True Crime

In 1982, twelve-year-old Des Moines newspaper boy Johnny Gosch disappeared, and his mother and father, Noreen and Leonard Gosch, disputed with the West Des Moines Police Department about whether it was an "abduction" or a runaway, in which case the department required seventy-two hours to act. Noreen Gosch pushed through a bill adopted in several Midwestern states, requiring the police...

Discover the hidden mysteries of America’s national parks! America’s national parks are best known for stunning beauty and outstanding adventure—but these natural wonders also hold some of the world’s greatest mysteries. Why did an ancestral civilisation abandon their stone cities in the mountains of Colorado? Flying past Mt. Rainier, did a pilot really spot nine shiny objects that spawned the...

Keith Hunter Jesperson: The Happy Face Serial Killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the "Happy Face Killer" for the distinctive smiley faces he drew on confession letters, murdered at least eight women across six western states between 1990 and 1995. This comprehensive forensic analysis examines how Jesperson's childhood of severe abuse and normalised misogyny created a serial predator who exploited...

The FBI's high stakes capture of fugitive Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger at his hideout in Santa Monica, California, slammed shut a 16-year-long international odyssey to find one of the FBI's most wanted men. But it was not the end of the story. In this firsthand account, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Richard Teahan, who commanded the Whitey Bulger Task...

Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, instructors realised that they needed many more cadavers to serve a growing number of medical students. Enter the “resurrectionists” – body snatchers. Resurrectionists were a cruel lot; men (almost always men and often medical students themselves) who would sneak...

In this white-knuckled true story that is "as exciting as any action novel" (The New York Times Book Review), an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB. When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75-cent accounting error at his workplace, the Lawrence...

In Cry of Murder on Broadway, Julie Miller shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights. On the evening of November 1, 1843, a young household servant named Amelia Norman attacked Henry Ballard, a...

In his long search to process his grief over the rape and murder of his teenage friend by a fellow classmate, Jim Reese becomes entangled in prisons—both physically and psychologically. Coming to a Neighborhood Near You is the result: his investigative memoir of crime and punishment in the twenty-first-century United States. For fourteen years, Reese worked with men and women...

The unbelievable true story of how one man stole tens of thousands of priceless artefacts and human remains from around the world—and the FBI’s massive undertaking to set things right. In The Grave Robber, Tim Carpenter, former FBI Lead Investigator on the Art Crime Team, recounts one of the most extraordinary and unsettling cases in the history of art theft....

A story of love, murder and obsession - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Night Watch 'Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year... A compulsively readable story' STEPHEN KING 'Combines a strange hypnotic and poetic power with the sharp tones of documentary evidence' COLM TOIBIN 'Superb' SUNDAY TIMES 'Absorbing and captivating' GUARDIAN Chicago, 1931. Asta Eicher, a...

In December 1977, David Holden, chief foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, arrived at Cairo Airport to report on the crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel. A few hours later, he was dead: killed by a single bullet through the heart. His body was stripped of all identification and dumped in a ditch by a busy road. Who had...

"A true-crime masterpiece." —Don Winslow From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative’s hunt for the long-haul truckers behind an astonishing 850 murders–and counting. In 2004, the FBI was tipped off to a gruesome pattern of unsolved murders along American roadways. Today at least 850...

In the Spring of 1993, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. A 51-day standoff ensued. Known as the Waco Siege, it has become a founding myth of the extreme wing of American conservatism, invoked by militiamen, gun rights advocates, and the alt-right. The leader of the evangelical sect, an extreme form of Seventh-Day Adventism, was David...

Art theft has risen from an occasional event involving the trophies of the wealthy and elite, into a multi-billion-dollar annual criminal industry. It is run almost entirely by organised crime groups, serving as a significant funding source for terrorism. It has been listed among the highest-grossing criminal trades worldwide. When ARCA (the Association for Research into Crimes against Art) began,...

This is - for the first time - the full and unedited story behind the sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being called one of the most significant scandals in American history. He was the billionaire financier and close confidant of presidents, prime ministers, movie stars, and British royalty. The mysterious self-made man who rose from...

