-01-28
  • ISBN : 1466863404
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Outside Valentine written by Liza Ward and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A debut novelist interweaves a trio of voices--haunting, dangerous, full of longing--mysteriously linked by a shocking crime and the search to heal the past Many long years have passed since the winter of blinding white when Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate drove across the hushed midwestern landscape and left a trail of blood and pain. So why does Lowell, a Manhattan collector of antiquities, still dream of what happened, despite his wife's best attempts to draw him back and offer comfort? And who is Susan, the teenager who appoints herself a detective, piecing together the story of the murders while wondering if she'll ever be loved like Starkweather loved his girl? And then there's Caril Ann herself, who takes us back to relive the ride she swears she could not control. It began on the day Charlie first saw her, dangling her bare legs off the edge of a tree house. It ended outside Valentine, Nebraska, on that night when she still believed that life could somehow go back to being normal . . . ' Every so often a novel comes along that is capable of redeeming the losses it so devastatingly conveys. Disturbing, bittersweet, and lyrical, Liza Ward's Outside Valentine is a story of people torn apart by tragedy and yet, finally, transformed by love.

Book Elephant Executed for Murder

Download or read book Elephant Executed for Murder written by James W Henry Jr and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken from the headlines of the Nation's Newspaper across the 20th century, here are 112 of America's forgotten or little remembered stories. All are true. Many are amazing. Some are funny while others are heartbreaking. A few are almost beyond belief, but each provides a glimpse into the past century in the United States while transporting us back to that ever important place: The Land In Which Dwelt . . . .

Book Serial Killers and Mass Murderers

Download or read book Serial Killers and Mass Murderers written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Ulysses Press. This book was released on 2007-01-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of the best. The most interesting serial killer cases of all time presented chapter by chapter.

Book Fugitives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gordon Kerr
  • Publisher : Canary Press eBooks
  • Release : 2011-08-05
  • ISBN : 1907795766
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Fugitives written by Gordon Kerr and published by Canary Press eBooks. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heather Tallchief escaped from the USA with the man she loved and $2.5 million that didn't belong to her. She must have been on an incredible high. However, the buzz didn't last long. Soon after she and Roberto Solanis landed in Amsterdam to start their new life together, her lover vanished with the loot. Read Heather's incredible story and many more in Fugitives, a book that explores the realities of life on the run from the perspective of the world's Most Wanted. Contents: British Fugitives including Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Lucan Terrorists including Osama Bin Laden War Criminals including Josef Mengele and Radovan Karodic Gangsters including Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger Crooks and Conmen including Casanova and Frank Abnagale Jr Killers including Charles Starkweather and Ted Bundy Wild West including Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy also Politicians, Fugitives from Slavery and Prisoners of War

Book The 1950s  Most Wanted

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert A Rodriguez
  • Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2006-04-01
  • ISBN : 1574887157
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book The 1950s Most Wanted written by Robert A Rodriguez and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey back fifty years to explore the decade of baby boomers, the Red scare, and the birth of rock and roll with Robert Rodriguez’s The 1950s’ Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Cold War Crises, and All-American Oddities. America was revving its engines when the fifties came along, and its citizens more than ready for everything the historic decade had to offer. Rodriguez takes you on a spin down memory lane with dozens of top-ten lists filled with amazing, amusing, and even astonishing trivia from the 1950s. Television exploded into the mainstream in the 1950s, and in this book you’ll find kids’ television, shows that were immensely popular then but forgotten now, and potential series that never got off the ground. Film and music history are also well represented, with lists highlighting the fathers of rock and roll and some unlikely recording artists, plus catchphrases from contemporary films and first roles of future stars. Relive the most notorious crimes of the decade, such as the one that inspired the TV show and film The Fugitive, and its big scandals, such as the quiz show debacle and the deportation of Charlie Chaplin. You’ll read about politicians, celebrities, fashion, toys, fads, and disasters. Relearn the hip slang of the time while finding out which tales from the fifties were really tall tales or urban legends that are now debunked. Rodriguez gives you a whole decade’s worth of fun, facts, and all-important memories. It may have been half a century ago, but with The 1950s’ Most Wanted™, it’ll seem like just yesterday.

Book American Murder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mike Mayo
  • Publisher : Visible Ink Press
  • Release : 2008-02-01
  • ISBN : 1578592569
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book American Murder written by Mike Mayo and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigating the way Hollywood scoops up notorious criminals and turns them into legends, this entertaining who's-who guide provides thumbnail sketches of such killers as Ma Barker, Black Beard, Al Capone, John Wesley Hardin, and Charles Starkweather. Noting that some figures are glamorized in popular culture (Jesse James), while others are demonized (Charles Manson), this encyclopedic collection explores the legends' emotional truths as depicted in movies, stories, and songs. Facts of the real cases behind these notorious criminals are also presented, including the landmark rulings that pioneered new approaches to criminal justice.

Book Serial Killers and Psychopaths

Download or read book Serial Killers and Psychopaths written by Charlotte Greig and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffrey Dahmer committing his first murder with a fear of being left alone, then went on luring young boys and keeping souvenirs of their skulls. Ted Bundy who appeared to be a generous and charming young man with a brilliant future started with a petty crime and worked his way up to the murder of young women. John Wayne Gacy was a pillar of the community, organizing themed block parties and entertaining as Pogo the Clown, but his early transgressions began to take on more and more sinister forms. Serial Killers and Psychopaths provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Authors Charlotte Greig and John Marlowe present a carefully chosen cross-section of history's most infamous criminals, whose fascinating life stories are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling but engrossing read.

Book Killer on the Road

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ginger Strand
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2012-04-15
  • ISBN : 0292726376
  • Pages : 265 pages

Download or read book Killer on the Road written by Ginger Strand and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the correlation between the construction of the Interstate Highway system and the rise in the national murder rate, highlighting specific killers and how the highway system changed America.

Book Serial Killers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlotte Greig
  • Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
  • Release : 2017-07-11
  • ISBN : 178828464X
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Serial Killers written by Charlotte Greig and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'To me it was like hunting. Hunting people down.' - Anatoly Onoprienko From perverse acts of cannibalism and dark sexual fantasies to vicious acts motivated by greed and a simple lust for blood, this book reveals the methods and motivations of some of the world's most notorious serial killers, including Juan Corona, Ian Brady & Myra Hindley, Pee Wee Gaskins and Ivan Milat. Discover the true stories behind celebrity murderers whose names have become legend, including Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, as well as the chilling truth about psychopaths such as Anatoly Onoprienko, whose urge to murder whole families was suppressed by the USSR and has only recently come to light. Whatever the personal stories that emerge from this line-up of twisted individuals, Serial Killers is a compelling testament, and warning, of the potential of human behaviour for true horror and pure evil.