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Nothing was more important to 34 year old Paige Birgfeld than her family. She loved getting together with her three kids, her parents, and her siblings, and according to her father, Frank Birgfeld, the joy she felt in those moments was written all over her face."She would literally beam, she would radiate," he said. "Those were the absolute cherished times that she enjoys most."Which is why, when Paige suddenly disappeared on June 28, 2007, her family immediately suspected something terrible had happened to her.

Amish stories to warm the heart...Naomi has found happiness in taking care of animals in her Amish community. A relationship? Maybe someday, if ever. While on her Rumspringa, Naomi's world is shaken when baseball star Aaron Shephered shows up. Marked by her parents' dramas, she is certain that any involvement with a man will end in pain and she does her best to stay away from the handsome athlete. After an injury ended his career, Aaron is left struggling to find his path. Becoming the youngest world number one prospect in baseball brought him wealth, fame, and success, but not happiness. He is in town to shoot a commercial, not to find love. But when he meets Naomi, he quickly realizes that he's been waiting for her all his life. All his other victories will be worthless if he can't win Nicole's heart.

Some female killers simply don't want to get their hands dirty and to the deed themselves. Instead, they ask someone else to murder for them. It might seem impossible, but these things truly do happen more often than we think. These women would either hire a person who is not personally involved or a lover who can be easily manipulated to help. The motivation can be self-preservation, especially if a woman is in an abusive marriage and wants to run away. But some women do kill for financial gain. This is exactly what happened to Andie Gasper who was caught in a deadly love triangle. His wife Cheryl had a long-term affair with Randall Knight who was madly in love with her. She manipulated him with her lies in order for him to kill her husband so they could collect his life insurance money.

Ursula is tired of life on the east coast, living in poverty with her five sisters. She answers a mail order bride ad if only to get away from the desperation of her situation. She arrives and finds her new husband David to be quiet and distant. She's unsure of where she stands with him. He's half-Indian and has abandoned the indian side of his family. But when the Indian Tribe David once belonged to kidnaps Ursula, David is forced to make a decision. He must rescue his bride and come to a reckoning of why he left his past behind.

Mercy's blue eyes flamed in anger and disappointment as she stared at the retreating figure of the horse. Mr. Miller was the fifth person she was trying to sell the McFarland ranch to, unsuccessfully. Sweat trickled down the sides of her face; she wasn't just disturbed about the inability to sell off the ranch, she was worried about the future of her siblings. She pulled in a deep breath and caressed her thumping heart with her left palm, while the right hand washed off the sweat that had kissed her brows. Her hopes of selling the ranch was shattered, it wouldn't be long before she and her orphaned siblings began begging for bread. She had to do something about this.

Some problems become more troublesome the longer they are left. The aching molar which remains untended; the lawn which is left uncut. The same might be said of the case of Ray Gricar. Although, of course, the disappearance and possible death of a man, one with a high local profile, is much more serious than sore teeth or an unkempt yard.Gricar was last seen on Friday April 15th 2005. It was a glorious day - one of the first of the year in which Spring had lightened the sky and warmed the air. Gricar had awoken at the normal time. He was living with his girlfriend, Patty Fornicola, in his comfortable Bellefonte, Pennsylvania home. What happened to Ray Gricar?

Amelie was a simple woman of simple means.Humble as an Amish woman was expected to be and thoroughly observant of customs, Amelie kept to herself and put most of her efforts towards not getting in the way of others. She followed the rules and was proficient at keeping her desires in check. Meek, modest, and pious, she sought to go about her life quietly, without any surprises from her or others.But she would soon find out that romance did not behave in such an orderly fashion, even for an Amish woman.

Bruce Cleland was smitten when he first saw Rebecca Salcedo. The sexy Latina cook was mixing up spices at the local swap meet and he couldn't believe his eyes. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen...But in him, she only saw dollar signs. The two would marry and Bruce would shower his high-maintenance bride with extravagant gifts and vacations, even including a breast augmentation. Salcedo, on the other hand, would cheat on her dutiful husband with men...and women...Salcedo soon grew tired of Bruce's devotion and wanted out...but not without some compensation. Forging his signature as well as tallying up his assets, she figured she could get over one million dollars upon his death...but could she get away with murder?

Jack is a down on his luck, recovering alcoholic who avoids becoming a homeless statistic by taking a job as a security guard. His first assignment is to guard the local museum at night but he soon finds out there is a mysterious relic hidden in the basement...a religious item wanted by a violent cult. They break into the facility after dark and Jack is in the fight for his life, trying to escape through the catacombs of the old museum....Can Jack save his own life and the life of a kidnapped young woman that the cult has come to sacrifice?

