Download or read book Spree Kill the True Story of George Banks written by Ana Benson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spree killers are a special kind of murderers who are completely different from serial killers. They commit two or more murders in a short period of time. This means that they do not experience the cooling-off period which is typical for a serial killer. As a matter of fact, their killing spree is often quick and pretty violent. Driven by an uncontrollable rage, spree killers would often turn on their families, co-workers, or any group of people that wrong them in any way. What triggers these crimes? The debate is still ongoing but it is usually connected with a major event in a killer's life such as a breakup or an argument with someone who is more superior to them. So when George Banks, a former prison guard, began his rampage in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania, the entire police force went out to hunt him and try to prevent his further unraveling. Unsure what started his killing spree, they weren't ready for the crime scenes he left behind. They knew he had military training since he worked at a prison and that catching him would be a problem. The law enforcement also realized that they are dealing with a highly psychotic individual that simply had nothing to lose. So what exactly happened on that autumn day in 1982 and why did George Banks turn on those who were closest to him?

Download or read book Angel of Darkness written by Dennis McDougal and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randy Kraft was highly intelligent, politically active, loyal to his friends, committed to his work--and the killer of 67 people--more than any other serial killer known. This book offers a glimpse into the dark mind of a living monster. "To open this book is to open a peephole into hell".--Associated Press. Photographs.

Download or read book American Gun written by Cameron McWhirter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage . . . You can feel the tension building one cold, catastrophic fact at a time . . . A virtually unprecedented achievement.” —Mike Spies, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) A Washington Post top 50 nonfiction book of 2023 | Short-listed for the Zócalo Book Prize One of The New York Times’ 33 nonfiction books to read this fall | One of Esquire’s best books of fall | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023 Named a most anticipated book of the fall by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Bloomberg American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 presents the epic history of America’s most controversial weapon. In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century. In American Gun, the veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more? To answer this question, McWhirter and Elinson follow Stoner—the American Kalashnikov—as he struggled mightily to win support for his invention, which under the name M16 would become standard equipment in Vietnam. Shunned by gun owners at first, the rifle’s popularity would take off thanks to a renegade band of small-time gun makers. And in the 2000s, it would become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, prompting widespread calls for proscription even as the gun industry embraced it as a financial savior. Writing with fairness and compassion, McWhirter and Elinson explore America’s gun culture, revealing the deep appeal of the AR-15, the awful havoc it wreaks, and the politics of reducing its toll. The result is a moral history of contemporary America’s love affair with technology, freedom, and weaponry. Includes 8 pages of black-and-white images.

Download or read book In the Arms of Evil written by Carlton Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Jean Siegel of Maryland became addicted to gambling during her first marriage. Sneaking off to Atlantic City—and sinking deeper and deeper into debt—she began stealing identities, conning family members, and leaving two ex-husbands buried in bills. Then she sold cemetery plots door-to-door and met Jack Watkins, a man thirty years her senior. He not only bought a grave site from the attractive younger woman, he leased a car for her, sold his house and gave her the proceeds. But Nancy wanted more... Watkins' body was found in a steamer trunk near the Appalachian Trail. Half-naked and strangled, he remained unidentified for more than six years. Meanwhile, Nancy cashed his Social Security checks and opened new lines of credit under his name. By the time the police tracked her down, she had committed bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and more. New York Times bestselling author Carlton Smith takes you inside the greed, the gambling, and one gruesome murder—to question the very nature of evil...

Download or read book Obeying Evil written by Ryan Green and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obeying Evil presents the shocking true story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the most disturbing family killing spree in the United States. Over the course of a week in 1987, he murdered 14 members of his own family, a former co-worker, and a stranger. In 1979, Simmons retired as an Air Force Master Sergeant following 20 years of service. The instability that followed his military days exacerbated his desire for control over his family. Simmons used intimidation, humiliation, and violence to assert dominance over all but one of his family members. He allowed a softer side to surface for his favourite daughter, Shelia, whom he forced into an incestuous relationship and eventually fathered her child. His need for total control led to isolation within his family and an inability to hold down a job. His frustration grew to untold levels when Sheila left the family home and married another man. With his plans in ruin and his grip softening, Simmons surprisingly supported his family's desire for a big Christmas celebration. The stage was set for a heartwarming reunion but he had laid a very different set of plans.Obeying Evil portrays the 'Mockingbird Hill Massacre' from the perspective of Ronald Gene Simmons. It's a shocking true story about dominance, intimidation, and extreme violence.If you are especially sensitive to accounts of the suffering of children, it might be advisable not to read any further.If, however, you seek to understand the darker side of human nature by coming face to face with it, then this book is written for you.

