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Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He
seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and
their family--though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier
been "lost" to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of
Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls'
doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only
Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance...
For twenty-seven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested
Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with
sound-proof paneling and code-protected electric locks. There, she
would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josef's
children. One died in infancy--and the other three were raised
alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day.
Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth's children became seriously ill,
and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the
nineteen-year-old girl had ever gone outside--and soon, the truth
about her background, her family's captivity, and Josef's
unspeakable crimes would come to light.
John Glatt's "Secrets in the Cellar "is the true story of a
crime that shocked the world.
The Doomsday Mother is the astonishing and twisted tale of Lori
Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new
life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first,
the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new
neighbours. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image
of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to
themselves until the police knocked on their door with a search
warrant. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had fled to Hawaii in the
midst of being investigated for the disappearance of Lori's
children back in Idaho, Tylee and JJ, who hadn't been seen alive in
five months. For years, Lori Vallow had lived a life of devotion to
her children and her Mormon faith. But when her path crossed with
Chad Daybell, a religious zealot who taught his followers how to
prepare for the end-times, the tumultuous relationship transformed
her into someone unrecognizable. As authorities searched for Lori's
children, they uncovered more suspicious deaths with links to both
Lori and Chad, including the death of Lori's third and fourth
husbands, her brother, and Chad's wife. In June 2020, the gruesome
remains of JJ and Tylee were discovered on Chad's property. In a
shocking development, horrifying statements revealed that the
couple's fanatical beliefs had convinced them the children had
become zombies. John Glatt takes readers deeper into the
devastating crimes of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell in an attempt to
unravel the lethal relationship of this doomsday couple.
One by one, three waterlogged suitcases were pulled from the
Chesapeake Bay. In each were body parts of a man. In a forensics
room, the truth was discovered: William McGuire had been horribly
murdered and dismembered.
William and his loving wife, a registered nurse named Melanie,
had just closed on their New Jersey dream home. Little did William
know about the nightmare that was in store... For Melanie had been
involved in a long-term affair with a married doctor at the
fertility clinic where she worked--and she had plans for the future
that didn't include William.
Investigators believe that on April 29, 2004, Melanie first
drugged her husband, then murdered him in cold blood. Three years
after America witnessed the details of the suitcase incident
unfold--on "48 Hours, Dateline NBC, "and" ABC Primetime," and in
"People "magazine, among other news outlets--Melanie was convicted
of first-degree murder and desecrating human remains. This is the
true story of a marriage that turned deadly...
In 1968, rock promoter Bill Graham launched the Fillmore East in
New York City and the Fillmore West in San Francisco, changing
music forever. For three years, every major rock band played the
Fillmores, performing legendary shows: Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful
Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Allman
Brothers, and many more. Author John Glatt tells the story of the
Fillmores through the lives of Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Grace
Slick, Carlos Santana, and an all-star supporting cast. Joplin
opened the Fillmore East and delivered some of her greatest
performances there and at its San Francisco twin. Carlos Santana
grew up as a performer at the Fillmore West after being discovered
by Graham on audition night. Always unpredicatable, Grace Slick's
electrifying Jefferson Airplane was the de facto resident band at
both Fillmores. Chronicling the East and West Coast cultures of the
late '60s and early '70s-New York City with its speed, heroin, and
the Velvet Underground versus San Francisco with the LSD-drenched
Summer of Love-Glatt reveals how Graham the made it all possible .
. . that is, until August 1969 when Woodstock changed everything
and musicians suddenly realized their power. But why did Bill
Graham shutter both Fillmores within weeks of each other in 1971,
during the height of their popularity? Live at the Fillmore East
and West reveals how Graham's claim that "The flowers wilted and
the scene changed," was not quite the whole story.
The history of the Chieftains over the last thirty-five years is
the remarkable tale of how an unlikely group of enthusiasts came
together to rescue some of the world's most beautiful music from
near-extinction, brought it to an audience of millions, and became
stars. Based on exclusive and extensive interviews with all the
band's members, their families and friends, and with many of the
international superstars who have recorded with them, The
Chieftains tells the group's own story for the first time, with
insight, wit, and charm.
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