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El 8 de junio de 2019, los bomberos encontraron el cuerpo calcinado de un hombre en su casa, en Vilanova i la Geltrú. Unas horas más tarde, su hijo Ismael, de manera espontánea, confesó ante los Mossos d'Esquadra ser el autor material del asesinato: «No he visto otra solución y he tenido que matar a mi padre. Le he clavado un cuchillo por la espalda».
Un caso que parecía resuelto, el mismo día de los hechos, da un giro inesperado para el...
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Get the Summary of Lara Love Hardin's The Many Lives of Mama Love in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Many Lives of Mama Love" by Lara Love Hardin is a memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey from a troubled childhood to a life marred by addiction, crime, and incarceration, and eventually to redemption and success as a writer. Hardin's early escape into the world of books evolves into a series of addictions,...
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MORE LIKELY DEAD An American Story Crime, Drugs, Sex, Violence-Redemption is a true story about a young man in California lost and thrown into a world of drugs, sex, and violence. This is a look back at how he got there. It's a rough ride with rays of light and a chance for self-redemption. Everyone has a story. This is mine. It's an adventure I didn't sign up for, a mental struggle to avoid self-destruction. But it is the path I traveled on the ride...
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This chilling collection of murder cases delves into some of the villainous deeds that have taken place in Scunthorpe's past. Among those featured are a woman who beat her teenage daughter to death for refusing to get out of bed, a steelworker who stabbed two people before barricading himself and his children in his home, and a policeman who strangled his wife and set up the crime scene to make it look like the work of an intruder. Illustrated with...
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"Never Answer to a Whistle "It was meant to be a simple task of repossessing an executive jet from Nigeria...Mike became embroiled in a mess created by an English aristocrat involved in illegal currency dealing.At the same time, Mossad agents were plotting the kidnapping of a Nigerian diplomat in Kensington.To escape certain death from two groups of very angry Nigerians, Mike took off from Lagos International Airport, without permission, only to have...
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Get the Summary of Ann Rule's A Rose for Her Grave in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Rose for Her Grave" chronicles the chilling true story of Randy Roth, a man whose manipulative and controlling nature led to the suffering and death of women in his life, echoing the Bluebeard legend. Janis Miranda, a single mother, fell for Randy's charms and married him, despite friends' warnings. As their marriage progressed,...
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About the Book The Armenian Genocide traces developments which led to the arrest, detention, and finally, the release of Young Turks and their allies accused of committing war crimes during and after World War 1 against the Christian population of Ottoman Turkey – and most notably Armenians. The primary focus of Walter Bandazian's work concerns the role played by British authorities in the Near East in addressing the Armenian Genocide and initiating...
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Tras más de treinta años como cronista judicial y policial, Carlos Quílez nos presenta, de primera mano y de mano de los presos y expresos, las 18 historias criminales que más le han marcado en su trayectoria profesional y que abarcan desde delincuentes comunes, violadores y asesinos, como Rosa Peral, hasta policías de otras épocas o altos cargos como Sandro Rosell.
Condenados relatos (Más mala vida) es un compendio de historias criminales...
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Get the Summary of Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Starkweather" by Harry N. MacLean explores the life and crimes of Charles Starkweather, a notorious killer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Born in 1938, Starkweather was bullied as a child, leading to a deep-seated rage. His relationship with Caril Ann Fugate, marked by their intense bond and her troubled background, set the stage for...
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Get the Summary of David Grann's The Wager in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. David Cheap, first lieutenant on the Centurion, sought redemption from his troubled past by joining Captain George Anson's squadron on a mission to disrupt Spanish commerce in the Pacific. Despite delays and a shortage of skilled crew due to Britain's lack of conscription, the squadron set sail with a reluctant and poorly equipped crew....
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Get the Summary of Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Spy and the Traitor" by Ben Macintyre chronicles the life of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB officer born into a Soviet intelligence family. Despite his father's staunch Communist beliefs and his own KGB career, Gordievsky harbored doubts about the regime. His espionage skills were honed at KGB's School 101, and despite initial...
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À 11 ans, Mary Bell imagine des jeux divertissants. Ce qui la fait bien rire? Étrangler les bambins du voisinage.
Le petit James, deux ans, échappe à la surveillance de sa mère. Il est retrouvé sans vie et affreusement mutilé sur une voie ferrée. Ses bourreaux? Deux gamins de 10 ans.
Lundi matin, 8 h 30. La cloche sonne à l'école. Pour Brenda Ann Spencer, 16 ans, c'est l'heure de tirer sur les élèves.
La jeune Wendy Gardner n'a que faire...
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Get the Summary of Gregg Olsen's The Amish Wife in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Amish Wife" by Gregg Olsen is an investigative narrative centered on the mysterious death of Ida Stutzman, an Amish woman. The author reconnects with Dan Gingerich, an Amish man and Ida's brother, to probe deeper into the case that has long haunted him. Olsen's investigation reveals a complex web of deceit spun by Ida's husband,...
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"More than a witness but less than an active participant, I was a bit actor whose role in the crime shaped my life."
So writes Stephanie Kane, who here recounts the dramatic events that forever fractured the lives of the Frye family as well as her own.
The murder of Betty Frye goes unpunished for decades. Kane, ex-wife of Betty's son Doug, finally decides to tell her story by fictionalizing the events she witnessed as well as those about which she...
16) Somerset Murders
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Somerset Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines throughout the country. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty Trump, whose throat was cut while walking home at Buckland St Mary in 1823; factory worker Joan Turner, battered to death in Chard in 1829; George Watkins, killed...
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Days after his seventeenth birthday, Edward Siedle received a series of cryptic messages indicating his father had suddenly disappeared in a remote region of Uganda, East Africa. Robert Siedle was last seen badly beaten at a Ugandan Army barracks, where he was captured while investigating a brutal massacre of hundreds of soldiers by President Idi Amin.
His disappearance, which was reported in Newsweek magazine within days, alerted the world that...
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Get the Summary of Ken Englade's Beyond Reason in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Beyond Reason" by Ken Englade recounts the chilling murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom in 1985, and the subsequent investigation and legal proceedings. The Haysoms, who led unconventional lives, were brutally slain in their Boonsboro home. The investigation, led by Sheriff Wells and his deputies, faced challenges due to the lack of...
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La obra periodística más influyente de la historia, que acabó con un presidente y que ganó del premio Pulitzer.
"El libro que acabó con un presidente... Tal vez la obra periodística más influyente de la historia." Así definió la revista Time este libro, publicado por primera vez en 1974, ganador del premio Pulitzer y considerado como uno de los 100 mejores libros de no ficción de todos los tiempos. "Todos los hombres del presidente" vuelve...
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Get the Summary of Ben Macintyre's A Spy Among Friends in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Spy Among Friends" chronicles the intertwined lives of British intelligence officers Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby, the latter a notorious double agent for the Soviet Union. Elliott, from a privileged background, joined MI6 and developed a close bond with Philby, who was also recruited into British intelligence despite...
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