Download or read book Pretty Little Killers written by Daleen Berry and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pretty Little Killers, journalist Daleen Berry and investigator Geoffrey Fuller expand upon their New York Times bestselling ebook The Savage Murder of Skylar Neese to give you even more information behind one of the most horrific and shocking murders of our time. Including over 100 pages of new material, Pretty Little Killers shares the latest theories and answers the questions that have left many people baffled. After killer Shelia Eddy pled guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison and Rachel Shoaf was sentenced to thirty years for second-degree murder, family, friends, investigators, and other key sources reveal the facts you would have learned if the case had gone to trial. Including specific details drawn from Rachel's confession, Pretty Little Killers looks at the crime through the eyes of the victim and killers, providing intimate testimony from the pages of Rachel's personal journal, Skylar's diary and school papers, and court records. Berry and Fuller examine all this, including previously unreported details about Rachel and Shelia's rumored lesbian relationship and explain why more than one investigator believes Skylar's murder was a thrill kill. Most important, Pretty Little Killers provides a satisfying answer to Skylar's final question: “Why?"
Download or read book The WVU Coed Murders written by Geoffrey C. Fuller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some said that the killer couldn't be a local. Others claimed that he was the wealthy son of a prominent Morgantown family. Whispers spread that Mared and Karen were sacrificed by a satanic cult or had been victims of a madman poised to strike again. Then the handwritten letters began to arrive: "You will locate the bodies of the girls covered over with brush--look carefully. The animals are now on the move." Investigators didn't find too few suspects--they had far too many. There was the campus janitor with a fur fetish, the "harmless" deliveryman who beat a woman nearly to death, the nursing home orderly with the bloody broomstick and the bouncer with the "girlish" laugh who threatened to cut off people's heads. Local authors Geoffrey C. Fuller and S. James McLaughlin tell the complete story of the murders for the first time.
Download or read book Vanished at Sea written by Tina Dirmann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dirmann tells the true story of Skylar Deleon, a former child actor on the TV series "Power Rangers," who was charged of the 2004 double murder of a wealthy retired couple in Long Beach, California. photos. Original.
Download or read book Sister of Silence written by Daleen Berry and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "riveting" and "compelling" true story, this memoir unfolds fast and leaves you longing for more. Following a shotgun wedding, the author found herself married to a coal miner who kept her barefoot and pregnant. Sister of Silence is the amazing story of her personal journey: how she went from being a teen mom to an award-winning journalist determined to break the silence that shatters women and children's lives.
Download or read book One Last Kiss written by Michael W. Cuneo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM ADULTERY... Ex-Marine and bodyguard Chris Coleman was a family man with a secret: He wanted to leave his wife for another woman, Tara Lintz. But as head of security for the world-famous Joyce Meyer Ministries—an evangelical organization that frowns on divorce—Coleman had to make other plans. TO MURDER... On May 5, 2009, Illinois police received a call from Coleman, who claimed he was unable to contact his family. When investigators arrived at his home, they found Coleman's wife and two sons strangled in bed. Across the walls, spray-painted in red, were various obscenities—the word punished among them. TO LIFE—OR DEATH. Who could have done something so sinister? As Coleman played the part of a grieving husband, forensic evidence at the crime scene told a different story. Key testimony from Lintz afforded yet more evidence of Coleman's guilt—and soon a jury would find him guilty of three counts of murder in the first degree.
Download or read book Serial Killers Up Close and Very Personal written by Victoria Redstall and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is a glamorous model, actress, filmmaker and investigative journalist who has spent years visiting high-security prison, getting to know sadistic killers like Gary Ray Bowles and Keith Hunter Jesperson, 'The Happy Face Killer'. These hardened killers have opened up to her in a way that they would never do to psychiatrists, prosecutors and other authority figures... and have revealed terrifying chapters of their lives that might otherwise have stayed hidden forever. In this chilling book Victoria Redstall shares every detail and insight, bringing the reader up close and very personal with some of the most dangerous and disturbed serial killers that the world has ever seen. In a similar vein to bestseller Talking with Serial Killers this title will undoubtedly appeal to fans of true crime.
