Download or read book Summary of Ben Oakley s Bizarre True Crime Volume 1 written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-30T23:00:00Z with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Charles Walton, a 74-year-old local gardener and hedge cutter, was murdered in 1945. His body was found the same night on Firs Farm, on Meon Hill, Warwickshire. His death remains the oldest unsolved murder in Warwickshire. #2 Charles Walton, an old man who lived on his own, had been murdered. He had been beaten with his own stick and his neck had been cut open with the cutting hook. The pitchfork had been driven through his neck, pinning him to the ground, and the cutting hook was left embedded in the side of his neck. #3 The police arrested Alfred Potter, the local farmer, for the murder. He had been drinking with another farmer, and had seen Walton cutting hedges shortly after the murder. It was believed that he had been killed at around 2 p. m. #4 The murder of Walton was never solved, but it was believed that Potter had killed him. He was never charged, but the local police were suspicious of him. He was a farmer, and he had the strength to overpower Walton and push the pitchfork through him. But he said that he had only touched the murder weapons when he first arrived at the scene.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 1 written by Ben Oakley and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Cases to Send the Willies Right Up You!"More interesting than another Ted Bundy book!" Ritual Murder in a Sleepy English Village - In 1945 Britain, witchcraft was long gone, but ask any local from the sleepy town of Lower Quinton, what happened to Charles Walton, and they'll tell you it was - witchcraft! Headless Body in Topless Bar - If the New York Post's headline of 'Headless Body in Topless Bar' was written to draw you in, then the true story behind it was enough to make you vomit. Visions of Murder - From a brutal murder in London to one of the most convincing cases of psychic mediumship in the history of true crime. Hammer Time - An amateur playwright auditions black women for his new play, Hammer, with the intention of killing them - with a sledgehammer. On one occasion, he succeeded. Captured by his 105th Wife - The 'Pigamist' travelled the world, marrying women, then abandoning them two weeks later, after selling all their belongings. This is the bizarre tale of how his 105th wife tracked him down. The Man Who Died Twice - When a fire ripped through a house in Nashville, investigators found the recently deceased body of the owner's husband, which was unusual, as the man had died ten years earlier. The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm - From a violent serial killer to a screaming ghost, the story of Herb and the haunting of Fox Hollow Farm, is one true crime tale that'll send the willies right up you! The Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar - A missing boy is returned to his parents eight months after disappearing. Finally, the family can move on, except, the boy that had come back was not their son at all. The Shark Arm Murder Case - In Sydney, a captive tiger shark vomited a human arm, sparking an investigation that led to one of the most bizarre murder cases you'll ever read. Factory of Death - When a Russian maniac built an underground textiles factory, he began recruiting young females, not as workers, but to fulfil his twisted dream of owning an army of slaves. + TEN MORE bizarre true crime stories, perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Bizarre True Crime is the new series from bestselling true crime author and researcher Ben Oakley.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 3 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Bring on the Screaming Meemies!"More hair-raising than a ghost walk through Windsor!" The Beast of Bodom - Four teenage friends go camping for the night on the shoreline of an idyllic lake. As the Sun rises the next morning, only one has survived the night - barely. Drained of Blood - During annual carnival celebrations, a call-girl was murdered in her apartment and the blood drained from her body, leading to the case being cited as proof of vampires. Mystery of the Missing Lighthouse Keepers - Shortly before Christmas in 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished into thin air. The mystery has led to theories of pirates, rogue waves, violent seabirds, murder, or something even more sinister. The Great Banco Rio Robbery - After a six-hour bank siege, police special forces entered the building to find pizza-eating hostages, toy guns, $20million missing, and no sign of the bank robbers, despite all exits being covered. Hammersmith Nude Murders - If Jack the Ripper has gripped imaginations for over 100 years, then the story of Jack the Stripper in 1960s London, is enough to send chills to the darkest parts of your soul. Countess Dracula - Queen of the Vampires, castles, baths of blood, hundreds of