It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC, on 17 June 1972. Bob Woodward, a journalist for the Washington Post, was called into the office on a Saturday morning to cover the story. Carl Bernstein, a political reporter on the Post, was also assigned. They soon learned this was no ordinary burglary. Following lead...

A feast for the senses, this sumptuously illustrated book will introduce you to some of the most infamous women throughout world history, united by their shared taste for poison. Welcome to the League of Lady Poisoners. This riveting and well-researched volume by Lisa Perrin weaves together the stories of more than twenty-five accused women poisoners, exploring the circumstances and skill...

Winner of the UK's 2022 Costa Prize for Biography "A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime... A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon." --Kirkus Reviews From the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a thrilling and dramatic true-life account of the rise and fall of one...

The Reckoning delivers a powerful and unsettling exploration of justice turned back on those who inflicted unimaginable horror. The worst criminals in history prey on the vulnerable — women, children, the unsuspecting, the defenceless. They act without mercy, driven by obsession, cruelty, or a chilling indifference to human life. But what happens when the balance shifts? When the hunters become...

A true crime memoir of international abduction, miraculous rescue, and the long road from trauma to forgiveness and redemption. At seven years old, Lauren Burns was abducted by her father and taken from her home in Texas. She was flown to the Middle East and thrust into a life she did not recognize with a future she could not understand....

Ctrl+Alt+Chaos is a gripping true crime narrative about the life and crimes of Julius Kivimaki, aka Zeekill, arguably the most hated hacker in history. Cyber correspondent Joe Tidy has investigated and interviewed the most infamous teenage hacker gangs of the past decade for the BBC, and previously for Sky News. Now he unveils the dark digital underbelly where teenage boys...

'Shocking' Telegraph, five stars 'Compelling' Sunday Times 'A gripping expose' Financial Times 'Lacerating' Blake Morrison, Guardian Book of the Day 'Beautifully researched, wildly unsettling' Sam Knight, author of The Premonitions Bureau 'Richly sourced and admirable in its clarity,' Dr Kate Womersley, The Lancet Chosen as a best book of 2025 by The Times The Royal Waterloo Hospital, London in the...

We all know what psychopathy is. Or, at least, we think we do. For decades, we have looked at psychopaths as something 'other': as monsters, or bogeymen. But psychopaths don't just exist on our screens – they exist in our communities, offices and, sometimes, in our very own families. The Psychopath Effect is the story of the psychopaths among us,...

'Some of the most beautiful prose being written in Ireland today' Irish Times A Harper's most talked-about thriller novel 2025 A Irish Times Book of the Year 2025 A Critic Book of the Year 2025 A Guardian Crime Book of the Year 2025 Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that...

‘Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive’ ZOË SCHLANGER ‘Explosive … fascinating’ RENI EDDO-LODGE ‘Riveting’ ERIC KLINENBERG The explosive true story of a secret group of radicals who launched a clandestine battle to save the planet, and what their legacy illuminates about the future of our climate crisis. In the early hours of October 28, 1996, a driver in rural Oregon spotted flames...

Buckingham Palace's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested then Prince Andrew's friend Jeffrey Epstein on charges of under-age sex trafficking. Downfall tells the story behind the key players and allegations in this unique, high-stakes royal drama. It provides a gripping and behind-the-scenes insight into the hidden privileges enjoyed by global power brokers, royalty and billionaires, which they defend...

An unbelievable tale of greed, looted treasures and stolen history in the world's biggest art heist. In the shattered aftermath of Cambodia's civil war, temples that had stood for centuries were found ransacked. Sacred sculptures were hacked from pedestals, towering statues of Hindu gods and priceless relics of the Khmer Empire vanished. At the centre of this vast plunder was...

The Final Word on the greatest mystery of Agatha Christie's life. In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied media speculation, she was discovered alive and well. A century on, there are questions that have never been answered. Now Christie biographer Laura Thompson seeks to penetrate the story of the greatest mystery ever created by the...

Second Wave: A deadlier sequel to 9/11—and the race inside the CIA, FBI, and Pentagon to stop it. In 2003, US intelligence uncovered evidence that al Qaeda had acquired nuclear materials, plotting to smuggle them into American ports. The “Second Wave” threat triggered one of the most urgent and secretive manhunts in US history. With the cinematic intensity of Zero...

