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41) Black Widows
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AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MOST MURDEROUS GOLD-DIGGERS IN MODERN HISTORY LOUISE PEETE "She's an entrepreneur. A homicidal entrepreneur." Louise Peete was a convicted American murderer famous for becoming the second woman in history to be executed in the State of California. She was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a wealthy mining engineer named Jacob C. Denton in 1920. Nineteen years later, however, she would be released from prison only to...
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Judy Buenoano loved men. But she loved killing them more. In 1971, she murdered her husband James and nine years later she would kill her own son, Michael. In 1983, she would attempt but fail to kill her boyfriend, John Gentry. She is also believed to have been responsible for the death of Bobby Joe Morris (another boyfriend) in 1978. She was never convicted of the Morris crime, however, as by the time the authorities had connected the dots she was...
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An anthology of True Crime committed by women so vile that you'll shake your head in wonder...and disgust at their deeds. STACEY SCHOECK Richard and Stacy Schoeck had a perfect marriage, or at least it looked ideal for their friends and family. Even though they have been together for a long time, they seemed to have eyes only for each other. Richard was Stacy's fifth husband and everyone was certain that he was indeed the love of her life. The couple...
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In "The DNA Manifesto: Charting the Course of the Genetic Revolution," author HARIKUMAR V T takes readers on a captivating journey through the rapidly evolving landscape of genetics and its profound implications for humanity. With clarity and insight, the book navigates through the complexities of DNA science, offering a compelling narrative that explores both the promises and perils of our growing understanding of genetic code.Drawing upon cutting-edge...
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IRYN MEYERS Iryn Meyers came to the United States as a mail order bride for Joe Meyers. Both lonely and desperate but for different reasons, Iran began to show a side of herself that wasn't too apparent to Joe when she detailed her wants and desires in their mail correspondence. Joe would soon find out that his supposedly sweet mail order bride from the Philippines was willing to do anything for money... even murder. Iryn Meyers is just one of numerous...
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Britt and Michelle Hall had just built their dream home. Hoping to live out a Brady Bunch existence with their three children from different marriages, the former high school sweethearts had reconnected and married But on one night in November the home would resemble a shooting gallery out of the Wild West rather than the Brady Bunch as Britt Hall would be found dead. His wife would claim that he committed suicide. Her eight-year old daughter, however,...
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"Being in the same room with him and looking at him, I realized that one day I would be in the same position as he, facing death. Before it happens I mean to do the things I want to do. I will not end up saying, "I wish I had". When Sal Mineo said those words about his dying father, nobody could have predicted that just four short years later, he would, himself, be facing death.
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A collection of True Crime Stories headlined by the murder of Sherri Rasmussen For 23 years, no one knew how Sherri Rasmussen had died. In February of 1986, the body of the 29 year old woman was discovered in the Van Nuys, California, apartment she shared with her husband, John Ruetten. She'd been beaten, according to the medical examiner, and shot three times in what appeared to have been some kind of struggle. Initially, the Los Angeles Police Department...
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“Bad Choices” that End in Murder “I'd kill for my child.” It's a bit of a cliché, one that rolls off the tongue glibly enough but also with a touch of traction. We would do anything for our kids; they become central to all that we do, everything we are. But the point is that most of us wouldn't, or would need the most impossibly extreme circumstances, kill or be killed, to carry out the threat. Where that impossibly extreme point falls is,...
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Madeleine McCann, a young child of three years old, was visiting the popular Portuguese resort town of Praia da Luiz along with her parents and younger siblings, as well as a group of her parents' close friends, when she went missing on the night of May 3rd. Madeleine's disappearance became an international sensation and various police departments in both Portugal and the United Kingdom, as well as Madeleine's parents, would conduct independent investigations...
51) Tough Tony
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Mafia enforcer Anthony "Tough Tony" Spilotro was the main muscle protecting the Chicago mafia's illegal casino profits in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s, until his death in 1986. Spilotro's time in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, inspired the memorable character Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.
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In December 1985, a narcotics detective was shot and killed in the driveway of his farm in Pueblo, Colorado, where he lived with his five children and his wife, Donna Yaklich. Initially, authorities suspected Dennis' death was linked to his work in law enforcement, but a tip led them to two teenage shooters – and eventually, back to Dennis' wife, Donna. However, attorneys for Donna Yaklich argued that Dennis had been beating his wife. The murder,...
53) The night war
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"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"--
54) Olivetti
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Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.
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Soon after Cruz, Sailor, Emmett, and Lani return for their second year at Explorer Academy, their sense of calm is shattered when Sailor's older sister goes missing. Amidst incredible expeditions to far-flung destinations and competitive classes, Sailor bravely steps into the lead to discover how her sister's sudden disappearance may be linked to an illegal and deadly animal-trafficking ring. Despite winning the prestigious North Star Award and being...
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When her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly, Annie Shaw finds her OCD coming back with a vengeance, and when the investigation zeroes in on her, her mind increasingly fractures and the only thing she knows is this: she will do anything to protect her daughter even if it means losing herself.
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash investigates after a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by a gang of eco-terrorists at a park where extinct animals are brought back through genetic manipulation.
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"When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town--and people--she left behind almost a decade earlier. But Hazel's not the only relic of the past to return: a drought has descended on the region, and as the water level in the lake drops, long-hidden secrets begin to emerge . . . including evidence that may help finally explain the mystery of her mother's...
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