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  Mississippi Moonshine Politics -...

  Janice Branch Tracy

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  A Mississippi historian chronicles the rise and fall of The Magnolia State’s moonshine empire in this revealing true crime history.   For most states, the repeal of prohibition meant a return to legally drunken normalcy, but not so in Mississippi. The state had gone dry more than a decade before the rest of the nation. In that time, a lucrative black market for moonshine and bonded liquor became a way of life for many Mississippians. By the time Prohibition was lifted, bootleggers and state politicians were unwilling to give up their hold on the sale of alcohol.    For nearly sixty years, Mississippi was known as the "wettest dry state in the country." Until statewide prohibition was finally repealed in 1966, illegal booze fueled a corrupt political machine that intimidated journalists who dared to speak against it and fixed juries that threatened its interests. Author and native Mississippian Janice Branch Tracy offers an intimate and authoritative look inside Mississippi Moonshine Politics.

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  The Suspect - An Olympic Bombing...

  Kevin Salwen, Kent Alexander

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  The “intensively reported and fluidly written” true-crime account of the heroic security guard accused of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (Wall Street Journal). 
   
  On July 27, 1996, security guard Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. The bomb detonated amid a crowd of fifty thousand people. But thanks to Jewell, it only wounded 111 and killed two, not the untold scores who would have otherwise died.  
   
  Yet seventy-two hours later, the FBI turned Jewell from a national hero into their main suspect. The decision not only changed Jewell’s life, it let the true bomber roam free to strike again. Today, most of what we remember of this tragedy is wrong. 
   
  In a triumph of investigative journalism, former U.S. Attorney Kent Alexander and reporter Kevin Salwen reconstruct events before, during, and after the bombing. Drawn from law enforcement evidence and the extensive personal records of key players—including Richard himself—The Suspect, is a gripping story of domestic terrorism and an innocent man’s fight to clear his name.

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  Old Time Radio: True Crime...

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  2 true-crime classics in 1 amazing bundle! Experience some of the most thrilling true-crime serials to release in the twentieth century in this incredible bundle that features Crime Classics and Whitehall 1212. Crime Classics: The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner Crime Classics: John Hayes, His Head and How They Were Parted Crime Classics: Blackbeards 14th Wife. Why She Was No Good For Him Crime Classics: Coyle and Richardson. Why They Hung in a Spanking Breeze Crime Classics: How Supan Got The Hook Outside Bombay Crime Classics: Madeline Smith Maid or Murderess Crime Classics: The Born Brothers & Hangman. A Study in Nip and Tuck Crime Classics: Jean Baptiste Troppman, Killer of Many Crime Classics: Incredible History of John Shepard Crime Classics: Younger Brothers. Why Some of Them Grew No Older Whitehall 1212: The Fournier Case Whitehall 1212: The Murder of Duncan Frazier Whitehall 1212: The Blitz Murder Case Whitehall 1212: The Man Who Murdered His Wife Whitehall 1212: The Case of Thomas Applebee Whitehall 1212: The Case of The Unidentified Woman Whitehall 1212: The Magenta Blotting Pad Whitehall 1212: The Case of Dr. Duncan Allen Whitehall 1212: The Winchester Bottles Whitehall 1212: The Inoperative Wireless

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  Don't Fall For It - A Short...

  Ben Carlson

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  History is full of sensational financial frauds and scams. Enron was forced to declare bankruptcy after allegations of massive accounting fraud, wiping out $78 billion in stock market value. Bernie Madoff, the largest individual fraudster in history, built a $65 billion Ponzi scheme that ultimately resulted in his being sentenced to 150 years in prison. People from all walks of life have been scammed out of their money: French and British nobility looking to get rich quickly, farmers looking for a miracle cure for their health ailments, several professional athletes, and some of Hollywood's biggest stars. No one is immune from getting deceived when money is involved. 
  This compelling audio book explores specific instances of financial fraud as well as some of the most successful charlatans and hucksters of all-time. Sharing lessons that apply to business, money management, and investing, author Ben Carlson answers questions such as: Why do even the most intelligent among us get taken advantage of in financial scams? What make fraudsters successful? Why is it often harder to stay rich than to get rich? Each chapter examines different frauds, perpetrators, or victims of scams. These real-life stories include anecdotes about how these frauds were carried out and discussions of what can be learned from these events.

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  Working for Justice

  Amy B. Chesler

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  When beloved educator Hadas Winnick was murdered, her sleepy, affluent hometown of Calabasas was rocked to the core. More shocking than her killing, though, was the process of convicting her admittedly guilty murderer.Calabasas is a quiet, well-to-do California town often referred to as “The Bubble.” But on September 25th, 2007, that bubble burst with the murder of oneof its longtime residents—high school math teacher Hadas Winnick. The upscale community was rocked by her gruesome death, but as shocking as the tragedyseemed, the years of abuse she faced that preceded it were more so. Even more devastating still, was the effort and time it took to sentence her murderer toprison, and the power that our systems-in-place allowed him while on his way there. Follow Hadas’s daughter, award-winning blogger Amy Chesler, on her oftenheart-wrenching—but eventually heart-warming—road to justice.

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  The Darkest Web - Drugs Death...

  Eileen Ormsby

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  Dark . . . A kingpin willing to murder to protect his dark web drug empire. A corrupt government official determined to avoid exposure.Darker . . . A death in Minnesota leads detectives into the world of dark web murder-for-hire where hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin is paid to arrange killings, beatings, and rapes.Darkest . . . A video circulates and the pursuit of the monsters responsible for 'Daisy's Destruction' lead detectives into the unimaginable horror of the world of hurtcore.There's the world wide web—the internet we all know that connects us via news, email, forums, shopping, and social media. Then there's the dark web—the parallel internet accessed by only a select few.Eileen Ormsby has spent the past five years exploring every corner of the Dark Web. She has shopped on darknet markets, contributed to forums, waited in red rooms, and been threatened by hitmen on murder-for-hire sites. On occasions, her dark web activities have poured out into the real world and she has attended trials, met with criminals and the law enforcement who tracked them down, interviewed dark web identities and visited them in prison.Contains mature themes.

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