Títulos em Crimes Reais

At his son's fifth birthday party, Joseph Maloney was alleged to have poisoned his wife. While awaiting trial in the psychiatric wing of a Rochester hospital, he escaped and vanished. Years later, a charming stranger calling himself Michael O'Shea surfaced in Dublin. Claiming roots in the west of Ireland, he married a local woman and sold his garage business to buy a grand country estate. For years he lived as a country gentleman and worked at the pinnacle of Ireland's film industry - until a US extradition treaty exposed his true identity.

Brought to you by Penguin. From Cambodian temples to Christie’s auction house, this is 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...

Shari Frankes Kindheit war ein ständiger Kampf ums Überleben. Ihre Mutter Ruby Franke setzte strenge Regeln durch und hielt gleichzeitig die Fassade einer perfekten Familie für ihren äußerst beliebten YouTube-Kanal 8 Passengers aufrecht. Doch hinter der Fassade verbarg sich eine dunklere Wahrheit – Rubys vorbildliches Online-Image täuschte über einen tyrannischen Erziehungsstil hinweg, den sich niemand hätte vorstellen können. Mit der zunehmenden Bekanntheit der Familie auf YouTube wuchsen auch Rubys falschen Vorstellungen von Rechtschaffenheit.

In How to Plant a Billion Trees, Walker tries to understand why her whole life didn’t fall apart, as was predicted. As she pieces together her story, she finds that it was thanks in no small part to her mother, her sisters, her friends who did not let the sexual abuse to define her. In this candid portrayal of a young girl, Nicole Walker writes about how, thanks to her family, her friends, and the mountains of the Wasatch, Cascades, and San Francisco Peaks, she reknit herself into the fabric of a supportive culture.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Number 1 Bestseller Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived...

Some crimes are never truly solved—because the silence becomes part of the story. Endgame is the powerful final installment in A.J. Salara’s Great Bookie Robbery Trilogy, a landmark true crime series that has redefined how we view crime, consequence, and cultural memory. While High Stakes revealed the planning behind the heist, and Blood & Betrayal explored the paranoia and collapse that followed, Endgame takes aim at what lingers when the headlines fade and the wounds remain.

Delaware Behaving Badly opens the case files of the First State to reveal true stories of crime, corruption, and human folly drawn from newspapers, court records, and eyewitness accounts. These episodes show how ordinary people slid into extraordinary—and often disastrous—moments that shaped communities and lingered in memory.

Behind the flower power and rock 'n' roll facade of the 1960s lurked some of the most disturbing serial killers, brutal murders, and chilling criminal cases in modern history. This true crime book exposes 13 authentic criminal investigations that terrorized nations and haunted detectives for decades.

When Randall Woodfield's NFL dreams ended, his killing spree began. From 1980 to 1981, this former college football star transformed Interstate 5—America's most vital highway—into his personal hunting ground, claiming dozens of victims across multiple states.

Un viaggio nella follia dei diari di Angelo Izzo e del massacro del Circeo. L'opera di Ilaria Amenta indaga le memorie di un uomo capace di oltrepassare ogni limite del male, tra crimini efferati e la prigione vissuta come luogo di autocelebrazione. Un viaggio dentro la mente di un "uomo nero" per provare a capire come si possa compiere e ripetere l'inenarrabile senza provare rimorso.

The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is one of those rare events that never truly leaves the public imagination. It wasn’t only the money, though the amount was staggering. It wasn’t only the audacity, though the plan was bold enough to feel unreal. It was the way the crime unfolded like a scene from a film, in the quiet countryside, under the cover of darkness, with a nation waking up to the fact that something extraordinary had happened to something they assumed was untouchable.

In the 1870s, Deadwood was a thriving—and largely lawless—boomtown. And as any fan of western history and films knows, stagecoach robberies were a regular feature of life in this fabled region of Dakota Territory. Now, for the first time, Robert K. DeArment tells the story of the "good guys and bad guys" behind these violent crimes: the road agents who wreaked havoc on Deadwood's roadways and the shotgun messengers who battled to protect stagecoach passengers and their valuable cargo.

