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The Teacher's Pet
- By: Hedley Thomas
- Narrated by: Hedley Thomas
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time....
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What a journey!
- By Anonymous User on 12-11-2023
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Roger Rogerson
- From Hero Cop to Convicted Murderer – The Inside Story
- By: Duncan McNab
- Narrated by: Andrew Martin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Once one of the most highly decorated police officers in New South Wales, Rogerson would brag of the crims he killed. For too long, the whispers of corruption around him were ignored. But his unholy alliances with heroin dealers and underworld figures would eventually bring about his downfall.
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Superb Detail
- By Anonymous User on 03-05-2024
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues....
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exceedingly dull
- By Georgia A. on 15-03-2021
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Mindhunter
- Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ 25-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling....
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Riveting, hard to stop listening
- By Mhortop on 29-03-2024
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Suburban True Crime
- By: Emily Webb
- Narrated by: Fiona Macleod, Emily Webb
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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From the co-host of the Australian True Crime Podcast comes the cases you'll never forget and some you've never heard of....
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Love this author
- By Anonymous User on 05-09-2022
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Life Sentence
- By: Carl Williams
- Narrated by: Tim Carroll
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Carl Williams' role as unlikely gang boss in the Melbourne Gangland Wars had made him one of the most infamous names in Australian criminal history....
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absolute rubbish!
- By Anonymous User on 07-10-2019
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The Teacher's Pet
- By: Hedley Thomas
- Narrated by: Hedley Thomas
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time....
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What a journey!
- By Anonymous User on 12-11-2023
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Roger Rogerson
- From Hero Cop to Convicted Murderer – The Inside Story
- By: Duncan McNab
- Narrated by: Andrew Martin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Once one of the most highly decorated police officers in New South Wales, Rogerson would brag of the crims he killed. For too long, the whispers of corruption around him were ignored. But his unholy alliances with heroin dealers and underworld figures would eventually bring about his downfall.
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Superb Detail
- By Anonymous User on 03-05-2024
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In Cold Blood
- By: Truman Capote
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues....
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exceedingly dull
- By Georgia A. on 15-03-2021
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Mindhunter
- Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the classic behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ 25-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling....
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Riveting, hard to stop listening
- By Mhortop on 29-03-2024
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Suburban True Crime
- By: Emily Webb
- Narrated by: Fiona Macleod, Emily Webb
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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From the co-host of the Australian True Crime Podcast comes the cases you'll never forget and some you've never heard of....
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Love this author
- By Anonymous User on 05-09-2022
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Life Sentence
- By: Carl Williams
- Narrated by: Tim Carroll
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Carl Williams' role as unlikely gang boss in the Melbourne Gangland Wars had made him one of the most infamous names in Australian criminal history....
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absolute rubbish!
- By Anonymous User on 07-10-2019
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I Catch Killers
- By: Gary Jubelin, Dan Box - contributor
- Narrated by: Rob Carlton
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
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Here I am: tall and broad, shaved head, had my nose broken three times fighting. Black suit, white shirt, the big-city homicide detective. I've led investigations into serial killings, child abductions, organized crime hits and domestic murders....
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Great insight and excellent read
- By Angela Bradley on 04-10-2020
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My Sister Milly
- By: Gemma Dowler
- Narrated by: Ruby Thomas
- Length: 22 hrs and 35 mins
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Everyone thinks they know the story of Milly Dowler. Haunting headlines about the missing schoolgirl splashed across front pages. The family's worst fears realised when her body was found....
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Families Courage and Resilience
- By Anonymous User on 02-03-2024
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If You Tell
- A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
- By: Gregg Olsen
- Narrated by: Karen Peakes
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Number-one New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen’s shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother’s house of horrors....
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Must Read
- By Anonymous User on 15-01-2020
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Evil Has a Name
- The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation
- By: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, Peter McDonnell
- Narrated by: Paul Holes, Jim Clemente
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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For his victims, for their families and for the investigators tasked with finding him, the senselessness and brutality of the Golden State Killer's acts were matched only by the powerlessness they felt at failing to uncover his identity....
