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Fred
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John Haynes
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R722
Discovery Miles 7 220
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"Rigor mortis had set in by the time police arrived," Special
Prosecutor Tony Clayton told the jury, watching their eyes as they
viewed the photograph of the bloodied arm of Geralyn Barr DeSoto.
Geralyn's clenched fist, frozen in death away from her body, held
her secret. "Geralyn was trying to tell us something. She was
telling us how hard she fought. She was telling us who her killer
is. 'Right here, ' she said. 'Right here I have the killer. Just
open my hand. Just open my hand, and you'll know who did it to
me.'" Two months later: "Charlotte Murray Pace fought from one room
of that apartment to the other," Prosecutor John Sinquefield told
jurors as they blinked tears away. "She clawed, she hit, she
fought. As her young, strong heart pumped its last blood out of the
holes he cut out of her, she fought. And in the fight, he took her
life, her body. But he could not take her honor. She preserved her
honor by the way she lived and the way she died. That fight is not
over, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Charlotte Murray Pace has
brought her fight to you." These crimes are vividly depicted in
this first comprehensive book about Derrick Todd Lee. I've Been
Watching You-The South Louisiana Serial Killer dramatically tells
the story of Lee's life and follows the timeline of his reign of
terror over South Louisiana. Readers will become intimately
acquainted with the seven victims who have been linked to Lee by
DNA, along with the frustrated investigators who could not catch
this diabolical killer. This recounting also details the murders of
ten other women who were not connected by DNA, but whom these
authors believe should be included on the list of Lee's victims due
to strong circumstantial evidence. There are many unanswered
questions regarding these series of killings. How did Lee find his
victims, and why did he choose them? Why didn't the Multi-Agency
Homicide Task Force believe he was the killer when his name was
brought repeatedly to its attention? What evil possessed him to
rape and murder so many women? All of these questions are answered
as I've Been Watching You journeys for more than a decade through
the small towns and swamps of South Louisiana to create a graphic
accounting of Lee's vicious rapes and homicides. I've Been Watching
You vividly paints the portrait of this monster and the beautiful
women who died as a result of his twisted compulsion to kill.
After barely making it through Rutgers Law School, George Baxter
practiced law from his 1975 Oldsmobile, bouncing from court to
court taking per diem work from any lawyer who would give it to
him. Then he met Bill Snyder who desperately needed a lawyer
because he'd been infected with AIDS from a transfusion he received
during heart surgery. Racing against time and poorly financed,
George began a six-year legal battle against the
billion-dollar-a-year blood industry that infected his client- as
well as 29,000 other people - with AIDS. EVERY LAST DROP is written
in the first person as the plaintiff's lawyer in the landmark trial
Snyder v. American Association of Blood Banks. The trial exposed
how the United States blood industry disseminated false
information, hyjacked the FDA, and conspired to delay AIDS testing
to save money, which resulted in the most devastating public health
disaster in U.S. history. George's personal struggle surfaces
throughout this narrative, alongside the stories of patients who
suffered from AIDS but fought to stay alive for their exhausting
trials. The case fueled a congressional investigation into
dangerous blood industry practices and Federal Food And Drug
Administration conflicts of interest that allowed this to happen.
EVERY LAST DROP has a David and Goliath paradigm that centers on
the universal themes of persistence, friendship, and the importance
of trust over money, especially in the wake of a disaster. Dr.
Donald P. Francis, formerly with the Centers for Disease Control
AIDS Task Force and Dr. Marcus Conant, two of the country's leading
Public health and AIDS experts, have written the introductions.
A riveting, decades-in-the-writing memoir from the determined young
prosecutor who, in two of America's most celebrated trials, managed
to convict famed mob boss John Gotti-and subsequently took down the
Mafia altogether. John Gotti was without a doubt the flashiest and
most feared Mafioso in American history. He became the boss of the
Gambino Crime Family in spectacular fashion-with the brazen and
very public murder of Paul Castellano in front of Sparks Steakhouse
in midtown Manhattan in 1985. Not one to stay below law
enforcement's radar, Gotti instead became the first celebrity crime
boss. His penchant for eye-catching apparel earned him the nickname
"The Dapper Don;" his ability to beat criminal charges led to
another: "The Teflon Don." This is the captivating story of Gotti's
meteoric rise to power and his equally dramatic downfall. Every
step of the way, Gotti's legal adversary-John Gleeson, an Assistant
US Attorney in Brooklyn-was watching. When Gotti finally faced two
federal racketeering prosecutions, Gleeson prosecuted both. As the
junior lawyer in the first case-a bitter seven-month battle that
ended in Gotti's acquittal-Gleeson found himself in Gotti's
crosshairs, falsely accused of serious crimes by a defense witness
Gotti intimidated into committing perjury. Five years later,
Gleeson was in charge of the second racketeering investigation and
trial. Armed with the FBI's secret recordings of Gotti's
conversations with his underboss and consigliere in the apartment
above Gotti's Little Italy hangout, Gleeson indicted all three. He
"flipped" underboss Sammy the Bull Gravano, killer of nineteen men,
who became history's highest-ranking mob turncoat-resulting in
Gotti's murder conviction. Gleeson ended not just Gotti's reign,
but eventually that of the entire mob. An epic, page-turning
courtroom drama, The Gotti Wars is a brilliantly told crime story
that illuminates a time in our nation's history when lawyers and
mobsters dominated the news, but it's also the story of a tenacious
young man, in the glare of the media spotlight, who mastered the
art of becoming a great attorney.
