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  Murder in the Suburbs - More...

  Emily Webb

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  Shocking True Crimes can happen in Your Street. 
   
  From acclaimed true crime author and podcaster Emily Webb comes a gripping collection of chilling cases from Australia and beyond. This volume delves into both well-known and obscure crimes, revealing the dark underbelly lurking beneath seemingly peaceful neighbourhoods. 
   
  In 1977, the murder of an Australian nurse living in Texas shocked the community and remains unsolved to this day. In 1950, the disappearance of a Melbourne woman led to the largest search of its time, only for her husband to later confess to disposing of her body under dubious circumstances. 
   
  The book also examines decades of baby abductions from hospitals, suburban homes, and public streets, highlighting the vulnerability of the most innocent among us. The still-unsolved murder of elderly "gentleman grocer" Frank Newbery in Newcastle serves as a chilling reminder of the darkness that can lurk in the most familiar places. 
   
  In the 1950s, a cricket match in suburban Adelaide turned into a scene of terror when a gunman opened fire, fatally shooting one player and injuring another. In 1973, during a bustling football game at Adelaide Oval, 11-year-old Joanne Ratcliffe and 4-year-old Kirste Gordon vanished without a trace, their disappearances haunting the community to this day 
   
  Murder in the Suburbs is a compelling reminder that even the most tranquil street can harbor dark secrets. These true accounts will leave you questioning the safety of the world just outside your door. 
   
   
  ‘Webb certainly whets the appetite for more reading around these cases … A solid addition to any true crime lover’s bookshelf.’ GLAM 
   
  ‘Her telling of a range of tales reads as factual, careful and very considered … That doesn't mean that she shies away from explaining what happened to many of these victims, it, fortunately, lacks the sensationalism that can sometimes be found in these sorts of accounts.’ AustralianCrimeFiction.org

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  True Crime Case Histories Volume...

  Jason Neal

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  12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and Mayhem
   
  Volume 21 of the True Crime Case Histories Series
   
  In remote forests and suburban homes, behind friendly smiles and professional facades, the most horrifying crimes unfold when ordinary people reveal their capacity for extraordinary evil. This collection of twelve meticulously researched cases exposes how the darkest predators often hide in plain sight—until their masks finally slip.
   
  A sampling of the stories includes:
   
  The Perfect Murder–She was 26 and planning her dream wedding. Her fiancé seemed perfect—a psychiatric nurse studying to become a doctor. But while she picked out flowers and finalized seating charts, he was Googling "chemicals to dissolve bodies."
   
  The Body in the Garden–For eighteen years, an eccentric elderly woman hosted neighborhood barbecues. But her guests had no idea she was keeping an unthinkable secret wrapped in plastic in the garden shed, just feet from where children played.
   
  The Cleveland Monster–Over the course of ten years, three young women disappeared from the streets of Cleveland. While their families searched and hope waned, no one knew they were chained in a monster's basement just miles away.
   
  The Bargain Basement–Patients came to him for cosmetic surgery at bargain-basement prices. But when emergency responders arrived at his basement operating room, they found the surgeon trying to save a dying patient with a wire coat hanger.
   
  Plus several more chilling cases that prove the most dangerous monsters rarely announce themselves.
   
  These aren't stories ripped from headlines you've already read. They're deep dives into lesser-known cases, reconstructed from court transcripts, police files, and witness testimony.

