Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the bloody war on drugs by Antony Loewenstein
Category: True Crime
The War on Drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different p ...Show more
Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws - My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs by Charles Falco; Kerrie Droban
Category: True Crime
Despite lacking any experience with motorcycle gangs, Charles Falco infiltrated three of America's deadliest biker gangs: the Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws. In separate investigations that spanned years and coasts, Falco risked his life, suffering a fractured neck and a severely torn shoulder, working dee ...Show more
Mafia Hits by M. A. Frasca
Category: True Crime
Since the late 19th century, the Mafia has been a presence in North America using intimidation and worse to exert its control over organized crime in the major cities and beyond - anything from loansharking to bootlegging during Prohibition to extortion, kidnapping and racketerring. Throughout the 20th ...Show more
WANDA-Untold Story of Wanda Beach Murder: The Untold Story of the Wanda Beach Murders by Whiticker Alan J
Category: True Crime
On an overcast, wind swept day in January 1965, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on an isolated beach in Sydney's southern suburbs. The discovery of their bodies the following day sparked a public outcry, media frenzy and one of the largest police investigations in Australian history. To this d ...Show more
The Six Secrets by Daniel Springfield
Category: True Crime
The NSA (National Security Agency) remained secretive for a reason. Asaying behind the scenes was, 'If no one talks, then no one dies.'The NSA, then the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), were setup afterWWII, being fuelled by government moneys, yet both classified as'independent' ... controlled by a se ...Show more
Great and Horrible News - Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams
Category: True Crime
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human ...Show more
Born into a Life of Crime by Ron Isherwood; John Killick (As told to)
Category: True Crime
Ron Isherwood was a career criminal before his teens. He knew this made his father proud. By the time Ron was 17, he was in the notorious Victorian prison, Pentridge, charged with four attempted murders.His father was critical that he hadn't killed his victims.Ron's father, an elected member of the fear ...Show more
The Hitmen - The Shocking True Story of a Family of Killers for Hire by Stephen Breen; Owen Conlon
Category: True Crime
Meet the Wilsons - the deadliest family in crime Brothers Eric, Keith and John Wilson, their cousin Alan, and nephew Luke shared a trade - assassination. Working for Ireland's criminal gangs they brought bloodshed and chaos to the streets. The Wilson, their cousin Alan, and nephew Luke shared a trade - ...Show more