'A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken
rewilders.' Countryfile Magazine 'In this warm and funny
autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the
moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.' Country Life 'Gow
reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.'
Guardian 'Courageous, visionary, funny.' Isabella Tree, author of
Wilding Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Birds,
Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain's most
colourful rewilder, Derek Gow. How he raised a sofa-loving wild
boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got
bitten by a Scottish wildcat and restored the ancient white stork
to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree. After a
Shetland ewe captured a young Derek's heart, he grew up to become a
farmer with a passion for ancient breeds. But when he realised how
many of our species were close to extinction, even on his own land,
he tore up his traditional Devon farm and transformed it into a
rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest
mice and more. Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is the story of a rewilding
maverick and his single-minded mission to save our wildlife.
An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt
its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling
author Ron Suskind as "an honest and touching book, and a hell of a
story." In March of 1984, the commercial fishing boat Wind Blown
left Montauk Harbor on what should have been a routine offshore
voyage. Its captain, a married father of three young boys, was the
boat's owner and leader of the four-man crew, which included two
locals and the blue-blooded son of a well-to-do summer family.
After a week at sea, the weather suddenly turned, and the foursome
collided with a nor'easter. They soon found themselves in the fight
of their lives. Tragically, it was a fight they lost. Neither the
boat nor the bodies of the men were ever recovered. The downing of
the Wind Blown has since become interwoven with the local folklore
of the East End's year-round population. Its tragic fate will never
be forgotten. In this "riveting man-vs.-nature story and compelling
tribute to those who perished" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review),
journalist Amanda M. Fairbanks seeks out the reasons why an event
more than three decades old remains so startlingly vivid in
people's minds. She explores the ways in which deep, lasting grief
can alter people's memories. And she shines a light on the powerful
and sometimes painful dynamics between fathers and sons, as well as
the secrets that can haunt families from beyond the grave.
Jamaican dons see themselves as leaders, protectors, and nearly
God-like figures. They see themselves as bigger than even the Prime
Minister; with the resources they have, they are not afraid of
anyone. In "The Making of a Jamaican Don," author Clifton Cameron
tells the story of these Jamaican dons-their history, and the role
they play in the governing of the Caribbean country.
This story is told through the eyes of Spanner and Trinity, two
youths from rural Jamaica who leave their homes in Kitson Town and
travel to Kingston for a better life. But here, their lives change
in ways they could not have imagined. They find themselves
embroiled in politics and the world of donship, eventually spending
time in Jamaica's notorious General Penitentiary Prison.
A true account of tragedy and death, "The Making of a Jamaican
Don" highlights the links between dons, guns, drugs, police,
politicians, public officials, and corruption.
_____________ THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA
ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION _____________ 'John le Carre
demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified
intelligence gathering itself' - Financial Times 'Uplifting . . .
Riveting . . . What will fire people through these pages, gripped,
is the focused, and extraordinary investigations that Bellingcat
runs . . . Each runs as if the concluding chapter of a Holmesian
whodunit' - Telegraph 'We Are Bellingcat is Higgins's gripping
account of how he reinvented reporting for the internet age . . . A
manifesto for optimism in a dark age' - Luke Harding, Observer
_____________ How did a collective of self-taught internet sleuths
end up solving some of the biggest crimes of our time? Bellingcat,
the home-grown investigative unit, is redefining the way we think
about news, politics and the digital future. Here, their founder -
a high-school dropout on a kitchen laptop - tells the story of how
they created a whole new category of information-gathering,
galvanising citizen journalists across the globe to expose war
crimes and pick apart disinformation, using just their computers.
