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  The Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty...

  Steve B. Davis

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  For nearly one hundred years, the Murdaugh family controlled justice in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Three generations served as solicitor, prosecuting crimes and wielding influence that made their name untouchable. Alex Murdaugh, heir to that legacy, was a successful attorney, a prominent figure in his community, and a man whose family name opened every door. 
  But on the night of June 7, 2021, that dynasty shattered. Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul were executed at the family's hunting estate. Alex called 911, grief-stricken and covered in blood. Within months, investigators would discover that the grieving husband and father was not a victim. He was a suspect. 
  The investigation exposed a staggering web of financial crimes. Alex had stolen nearly nine million dollars from clients who trusted him—injured victims, grieving families, and his own housekeeper's sons. He had staged his own shooting. He had lied to everyone. And prosecutors believed he had murdered his wife and son to buy time as the walls closed in. 
  The Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty traces a century of unchecked power, documents the crimes that destroyed a family, and reveals how a system built on deference finally collapsed when one man believed his name would protect him even from murder. 
  Based entirely on documented evidence. No speculation. No invented dialogue. Just the truth—dark, precise, and impossible to look away from.

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  The Sing Sing Files - One...

  Dan Slepian

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  “Bristling with urgency, empathy, and determination…this is investigative journalism at its best and most necessary.”—AudioFileThe author's podcast, Letters from Sing Sing, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.This program is read by the author and features sound design and original archival sound recordings from Sing Sing maximum-security prison, including letters written to the author. It also includes commentary from formerly incarcerated men.An NBC Dateline producer's cinematic account of his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent menIn 2002, Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC’s Dateline, received a tip from a Bronx homicide detective that two men were serving twenty-five years to life in prison for a 1990 murder they did not commit.Haunted by what the detective had told him, Slepian began an investigation of the case that eventually resulted in freedom for the two men and launched Slepian on a two-decade personal and professional journey into a deeply flawed justice system fiercely resistant to rectifying—or even acknowledging—its mistakes and their consequences.The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice is Slepian’s account of challenging that system. The story follows Slepian on years of prison visits, court hearings, and street reporting that led to a series of powerful Dateline episodes and eventually to freedom for four other men and to an especially deep and lasting friendship with one of them, Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez. From his cell in Sing Sing, JJ aided Slepian in his investigations until his own release in 2021 after decades in prison.Like Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, The Sing Sing Files is a deeply personal account of wrongful imprisonment and the flaws in our justice system, and a powerful argument for reckoning and accountability. Slepian’s extraordinary book, at once painful and full of hope, shines a light on an injustice whose impact the nation has only begun to confront.A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

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  The Wicked Among Us - Murder...

  James Owen

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  Atop the Ozark Mountains and in the buckle of the Bible Belt, the murder of an eccentric lawyer reveals a tragic family drama and an examination of a community that would rather see some crimes left unsolved.Rolland Comstock lived in what was described as "a Grimm Fairy tale." With his pet wolves roving the estate and a world-famous book collection to obsess over, Rolland was no ordinary country lawyer. When he was murdered, Rolland's story turned into a tragic mystery—a mystery some in the community did not want to see solved.This intimate true crime tale not only seeks to resolve the question of who killed this man but also to examine his life as well. Beneath his quirky personality, there were secrets and turmoil at odds with the ultra-conservative community Rolland called home. Some were wicked enough to say Rolland got what he deserved. The Wicked Among Us is a legal thriller from the perspective of a tragic victim who can no longer tell the story himself.

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  Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis...

  Charles River Editors

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  Among America’s most infamous “Public Enemies,” perhaps the most unique and controversial was Kate Barker. With her prominent, hawk-tipped nose and plump, doughy face, framed by a classic dark curly coif and frilly day dresses to match, Ma Barker was as non-threatening as they come. Nary a second glance was given to this grandmotherly figure by those who crossed her path, perhaps at most a polite tip of the hat. Of course, as the age-old adage goes, appearances are often deceiving. According to the FBI and portrayals in popular culture, not only was Ma Barker a crass, greedy, and highly manipulative individual who coaxed her sons into the abyss-like vortex of criminality, she was the matriarchal mastermind of one of the most notorious gangs of the Dirty Thirties era.  
  	The Ma Barker Gang, as they were so branded, wasn't a typical band of small-time crooks. Quite the contrary, the unorthodox family-run enterprise was, as described by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, “the most vicious, cold-blooded crew of murderers, kidnappers, and robbers in recent memory.” The gang was as accomplished – and dangerous – as it was elusive, and between 1930 and 1933 alone, they made off with an estimated $3 million. In their heyday, the gang boasted some 25 members, and through it all, the Barker boys remained its core members. Blood, as per the Barker code, would always be thicker than water. 
  The obvious novelty of the alleged gang leader's identity aside, the disturbing fates of the Barker brothers and many of their associates served as a cautionary tale about the dangers and delusions that ensue when one becomes consumed by unbridled avarice and arrogance. But why were the Barker brothers, once innocent young lads, steered so far off the path of righteousness? What was the true depth of Ma's involvement in the gang's laundry list of despicable crimes? How did the once untouchable gang's winning streak culminate in such catastrophic disaster? 

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  True Crime - The 90's - 13...

  Alexander Dragone

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  True Crime of the 90s. 
  In True Crime: The 90's, author Alexander Dragone strips away the nostalgia to expose 13 shocking true crime cases that shattered the world's sense of security.Three of the 13 true crime cases in the book:When Children Murder Children: two cases that defied comprehension. From the tragic abduction of James Bulger in Liverpool to the silent, snowy soccer fields of Norway.The Disappearance of Rui Pedro: Portugal's most enigmatic and heartbreaking unsolved crimes.Greece's Most Wanted Ghost: Kostas"Passaris, a national symbol of pure evil in Greece. 
  Are you ready for a bloody journey back in time? Discover how DNA evidence cracked cold cases decades later. Learn why investigators missed crucial warning signs-sometimes with fatal consequences. Witness the relentless families who never stopped fighting for answers. 
  From serial killers to contract killings, these accounts reveal the full horror of crimes that dominated headlines and haunted communities for generations.

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  1960s Austin Gangsters -...

  Jesse Sublett

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  Timmy Overton of Austin and Jerry Ray James of Odessa were football stars who traded athletics for lives of crime. The original rebels without causes, nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis hair, the Overton gang and their associates formed a ragtag white trash mafia that bedazzled Austin law enforcement for most of the 1960s. Tied into a loose network of crooked lawyers, pimps, and used car dealers who became known as the "traveling criminals," they burglarized banks and ran smuggling and prostitution rings all over Texas. Author Jesse Sublett presents a detailed account of these Austin miscreants, who rose to folk hero status despite their violent criminal acts.

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