Download or read book The Death Shift written by Peter Elkind and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a killer nurse whose crimes were hidden by a hospital for years. It’s 1980, and Genene Jones is working the 3 to 11 PM shift in the pediatric ICU in San Antonio's county hospital. As the weeks go by, infants under her care begin experiencing unexpected complications—and dying—in alarming numbers, prompting rumors that there is a murderer among the staff. Her eight-hour shift would come to be called “the death shift.” This strange epidemic would continue unabated for more than a year, before Jones is quietly sent off—with a good recommendation—to a rural pediatric clinic. There, eight children under her care mysteriously stopped breathing—and a 15-month-old baby girl died. In May 1984, Jones was finally arrested, leading to a trial that revealed not only her deeply disturbed mind and a willingness to kill, but a desire to play “God” with the lives of the children under her care. More shocking still was that the hospital had shredded records and remained silent about Jones’ horrific deeds, obscuring the full extent of her spree and prompting grieving parents to ask: Why? Elkind chronicles Jones’ rampage, her trials, and the chilling aftermath of one of the most horrific crimes in America, and turns his piercing gaze onto those responsible for its cover-up. It is a tale with special relevance today, as prosecutors, distraught parents, and victims’ advocates struggle to keep Jones behind bars. “A horrifying true-life medical thriller...”—Publishers Weekly “Gripping...A remarkable journalistic achievement!”—Newsweek “Murder, madness, and medicine...superb!”—Library Journal “Shocking...true crime reporting at its most compelling.”—Booklist

Download or read book The Riverman written by Robert D. Keppel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a detective who knew “more about identifying . . . serial killers than anyone else in the field,” an account of the search for the Green River Killer (Ann Rule, New York Times–bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me). After a search of over twenty years, one of America’s most elusive serial killers was finally apprehended. Now, read the true story of one man’s attempt to get inside the mind of the Green River Killer July 15, 1982: a woman’s strangled body was found, caught on the pilings of Washington state’s Green River. Before long, the “Green River Killer” would be suspected in at least forty-nine more homicides, with no end in sight. Then the authorities received an unbelievable letter from the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy—then on Florida’s death row—offering to help catch the Green River Killer. But he would only talk to one man: Robert Keppel, the former homicide detective who had helped track Bundy’s cross-county killing spree. Now these conversations are revealed, in which Bundy speculates about the motive and methods of the Green River Killer—and reveals his own twisted secrets as well. Now, as never before, we look into the face of evil . . . and into the heart of a killer.

Download or read book Green River Running Red written by Ann Rule and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-10-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the most extraordinary book Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more than forty-nine young women. The quest to discover the most prolific serial killer in American history has been an intimate part of Ann Rule's life, with some of the corpses found only a mile or so from where she lived and raised her own daughters. She did not know the killer, but he apparently knew her and attended many of her book signings. For twenty-one years, the killer carried out his self-described "career" as a killing machine, ridding the world of women he considered evil. His eerie ability to lure his victims to their deaths and hide their bodies made him far more dangerous than any infamous multiple murderer in the annals of crime. A few men -- including a law student, a truck painter, and a taxi driver -- eventually emerged as the prime suspects among an unprecedented forty thousand scrutinized by the Green River Task Force. Still, there was no physical evidence linking any of them to the murders until 2001, when investigators used a new DNA process on a saliva sample they had preserved since 1987, with stunning results. Ann Rule has followed the case since July 1982, when the first body -- that of teenager Wendy Lee Coffield -- was found in the Green River, snagged on pilings under a bridge. Rule has compiled voluminous files, working through an incredible 95,000 pages of official police records, transcripts, photographs, and maps, winnowing out the chaff and identifying what is truly important. Over the years, she gained unparalleled access to all the key players -- from King County Sheriff Dave Reichert to those close to the killer and his victims. When finally apprehended and convicted, the killer made a detailed confession -- of his twisted sexual obsessions -- that will shock even the most jaded reader. Green River, Running Red is a harrowing account of a modern monster, a killer who walked among us undetected. It is also the story of his quarry -- of who these young girls were, and who they might have become. A chilling look at the darkest side of human nature, this is the most important and most personal book of Ann Rule's long career.