From the downing of Malaysia Flight 17 over the Ukraine to the
sourcing of weapons in the Syrian Civil War and the identification
of the Salisbury poisoners, We Are Bellingcat digs deep into some
of Bellingcat's most successful investigations. It explores the
most cutting-edge tools for analysing data, from virtual-reality
software that can build photorealistic 3D models of a crime scene,
to apps that can identify exactly what time of day a photograph was
taken. In our age of uncertain truths, Bellingcat is what the world
needs right now - an intelligence agency by the people, for the
people.
'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the
lie detector Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency
room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or
a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her
murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to
technology, and a new machine that had just been invented in
Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionary police chief, and a
teenage magician with a showman's touch. John Larson, Gus Vollmer
and Leonarde Keeler hoped the lie detector would make the justice
system fairer - but the flawed device soon grew too powerful for
them to control. It poisoned their lives, turned fast friends into
bitter enemies, and as it conquered America and the world, it
transformed our relationship with the truth in ways that are still
being felt. As new forms of lie detection gain momentum in the
present day, Tremors in the Blood reveals the incredible truth
behind the creation of the polygraph, through gripping true crime
cases featuring explosive gunfights, shocking twists and
high-stakes courtroom drama. Touching on psychology, technology and
the science of the truth, Tremors in the Blood is a vibrant,
atmospheric thriller, and a warning from history: be careful what
you believe.
In the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the
rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the
"floater fleet." When Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a powerful union
official, was arrested for murder, local newspapers were quick to
suggest that he was responsible for many of those deaths, perhaps
even dozens-thus launching the legend of the Ghoul of Grays Harbor.
More than a true-crime tale, The Port of Missing Men sheds light on
the lives of workers who died tragically, illuminating the
dehumanizing treatment of sailors and lumber workers and the heated
clashes between pro- and anti-union forces. Goings investigates the
creation of the myth, exploring how so many people were willing to
believe such extraordinary stories about Gohl. He shares the story
of a charismatic labor leader-the one man who could shut down the
highly profitable Grays Harbor lumber trade-and provides an equally
intriguing analysis of the human costs of the Pacific Northwest's
early extraction economy.
Amidst the turbulence and gaiety existing in American society
during the last decade of the 20th century, the paths of two young
men and a young woman merge. Each is inexorably drawn to a midnight
rendezvous on a lonely road in northern Kentucky, and ghastly and
fatal consequences result.
You've heard of Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. But have you heard
of Amy Archer-Gilligan? Or Belle Gunness? Or Nannie Doss? Women
have committed some of the most disturbing serial killings ever
seen in the United States. Yet scientific inquiry, criminal
profiling, and public interest have focused more on their
better-known male counterparts. As a result, female serial killers
have been misunderstood, overlooked, and underestimated. In this
riveting account, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison draws on original
scientific research, various psychological perspectives, and richly
detailed case studies to illuminate the stark differences between
female and male serial killers' backgrounds, motives, and crimes.
She also emphasizes the countless victims of this grisly phenomenon
to capture the complexity and tragedy of serial murder.
Meticulously weaving data-based evidence and insight with intimate
storytelling, Just as Deadly reveals how and why these women
murder-and why they often get away with it.
The story of a murder and its aftermath. On Christmas Night in
1881, John Manley, a poor son of Irish immigrants living in the
slums of Leeds, was fatally stabbed in a drunken quarrel. The
frightened murderer went on the run, knowing that capture could see
him hang. A few generations later, author Catherine Czerkawska
begins to tease out the truth behind her great-great-uncle's tragic
death. But she uncovers far more than she bargained for. In a
personal family story that takes us from Ireland to the industrial
heartlands of England and Scotland, from the nineteenth century to
the twentieth, Catherine gives voice to people often maligned by
society and silenced by history - immigrants, women, the working
classes. She unearths a tale of injustice and poverty, hope and
resilience, and she is both angered and touched by what she finds.
Catherine is driven to keep digging, to get to the very heart of
life - and death - in the not-so-distant past.
On March 8, 1954, while battling post partum depression, a 24
year old Maine housewife drowned her three children in a bathtub
before attempting suicide.
After spending only 5 years at the Augusta State Hospital,
Constance Fisher was released from the institution. Her release
marked the beginnings of a new era in the treatment of the mentally
ill in America, as the nation moved to phase out the large state
run mental hospitals.
On June 30, 1966, Constance Fisher again drowned her three
children in a bathtub in what has been called the most bizarre
murder story in the history of New England.
The incident was foretelling of another American tragedy; the
plight of the acutely mentally ill with no facility left to
properly care for them.
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