Download or read book Bigotry and Intolerance written by Kathlyn Gay and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many people appreciate cultural, social, political, and religious diversity, there are others who feel compelled to express their intolerance for others through cruel words and actions. Their behavior often stems from ignorance and insecurity, and they demonstrate their prejudices by belittling others who are different from them. These narrow-minded individuals attack others based on any number of reasons, including religious beliefs, sexual orientation, cultural background, social standing, or physical appearance. In Bigotry and Intolerance: The Ultimate Teen Guide, Kathlyn Gay looks at the various reasons why people of all age levels and backgrounds feel the need to disparage others. This book also offers help to teens who are the object of fear and hatred by showing them how to combat such behavior. Topics covered in this book include: the meaning of bigotry and intolerance types of bigotry—from religious bigotry to homophobia the difference between bigotry and racism what it feels like to be the target of bigotry how to cope with discrimination individuals and groups that advocate tolerance and appreciation of cultural diversity Aimed at young adults who are interested in fighting bigotry and intolerance, this book will help teens who suffer from the small-mindedness of others. It might also help those who are less tolerant find some common ground with those who are different from them—and lead to a better understanding of how diversity makes for a richer, more interesting world. Featuring commentary from several young adults, Bigotry and Intolerance: The Ultimate Teen Guide will be welcomed by those who want to turn the tide of prejudice and fear in their schools and in their communities.
Download or read book Bone Crusher written by Linda Rosencrance and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lure Them Home When the urge took hold, serial killer Larry Bright brought women back to his home. After raping and murdering his victims, he brutally disposed of their bodies. Sometimes he built a white-hot fire and burned them in his backyard. Other times he dumped them along nearby roads and fields. Rape And Murder Them For years, Bright had trolled the roads and back streets of Illinois for the most helpless, desperate women he could find. Then one woman escaped, and suddenly police were looking for bodies everywhere--trying to find out how many women Bright had really killed and what he had done with their remains. Burn Their Bodies In The Backyard Step by step, an all-out investigation would shock hardened detectives. From interviews with women who survived their encounters with him to the forensic search for bone fragments and pieces of burned, buried flesh, the case against Larry Bright finally closed like a vise--on the man who turned his victims into ashes. With 16 pages of shocking photos!
Download or read book Ben Ben Diaries Welcome to Parenthood written by Dan Kuah and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to raising children, parents can expect to experience their fair share of headaches, heartaches and worries. In this collection of comic strips, comic artist Dan Kuah and co-author Smith Leong highlight the ups and downs of raising Dan’s young son, Ben Ben, who often manages to outwit his father with his mischievous antics. This light-hearted take on the parenting journey offers hefty doses of hilarious and heartfelt moments that will help parents to navigate the nuances of everyday family life.
Download or read book Day Stalker written by Mitt Winstead and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucson, Arizona, is held in the grip of fear and horror as an out-of-control cocaine addict -- desperate for money -- continues to terrorize and commit murder in the Catalina Foothills. Detectives Jon Mull and Manny Gonzalez are back on the job and hot on the trail of this most elusive and dangerous killer. Things go from bad to desperate when both detectives realize they are close to losing more than just the capture of the foothills murderer. It's personal now, and they must find this depraved madman before he kills again. Mitt Winstead's second novel will keep you spellbound and relentlessly turning pages as you take a journey into the mind of the terrifying killer called Day Stalker. Author Mitt Winstead is an Arizona native living in Camp Verde, Arizona, with his wife, three Chihuahuas, a Pomeranian, and an evil Meyer's parrot. This is Mitt's second book in a series of murder mystery novels, and when he is not writing, Mitt likes spending quality time with his family in northern Arizona in the summer and living a trailer trash life in Quartzsite, Arizona, in the winter. You can e-mail him at [email protected] or check out his Web site at www.murdermysteryevilinthemirror.com
Download or read book Die For Me written by Don Lasseter and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture and murder that claimed at least sixteen victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal prosecution in California history.