Download or read book True Crime Gary Ridgway The Green River Killer written by James Richmond and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the gruesome true story of the terrifying Green River Killer. Retracing the morbidly fascinating true story of a cunning serial killer who evaded police for over forty years, this chilling biography unravels the twisted and tragic life of Gary Ridgway, the murderer who prowled the night on the hunt for vulnerable women. With a gripping narrative and featuring authentic details, this true crime book recounts Ridgway's life, from his warped relationship with his cruel and domineering mother to the burning hatred that drove him on his decades-long killing spree. Readers will uncover the meticulous and carefully-planned strategies that he used to evade capture by police, the dark ideas that drove him to target prostitutes and runaways, and the decades-long manhunt that brought him to justice only in recent history. As a must-read for true crime fans, serial killer fanatics, and the morbidly curious, this book is a disturbing reminder of the hidden serial killers in our midst, providing readers with a gritty and genuine overview of the life, crimes, and psychology of Gary Ridgway. Are you ready to uncover the true story of the Green River Killer? Then scroll up and grab your copy now...

Download or read book Mosaic Pieces written by Wes Skillings and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mosaic Pieces: Surviving the Dark Side of American Justice By: Wes Skillings Mosaic Pieces is a nonfiction narrative about a murder, investigation, trial, and conviction in the 1970s you might call the centerpiece of three generations of family history. The murder case itself is fascinating—if only because of what had been learned in the aftermath of the trial at which twenty-year-old Kim Lee Hubbard was decreed guilty in Williamsport, Pennsylvania of the murder of twelve-year-old Jennifer May Hill. Jennifer had been dead in a cornfield, according to the forensic pathologist who conducted the autopsy, for as many as nine days in the unseasonably warm and dry weather of that October. And yet the body on the autopsy table “was as fresh as if she had died just the day before,” according to the man who picked up the body and later embalmed it. It was just the beginning of a litany of discrepancies in evidence and testimony presented at the trial, as well as questionable investigative practices. The murder may have occurred on an Indian summer day in October 1973, but the story begins some forty-five years before with the compelling lives of Joe and Dorisann Hubbard leading up to their marriage and the tragedies and difficulties throughout their lives together.

Download or read book 28 Hours of Terror written by Virene Brown and published by G Pub. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "28 Hours of Terror" is a true story about Virene Brown, native Detroiter and a mother of three. She was the victim of a murder spree that took place on March 11, 1997 in a bank that she was guarding. Although she was not killed by the gunman, she was the only person who was terrorized before any killing actually took place. Shortly after the doors to the bank were opened and the customers entered, a man entered with a walking cane in one hand and a sawed off shotgun in the other. He ordered everyone to hit the floor and immediately began to torment Virene. He tortured her by rubbing the barrel of the gun to her head while demanding that she recite the Lord's Prayer. After the gunman stopped torturing her, he walked away and shot two additional times before walking out of the bank. In her traumatize state, Virene fled to the basement thinking that she would be safe. She remained there for 28 hours. She was unaware that two of the bankers had been murdered. The gunman ended up killing three people that day before the police finally killed him. Although Virene did nothing wrong, she was persecuted by the media, the company she worked for and even the public. This was the beginning of ten years of hell for Virene Brown, who was a victim but treated like a suspect. She is finally able to tell her story and hopes that she can finally have closure and move on with her life From the Editor: "Virene Brown's story is as riveting as it is harrowing. It is not difficult to fathom how one may be guilty until proven innocent in this country. Brown's 28 Hours of Terror proves her innocence beyond a reasonable doubt, and shows how difficult it is to find justice in America. Bravo!"

Download or read book BTK Bind Torture Kill written by James Richmond and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the harrowing real-life story of the infamous BTK killer. Uncovering the disturbing true story of an unhinged psychopath and his nightmarish killing spree, this morbidly fascinating biography explores the twisted psychology of the infamous BTK killer, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the life and crimes of Dennis Lynn Rader. Delving into his disturbing childhood tendencies, his strange and unsettling fantasies, and the murders that struck fear into the hearts of Wichita residents, this true crime story paints a raw and gritty picture of Rader's crimes - along with the narcissistic and delusional personality that motivated his evil acts. Exploring how Rader managed to deceive the authorities, evade suspicion, and even become a church and boy scout leader, readers will also uncover the chain of events that led to his eventual capture and ground-breaking trial. As a compelling read for true crime fans, the morbidly curious, and anybody interested in criminal psychology, BTK - Bind, Torture, Kill stands as a chilling reminder that even the most seemingly normal and upstanding people could be harboring dark secrets just below the surface. Are you ready to peer into the life of the BTK killer? Then scroll up and grab your copy now...