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Best audio book I've ever downloaded
- By Brad Stewart on 14-08-2019
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Look What You Made Me Do
- Fathers Who Kill
- By: Megan Norris
- Narrated by: Ella James
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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One Australian woman is hospitalised every three hours and two more lose their lives each week as a result of family violence. But for some women there is a punishment far more enduring than injury or their own death....
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Tragic events and brilliantly written
- By Anonymous User on 13-04-2024
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Milat
- Inside Australia's Biggest Manhunt - a Detective's Story
- By: Clive Small, Tom Gilling
- Narrated by: Peter Hosking
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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A true insider's story of the backpacker murders from the detective who led the team that arrested Ivan Milat....
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Intensely interesting
- By Adam Webb on 20-01-2017
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The Stranger Beside Me
- The Shocking True Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy
- By: Ann Rule
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
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Ann Rule was working on a story tracking the trail of victims left by a brutal serial killer. Little did she know the savage slayer she was hunting was the young man she counted among her closest friends....
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Narrator ruins an amazing story
- By Anonymous User on 18-03-2019
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Australia's Toughest Prisons: Inmates
- By: James Phelps
- Narrated by: Stan Pretty
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Discover the true crime in Australia’s toughest prisons, including Pentridge, Cessnock, Minda, Goulburn, Silverwater, Rison and Lithgow....
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Lots of “filler”, quickly turned into a political opinion piece
- By Timothy on 03-10-2018
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True Crime Case Histories
- Books 10, 11, and 12: 36 Disturbing Stories
- By: Jason Neal
- Narrated by: Simon de Deney
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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In this collection, you'll find 36 true crime stories from the last 100 years, many of which you may never have heard of....
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Twelve from Hell
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Ernie Sprance, Steve White
- Length: 37 hrs and 34 mins
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This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Often told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-life horror experienced by the victims....
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Serial Killers True Crime Box Set: 6 Notorious True Crime Murder Stories
- Best True Crime Bundle
- By: Jack Rosewood, Dwayne Walker, Rebecca Lo
- Narrated by: Miles Taylor, Herschel J. Grangent Jr.
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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In the very depths of the human soul there is a darkness. It is an entity which most of us may never get to know; for others, however, this darkness grows for years until it takes hold of them and permeates every inch of their body....
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Tedious narration making for an extremely dull listen
- By Anonymous User on 19-02-2024
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Cruel Deception
- The True Story of Multiple Murder and Two Devastated Families (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
- By: Gregg Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Gregg Olsen tells the whole shocking story of this true crime in Cruel Deception....
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Good book, great narrator.
- By allatabbeycottage@btinternet.com on 12-05-2022
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Beyond Bad
- By: Sandra Lee
- Narrated by: Kate Hood
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Here is the shocking, true story of Australia's most horrific crime. Katherine Knight showed no mercy when she butchered her lover....
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some holes in the research.
- By luke on 31-10-2017
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Carnage
- A Succulent Chinese Meal, Mr. Rent-a-Kill and the Australian Manson Murders
- By: Mark Dapin
- Narrated by: Henry Nixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Millions have been entertained by the viral video of a man being arrested after a ‘succulent Chinese meal’. But when Mark Dapin investigated, it emerged that this man's story went to the heart of the Australian underworld. A true crime cult classic in the making....
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Excellent book
- By Karolyn on 21-04-2024
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American Predator
- The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
- By: Maureen Callahan
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history....
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Incredible story, challenging narrator
- By Anonymous User on 27-03-2021
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The Snapshot Killer
- The shocking true story of serial killer Christopher Wilder - from Sydney's beaches to America's Most Wanted
- By: Duncan McNab
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Christopher Wilder was about as bad as they get. A predator and serial killer, he first came to the attention of police in Sydney when, as a teenager in 1963, he was charged with rape. A good behaviour bond was not a deterrent, and over the years his crimes escalated....
