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Murder is always a senseless act, but some acts of murder involve more planning and premeditation than others. Some times, the murder of an individual is done in the heat of the moment. Sometimes tempers flair and death was not the intended outcome. Sometimes murders are completely accidental, arguably. The events of the following story are so far-fetched that it's almost difficult to believe they are true. When two people fear for their lives, anything...

Sarah Vercauteren moved out of her fiance's home in order to get clean for the sake of her two-years-old son Skylar. She could always count on her mother so Sarah returned to her hometown, seeking a non-toxic environment in which she could rebuild her life and become a better mother. In the beginning, Sarah was down with the plan, following the rules and staying out of trouble. However, things became complicated when her mother discovered that Sarah...

At around 2 a.m. on June 5, 2002, Elizabeth was woken up by a male voice whispering in her ear "I have a gun at your throat. Don't make a sound. Get up and come with me." When she opened her eyes, she saw a tall figure looming over her, and immediately felt something cold against her throat. Afraid of what the man would do to her family if she didn't comply with his instruction, she got out of bed quietly and stood up. Mary Katherine was startled...

Underbelly meets Molly's Game - the true crime investigation that rewrote the story of Melbourne's infamous gangland war and triggered a royal commission. Melbourne's gangland war was an era dominated by murders, stings, hits, drug busts, corruption and greed - inspiring bestselling books and even a popular TV series, Underbelly. It took the police a decade to curtail the violence and bring down criminal kingpins Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel and their...

Barbara Grimes was the older of the two Grimes sisters, her full name was Barbara Jeanne Grimes and she was born on the warm day of May 5, 1941. It was only a short few years before her younger sister Patricia Kathleen Grimes was born on, December 31, 1943. The girls were only two of the seven Grimes children. Their siblings described Barbara and Patricia as being inseparable, the best of friends. They attended Thomas Kelly High School and St. Maurice...

Goddess is the book that Madonna and her entourage did not want published. Long before the star could instruct her family and friends not to talk to the author, Barbara Victor spent more than eighteen months in Michigan, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, California, New York, and Florida, interviewing Madonna's father and stepmother, her grandmother and other family members, as well as friends, neighbors, business associates, and former lovers and...

Ashleigh Robinson, 19, and her 16-year-old sister Holly committed the "Judas-like" murder of their dad Antoni Robinson—getting their boyfriends to do the killing. It is a story straight out of a twisted crime thriller, involving money, real estate and jewelry. The two sisters came up with teh pot to kill their sixty-one year old father, a successful antiques dealer with their boyfriends Gordon and Sacha. Hours before the gruesome murder, Ashleigh...

À travers la voix de l'auteur, depuis la Shoah jusqu'à la Belle époque, Charles nous raconte son histoire... C'est au détour d'une de mes rencontres que je suis tombée sur Monsieur Charles Glenn, 80 ans, le regard franc, le verbe haut. Charles me confie assez rapidement que le rêve de sa vie, c'est l'écriture de sa biographie. D'abord surprise, puis sceptique, et enfin quelque peu moqueuse, je découvre au détour de son histoire que je suis...

Two True Crime tales of elderly women who didn't let old age keep them from creating mayhem. Nannie Doss - No matter how hard Nannie tried to find true romance her efforts failed. She seemed to find men who were a lot like her father, abusive, or they were skirt chasing alcoholics. Nannie couldn't handle it and began to kill her husbands and other members of her family.

In many ways, the life of Bethany Decker was not so different from others her age and who shared similar backgrounds. She worked full time as a waitress and attended college at George Mason University, majoring in global environmental change. Sure, she was only 22 and married with one son, just 17-months-old. But that is hardly uncommon. And yes, her marriage was faltering, but even that was hardly unique, especially when married at such a young age...