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Eight men out : the Black Sox and the 1919 world series / |
Asinof writes a compelling history of the biggest scandal in baseball, the fixing of the 1919 World Series by the Chicago White Sox. Sympathetically but honestly told, Eight Men Out looks at not only the players involved, but also the hardened gamblers and greedy owners that contributed to this tale of the corruption of the beloved national pastime. |
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Midnight in the garden of good and evil : a Savannah Story. |
Savannah, Georgia is the backdrop to this strange tale of a group of eccentrics that inhabits the city and the murder trial of one of their own, Jim Williams. |
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Arc of justice : a saga of race, civil rights, and murder in the Jazz Age / |
Best-selling author Junger's family had a brush with one of the most notorious serial killers in recent history, Alberto DeSalvo a.k.a. the Boston Strangler. When Junger was a child a woman in his hometown of Belmont, MA was strangled to death. The timing of the murder coincided with DeSalvo's employment by the Jungers. While another man was found guilty of the crime, Junger explores the possibility that he was wrongfully accused and convicted of what was really another of the Strangler's gruesome kills. |
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Helter skelter : the true story of the Manson murders / |
Bugliosi is the prosecutor who helped convict Manson and his female groupies for the murder of multiple victims, including Roman Polanski's wife. Here he recounts the trials and the events surrounding them in this classic true crime narrative. |
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In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences / |
Capote's classic "nonfiction novel" is a chilling look at a slain family in rural Kansas and the two men responsible for their deaths |
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Satan's circus : murder, vice, police corruption, and New York's trial of the century / |
Satan's Circus was the name given to an entertainment district with a high crime rate in midtown Manhattan. NYPD officer Charles Becker, enmeshed in the corruption, was convicted for the murder of a casino owner in the district, a crime for which he was exectued in 1915, the only police officer to die by the death penalty. |
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Under the banner of heaven : a story of violent faith / |
Krakauer recounts the true story of two fundamentalist Mormon brothers who killed their younger brother's wife and baby daughter, claiming that God told them to commit the horrific crime. |
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Positively 5th street : murderers, cheetah's, and binion's world series of poker / |
McManus, a poet and novelist, is sent to Las Vegas to write about the World Series of Poker but ends up entering the tournament as a player. Weaved together with his progress through the tournament is the story of the trial being held at the same time for the accused murderers of Ted Binion, an heir of the casino family that started the event. |
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The girls of Murder City : fame, lust, and the beautiful killers who inspired Chicago / |
Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan are the women who became the darlings of "Murderess' Row" after shooting down their lovers. Their cases and the sensational court trials that captured the media and public's attention inspired the hit musical Chicago. |
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Five families : the rise, decline, and resurgence of America's most powerful Mafia empires / |
Former New York Times crime reporter Raab chronicles the history of the Mafia in New York City focusing on the titular five families: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese. |
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Catch me if you can : the amazing true story of the youngest and most daring con man in the history |
This is the real-life account of a teenage high school dropout, successful counterfeiter, impersonator and womanizer who eluded the government for years only to finally assist them in combating the same crimes at which he excelled. |
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The stranger beside me / |
Prolific true crime writer Ann Rule became friends with Ted Bundy when they worked together at a crisis center. In this classic page-turner, she recounts the serial murderer's crimes without sensationalizing them and re-examines the nature of the man she thought she knew. |
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The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science / |
Starr delves into late in 19th century France when a serial killer terrorized the countryside and eluded investigators until a pioneer in crime scene analysis, Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, and a persistent prosecutor, Emile Fourquet, were able to bring him to justice. |
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Manhunt : the twelve day chase for Lincoln's killer / |
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. Swanson tells the story of the suspenseful 12 day chase by U.S. Cavalry of Booth and his conspirators. |
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Hell's angels : a strange and terrible saga / |
This book is a journalistic look at the notorious American motorcycle gang Hell's Angels, which the press sensationalized in the 1960s. Hunter exposes both the criminal behavior of the gang and also the exaggerated mythology that surrounded it. |