Download or read book Spree Killers written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 1993 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Child Killer written by Jack Rosewood and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the summer of 1979 through the spring of 1981, Atlanta, Georgia was held under siege by a serial killer and dozens of victims started to appear. The series of murders, which became known as the "Atlanta Child Murders case," gripped the city of Atlanta with fear and shocked the nation because most of the victims were children. The fact that the victims were all black and mostly male caused many in Atlanta's black community to fear that their children were being targeted by a racist conspiracy. In this true crime book you will read about how the Atlanta Child Murders case put a city under siege and how a task force of law enforcement officers from several different agencies eventually captured the killer. You will follow the investigation as the police use what was at the time fairly new techniques of criminal profiling and fiber evidence to capture and convict the killer. For many around the country, once the killer was arrested, it was difficult to accept. The killer was a young, nerdy-looking man named Wayne Williams. To many people his background didn't seem to indicate he was a serial killer, but the professional profilers knew otherwise! Open the pages of the following book and learn the true story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders. You will learn about how Williams evolved from a nerdy kid who loved electronics into what is perhaps the most prolific black serial killer. You will be horrified by some of the details of this case, but you will not be able to put down this book.

Download or read book The Ryan Green True Crime Collection written by Ryan Green and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4 books for the price of 2 (save 50%) Four chilling true crime stories in one collection, from the bestselling author Ryan Green. Volume two contains some of Green's most fascinating accounts of violence, abuse, deception and murder. Within this collection, you'll receive: Obeying Evil: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre Through the Eyes of a Killer The shocking true story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the most disturbing family killing spree in the United States. During the Christmas Holidays in 1987, the retired Air Force Master Sergeant executed 16 people, 14 of which were members of his family. This included his daughter, whom he had sexually abused, and the child he had fathered with her. The Truro Murders: The Sex Killing Spree Through the Eyes of an AccompliceJames Miller, an aging misfit, meets his one true love in prison, Christopher Worrell, a young, charismatic sociopath. Miller stops at nothing to meet the demands of his sadistic friend, in an attempt to take the relationship on to another level. Sinclair: The World's End Murders through the Eyes of a KillerThe naked bodies of two teenage girls were discovered the morning after a night out in Edinburgh. No attempt had been made to conceal their bodies, they were six miles apart, and both girls had been beaten, gagged, tied, raped and strangled. You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow FarmHerb Baumeister was a husband, father of three, and successful businessman--but he was hiding a very dark secret. In June 1996, police uncovered the remains of eleven bodies within the family estate. Buy all four books today and save 50%

Download or read book Hell s Half Acre written by Susan Jonusas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of NPR's "Books We Love" New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022" "Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street Journal A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for decades, sparking an epic manhunt for the Benders. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders—one among the thousands relocating farther west in search of land and opportunity after the Civil War—were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree and whether justice ever caught up to them is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set against the backdrop of postbellum America, Hell’s Half-Acre explores the environment capable of allowing such horrors to take place. Drawing on extensive original archival material, Susan Jonusas introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, many of whom have been previously missing from the story. Among them are the families of the victims, the hapless detectives who lost the trail, and the fugitives that helped the murderers escape. Hell’s Half-Acre is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact and an entire family of criminals can slip through a community’s fingers, only to reappear in the most unexpected of places.

Download or read book The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream written by Dean Jobb and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tour de force of storytelling.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache series “Jobb’s excellent storytelling makes the book a pleasure to read.” —The New York Times Book Review ”When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of his most baffling investigations. “He has nerve and he has knowledge.” In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. Largely forgotten today, this villain was as brazen as the notorious Jack the Ripper. Structured around the doctor’s London murder trial in 1892, when he was finally brought to justice, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help. Dean Jobb transports readers to the late nineteenth century as Scotland Yard traces Dr. Cream’s life through Canada and Chicago and finally to London, where new investigative tools called forensics were just coming into use, even as most police departments still scoffed at using science to solve crimes. But then, most investigators could hardly imagine that serial killers existed—the term was unknown. As the Chicago Tribune wrote, Dr. Cream’s crimes marked the emergence of a new breed of killer: one who operated without motive or remorse, who “murdered simply for the sake of murder.” For fans of Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City, all things Sherlock Holmes, or the podcast My Favorite Murder, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream is an unforgettable true crime story from a master of the genre.