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  Six from One Egg

  Sergiy Zhuravlov

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  Laurel, an enterprising loan shark and investor, has a whole metropolis under his control. He manipulates everyone from judges to skinheads. Everything in his life is so calm and predictable, when suddenly his moneylenders are robbed in broad daylight by three men in masks of fairy beasts. The town is immediately surrounded by a red line. Crossing it is an immediate death sentence. Laurel himself leads the investigation of the collectors. He does not allow them to eat, but he allows them to drink alcohol. He divides the collectors according to their traits: Bold, Cynical, Coward, Good, Evil. The Bold is the first to go over the red line. He is buried in the pouring rain.  Laurel then demands that the rest of them gather at the bar for a further showdown.  At the bar, Laurel morally presses Coward. Mocking Good and philosophizing with Cynic.  The pressuring of the collectionists does not end day or night. All this leads to a conflict between Kind and his wife, Nadine.  Laurel arranges a public trial of Evil. Raising the slogan, "End Evil!"  A mob that has been wound up tries to kill Evil right in the courtroom.  Skinheads pile into the bar, where another night of questioning is taking place. They are served by a dark-skinned guy named Jesus. The gang leader decides to crucify Jesus. The good one volunteers to save the guy. He is helped by Cynic, Evil. Jesus is saved. But the death of the collectors is unavoidable. Laurel realizes this and intervenes. Shooting over a dozen skinheads.  Beaten half to death, Evil decides to cross the red line. It seems to everyone that he is gaining his freedom. But then a shot is fired and Evil is killed.  Three exhausted men drag the coffin with Evil, often dropping it.  Once again the gathering in the drinking room and again the unbearable pressure from Laurel and his guards. At one point, Cynic claims that Laurel will never get his money. Cynic informs him that he denies not only the money, but life itself.  Laurel kills Cynic by stabbing him through the heart.  Laurel now puts the coward on trial and publicly burns him at the stake under the gaze of a cheering crowd.  Kind, half-conscious, is taken to the bar, where he is revived by an old Negro. Having come to his senses he realizes that all the preceding is some kind of illusion, but in fact he is Sergei, and he is engaged in bilking money out of debtors at Laurel's. It is he who conceives with the help of his friends to rob Laurel. This is where the true, highly dynamic story of Laurel's robbery begins...

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  The incredible files - Crimes...

  Geoffrey Claustriaux

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  Three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappear in the early 1900s. Two young girls disappear in the jungles of Panama. Five men abandon their car in the mountains, then plunge into the forest for an unknown reason, where one by one they die. A young man disappears. He is only found 7 years later, walled up in the chimney of a cabin in the middle of the woods...Since time immemorial, mankind has been confronted with unexplained crimes and mysterious disappearances. Geoffrey Claustriaux has a passion for these enigmatic cases, and revisits twelve of them. He invites you to discover the raw facts as they are known today, and proposes a possible fictional ending for each of these crimes and disappearances.

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  Six Miles to Charleston - The...

  Bruce Orr, John LaVerne

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  Explore the grizzly tale of Charleston's most infamous serial killers from the beginning of their reign of horror till their eventual incarceration and execution. 
   
   
   
  In 1819, a young man outwitted death at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher and sparked the hunt for Charleston's most notorious serial killers. Former homicide investigator Bruce Orr follows the story of the Fishers, from the initial police raid on their Six Mile Inn with its reportedly grisly cellar to the murderous couple's incarceration and execution at the squalid Old City Jail. Yet there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished, an overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials, and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale. Orr uncovers the mysteries and debunks the myths behind the infamous legend of the nation's first convicted female serial killer.

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  Love Me To Death - The Chilling...

  Steve Jackson

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  Classic true crime about one of the most monstrous serial killers in American history from the New York Times–bestselling author—now revised and updated.  “Here’s What Happens When You Mess with Me!” —William Neal   William Neal, who called himself “Wild Bill Cody,” was seductive and skillful at separating love-struck women from their money, and ultimately, their lives. Apprehended by police, Neal, who proclaimed himself “better than Ted Bundy,” pleaded guilty to three murders then insisted on representing himself at his death penalty trial. But the psychopathic killer found himself up against the incredible courage of his one surviving victim.  Recommended Reading by the True Crime Garage Podcast  “New York Times–bestselling author Steve Jackson examines Neal’s horrific crimes and chronicles the dramatic efforts to bring the culprit to justice.” —The Lineup, “33 True Crime Books About the World’s Most Notorious Serial Killers”

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