Bizarre Crimes

Author : Joe Rhatigan
Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607344815
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bizarre Crimes written by Joe Rhatigan and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The execution of the perfect crime can leave you flabbergasted, thrilled, chilled, amazed, or just downright impressed. But let’s face it: most lawbreakers end up shooting themselves in the foot, and that’s way more fun to read about. Here we pay tribute to the comic blunderers whose antics land them in police cuffs faster than you can say "He went thatta way!" And if it won’t solve the mystery of why these miscreants do what they do, at least it will aid and abet you in the laughter department. There’s a diverse and crazy crowd of fumblers and bumblers in our wacky lineup. Some fools call the cops on themselves, or dial 9-1-1 to ask where they can buy drugs. There’s even a real-life Cinderella story about a girl forced to stay outdoors and do all the work while her stepsisters lived in comfort.

Author : Robin Odell
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1849014361
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes written by Robin Odell and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You couldn't make it up: incredible real-life criminal cases A fascinating A-Z of murderous crimes which spans the globe and the centuries in uncovering the extremes of human criminality in all its strangeness. This collection of unusual, if not sensational, murder cases recalls strange crimes of the past and offers insights into particularly macabre and shocking modern murders. Many of the cases also shed light on advances in crime detection, law enforcement and forensic science. Cases include: Krystian Bala, the Polish writer who killed a rival, and then used the murder as the plot for a novel; Alexander Pichuskin, who was stopped one short of killing the 64 victims he needed to 'fill a chess board'; John Lee, 'the man they could not hang' who survived three attempts to execute him; and Adelaide Bartlett, who was accused of killing her husband with chloroform, but was acquitted because no one could work out how she had done it - and she wouldn't say.

Author : Robin Odell
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472118049
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of More Bizarre Crimes written by Robin Odell and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fact is never more strange than fiction than when it comes to crime, and the crimes described here are so bizarre it's inconceivable that they could have been made up. In this all-new collection of truly unusual crimes, a sequel to the bestselling Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes, Odell and Donnelley tell the extraordinary stories of criminal acts far stranger than any fiction, including the murder of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace by spree-killer Andrew Cunanan and the killing of intern Chandra Ann Levy, who had had an affair with US Representative Gary Condit, though he was cleared of any involvement in her murder. They reveal how Danilo Restivo was eventually convicted of the murder of Heather Barnett in England after the ritualistic placing of hair connected him to another murder in Italy. They tell the terrible story of the inexplicably brutal murder, over a number of days, of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu by his sister and her lover because they believed him to be practising 'witchcraft'. They also give a chilling account of the thirty-one-year-old mother-of-two, Joanna Dennehy, who killed three men. 'I started killing,' she said, 'to see if I was as cold as I thought I was. Then it got moreish and I got a taste for it.'

Author : Editors of Portable Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684123747
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Crime written by Editors of Portable Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dognappings to Munchausen by proxy to early forensics and hot felons, these unbelievable true crime stories will blow your mind. 2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner—2018 BRONZE Winner for Humor (Adult Nonfiction) Loaded with dozens of entertaining and amusing articles about actual crimes, this latest book from Portable Press will definitely leave you scratching your head. Dumb crooks, celebrities gone bad, unsolved mysteries, odd laws, and more, Strange Crime has plenty of stories that will make you ask yourself, “What could they possibly have been thinking?” This easily portable ebook is ideal for readers on the go. Take it to school, to work, to jury duty! Strange Crime delves into such weirdness as . . . · The Dexter influence · Eerie similarities in the trials of Lizzie Bordon and O. J. Simpson · Bird testimony—parrots as witnesses · Cases of instant justice · Celebrities’ days in court · Mediocre masterminds · Terrible twins · Night Stalker strangeness And more

Author : Peter Coleman
Publisher : Affirm Press
ISBN 13 : 1923046942
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Most Bizarre Crimes written by Peter Coleman and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True tales of crimes so bizarre you might not believe them. The mysterious disappearance of thousands of false teeth, international travel via the postal system, doughnut delivery heists, clowns terrorising a neighbourhood, the theft of a three-storey-high replica mango, criminal clairvoyants making off with haunted cash: could crime get any weirder, and could people get any stupider? In Australia's Most Bizarre Crimes, Peter Coleman explores the archives and recent records to produce this astounding collection of criminal mishaps that will have you laughing even as you shake your head in disbelief.

Author : James Marrison
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844549755
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Most Bizarre Murders written by James Marrison and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take, for example, Enriqueta Marti who kidnapped children from the streets of Barcelona, then boiled away their flesh and crushed their bones for ingredients for her coveted 'magic potions'. Or take Randy Kraft, known as The Scorecard Killer, a computer genius by day and a a deranged psychopath by night. Finally arrested with a corpse slumped in the passenger seat of his car, it emerged that Kraft had spent over a decade cutting up and disposing of his numerous victims along the California highways. In this stomach-churning collection, all the stories have one thing in common - a unique bizarre twist. True crime writer James Marrison draws upon the material that has featured in the hugely successful column The Murder File in cult magazine Bizarre in order to disclose the kind of sickening deeds that are perpetrated more often than you might think, but which sometimes go largely unreported by the media. Welcome to The World's Most bizarre Murders - the most shocking true crime book you will ever read.

Author : Peter Haining
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780584102765
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend and Bizarre Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack written by Peter Haining and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jack Rosewood
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1408731096
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Most Bizarre True Crime Stories Ever Told written by Jack Rosewood and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2023-10-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From murder and robberies to arson and blackmail, the 20 stories in this book are some of the most fascinating true crime stories ever recorded. Each of these cases is so bizarre that they confounded the police, baffled investigators and captured the attention of the press all over the world. These short and accessible stories include encyclopaedic information on when and how the crimes were committed, the background of each criminal, and their trials and punishments - for those that were caught.... The mind-boggling crimes in this book are so bizarre that they will stay with you long after you've closed the final page. The ideal gift for all True Crime fanatics.

Author : Charles Eric Maine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780805510430
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bizarre and the Bloody written by Charles Eric Maine and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jamie Frater
Publisher : Ulysses Press
ISBN 13 : 1569758174
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists written by Jamie Frater and published by Ulysses Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREAKS OF NATURE, ODD CRIMES, SHOCKING DEATHS, DEVASTATING DISASTERS, BLOOD-CURDLING RITES, CRAZY CONSPIRACIES & MUCH, MUCH MORE -Gruesome Torture Devices -Mass Hysteria Outbreaks -Unbelievable Miniatures -Disturbingly Scary Clowns -Outer Space Mysteries -Astonishing Aphrodisiacs -Disgusting Ancient Jobs -Spooky Sports Curses -World-Famous Penises -Mail-Order-Bride Shockers -Brutal Pope Deaths -Outrageous Wedding Locales -Grossest Edible Animals -Appalling Religious Practices