The story of the killer Ed Gein is one of the weirdest, most disturbing ever, one that has inspired horror stories as diverse as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
In 1945, as part of the Occupation forces sent to postwar Japan Nick Zappetti, a native of Italian East Harlem, entered a world as strange as any he had ever know, In postwar Tokyo, however, he realised there were certain opportunities.
A fresh, new look at gangs in every part of the world which deliberately avoids the stories that have been done to death - about Capone, Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde - and focuses on less well-known gangs such as 'Ma' Barker's Boys; the Smaldones of Denver; Scotland Yard's 1960s' Flying Squad, the so-called Firm within a Firm; Dr Death, the Melbourne drug dealer and Andre Stander, the former South African police officer who led a gang of bank robbers before being shot dead in Fort Lauderdale having fled a 17-year sentence.
It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi KC is finally able to share all the astonishing details.
The matriarch of Australia's most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.
Two small-town attorneys who outraged the nation defending a hated man; the detective who desperately sought answers to the whereabouts of missing women; the unveiling of a modern-day serial killer; and the author who witnessed the drama firsthand.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS FOOD BOOK AWARDA playful and accessible guide to fermenting at homeJames Read is on a mission to smuggle bacteria into our kitchens.
Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka Marm Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City.
As the biggest criminal trial since the Boston Strangler draws nearer, the publics fascination with the life and crimes of mob boss Whitey Bulger continues to heat up.
In 1949, a crime reporter looking for a way to fill a column published the nations ten worst criminals as classified by the FBI: two accused murderers, four escaped convicts, a bank robber, and three confidence men.
Weisbergs first volume in the Whitewash series dissected the Warren Report and its failure to confront evidence of conspiracy in the JFK assassination.
FBI Handbook of Crime Scene Forensics is the official procedural guide for law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and tribunals submitting evidence to the FBI.
The Hollywood Ending of an Adrenaline-Filled and, By Turns, Harrowing and Funny Odyssey of Crime and Redemption in Americas War on DrugsSmugglers Blues, the first book in Richard Strattons memoir of his criminal career, detailed his years as a kingpin in the Hippie Mafia.
The New York Times Bestseller by the Author of A Man Called IntrepidIdeal for fans of Nancy Wake, Virginia Hall, The Last Goodnight by Howard Blum, The Woman Who Smashed Codes, The Wolves at the Door by Judith Pearson, and similar worksShares the story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of HonorWritten by William Stevenson, the only person whom she trusted to write her biographyShe was stunning.
Getting Away With Murder is an explosive investigation into the death of an American hero, the strange case of the American Taliban, and why we never got the truth about eitheruntil now.
Sentenced to death in 1965 at age twenty for an unpremeditated murder during the bungled holdup of a convenience store, Billy Wayne spent his first seven prison years on death row.
To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams.
Conducted under the umbrella of Project Gunrunner, intended to stem the flow of firearms to Mexico, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ran a series of gun walking sting operations, including Operations Wide Receiver and Operation Fast & Furious.
Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time theyre going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination.