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The true story of Louisiana serial killer Ronald Dominique's ten-year murder spree, the men he slayed, and the detectives who hunted him down. In 1997, the bodies of young African American men began turning up in the cane fields of the quiet suburbs of New Orleans. The victims--many of them transient street hustlers--had been brutally raped and strangled, but police had no leads on the killer's identity. The murders continued, leaving southeast Louisiana's gay community rattled and the police desperate for a break in the case

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Prologue -- 1 Hero or Villain? Part 1: 1865-1869-Dr. Samuel Mudd -- 2 Forty Whacks of Trouble: 1892-Lizzie Borden -- 3 Who Killed Mary Phagan?: 1914-1916-Leo Frank -- 4 Was Bruno Framed?: 1934-Bruno Richard Hauptmann -- 5 A Bullet for Pretty Boy: 1934-Charles Arthur Floyd, aka "Pretty Boy" -- 6 The Atomic Spies: 1954-Ethel and Julius Rosenberg -- 7 The Murdered Civil Rights Workers, Part 1: 1964-Victor Ray Killen -- 8 The Boston Strangler: 1962-1966-Albert Desalvo -- 9 The Twentieth Hijacker: 9/11T/01-Zacarias Mdussaoui, aka "The Twentieth Hijacker" -- 10 Hero or Villain? Part 2: 1868-2002-Dr. Samuel Mudd 1865-2005 -- 11 The Murdered Civil Rights Workers, Part 2: 2005-Edgar Ray Killen -- Epilogue -- Image Gallery -- Appendix I-Thomas Ewing, Jr., Argument on the law and Evidence in the Case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd -- Appendix II-James Speed, Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- Copyright Page.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Part One: The Serial Killer -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Part Two: The Cop -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Part Three: A Matter of Life of Death -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Epilogue -- Image Gallery -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Author's Note.

In one of the biggest cons to shake Eugene, Oregon, an anti-gang activist secretly ran her own murderous mob Aaron Iturra was just 18-years-old when he was found dead in the bedroom of the Eugene, Oregon, home he shared with his mother and sister. Investigating the crime, Detective Jim Michaud found evidence pointing to an unlikely suspect: Mary Louise Thompson, also known as Gang Mom. Once a biker chick and police informer, she had become a locally famous anti-gang activist. Michaud soon learned Thompson was a modern-day Fagin who was running her own gang of juveniles-including her own son

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Part One: The Serial Killer -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Part Two: The Cop -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Part Three: A Matter of Life or Death -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Epilogue -- Image Gallery -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Author's Note -- Copyright Page

Fred Rosen follows a killer's trail back in time 2 decades to discover how a monster slipped through the legal system When police in Tampa, Florida, arrested Larry Singleton in 1997 for brutally murdering prostitute Roxanne Hayes, they soon realized it wasn't the man's first violent attack. Back in 1978 he had gained notoriety as "the Mad Chopper" for raping and cutting off the arms of 15-year-old Mary Vincent on a patch of desolate, sun-scorched land 5 miles off the highway near Modesto, California. When Singleton was let out of prison on supervised parole after serving only 8 years for his

The secret life of a Michigan couple unraveled when police discovered they'd committed 2 horrific murders When Carol Giles's friend Nancy Billiter was found dead-she had been bound, sexually violated, and injected with a lethal dose of battery acid and heroin-detectives in Michigan traced Billiter's death back to Giles and her boyfriend, Tim Collier. Police also learned that the diabolical duo shared another secret: They had murdered Giles's husband, Jessie. Jessie, who had died months before Billiter, was disinterred, and an autopsy proved he'd been given a lethal shot of heroin instead of

The bizarre and heartbreaking true story of 2 men who gruesomely slayed their innocent victims Jeremiah Rodgers and Jonathan Lawrence met in a Florida hospital for the criminally insane, where both had been serving time for petty crimes. Upon their release, they traveled to Lawrence's hometown of Milton, Florida, where they murdered Justin Livingston, Lawrence's mentally challenged cousin. Their deadly spree continued when they viciously raped and shot 18-year-old Jennifer Robinson and then cannibalized her body. Author Fred Rosen reports on how Detective Todd Hand solved the case and broug

Fred Rosen researches the shocking true story behind the murder of Lobster Boy-and finds his own life at risk In his account of the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles Jr., also known as the legendary carnival "freak" Lobster Boy, author Fred Rosen explains how Stiles's death was engineered by his wife, Mary Teresa, the carny known as the Electrified Girl. Rosen describes how Mary Teresa arranged for her husband's murder after years of physical and emotional abuse. The narrative is full of appearances from the couple's colorful acquaintances, including the World's Only Living Half Girl

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Part One -- Prologue -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Part Two -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Part Three -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Eighteen -- Epilogue -- Image Gallery -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments.

When a devilish deacon's secrets are discovered, it's revealed that a man who was holier than thou was also guilty as sin By day, Sam Smithers was the deacon of his Baptist church in Plant City, Florida. A respected neighbor to many and considered a true pillar of his community, Smithers was a devoted family man. But after the sun set, he became something else: a violent attacker of prostitutes-and a killer. Smithers's twisted double life came to light when a local woman who had hired him to take care of her property found him surrounded by a puddle of blood in her garage, cleaning an axe. T

Trails of Death is the explosive chronicle of America's only known national parks serial killer, Gary Michael Hilton. Hilton struck in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina before he was finally caught. The author explores the crimes in detail with full cooperation from the victim families and brings readers into what makes a late-life serial killer through interviews with those who know him. Readers will also hear from the lead investigator who finally tracked Hilton

This collection examines the question of Empire, the various forms of resistance, dissent and/or accomodation it generates, and the ways it has manifested itself in the Americas, analyzing U.S. hemispheric relations at the turn of the 21st century from an

A geographic overview of the development of crime in America, from colonial times to the 21st century. Covering all varieties of crime, the book emphasizes cases which were the first of their kind, crimes peculiar to certain regions and those too infamous to be ignored