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Chappaquiddick Tragedy

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Murder in Coweta County

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Walking On

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Getting Away with Bloody Murder

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Saga of Kinnie Wagner

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Old West Swindlers

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200 Texas Outlaws and Lawmen

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Desperadoes of the Ozarks

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True Tales of Murder and the Unexplained

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Side by Side

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Death Over a Diamond Stud

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The Ultimate Ponzi

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Walking On

9781455618897

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An intimate introduction to this legendary lawman.

A no-nonsense lawman on a crusade against the mobsters and murderers ruling the state line between Mississippi and Tennessee in the 1960s, Sheriff Buford Pusser was larger than life. The subject of four feature films and a television series, the McNairy County sheriff gained international notoriety as a fearless law enforcement officer who let nothing get in his way. Buford Pusser’s daughter presents the life story of the legendary sheriff from her perspective.

Getting Away with Bloody Murder

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James Brockman rose from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston, Texas representing clients including gang leaders, jilted spouses, wealthy storekeepers and drunken on-duty policemen. These high-profile true crime and murder accounts take place between 1895 and 1910. They cross racial lines, revealing instances of separate and unequal justice in segregated Texas that had a lasting effect on the city and the state. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered leaving a dubious legacy.

Desperadoes of the Ozarks

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The award-winning author of The Two Civil War Battles of Newtonia �mine[s] the rich vein of bad men�and succeeds because of solid research.� �Fred Pfitser, editor, Ozarks Mountaineer

This collection of events carries readers through an era of bootlegging, highway robbery, and vigilante courts. From the cow town of Baxter Springs, Kansas, to the booming mining camp of Granby, Missouri, the Ozarks were a magnet for lawlessness. Though some stories contain gory details, the author�s intention in narrating these events is not to pay tribute to the likes of the Tri-State Terror, Bloody Britton, or the Missouri Kid. Instead Larry Wood aspires to come to terms with the region�s violent past, learn from it, and move forward.

Among tales of desperate characters and brutal murders is a strengthening of law and order. As the area�s criminals wreak havoc, the Ozarks become the staging area for the last public hanging in the United States and the FBI�s first killing of a criminal. Each chapter is filled with the grisly excitement of flying bullets and mob lynchings as vengeance is dealt by the betrayed, but the book also captures the changes made to protect law-abiding citizens.

�Full of damnable acts, but they make for some darn interesting reading.� �HistoryNet

True Tales of Murder and the Unexplained

9781455628780

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Distinctive demises and bizarre burials of the Southern states.

Inspired by actual newspaper articles, these disturbing and bizarre accounts explore the macabre, and sometimes humorous, instances of death and dying.

The tragedy of death and burial is eclipsed by graveyard gossip and unbelievable stories of mishaps. Some demises were distinctive in their ridiculousness, some in their atrocity, and some in their stupidity. Egregious murders and suicides highlight the barbaric nature of humanity—husbands killing wives, children killing children, and people killing themselves—and yet the horror of these crimes equally matches the absurdity of the acts.

From failed hangings to lynch mobs, ghostly inhabitants to vampire cults, this collection of stories revels in these incredible historical accounts. It is indeed a ghastly grab bag of tales, both ludicrous and laughable.

Keven McQueen teaches composition and world literature at Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned an MA in English after receiving his BA from Berea College. McQueen has written more than twelve books, spanning such genres as true crime and mystery. He has appeared on Darkness Radio, 30 Odd Minutes, Crime City Central, and The Fringe Radio Show to discuss his true-crime stories and to quench listeners’ morbid curiosities. McQueen is also the author of The Axman Came from Hell and Other Southern True Crime Stories, published by Pelican.

Side by Side

9781455621835

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A true crime story of a gruesome double homicide in the Jim Crow South, and the manhunt and trial that followed.

In Oxford, Mississippi, the dawn of the twentieth century seemed to present a sweeping landscape of progress and possibility. But under this veneer of technological advancement, cultural achievement, and prosperity lurked a stubborn core of racial discrimination, rampant criminal brutality, and violence.

On a Sunday morning in 1901, the mutilated corpses of two federal marshals were discovered in the smoldering remains of the home of a notorious local malefactor. The murders, committed by moonshiner and counterfeiter Will Mathis and his father-in-law�s servant Orlando Lester, captivated the nation. The crimes ignited a manhunt, a trial marked by desperate lies and legerdemain, and a media frenzy around the hanging of a white man and a black man side by side.

This enthralling account centers on two men�judged unequal in life but equal in death. The story draws on primary sources to craft a spellbinding narrative of singular immediacy and vitality. With the consummate skill of a master raconteur, author T. J. Ray powerfully evokes an era, a community, and its people.

Death Over a Diamond Stud

9781455624164

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A true crime history of wrongful arrest, obsessive revenge, and an infamous murder in New Orleans at the turn of the 20^th century.

In July of 1903, the newly elected District Attorney J. Ward Gurley was shot to death in his office by a former client. After killing Gurley, Lewis Lyons turned his gun on himself. When his suicide attempt failed, Lyons became the subject of an explosive murder trial and sentenced to death. Once a hardworking family man, Lyons� downward spiral began years before, when he was wrongly arrested for the theft of a diamond shirt stud.

Death Over a Diamond Stud recounts the gripping true story of the first judicial murder of the 20th century. Gurley�s murder sent shock waves through New Orleans not only because of the brutal and brazen nature of the killing, but because the suspect�s name had previously been in the city newspapers. Author Christopher G. Pea vividly recounts Lyons� journey from innocent man to the cold-blooded killer of his own attorney.

The Ultimate Ponzi

9781455617869

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This true crime expos details the exploits of a Florida lawyer and master con artist who stole more than a billion dollars before getting caught.

In what became one of the most ruthless Ponzi schemes in United States history, Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein stole $1.4 billion to finance his opulent lifestyle. It�s a story of corruption, murder, sex, and suicide in which no one is innocent. From Rothstein�s humble beginnings in the Bronx through his sudden rise to become one of the most powerful men in Florida, the full story is revealed in The Ultimate Ponzi.

An employment lawyer of flamboyant charm and seemingly endless wealth, Rothstein infiltrated South Florida society by posing as a philanthropist. All the while, he was using criminal kingpin methods to corrupt one prominent businessman after another. But in late 2009, South Florida learned that Rothstein was far from generous�he was a destructive con artist who plundered investor accounts to build his own fortune.

With photographs and input from community members and psychologists, The Ultimate Ponzi reveals the man behind the scam that deceived hundreds. Despite Rothstein�s lavish lifestyle, he was unable to escape judgment both from the law and from the society he used to manipulate.