Who's Watching Shorty? is a fearless, timely memoir about one of the most high-profile cases of a generation. Reshona Landfair—known as "Jane Doe" when she testified at R. Kelly's trial—was the 14-year-old girl in the child pornography video that ultimately led to racketeering and sex-trafficking convictions and a 30-year prison sentence for the R&B superstar. No one in Landfair's world...

Drugs, cartels, mafia, addiction, the FBI, and coercion - this is the untold story behind the tragic decline of football's most gifted and controversial legend. Maradona was football's ultimate genius - a magician on the pitch whose talent rivalled only Pele. But off the field, the boy from the barrios of Buenos Aires became entangled in a dark web of...

New Year’s Day, 1963. The discovery of the bodies of a brilliant physicist and the wife of his colleague, in a riverside lovers' lane, initiates a massive police investigation. There are no clues as to how they died. Despite drawing on the expertise of the FBI and New Scotland Yard, no cause of death, motive, or killer can be identified....

What leads people to think a particular incident is a conspiracy, leading to various theories as to what happened? Have important events occurred through secret plots by malevolent and powerful people? For example, it is said that over half of Americans believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Also, it...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. “As absorbing a piece of...

It is dawn on Thursday, 14 February 2019, and armed FSB agents are raiding Michael Calvey's Moscow apartment. He is being arrested for a crime that never happened. Twenty-eight years earlier, Calvey—a newly graduated, aspiring Wall Street hotshot—made a short trip from America to the recently collapsed USSR to look at potential investments. Sensing huge opportunity, he soon based himself...

FROM THE NO.1 MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING TRUE CRIME AUTHOR In the aftermath of Nurse Lucy Letby's conviction in August 2023 for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others, cold-blooded killings by some of the most trusted professionals are a subject of very real public concern. The subject is also extremely topical, with massive media coverage. In...

Murderer, philanthropist, drug dealer, politician, devil, saint: many words have been used to describe Pablo Escobar, but one is irrefutable legend. For the poor of Colombia, he was their Robin Hood, a man whose greatness lay not in his crimes, but in his charity; for the Colombian rich he was just a bloodthirsty gangster, a Bogie Man used to scare...

A “TOUR DE FORCE OF NARRATIVE NONFICTION” (WSJ) WITH OVER ONE YEAR ON THE NYT BEST SELLER LIST From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times’s 20 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best...

"A modern classic of courage and excitement." — The New Yorker NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM AND RAMI MALEK Henri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed...

In this instant New York Times bestselling account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. Inspiration for the HBO Max streaming documentary series. In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about:...

An examination of the increasingly public nature of crime and confession—from live-streamed offences to Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview—by a noted writer and lecturer in criminology. "What do we talk about when we talk about crime? We talk about harm, hurt, sometimes pain; we talk about it with outrage, anger and sometimes even humour. The courtroom has long been the scene...

Now including a new bonus chapter! "Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop." --Oprah Winfrey OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred...

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography The award-winning, best-selling true crime book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever. Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London's wealthiest and poorest neighbourhoods,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century • The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing.—The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub "Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most...

Now a Netflix original series. Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country's most notorious serial killers and criminals. In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and...

What really happened on April 20, 1999? The horror of the Columbine school shooting left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. In remembrance of the 25th anniversary comes a new edition of this journalistic masterpiece: the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the story from the outset. Columbine...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to "gobsmacking" (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this "kaleidoscopic" (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including...

The city pulled him in. The lie pulled him under. Undercurrent is a first-hand account of what happens when a police officer disappears into an undercover identity and stays there too long. Brisbane, mid-1990s. Jason Somerville is a young Queensland police officer who never planned on joining the force, let alone working covert operations. After a routine buy-bust draws attention...

The Butcher of Aberdeen explores the chilling true crime story of Katherine Knight, delving into a life shaped by childhood trauma, violent relationships, and a relentless descent into madness. A mother living in a small country town stabs her partner to death thirty-seven times before decapitating him, skinning him, and serving up slices of his cooked flesh at a table...

