Saturday, 4 January 2025

Murder Most Vile Volume 50

 

18 Chilling true murder cases, including

A Terrible Truth: John Sharpe has decided that he no longer wants to be married. He’s bought himself a speargun. It’s cheaper than a divorce.

Poor Twisted Me: He was good-looking rich kid obsessed with losing his virginity. If it doesn’t happen soon, he might just do something rash.

Permission to Kill: The killer offered a bizarre defense for murder, he claimed that the victim had asked him to kill her.

Showtime: A petulant man-child and his doting mother get into a war over her refusal to pay for concert tickets. One of them won’t survive the fall-out.

Pinky Swear: An infant dies in the care of a babysitter. The ruling is SIDS, but the child’s family never believed that. Years later, the dreadful truth emerges.

Killer Ratings: As a crime reporter, Wallace was always looking for a good story. And if the headlines weren’t compelling enough, he’d make them himself.

Evil Fantasies: Tanya has a bucket list of things she wants to do, like watching her boyfriend rape and murder a young girl.

Victim of Love: A woman dies in a tragic fall from a horse. At first glance, it looks like an accident. A closer look reveals murder.

 


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Saturday, 14 December 2024

Cold Cases Solved Volume 11

 


18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases, including;


The Last Detective: A cheating husband; a missing wife. The case looks like it will go unsolved. Enter a detective who won’t let it go.

Jukebox Hero: Kevin was working his dream job in the music industry. Then he uncovered a grift and decided to speak up. Dangerous move, very dangerous.

One Night in Elkhart: An ambush at a traffic light; a teenager abducted. What awaits is a night of pure terror... at the hands of a particularly sick individual.

The Truth About My Murder: The body of a young woman is found in the trunk of her car. Several suspects emerge. One of them is the lead detective on the case.

Slaughter in Sitka: A young Californian goes missing while working in Alaska. Years later, the truth about his disappearance emerges. It’s a shocker.

Little Runaway: Donna had run away many times before. This time is different. This time, she’s run straight into the grasp of a depraved child killer.

The Bone Collector: A teenager goes missing from a small town. Then a man reports that his dogs have been bringing back strange bones from the woods.

Major Crimes: Meet Bill Major. He’s a regular guy, the kind of man you might like if you got to meet him. He’s also a pedophile and a cold-blooded killer.

 


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Sunday, 3 November 2024

Deadly Women Volume 18


20 classic true crime cases of women who kill, including;




Denise Frei
: Curtis thought that he had been invited to participate in his ultimate sexual fantasy. Instead, he’d been lured to a terrible death.

Amy Bosley: On the surface, they were a golden couple. But Bob Bosley had financial problems and he was cheating on his wife. People have been killed for less.

Pamela Lanier: Dorian Lanier is dead, sent to an early grave with arsenic, delivered by his wife. Now for the real shocker. She’s done this before.

Korena Roberts: A Craigslist ad lures an expectant mother into a deadly trap. The woman who placed it is desperate to have a baby…by any means possible.

Lianne Smith: Her pedophile husband is in custody, finally brought to book for his many crimes. His arrest sends Lianne into a tailspin. What she does next is beyond evil.

Katie Coursey: A wheelchair-bound rapper is abandoned to a particularly cruel fate along a country road. His killer? The woman who claimed to love him.

Michelle Willard: Forced to rein in her spending when her husband loses his job, Michelle casts around for a new source of funds. A $250,000 insurance policy will do nicely.

Miriam Helmick: The first murder scheme was stolen from the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster. The second was far simpler – a bullet to the back of the head.




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Sunday, 13 October 2024

Murder Most Vile Volume 49

 

18 Chilling true murder cases, including


Walk in Shadow:
John and Nancy had moved to Montana for the peace and quiet. What they’d find instead was cold, bloody murder.

The Cop and the Cannibal:
He was an educated man with degrees in philosophy and computer science. He was also a meth addict, with a taste for human flesh.

Loved and Lost:
Mourning the death of her infant son, Dynel goes looking for a child to replace him, targeting an expectant mother.

