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The murder was brutal--raped and strangled. The case was open and shut--a man had confessed to the murder, and he was easily convicted. There was a problem with the man's testimony, however...he was a pathological liar who had confessed to over 200 other crimes--many of which never happened.
For over 27 years, Sean Hodgson, the convicted murderer, sat in prison for a crime he didn't commit. The real killer, 17-year-old David Lace, had also confessed...
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A tropic paradise...ideal for murder.
The Galapagos Islands are a scientist's haven. Home to rare creatures, it was made famous by Charles Darwin and is the ideal spot for study, relaxation...and murder?
In September 1929 two settlers arrived on the desolate island of Floreana. They dreamed of escaping it all and were living the dream, until an arrogant Baroness and her lovers arrived.
Turning an island paradise into a living hell, the Baroness...
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Unsolved crimes that will put a chill down your spine! The crimes were brutal, but that's not the most shocking thing about them-the most shocking thing is the murderers could still roam the streets today! This bundled collection includes seven books in the Cold Case Crime series: Jeff Davis 8: The True Story Behind the Unsolved Murder That Allegedly Inspired True Detective, Season One The Martyr of El Salvador: The Assassination of Oscar Romero Annihilation...
4) Jeff Davis 8: The True Story Behind the Unsolved Murder That Allegedly Inspired True Detective, S
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Jefferson Davis Parish has been described as quaint, and in many ways it certainly is. For anyone from a big city much of the area, especially out among the farms, is like a trip in a time machine. For a sleepy rural community, however, Jefferson Davis is a lot more violent than you'd expect, and these days cheap, potent rocks of cocaine are at the root of a lot of that violence.
Crack addicts are famously willing to do just about anything to subsidize...
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Did the mafia kill JFK? Sam Giancana is one of the most famous gangsters in U.S. history, with rumored links to the CIA and President Kennedy. But was he really involved in the assassination attempt on Fidel Castro and the assassination of J.F.K.? This thrilling bio gives you all the details on one of America's most fascinating underworld figures.
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Read the shocking real story behind Hitchcock's classic film!
“The Wrong Man” tells the incredible tale of an innocent man falsely accused of a crime. That in itself is hardly an unusual story, but in this case, a string of unlikely coincidences and sheer bad luck built a seemingly airtight case against him. It seemed that the entire justice system was deaf to his pleas and all too willing to ignore the evidence his defenders had worked so hard...
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“The Birds” was different from most of Hitchcock's work. For admirers of Hitchcock, “The Birds” also raises disturbing questions about the director as a person. He was a complex and confusing character in many ways, and perhaps it's not surprising that someone who built a career out of creating suspense and fear on-screen might also have had some darker sides to his personal life.
Beyond the details of the story and how it came to be filmed,...
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The truth is stranger than fiction!
In October 1962 it looked to millions of people like the politicians of the United States and Russia were determined to push the other across the fatal line of launching a nuclear strike. The fate of the world hung on Cuba, a troubled island state in the Caribbean.
Woven through the dramatic events in and around Cuba was a quieter but perhaps equally dangerous scandal — an enormous, deeply embedded network of...
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Real crimes are stranger than fiction! Leopold and Loeb were two wealthy law students who could buy anything. But they wanted the one thing that no amount of money could buy: life. They wanted to create the Perfect Crime, to kidnap and murder a 14-year-old boy for the thrill of getting away with murder.
The crime was so horrifying that even legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock took notice and directed his version of the story: Rope. But the real...
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