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To many authors the only East End crimes of note are those that concern Jack the Ripper or the Kray Twins - both of which are covered in other books in this series. Here the reader will discover a selection of other criminal activities from piracy, to theft and the fencing of stolen goods, to the humorous cases of the burglar who fell asleep on the job, and the escapologist who ran away. Added to this is a potpourri of curiosities unique to the area.There are characters to meet such as Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man), Captain James Cook, and Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Strange events like the banquet held in a tunnel under the Thames, and the boy who was carried off by an escaped Bengal tiger and lived to tell the tale.With 35 places to read about and explore, East London has never seemed so interesting!

Come ride around the country with veteran investigator John A. Hoda as he searches for the truth. He has selected great stories from a 42-year career and keeps serving them up like free refills of coffee at the 24-hour diner.From a simple traffic stop to a massive RICO indictment to homicides from both sides of the aisle, he reveals an insider's view of the gritty world of a working investigator. Some of the cases are ripped from the headlines of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Register. Each short story is separated by a humorous, poignant or jaw-dropping vignette leaving the reader hungry to turn the next page. 

Serial Killers Who Were Never Caught is full of darkly fascinating profiles of the many shadowy and harrowing serial killers who proved so frustratingly elusive they were never brought to justice for their grisly and gruesome crimes. What follows is a ghoulish gallery of the most mysterious and terrifying killers of all time...

This study of serial killers considers the extent to which criminal behaviour results from psychological, biological, and social factors of the individuals who commit some of the most despicable and heinous crimes.

A scorned woman, an incensed deli owner, a drunken cop, and an antisocial son. These were the most memorable murder defendants to appear before Long Island judge Thomas M. Stark during his thirty-seven years on the bench. None was more notorious than Ronald DeFeo Jr., who in 1975 was convicted of shooting six members of his family, a crime that sparked tales of hauntings later recounted in the best-selling book The Amityville Horror: A True Story. Drawing from his personal files, Stark gives readers an inside look at the brutal murders, the frenzy over the alleged psychic events that followed, and DeFeo's decades of shifting stories about what really happened that fateful night. The book's other tales of true crime include long-forgotten cases that mesmerized Long Islanders from the 1960s to the 1980s: the murder-for-hire of an unfaithful paramour, a fire that took the lives of a mother and three children, a Southampton society melee, and more. A noted expert on criminal law, Stark delves into the legal issues raised by each murder and shares the thinking behind his rulings. These real-life cases are sure to fascinate fans of both true crime and courtroom drama as Stark brings to life tragic stories of love and betrayal, a feud turned deadly, partying gone awry, and a family killed in cold blood.