David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, plead guilty to eight separate attacks that terrorized New York City in the hot summer of 1976. His weapon of choice was a .44 caliber revolver which he used to kill the six and wound seven others. The attacks put the entire city on alert and Berkowitz managed to elude New York's finest for over a month as he taunted them with letters. After his arrest, he confessed to the crimes but maintained he was under orders from a demon named "Sam". He would later admit that this excuse was indeed a hoax but the questions remained....What possessed David Berkowitz to commit these atrocities?

West Oakland might not be the safest place to live, but for Heather McIntyre it's an upgrade. At least, it seems that way until women from the shelter where she works begin turning up dead. Heather sees the murders as mere coincidences - a mirror of her terrifying past. But then her new boyfriend is found murdered and the police think Heather knows more than she lets on. And the detectives are correct. Heather knows who is responsible. A serial killer that has followed her to Oakland, a monster that she can't escape.

An anthology of True Crime stories involving women whose outward appearances during their marriage belied the murderous schemes they were plotting behind closed doors. Gaile Owens, Tracey Grissom, Mary Winkler and more.

A true crime anthology headlined by Patty Colombo. Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca were arrested for the brutal murders Columbo's parents and brother in Elk Grove, Illinois. Twenty-year-old Columbo had been kicked out of her parent's home two years earlier and began living with DeLuca, her thirty-six year old married boss. The pair later killed her parents under the belief that they would receive an inheritance but Patty had been written out of the will years earlier.

Two shy Amish men, John and Luke, fall in love with a visiting teacher. All of the women in the community are jealous of her beauty and undercut their efforts. But the teacher herself is hiding a dark secret. Can she find redemption in the Amish community?

Widowed at young age, Virginia has no choice but to put her energy into her work. And when her two childhood friends die in a terribly accident, they leave behind an infant daughter. Virginia agrees to become the temporary guardian until extended family comes through in the form of her ex-boyfriend, Garrett...Returning to the small town of his youth was the last thing Garrett wanted to do. This is the place where his worst decisions were made. But when he sees Virginia once again, the feelings reignite. Can he make things right a second go around?

Laura left her Amish community as she wanted to experience the outside world...But six years later, she's forced to return...as a single mother with a young daughter in tow. Still a beautiful woman, Laura is courted upon her arrival by a handsome farmer named Nicholas. Now, years later, she is forced to return-along with her six-year-old daughter. As Laura reluctantly completes her shunning, she catches the eye of Nicholas, a farmer wanting a wife. Laura, however, isn't so sure she wants to stay in the community let alone begin a relationship with an Amish man. What are her real reasons for returning to the community? Is it to pass her daughter off on relatives so she can live her own life? Or is she truly trying to repent?

Millicent has no way out. Her father is elderly and her brother has moved away...This leaves her alone and vulnerable to the advances of the town sheriff...An old, bald and disgusting man, he stalks her at every turn. Broke and destitute, Millicent sees one alternative out of the town. She decides to become a mail-order bride. She signs up with the agency and heads out west. But the sheriff is obsessed with her...will her future husband be enough to give her the love and protection she needs?

Six months ago, if someone had told Sarah she would end up a mail order bride, she would have laughed in their face and called them ridiculous. Yet here she was, three hundred miles away from home and standing in front of an unfamiliar farmhouse in a state she didn't know. Waiting for a man she had only ever seen photographs of.Shifting from foot to foot, Sarah knocked against the hard wooden door. And waited.After a few seconds she wondered if he had heard - after a minute, she wondered if anyone was even in. Green fields stretched in every direction, cows grazed, but there was no sign of a human being. At least there wasn't until there was a scuffle from inside the house, a scramble for keys. Then the door creaked open - God did it need oiled - and a familiar face peered out at her.Thick, dark hair framed an angular face dashed with freckles, clear blue eyes, sharp cheekbones led to a strong chin with a few day's of stubble. John Crowe was beautiful in those grainy black and white photographs - but in person, he was stunning.

Amy Yoder is a young Amish woman who gets her first teaching job out of town. Thomas has had a crush on her since forever, offers to drive her to and from the school, and their relationship continues to blossom. But a hitch is thrown into the whole thing when he sees one of her fellow Englischer teachers at the school touching her in a seemingly romantic fashion, causing a misunderstanding that could jeopardize their budding romance.

THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMISH SHORT STORIESThe recently widowed Mary returns to the Amish community of her birth in order to pursue a lifelong dream...To own a bakery. Once there, she meets a handsome carpenter, Matthew, who helps build the store from scratch...wary about letting a new man in her life for her daughter's sake, Mary keeps Matthew at arm's length. But will she realize that sometimes Gott leads people into our lives that our meant to be?

Abigail has regretted declining Stephen's marriage proposal over three years ago. He left the Amish town in humiliation but now he has returned to reconnect with family. Seeing him only stirs up the feelings of regret in her. As for Stephen, he has promised himself he would not fall for Abigail's charms again. He has moved on emotionally but remains single. Still, there seems to be a maturity in her that wasn't there before. Is Gott giving them a second chance? Can he return to his hometown and marry the woman he's always loved?

Feeling lost and abandoned, Jezebel is a young frontier woman battles anger and self-pity at a school for the blind. But soon, she finds a source of hope & romance with the arrival of a new teacher named Thomas. The two young people begin working together and the students are given renewed hope... But what will happen when the school is threatened by lack of funds and the stresses it brings to their budding romance?

Maggie has been put down all of her life. Pregnant and broke, she is works as a waitress to make ends meet before her baby arrives. The baby's father now wants nothing to do with her and she faces the shame of judgmental parents. A shy dishwasher, however, takes an interest in Maggie's plight and begins helping her out. Will he be the one person to lift her up?

Claire Miller was a simple woman; she wanted to live her life how she saw fit, make her own decisions - and, most importantly, have control over her own life. It wasn't, she thought, an absurd thing to ask.Unfortunately, her father didn't feel the same. He had controlled the family since long before she was born; and since her mother's death three years ago it had only become worse. It was stifling, overwhelming, and sometimes so much Claire felt as if she could barely breathe without unwanted criticism. It wasn't as if she wanted to abandon their way of life; she just wanted a little more autonomy.Which is why she sat in their dimly lit living room with a book on her lap, studiously ignoring her father - and her sister Susannah - as they went on and on about their latest obsession; finding Claire a husband.

Miriam didn't know what she wanted in life. She put on a false front to Frederick, her second husband at age twenty-five. She realized that any woman would be happy to have him. He was tall. Handsome. But did he make her heart go pitter-patter? No. Maybe she would give it time. That is what the people at the Mail Order Bride agency told her. And the more she got to know him, the more she saw a brokeness in him. And then there was his daughter. A little girl who resembled her own daughter so much. The daughter that she tragically lost only months earlier. But the questions remained in her heart. Is this where she wanted to be? Is this where God meant her to be?

Rebecca has always been a strong-willed child who grew ambivalent about her Amish as she grew into adulthood. On the fence as to whether or not she wants to stay in the community, she meets an Englischer turns her onto the outside world. Problem is, his motives are on the shady side as another one a long-time suitor of hers discovers. But can he convince her of the Englischer's bad intentions before it is too late?

A look at two of the most notorious female killers in recent memory. Karen Lyn Dalton was a meth addict seeking revenge against her roommate who pawned off all of her jewelry. What ensued was the one of the most sordid accounts of torture in the history of California. Sheila LaBarre hated men. She hated them so much she would entice younger men to her farm with the promise of sex only to torture and kill them.

This quiet suburban street looks like a normal New York suburb but Lutz family who were the main characters in The Amityville Horror book went through hell in their newly purchased dream home. The said house has a tragic history and Lutz family supposedly experienced it first hand. Yes, it was confirmed that the book featured plenty of false accounts and recollections, but it helped put Amityville on the map and the story soon became well-known throughout the United States and the rest of the world.However, not all scary stories are made up and there has to be something to them, right? The real events that occurred on a cold autumn day in November of 1974 at a lovely house on 112 Ocean Avenue were as chilling as the most intense work of fiction out there.

Catherine's world has fallen apart in days. Her Amish husband is an oddity, he doesn't want children. So when Catherine announces that she's pregnant, a violent argument ensues. Her husband storms out of the home and doesn't return...he's killed in a tragic accident...but an unexpected romance comes in the form of a handsome fireman who arrives on scene...The fireman has lost his own pregnant wife in a tragedy years earlier and sees some kind of kinship in the young Amish woman. He knows it is wrong...to make a romantic move on a fresh widow...but there is something in her sad but beautiful eyes that touch his soul...and he wonders if he can bring happiness to her life and the growing baby inside her.

Barbara never thought she would start a family, let alone find someone to spend her life with. She travels out west only to deliver a message then return back home. But when David mistakes her for his mail order bride, she can't help but fall for his shy charms...as well as his orphaned niece. Will Barbara realize that God is answering her prayers and that David and his niece are what she's always wanted?