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excellent book
- By timothy on 17-10-2019
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Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children
- By: Stuart Mullins, Bill Hayes
- Narrated by: Gemma Blessman
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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On Australia day, 26 January 1966, Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont were abducted from Colley Reserve, Glenelg, South Australia, and never seen again, leading to one of Australia's most extensive police investigations and manhunts....
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Amazing, shattering and chilling, a must read
- By Kindle Customer on 14-05-2024
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Monster
- By: Steve Jackson
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
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On a snowy winter evening in 1982, 21-year-old Mary Brown accepted a ride from a handsome stranger in the resort town of Breckenridge, Colorado. The trip ended with her brutally beaten and raped. Mary survived, but her predator's violence had only just begun....
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Excellent Work
- By Alex on 06-02-2021
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The Big Book of Serial Killers
- An Encyclopedia of Serial Killers - 150 Serial Killer Files of the World's Worst Murderers
- By: Jack Rosewood, Rebecca Lo
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
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This A-Z encyclopedia of 150 serial killers is the ideal reference audiobook. Included are the most famous true crime serial killers....
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Disturbingly awesome...
- By Liz on 17-09-2017
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The Killer's Shadow
- The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer
- By: John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
- Narrated by: Holt McCallany
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Worshippers stream out of an Midwestern synagogue after sabbath services, unaware that only a hundred yards away, an expert marksman and avowed racist, antisemite and member of the Ku Klux Klan, patiently awaits, his hunting rifle at the ready....
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I almost listened to it all in one sitting!
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-2021
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Blood on Their Hands
- Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
- By: Mandy Matney
- Narrated by: Mandy Matney
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney....
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I is ok
- By Rowey555 on 05-05-2024
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The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer
- Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight
- By: Unni Turrettini
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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July 22, 2011, was the darkest day in Norway's history since Nazi Germany's invasion. It was 189 minutes of terror - from the moment the bomb exploded outside a government building....
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Interesting, but hung up on inaccuracy.
- By Anonymous User on 16-02-2023
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Zodiac
- The Shocking True Story of the Nation's Most Bizarre Mass Murderer
- By: Robert Graysmith
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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After Jack the Ripper and before Son of Sam there was only one name their equal in terror....
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Bizarre
- By Matt on 22-12-2015
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My Mother's Eyes
- By: Shanelle Dawson
- Narrated by: Shanelle Dawson, Alley Pascoe
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Imagine living with the knowledge that your father had murdered your mother and lied to you your whole life, telling you she left because she didn't love you anymore....
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Very well written
- By Anonymous User on 13-10-2023
New Releases
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A Warrant to Kill
- A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer Cop
- By: Kathryn Casey
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Problems had always followed Susan White, but when she remarried and moved to Houston's posh suburbs, she thought the past was behind her—until she met a deputy sheriff named Kent McGowen who would soon become her worst nightmare.
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The Search for Justice
- A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case
- By: Robert L. Shapiro
- Narrated by: Robert L. Shapiro
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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The architect of O.J. Simpson's Dream Team tells the inside story of the Simpson murder trial from the beginning. In this book, the man who created the defense strategy answers the questions of fact, law, and ethics that were fired at him before and after the jury's verdict. With candor, wit, and compassion, Shapiro brings to light the details of The Trial of the Century, giving us revealing glimpses of O.J. Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, Judge Lance Ito, Barry Scheck, F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, and many others.
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In Bed with Broadcasting
- A Memoir
- By: Ken Davis
- Narrated by: Ken Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Davis began his career as a small-town radio DJ during his college years. Little did he know he would later find himself face-to-face with a notorious serial killer in the middle of the night; be nearly shot by a world-famous music producer; or unexpectedly come across the lifeless body of a legendary Hollywood bombshell. Along the way, he hung out with everyone from Barack Obama to Walter Cronkite to Sting.
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The Truth in True Crime
- What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life
- By: J. Warner Wallace, Alisa Childers - foreword
- Narrated by: J. Wallace, Alisa Childers
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another for months as he attempted to solve the case. Several of these cases remain open, unsolved mysteries.