Les rappeurs se sont hissés au sommet de l'industrie musicale française. Mais derrière la face éclatante de cette incroyable conquête, ces millions attisent les convoitises. De Paris à Marseille, l'ombre de puissants narcotrafiquants prêts à tout pour prélever leur part plane au-dessus du rap français. Une emprise du crime organisé qui ne cesse de s'étendre. Longtemps tenus à l'écart, les rappeurs sont devenus d'inévitables figures populaires, courtisés par l'Élysée, les plus grandes fortunes françaises et les marques de luxe.

In this haunting account, Marlowe J. Churchill investigates the secrets of a family tragedy from nearly 100 years ago. This mystery has haunted Churchill’s mother and was rarely discussed. Almost 100 years ago, the Hassell family suffered a major loss after the brutal murder of Susan Hassell and eight of her children, murdered by her new husband, George.

From Oxford Ballroom to Federal Courtroom—The Rise and Fall of High Society's Most Notorious DaughterShe was born into unimaginable wealth. She died in a prison cell of her own making. For six decades, Ghislaine Maxwell lived as high society royalty. Oxford-educated, internationally connected, and seemingly untouchable—she glided through a world of billionaire parties, royal gatherings, and political power circles. But behind the designer gowns and charity galas, she was building something sinister: a criminal empire that would ultimately destroy everything she'd spent her life creating.

Dans cet ouvrage, Guillaume Bailly, croque-mort reconnu, revient sur ces affaires marquantes avec ironie et humour. Fort de son expertise et loin de l'adulation des criminels, l'auteur s'attache à décortiquer les détails sordides de ces affaires qui ont marqué l'histoire.

Dr. Josef Mengele wurde zum Synonym des Bösen schlechthin: Intelligent, ehrgeizig, skrupellos. Er gilt als einer der berüchtigtsten Kriegsverbrecher der NS-Zeit. An der Rampe des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz II (Birkenau) begutachtete er die neu angekommenen Juden und pfiff während der Selektion Arien. An unzähligen Gefangenen führte Mengele unmenschliche Experimente durch. Obwohl er seit 1945 auf internationalen Fahndungslisten stand, konnte er bis zu seinem Tod 1979 unbelangt in Südamerika leben.

Ved 02.30-tiden lørdag den 26. november 1983 blev en 23-årig mand likvideret ved skydning, knivstik, slag og spark under et rockeropgør i Skanderborg. Likvideringen, der var en kulmination af længere tids interne stridigheder, vakte stor opmærksomhed. Forbrydelsen blev opklaret i løbet af få døgn på grund af politiets store lokalkendskab. I det følgende beskrives rockergruppen, dels dens baggrund og tilbliven, dels udvikling og dels forholdet til lokalsamfundets beboere, politi og andre myndigheder med flere, samt politiets efterforskning.

In 1992, a store clerk was found shot to death in broad daylight at the Boot Village in St. Charles, Missouri. Nothing was stolen and there was no sexual assault. This bizarre and seemingly isolated murder was quickly connected with others in Indianapolis, Wichita, Terre Haute, and Raytown. The media dubbed the suspect “The I-70 Serial Killer.” He has never been captured, and the story quickly fell out of the media’s attention. But the cases never went cold for the officers in those cities.

From Denise Brown—older sister of Nicole Brown Simpson—comes a heart-wrenching and incredibly important book that works to expose the dirty secrets around intimate partner abuse. Denise Brown has worked with domestic abuse shelters since her sister Nicole was murdered, and in this intimate book—part memoir, part biography—she uses her lived experience, along with Nicole’s journals, to act as voice for women who continue to go unheard. She wants every sister and friend to learn to listen and recognize the signs.