Lost … still waiting … still searching. In Lost, bestselling author of Vanished and Missing, and founder of the Australian Missing Persons Register, Nicole Morris returns with her most investigative and wide-reaching book yet. Cold cases. Empty chairs. Birthdays marked in absence. From a blonde Texan backpacker who survived the dangers of 1970s America only to vanish on the NSW...

‘An absolutely captivating memoir’ - Shari Franke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The House of My Mother Eva Benefield, the daughter of the victim of the viral ‘Black Swan Murder’ trial, tells her story about coming of age amid grief, violence and a true-crime spectacle, in a poignant memoir brimming with dark humour and wisdom beyond her years. Eva was...

A charismatic doctor claimed to have rediscovered the ancestral roots of 'toad medicine,' and became the face of a global psychedelic movement. But in his wake, he left a trail of destruction that embodies the maladies of our spiritually desolate age. In 2012, a Mexican doctor announced that he had revived a forgotten indigenous ritual: smoking the secretions of the...

Gordon “Woody” Mower made worldwide news for his foiled attempt to escape a maximum-security prison in a getaway coffin. Now, behind the headlines is a story the notorious prisoner tells only to author Susan Ashline. Ungrateful Bastard unravels the making of a killer and escape artist, from a troubled upbringing on a rural farm to a descent into crime, fuelled...

For fans of the hit show, Death in Paradise, comes the real story of a British detective fighting crime and uncovering mysteries in the Caribbean sun . . . The Real Death in Paradise recounts the two years Inspector Richard Preston spent as one of twelve young police officers seconded to the seemingly idyllic Cayman Islands. Who wouldn't love the...

The story of how the FBI secretly used an encrypted phone company to infiltrate one of the world's largest crime syndicates, revealing how the underworld has become a globalised economy in its own right—one that can't be policed without crossing complicated ethical boundaries. Written "in the manner of a good crime thriller" (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of...

These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind. The cases that are an embarrassment for park superintendents, rangers, and law enforcement charged with...

The only psychic ever to lecture at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Noreen Renier has assisted law enforcement officials all over the world, working on over 400 criminal cases. From the discovery of her unique abilities, through the honing of her talents in entertainment venues, to becoming a respected figure in the police community, this is the true account of...

Judyth Vary was once a promising science student who dreamed of finding a cure for cancer; this exposé is her account of how she strayed from a path of mainstream scholarship at the University of Florida to a life of espionage in New Orleans with Lee Harvey Oswald. In her narrative, she offers extensive documentation on how she came to...

"Choi's true-crime biography adds much-needed detail and perspective to Noguchi's unusual and compelling story." -Booklist L.A. Coroner is a gripping true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars," who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, and hundreds of other notable personalities. Choi, an award-winning historian and professor, deftly blends Los...

"A riveting account of what it was like to defend one of the most notorious serial killers in history" - Seattle Post Intelligencer "Sam, could you do me a favour?" Thus begins a story that has now become part of America's true crime hall of fame. It is a gory, grotesque tale befitting a Stephen King novel. It is also...

A New York Times Best Seller! Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time they're going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits have dismissed these "coincidental" deaths, even regarding them as "myths" or "urban legends". Like most people, Richard...

Seamus McElearney's early days on an FBI organised crime squad were full of grunt work. For months, he was mired in administrative tasks, including the transcription of secret recordings of the DeCavalcante and Bonanno crime families. Eighteen months later, McElearney assisted in his squad's arrest of thirty-nine Mafia suspects; he led the team arresting Anthony Capo, a DeCavalcante soldier linked...

What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared killers? Levi Bellfield is one of the most notorious British serial killers of the last fifty years—his name alone evokes horror and revulsion, after his string of brutal murders in the early 2000s. At 3:07pm on 21st March, 2002, Milly Dowler left her school in Surrey for the last...

Traffickers. Hit men. Outlaws. Thieves... Our planet is a crime scene - but can we catch the killers? Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, organised criminals terrorise communities, and corporate gangsters operate outside the law. Closely following their every move are teams of secret agents, vigilantes, and scientists who are fighting for our planet's future. Using...