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One Year in Uvalde
- A Story of Hope and Resilience
- By: John Quiñones, María Elena Salinas, Kim Godwin - foreword
- Narrated by: Georgina Elizabeth Okon, John Quiñones, Kim Ramirez, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning journalists John Quiñones and María Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on yearlong ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the community is forging on through grief with hope and activism in the shadow of tragedy.
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Jack the Ripper
- In the Footsteps of the Notorious Serial Killer
- By: The History Journals, Liam Dale
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Looking deeper than the victims and suspects themselves, this journal explores the conspiracies behind one of the world's most intriguing of true tales, with reports of the day right up to the findings of 21st century journalists and sleuths.
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A Warrant to Kill
- A True Story of Obsession, Lies and a Killer Cop
- By: Kathryn Casey
- Narrated by: Gillian Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Problems had always followed Susan White, but when she remarried and moved to Houston's posh suburbs, she thought the past was behind her—until she met a deputy sheriff named Kent McGowen who would soon become her worst nightmare.
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The Search for Justice
- A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case
- By: Robert L. Shapiro
- Narrated by: Robert L. Shapiro
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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The architect of O.J. Simpson's Dream Team tells the inside story of the Simpson murder trial from the beginning. In this book, the man who created the defense strategy answers the questions of fact, law, and ethics that were fired at him before and after the jury's verdict. With candor, wit, and compassion, Shapiro brings to light the details of The Trial of the Century, giving us revealing glimpses of O.J. Simpson, Johnnie Cochran, Marcia Clark, Chris Darden, Judge Lance Ito, Barry Scheck, F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, and many others.
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In Bed with Broadcasting
- A Memoir
- By: Ken Davis
- Narrated by: Ken Davis
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Ken Davis began his career as a small-town radio DJ during his college years. Little did he know he would later find himself face-to-face with a notorious serial killer in the middle of the night; be nearly shot by a world-famous music producer; or unexpectedly come across the lifeless body of a legendary Hollywood bombshell. Along the way, he hung out with everyone from Barack Obama to Walter Cronkite to Sting.
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The Truth in True Crime
- What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life
- By: J. Warner Wallace, Alisa Childers - foreword
- Narrated by: J. Wallace, Alisa Childers
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another for months as he attempted to solve the case. Several of these cases remain open, unsolved mysteries.
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One Year in Uvalde
- A Story of Hope and Resilience
- By: John Quiñones, María Elena Salinas, Kim Godwin - foreword
- Narrated by: Georgina Elizabeth Okon, John Quiñones, Kim Ramirez, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From award-winning journalists John Quiñones and María Elena Salinas comes One Year in Uvalde, a narrative that builds on yearlong ABC News reporting from Uvalde, Texas, chronicling how the community is forging on through grief with hope and activism in the shadow of tragedy.
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Jack the Ripper
- In the Footsteps of the Notorious Serial Killer
- By: The History Journals, Liam Dale
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Looking deeper than the victims and suspects themselves, this journal explores the conspiracies behind one of the world's most intriguing of true tales, with reports of the day right up to the findings of 21st century journalists and sleuths.
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The Devil in the White City
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality, it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century.
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Reaching for Sunrise
- A Widow's Memoir
- By: Lokita Carter
- Narrated by: Lokita Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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When cancer threatened to claim her life, Lokita's fierce battle against the disease was only the beginning of her harrowing journey. As she fought to survive, her world shattered in a shocking act of violence that took the life of her beloved husband and renowned Tantra instructor, Steve Carter. Set against the backdrop of serene, affluent Marin County in Northern California, Lokita's life took an unexpected turn. On a tranquil early evening, Steve walked their dog, Coco, on a popular hiking trail.
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Naked City
- True Stories of Crimes, Cock-Ups, Crooks & Cops
- By: John Silvester
- Narrated by: Nick Atkinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of both sides of criminal justice and the shadowy worlds between. He is the trusted confidant of cops, criminals, lawyers and judges. He knows where the cash is stashed and where the bodies are buried. Naked City is a collection of Silvester's best stories, from sophisticated heists to mindless acts of violence and deeds of pure evil - impeccably sourced, wry, wise and witty.