Download or read book Monster written by Aileen Wuornos & Christopher Berry-Dee and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida, on the 9th of October, 2002 at the age of 46. She was the 10th woman to be sentenced to death in the USA since the death penalty resumed in 1976. Convicted for the murder of six men, in a two month period, Aileen claimed she acted in self defence however the investigation into these claims was poor and she later retracted her statement announcing to the Supreme Court, "I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again." All-too-often female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers - the killings of Aileen 'Lee' Wuornos were the inverse of this. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, which led straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs with both men and women. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. Following a renewed interest in this woman after the film "Monster", this is her story in her own words.
Download or read book Cruel Sacrifice written by Aphrodite Jones and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a freezing January in 1992, five teenage girls crowded into a car. By the end of the night, only four of them were alive. The fifth had been tortured and mutilated nearly beyond recognition. Her name was Shanda Sharer; her age-twelve. When the people of Madison, Indiana heard that a brutal murder had been committed in their midst, they were stunned. Then the story became even more bizarre. The four accused murderers were all girls under the age of eighteen: Melinda Loveless, Laurle Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Tonl Lawrence. Here, for the first time, veteran true crime journalist Aphrodite Jones reveals the shocking truth behind the most savage crime in Indiana history-a tragic story of twisted love and insane jealousy, lesbianism, brutal child abuse, and sadistic ritual killing in small-town America...and of the young innocent who paid the ultimate price.
Download or read book Nightingale Murders written by Jim D. Miller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another new partner, another dead body. This time Sam Nirviani has to stop a killer while carrying the mayor, the police chief and the dead girl's alderman father on his back.
Download or read book Jodi Arias written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The occurrence of Jodi Arias case has been once and constantly becoming the public's point of interest. A love story with tragic ending - a lover who was accused (testified) for killing her boyfriend and was later on held out guilty by a single juror and was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, the previous trial which put the accused into anticipated life imprisonment is currently being questioned by a juror who claimed an untold story of the case. Is Jodi Arias really responsible for her boyfriend's death? Does the evidence gathered speak for the entire incidence? Or is there another story waiting to be unveiled that will lighten Jodi's sentence?Let's take a look at a different side of this common yet one-of-a kind murder case which has gotten the interest of the people and attention of media in USA. Find out who Jodi is and her journey which lead her into prison. Is the sentence given judicious or a bit exaggerated? Is everything that the court need to know revealed or was it just a part of the big picture? Find out some interesting issues about Jodi's conviction. The revelation of the hidden pieces needed to complete the puzzle is gradually catching the attention of the masses, again.
Download or read book Drive Like Hell written by Dallas Hudgens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanting desperately to be behind the wheel, Luke Fulmer counts down the days to his sixteenth birthday, when he can finally get his license. Unfortunately, the first thing he does with it is "borrow" his neighbor's car. When he is pulled over and found in possession of an air pistol, a ski mask, a stolen TV, and a bag of pot, the unforgiving local magistrate takes scissors to his license and vows to lock him up if he ever stands in front of her again. So with an absent father and a mother descending into alcoholism, he moves in with his older brother, Nick, an easygoing ex-con who wants to steer Luke onto the straight and narrow. In the summer that follows, Luke contends with a kleptomaniac girlfriend, a duffel bag full of cocaine, and the realization that he must save his family from themselves, even as he plots to beat a path out of town. In his hilarious, unforgettable debut -- with everything from stock car racing to drug dealing -- Dallas Hudgens brilliantly evokes Southern culture in a tale that is raucous and wrenching, funny and wise.
Download or read book The World s Most Evil Psychopaths written by John Marlowe and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 227 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. A chilling but engrossing read, the fully illustrated The World's Most Evil Psychopaths provides a concise, yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived. Starting with examples of the earliest recorded psychopaths, author John Marlowe presents a carefully chosen cross-section of history's most infamous criminals.