victims, brutal slayings, legend, myth, and the worst female murderer in human history, welcome to the world of Elizabeth Báthory. Dance of the Dead - In a bizarre and tragic tale of graverobbing, obsession, and necrophilia, one man dug up the love of his life and lived with her corpse for almost a decade. Woman from Ice Valley - The mystery of the Isdal Woman found dead on the slopes of a mountain, is a cold case the authorities have never cracked, and one of Norway's most intriguing tales. Axeman of New Orleans - A mystery serial killer with a penchant for axes and bloody murder, threatened to kill more people on a specific date - unless he heard jazz music echoing throughout the city. Enemy to the Milk-Wenches' Bums - In old London, women were arming themselves and men were crossdressing to catch a mysterious buttock beater, who would lift women's skirts and spank them before retreating to the dark alleyways. + TEN MORE bizarre true crime stories, perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ New editions of Bizarre True Crime are released on the 10th of each month! Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 2 written by Ben Oakley and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Give You Brown Trousers!"This is not another Netflix true crime series - thankfully!" Yuba County Five Mystery - On a freezing Winter's night in California, five men drive up a treacherous mountain road and into bizarre true crime legend. What happened next raises enough questions to fill a book. The Abduction of Dirk the Penguin - When Dirk the penguin went to bed at Sea World on Queensland's Gold Coast, he probably didn't expect to wake up in a holiday apartment with two hungover Welsh men. The Mysterious Death of Netta Fornario - After travelling to a remote Scottish island in search of the 'thin place', an occultist with links to Aleister Crowley was found dead, killed in an apparent occult ritual. Mystery of the Dead Screenwriter with No Hands - When a Hollywood screenwriter is found dead with no hands, attention turns to his final screenplay - which is missing - and was alleged to have accused the U.S. Government of wrongdoing. Massacre on the Mary Russell - In 1828, the Mary Russell brig floated into Cork Harbour, with seven of its crew dead. They had been brutally murdered by their Captain, and the survivors had a disturbing story to tell. Doorway to Hell - A group of nine teenagers entered a theme park horror attraction, but only one would come out alive, the rest were burned so badly they were mistaken for mannequins. Phantom of the Opera Killer - A violinist playing for the Metropolitan Opera vanished during the intermission, only to be found murdered the following morning by a killer the press had dubbed 'The Phantom of the Opera'. Mountain of the Dead - The Ural Mountains, aliens, military experiments, infrasound vortices, cover-ups, parachute bombs, Yeti's, Disney's Frozen, and nine dead hikers - welcome to the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Hacked by Captain Midnight - HBO's live broadcast transmission was taken over in an act of video terrorism by a hacker named Captain Midnight, AKA: a frustrated satellite dish salesman from Florida. Bodies on the Tracks - What begins as a suspected double suicide takes a turn down a mysterious rabbit hole involving Bill Clinton, Barry Seal, corrupt cops, a former WWF wrestler, and drug runs from Central America. + TEN MORE bizarre true crime stories, perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Bizarre True Crime is the new series from bestselling true crime author and researcher Ben Oakley.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 6 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Make Your Nelly Nervous!"More interesting than another Charles Manson Movie!" Murder In Room 1046 - In the New Year of 1935, a man checked into a hotel in Missouri, only to have his stay marred by unusual behaviour, bizarre communication, and ultimately, his mysterious death. La Quintrala: The Chilean Elizabeth Bathory - One of history's worst female murderers had a hobby of torturing and killing slaves, but escaped justice due to her wealth and connections, before becoming revered in Chilean culture. Eerie Lady of the Dunes - Read the tale of one of America's most infamous unsolved murder cases, that involves the film 'Jaws', the son of Stephen King, multiple theories, and a mystery that remains to this day. The World's Most Consistent Art Thief - Over a period of six years, a French art thief stole 250 artworks, averaging out to one every 15 days, but he didn't sell for profit, he stole for the love of the art. The Great Reality TV Swindle - How a down-on-his-luck homeless man conned fame-seeking wannabes to take part in a year-long reality TV show that didn't exist. First Human Killed by a Robot - In 1979, one of science fiction's most feared scenarios became reality when Robert Williams became the first person in history to be killed by a robot. Killer