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The Shooter at Midnight
- Murder, Corruption, and a Farming Town Divided
- By: Sean Patrick Cooper
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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On a November night in 1990, Cathy Robertson is murdered in her home outside Chillicothe, Missouri. After law enforcement conduct a haphazard investigation, the sheriff’s office puts the case in the hands of a Kansas City private eye with his own agenda. In a close-knit town still reeling from the aftereffects of the farming crisis, friends and neighbors abruptly fracture into opposing camps. Mark Woodworth, a Robertson family neighbor, eventually receives four life sentences for a crime that a growing group of local supporters believe he didn’t commit.
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Foreign Faction
- Who Really Kidnapped JonBenet?
- By: A. James Kolar
- Narrated by: Jennifer Hedayat
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Foreign Faction blows the cover off the lone intruder / sexual predator theory and reveals startling new evidence that heretofore has only been seen by a select few. Kolar's work offers an entirely new perspective for the events leading up to JonBenet's murder on Christmas day 1996, and it will ultimately redefine the public's perception of one of the most unusual murder investigations this country has ever witnessed.
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The Eighth House
- By: Elizabeth Clark Wessel - translator, Linda Segtnan
- Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the archives of the national library, a young researcher named Linda sees a nine-year-old girl's face in the pages of a yellowed newspaper, and the seed of an obsession is planted in her mind. Birgitta Sivander was brutally murdered on a warm May night in 1948. The murderer was never found. Linda feels a deep connection to Birgitta, and in the months that follow she compulsively researches the case. All the while, a life is taking root inside Linda; she is to have a daughter of her own. As she grapples with the terror and wonder of motherhood, she gradually pieces together Birgitta's story.
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The Questionable Legacy of O.J. Simpson
- By: John White
- Narrated by: Ava Hadley
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Take a deep dive into the riveting and tumultuous legacy of one of the most enigmatic figures in modern American history—O.J. Simpson. From his meteoric rise as a football superstar to his sensational trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, O.J. Simpson's story has captivated and divided the nation.
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Scottish Murder Casebooks
- Scotland's Murder Mysteries, Book 2
- By: N.M. Lyons
- Narrated by: Caroline Holmes
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This work offers a cross section of murder cases ranging from the quest for Scotland’s independence in the 14th century right up to the late 1970’s and a serial killer who perpetrated five murders in less than a year. Each set of circumstances is challenging and evokes the history of the nation with cases which involve royalty, the heart-breaking loss of an entire family and the role of culpable homicide in the Scottish legal system in the early 20th century.
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The Dark Side of Humanity: True Crime Stories to Curl Up With
- Anomalous, Book 1
- By: Rayvn Salvador
- Narrated by: Skye Alley
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the darkest corners of the human psyche and examine the psychology of those driven to commit unspeakable acts of violence. From notorious serial killers to enigmatic cold cases, tantalizing mysteries to unsettling history, each story offers a glimpse into the twisted minds of those who walk the line between sanity and madness while delving into the reasons we can't seem to look away from tales of murder and mayhem.
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United States of True Crime: Florida
- The Most Chilling Cases in All 50 States
- By: Ashley Hudson
- Narrated by: Ashley Hudson
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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United States of True Crime is an anthology series with books devoted to the most disturbing cases in each of the 50 states. This book focuses on twenty of the most chilling crimes in Florida history.
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Noir by Necessity
- How My Father's Unsolved Murder Took Me to Dark Places
- By: Mike Gatto
- Narrated by: Dave Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Mike Gatto was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered. The act sucked him into the world of noir: wild theories, intransigent detectives, and unimaginable violence.
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Oscar Slater
- A Killer Exposed
- By: Brenda Rossini
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant in Glasgow, Scotland and two fellow Scottish scammers, Helen Lambie and Patrick Nugent. In the Christmas season of 1908, the trio conspired to rob an elderly, wealthy lady of her diamonds, and, in the course of which burglary, Oscar Slater murdered her on December 21, 1908.