What makes an extremist? From obscure cults to revolutionary movements, people have always been seduced by fringe beliefs. And in today's deeply divided world, more people than ever are drawn to polarising ideologies. All too often we simply condemn those whose positions offend us, instead of trying to understand what draws people to the far edges of society— and what...

Dig Me a Grave is the definitive true "Southern Gothic" account of the life, crimes, conviction, and execution of Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins, the charismatic, brutal, well-liked, remorseless South Carolina serial killer who was dubbed the "Charles Manson of the South". This account is written by the prosecutor who brought him to justice. Of the hundreds of murder cases that...

At the heart of traditional song rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled with the law: abiding by it, breaking it, and being caught and punished by it. Who Killed Cock Robin? is an anthology of just such songs compiled by one of Britain's senior judges, Stephen Sedley, and most respected and...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 A Forbes Best True Crime Book of 2025 “Probably the most gripping, memorable, eye-opening book I’ve read in months.” — David Wallace-Wells, The New York Times “Propulsive.” — The Washington Post “Engrossing... Truly shocking.” — The New Republic “The most mind-blowing piece of investigative journalism I’ve read since...

Room 100 chronicles the tragic story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, punk rock’s very own Romeo and Juliet. Through a wealth of archival material, plus new and exclusive interviews from rock luminaries such as Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, iconic photographer Robert Bayley, and PUNK magazine co-creator John Holmstrom, critically acclaimed true-crime writer Jesse P. Pollack’s book is the first...

More than one killer The house had been cleaned and sanitized. Furniture staged to throw off detectives. The public and press have been led astray, until now. In one of the most extraordinary true crime exposés ever published, this book shows readers what really happened in the early morning hours of 13 November 2022 in Moscow, Idaho, and the truth...

Sunday Times bestselling historian Thomas Harding explores the brutal murder of the Einstein family—the forgotten crime of WW2. Tuscany, 1944. A group of Nazi soldiers arrive at the farm of Robert Einstein—Albert's cousin. Over the next few hours, four lives will be first terrorised then destroyed. The soldiers vanish. For eighty years, this crime has remained unsolved. Now Thomas Harding...

Penguin Modern Hardbacks — a new series of iconic works from the Modern Classics list with bold, mid-century-inspired cover designs. Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the...

For decades now, serial killers have taken centre stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities. Similarly, the popularity of fictional characters such as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter or Dexter demonstrates just how eager the public is to be frightened by these human...

The unforgettable story of Florida teenagers turned oxycodone traffickers. Generation Oxy is the story of a group of friends—clean-cut, all-American high school kids—who stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors. This teenage criminal enterprise ultimately shipped hundreds of thousands of OxyContins and other prescription painkillers throughout the country, making millions in the process....

On a bleak highway in the mountains of Tajikistan known as "the roof of the world", in July of 2018, Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, along with two other cyclists, were brutally murdered by five ISIS terrorists. They were both Georgetown University graduates who had quit their well-paying Washington, DC, jobs to pursue a bike trip around the world, looking...

I couldn't stop reading it . . . a classic of true crime — Lissa Evans, author of Small Bomb at Dimperley A fascinating true crime case study . . . deeply moving — The Times A gripping, explosive murder mystery by acclaimed true crime writer Susannah Stapleton. In April 1929, the body of British artist Olive Branson was found...

Is there more to a man than the worst thing he has ever done? In his raw and unflinching memoir, Waiting to Die: One Man’s Journey on Death Row, Feltus Taylor, Jr., a young man from Louisiana, recounts the circumstances shaped by early trauma, instability, and devastating choices that led him to violence and ultimately to Louisiana State Penitentiary’s death...

“They finally got me… Emprise…the Mafia…John Adamson. Find him.” Investigative reporter Don Bolles used his final words to name the people he believed had set the car bomb that had left him dying in a hotel parking lot in midtown Phoenix. In his fourteen years as one of Arizona's top reporters, Bolles took on the Mafia, land fraud kingpins, and...

Jerry Catena propelled up the ranks, becoming the first New Jersey mobster to lead a New York crime family, and his decades-long reign left an unparalleled legacy of crime, violence, and corruption. Gerardo “Jerry” Catena was the boss of New Jersey. His reign lasted for decades, and he left an unparalleled legacy of crime, power, and corruption. He was part...