In the Walls - A creepy intruder terrorised a family by living in the walls of their home and making them think the house was haunted, in a true urban legend that ended with multiple murder. The Bennington Triangle Disappearances - At least 40 people have mysteriously disappeared in and around an abandoned town, where eerie and unexplained events happen, along with the curse of a nearby mountain said to swallow its victims. The Wendigo Cannibal - A Cree Indian named Swift Runner became possessed by the spirit of the mythical Wendigo then killed and cannibalised his entire family, in the most famous case of Wendigo Psychosis. The Strange Case of Two Men Who Died Over Dinner - When two Frenchmen enjoying a summer dinner were found dead at their garden table, police assumed murder was afoot in the small town of Authon-du-Perche, but the truth was far stranger. + TEN MORE varied true crime stories including murder, robbery, serial killers, disappearances, and mysteries! Perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 8 20 Madcap and Shocking True Crime Stories Season Two written by Ben Oakley and published by Bizarre True Crime. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Give You Goose Pimples!"An ongoing resource for crime writers and true crime junkies!" Season two of Bizarre True Crime kicks off with a new look and improved layout, pimped to the max with 60 facts dotted throughout, bitesize extras, selected bibliography, and improved images! The Real Amityville Horror - A haunted house, a violent history, an investigation by Ed and Lorraine Warren, dozens of movies, and the truth behind one of Long Island's most infamous family massacres. Horror of the Kansas City Butcher - There is perhaps no serial killer more inhuman than The Kansas City Butcher, who inflicted such terrible tortures on his victims that the term 'monster' has never been so appropriate. John Harrison and the Resurrectionists - Son of one U.S. President, and father to another, John Harrison lived a fruitful life until his death in 1878 - when his corpse was stolen by resurrectionists within an hour of his burial. Grand Theft Auto Crime Spree - Inspired by Grand Theft Auto, a man went on a nine-hour crime spree that involved carjacking, robbery, assault, theft of weapons, fraud, impersonation of a female, and pooing on a lawyer's desk. The Devil's Night Murder of Martha Moxley - The night before Halloween in Belle Haven, a wealthy teenage girl was murdered in the night. The case went unsolved for 25 years, until a suspect was arrested - who had ties to the Kennedy family. The Eyeball Eater - The case of a crazed man who slaughtered his entire family, cut open their chests, removed their hearts, and gouged out his own eyeballs - before eating one of them. The Ossett Exorcist Murder - A loving husband, thought to be possessed by 40 demons, became the subject of an all-night exorcism, and less than two hours later; ripped his wife and dog to pieces with his bare hands. The Beasts of Satan - Bonded by their love of death metal and occult rituals, the Beasts of Satan went on a six-year killing spree involving sacrificial murder, drug-fuelled sex, and Satanism. The Mormon Manson - A polygamous cult leader ordered the murders of at least 25 people, many from beyond the grave, in a tale of fear, control, and a mission to create the Kingdom of God on Earth. The Bank Robber and the ATM - Dressed in camo gear but forgetting to put his mask up, a robber held up a bank for $150 before depositing the three-figure haul into his account - via the ATM outside the same bank. + TEN MORE varied true crime stories including murder, robbery, serial killers, disappearances, and mysteries! Perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Orrible British True Crime Volume 3 written by Ben Oakley and published by Twelvetrees Camden. This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 Orrible British True Crime Stories!From the 19th Century to the 21st, a bonanza collection of British true crime stories covering murder, serial killers, robbery, and a gentleman hacker. The Pottery Cottage Massacre - A violent criminal escaped prison by stabbing two guards, then took an entire family hostage in their rural home before killing four of them, in a case that shocked England. Murder By the Canal - When an abused woman reported her partner to police for assault, she never expected to become instrumental in solving the murder of a young girl twenty years earlier. The House of Blood Murders - An argument between lovers resulted in a triple murder at a house in Glasgow, branded the House of Blood killings, with the ringleader known as the mother of all evil. The Case of the Green Bicycle Murder - A murder mystery involving a female victim, bloody bird prints, a dead crow, a gun in a canal, a pea-green bicycle, and a 100-year search for the truth, in a case fit for Sherlock Holmes. Murder in the Red Barn - A sensational 19th Century murder, an illegitimate child, a supernatural