Taking Innocence:
A little girl goes missing from a busy street. Years later, the truth emerges, unmasking a vile pedophile, hiding behind a mask of respectability.

Unspecified Psychosis:
A young mother suffers a mental breakdown. Those around her, especially her children, are in mortal danger.

Wrong Turn:
It started as a pleasant road trip and ended in a tragic death. It was compounded by a miscarriage of justice.

Making a Murderer:
A former Marine with anger issues, dulling his pain with booze and pills, skirting the edge of a breakdown. When it comes, take cover.

A Killing in Whitechapel:
Before the Ripper walked these streets, there were other killers around, preying on the weak and unwary.
 


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Sunday, 15 September 2024

Killer Kids Volume 15



 22 shocking true stories of kids who kill, including;

Caleb Sharpe: He was the kid everyone ignored, the hefty introvert, the outsider. Perhaps if he brings a gun to school, they’ll notice him.

William Bresnahan Jr: As an adult, he would be hailed as a compassionate doctor to the poor. As a child, he was better known as a murderer.

Robert Coombes:
Their mother was visiting relatives, they said. Why then were they pawning her belongings? And what was that smell coming from their flat?

Dillan Easley:
The hunting trip was meant to be a bonding opportunity for Michael and his foster son. It would turn into a war.

Ashley Jones & Geramie Hart:
Getting in the way of teenage romance can be dangerous, especially when one of the teens involved is a psychopath.

Konrad Schafer:
A gang of young thugs terrorize a city in a series of drive-by shootings. So far, no one has been hurt. That’s about to change.

Scott Kologi:
New Year’s Eve in the Kologi household, the clock ticking down to midnight. Four members of the family won’t live that long.

Christopher Plaskon:
A teenage girl is knifed to death in a school corridor. Did she really die for turning down a prom invitation?


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Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Cold Cases Solved Volume 10

 


18 Baffling True Crime Cold Cases, including;

Dealing with the Preacher:
He was a respected member of the community, a preacher, a philanthropist. He was also a man with a dark past.

Fallen Hero:
The victim was a decorated Green Beret. Whoever took him down must have been tough as hell. Well, maybe not.

Ashes to Ashes:
A body is found floating in the water off the Florida coast. Who is she and how did she die? The mystery will take three decades to unravel.

The Ring: A woman is dead.
The police suspect her husband but can’t prove it. Then a piece of jewelry shows up in a place it shouldn’t be.

Last Suspect Standing:
He was the last person anyone would have suspected. But when everyone else has been ruled out, there can be only one.

Buried in the Backyard:
A WWI veteran vanishes on his way to get a haircut. Years later, a tipoff leads police to a shallow grave in a suburban garden.

She’s the One:
Two women are gunned down in an apparent holdup at an ice cream parlor. The identity of the killer will leave everyone stunned.

Mortal Remains:
An unfaithful wife; an angry husband. When she goes missing, there’s only one suspect. How do you prove it without a body?
 
 


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 Cold Cases: Solved! Volume  10


Monday, 15 July 2024

Murder Most Vile Volume 48

 

18 Chilling true murder cases, including


You're Not Well, Mr. Blackwell:
A deeply delusional young man concocts a fantasy life for himself. Those who oppose him are in grave danger.

Girl in a Box: A box sits on the platform, awaiting the Chicago-bound train. It’s giving off an oppressive odor, a hint to what’s inside.

My Father, the Serial Killer: As a boy, Matt learned that his dad had once shot a man by accidental. He could forgive that. He could not forgive what followed.

Hell House: He was an innocent child, betrayed by the system, abused to death by a truly evil woman who called herself his grandmother.

Death by Jacuzzi: According to Frank, his wife had drowned in their hot tub. If you’re going to lie to the police, it’s the small details that count.

No Way Out: A man is found dead inside a locked room, baffling even the NYPD’s best detectives. How did the killer enter? And how did he leave?

To Catch a Killer: A woman is butchered in her apartment. Then detectives make a startling discovery. Her neighbor is a suspect in a very similar crime.

A Dangerous Woman:
She was a raven-haired beauty, an object of desire for every man she met. She was also selfish, manipulative...and a killer.
 


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