dream, a shallow grave, an evil squire, and a red barn, make for one of the most notorious olde English murder cases. The Burglars of Baker Street - A heist involving millionaire moles, underground tunnels, corrupt cops, MI5 censorship, a chicken takeaway, The Sweeney, and a conspiracy theory that reached all the way to the British royal family. The Cage Beneath Monster Mansion - Known as the real Hannibal the Cannibal, Britain's most dangerous prisoner was confined to a specially built glass isolation cage in the basement of one of the country's most notorious prisons. + EIGHT MORE varied British true crime stories including murder, robbery, serial killers and mysteries! Perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Orrible British True Crime Volume 2 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 15 Orrible British True Crime Stories!From the 18th Century to the 21st, a bonanza collection of 15 short British true crime stories covering murder, witchcraft, robbery, serial killers, and a body in a tree! The Beenham Murders - A child killer claimed two young lives, shocking a small Berkshire village, but the killer was a local who had already claimed another victim six months earlier, and would escape justice for 45 years. Largest Cash Robbery in UK History - What do a car salesman, a garage owner, a roofer, a doorman, an insider, a company director and two MMA fighters have in common? Together, they pulled off the largest cash robbery in UK history. The Blackout Killer - During wartime London, as the German bombs were raining down, a serial killer was at work who brought a new kind of darkness to the cold and lonely streets of the British Capital. Burning of Mary Channing - A young woman obsessed with free money, parties, and multiple lovers, poisoned her husband, and was burned at the stake for her troubles in front of thousands of people. Peter Tobin & Bible John - Three murders in the late 1960s linked to the mysterious Bible John remain unsolved to this day, with a strong suspicion that serial killer Peter Tobin was the man behind the unidentified murderer. Notting Hill Murder of Vera Page - A ten-year-old girl was abducted and murdered in Notting Hill, leading to a 100-year-old cold case, which despite a strong suspect and solid investigatory work, remains officially unsolved to this day. The Bikini Bloodbath Murder - On the hottest day of the century, a woman sunbathing in her bikini had her throat cut by an unidentified attacker, then left in a pool of blood for her husband to find. + EIGHT MORE varied British true crime stories including murder, robbery, serial killers and mysteries! Perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 7 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Weaken Those Knees!"Like a FOMO database for true crime podcasts!" Ugly Tuna Saloona and The Smiley Face Killers - In one of the most baffling missing person's cases of all time, a man is seen on a security feed entering a bar but never leaving, in a rabbit-hole of a case leading to an unusual serial killer theory. The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist - Over the course of several months, a team of thieves stole $19million worth of Maple Syrup. Here's how they pulled off the most valuable heist in Canadian history. The Vampire Clan Murders - A group of teens obsessed with vampirism formed a cult called the Vampire Clan. Led by a disturbed man believing himself to be a 500-year-old vampire, they ended up committing cold-blooded murder. The Slender Man - Believing an online story of a faceless man who stalks children to be real, two 12-year-old girls lured their friend to the middle of a forest and stabbed her as a sacrifice to the Slender Man. The Body Brokers - A centre where human bodies were donated for science, was discovered to be a human chop-shop where body parts were sold for profit across the United States, all run by a man named Gore. Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie - The first family of serial killers ran a guesthouse to snare their victims with a secret trap door, until one day they vanished, leaving behind a tale of folklore, conspiracies, and macabre discoveries. Ghost Ship: The True Story of the Mary Celeste - 150 years after the Mary Celeste was found floating in the Atlantic with its crew mysteriously vanished, time seems to have forgotten the real true crime surrounding the ship and its later voyages. Pet Cemetery Murders - A bizarre murder saga involving a pet cemetery owner, a conman, a convicted witness, ghostly hauntings, and a cold case solved thirty years after the fact. Chute to Kill - A professional skydiver died on impact after her parachute failed to open, leading to a mysterious love triangle, an opportunity at revenge, and a search for the truth. Cannibal Island of Death - Thousands of Russians were deported to Nazino island in the wilds of Siberia to cultivate the land, but it went wrong, very wrong, as cannibal gangs ate the weakest to fend off starvation. + TEN MORE varied true crime stories including murder, robbery, serial killers, disappearances, and mysteries! Perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book Bizarre True Crime Volume 4 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 Bizarre True Crime Stories to Have You Crapping in Your Coffin!"This series discombobulates your brain and shivers your timbers!" The Villisca Axe Murders - In a town known as the pretty place, an entire family were killed by an axeman who had been hiding in their attic waiting for them to go to sleep, in a case that continues to haunt to this day. The Uncatchable - A man known as the Greek Robin Hood, went on a 30-year crime spree, gave money to the poor, twice broke out of prison with a helicopter, and broke into prison to rescue his brother - with a tank. Black Mass of the Fortune Teller - Black magic, witchcraft, poisonings, French aristocracy, hundreds of deaths, and a secret network of abortionists and fortune tellers, welcome to the tale of Catherine Monvoisin. The Bodies of Murder Park - Since 1946, almost 100 bodies have been found in a park in the middle of Baltimore, at least 40 had been murdered by different people, at least 10 remain unsolved. First Case of Hacking in History - People gathered in anticipation for the first public demo of the wireless telegram system, only for the world's first hacker to tap the signal - and use Morse code to insult the inventor! Soul Eater and the Runaway Devil - A man claiming to be a 300-year-old vampire, and a 12-year-old girl, fell into a forbidden love which left the girl's entire family murdered - a dark tale that concludes with a disturbing twist. Battle of Lanarca Airport - Forced to return with the plane they had hijacked, two assassins and their hostages watched from the windows in shock, as special forces opened fire - on each other. Nude in the Nettles - A strange phone call leads to the discovery of a woman's body on the North York Moors, but for over 40 years, her identity and death remain a mystery, and one of England's oddest unsolved cold cases. Killings of Templeton Woods - After the first Templeton Woods murder, girls stopped walking the streets alone, after the second, the area became ground zero for Britain's most infamous cold case, with links to the Zodiac Killer. The Real 'Orphan' - Straight out of the Hollywood horror 'Orphan', a loving couple adopt a young girl, only to discover she is an adult, who stands at the end of their bed at night, holding a knife. + TEN MORE bizarre true crime stories and mysteries, perfect for late night reading or a quick tale at lunchtime. ^^^SCROLL UP TO GET YOUR COPY NOW!^^^ New editions of Bizarre True Crime are released on the 1st of every month! Follow Ben Oakley on Amazon to be informed of new releases.

Download or read book 1987 written by Ben Oakley and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you thought it was safe to walk alone in the dark.In a decade of neon nightclubs, mass consumerism, political unrest, dance-pop, and shell suits, it was the rising body count of serial killers that was striking fear into the hearts of ordinary people.The Frankford Slasher. The Connecticut River Valley Killer. Gary Ridgway. Ahmad Suradji. Hadden Irving Clark. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Wesley Shermantine. Loren Herzog. Robert Black. The Texas Killing Fields. Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. Robert Pickton. David Parker Ray. The Colonial Parkway Murders. Norman Simons. Brian Shofer. Timothy Wilson Spencer. Michel Paul Fourniret. Denis Rader. Andrei Chikatilo. The Golden State Killer. Roger Kibbe.The above and hundreds more are connected by just one year; 1987.The book contains details on various murders and true crime, including encyclopedic information on over 100 serial killers who were active in 1987 alone. There are also another 200 events that have been added to the 1987 timeline for reference and cultural significance. With a minimum of 300 entries, this is one true crime book that needs to be in your collection.It's not only serial killers that infested 1987 like a plague. You'll also find snippets and facts on unsolved murders, cold cases, mysterious disappearances, mass murders, spree killers, national disasters, conspiracies, executions, the first DNA conviction, and the squirrels that shut down the Nasdaq Stock Exchange!You'll also find discussion points including; movies that influenced killers, the rise of DNA technology, and various unsolved serial killing sprees. The book is fully researched and referenced, complete with appendices and a bibliography of all studies and data cited within these pages.If '1978: Year of the Serial Killer', was a masterpiece, then 1987 is its big brother.(Paperback release in August 2019. Book is written in British English, with American English used only in the descriptions of American locations and American quotes.)From the author of '1978: Year of the Serial Killer'.

Download or read book 1978 written by Ben Oakley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is your true crime almanac for the year 1978! True Crime 365 is a series of books that include at least one true crime related incident for every single day of the year! Inside this 1978 edition, you'll find serial killers, murderers, armed robbers, cold cases, missing persons, mystery disappearances, protests, invasions, assassinations and so much more. At the end of the book, to relax you after all that death and destruction, you'll also find bonus lists, facts and Top 10 round-ups of everything important in 1978. Including sports, films, music, books, video games and bonus facts! Each entry and record has been fact-checked and cross-referenced to ensure you have the best book possible in your hands.Ready to dive into a year of extraordinary true crime?

Download or read book Love Lucas written by Chantele Sedgwick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Spine Chilling Murders in Iowa written by Nick Vulich and published by Nick Vulich. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder what evil lurks in your hometown? Spine-Chilling Murders in Iowa takes you behind the scenes of some old-time killings in Iowa. Nettie Schwab married Jerome Hoot in Kansas City in 1899. When she woke up on the second day of her honeymoon, she found him bending over her, holding a handkerchief laced with chloroform close to her face. Another time, Hoot tried to drug her with a tablet, but she spit it out when he wasn’t watching. Not long after that, she received an infernal machine in the mail. The Saturday Night Murderer butchered eight people overnight in the sleepy little town of Villisca in June 1912. Investigators believed the killer rode the rails into town, then once his bloody work was done, hopped back on the train. “Tonight, I’m going to hold up the Handy Store,” bragged Floyd Sheets. “If there is any resistance, someone is going to be filled with lead. So, watch tomorrow evening’s papers if you think I’m kidding.” Sure enough, he killed the owner’s son at the Davenport, Iowa grocery store. No one was particularly surprised when they learned Earl Throst killed schoolmarm Inga Magnusson near Dorchester, Iowa, in 1921. When captured, Throst told detectives he planned to marry Magnusson the following week even though she was engaged to another man. Myrtle Cook’s death contained all the elements of a good murder mystery—rum runners, and an estranged husband who fumbled some of the details of his alibi. Cook, age 51, was shot to death in her Vinton, Iowa home on September 7, 1925. Read them if you dare!

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Download or read book Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades written by Oakley Hall and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Morton Street Slasher has been leaving the corpses of his victims around San Francisco's Union Square. On the women's naked bodies are spade playing cards. The city's infamous newspaperman, Ambrose Bierce, blames the rash of murders on his old enemy, the Southern Pacific Railroad. A naive reporter at Bierce's Hornet pursues the case, uncovering conspiracy at every turn. In a fast-paced novel that is a combination of murder mystery, historical fiction, and quirky biography, Oakley Hall draws the reader into 1880s San Francisco and the changing world that was California in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Local and state politics, the exploitation of the Chinese, the power of the mining and railroad barons, and San Francisco's colorful history provide a backdrop for this irresistible thriller. The novel's chapters are introduced by appropriate excerpts from Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary and narrated by the young reporter Tom Redmond. Redmond is interested in the murders because of his attraction to a woman threatened by the Slasher, and Bierce encourages him because of his personal vendetta against the Big Four of the Railroad. Bierce's misogyny is an influence as well, which Hall uses to advantage in portraying the enigmatic journalist. Hall knows his territory and his characters well. The sights and smells of late-nineteenth-century California are cleverly evoked, and the story's key players are refreshingly authentic. Bierce brandishes his famed cynicism with all the aplomb of the sharp-eyed, sharp-witted newspaperman he was. Cameo appearances by such California worthies as Ina Coolbrith and Joaquin Miller add to the novel's historical richness. Intelligent, gripping, and often quite funny, Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades will satisfy any reader who craves adventure, mystery, romance, and fine writing.

Download or read book Albion s Seed written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-14 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.