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Some of Hollywood's greatest movies have been based on real life
crimes. This anthologies looks at the real stories behind six
movies. The collection includes: Stealing Hollywood: The True Story
of the Teen Burglars Known As the Bling Ring The Real Life Taxi
Driver: A Biography of Arthur Herman Breme The Perfect Crime: The
Real Life Crime that Inspired Hitchcock's Rope Wrestling With
Madness: John E. Du Pont and the Foxcatcher Farm Murder Pirates of
Somalia: The Hijacking and Daring Rescue of MV Maersk Alabama The
Fruitvale Station Shooting
Lakireddy Bali Reddy was a noted successful businessman; he owned
restaurants and real estate all over Northern California and made
over $1,000,000 a month from his income properties. He also had a
dirty little secret to his success...he forced Indian girls into
slavery. All was going well for Lakireddy until a carbon monoxide
leak led to the death of one of his underaged slaves. Surprisingly,
it wasn't a police investigation that led to his arrest, but a
story in a school newspaper. This is the story of the human
trafficking ring that shook a nation and opened the door for reform
in the United States.
It's one of the most infamous unsolved cases of all time...a mad
butcher in Cleveland who decapitated and mutilated several victims
in the 1930s and was never caught. When the famous Untouchable
Elliot Ness is brought in the killer is tracked down and the verge
of being arrested. So why was this killer allowed to walk free and
never be arrested? Find out in this page-turning book
Robert De Niro has played many different people, but he is perhaps
most remembered for his performance in Taxi Driver. What's more
crazy than the person De Nero portrayed is the fact that it was
actually based on a real person: Arthur Bremer. What turned a
innocent kid from Milwaukee into a crazed lunatic who attempted to
assassinate presidential candidate, George Wallace? Find out in
this fascinating profile.
John Eleuthere du Pont was a multimillionaire. Part of one of the
most prominent and richest families in America: The du Pont Family.
Then, strangely, he started losing his mind. This is what is known:
du Pont was a fan of amateur sports and established a wrestling
facility at his Foxcatcher Farm. He befriended several Olympic
champions--including Dave Schultz, who he murdered. It was a never
a question of if he did it; the question is why. What turns an
otherwise sane man into a psychotic killer? This page-turning true
crime story will take you into the mind of a man who had everything
and let it all fall away due to madness and paranoia.
Twitter. Facebook. Instagram. They are curious things when
Hollywood is involved. They feed into our voyeuristic tendencies
and let us befriend people who never actually know us. Through them
we don't just know a celebrity-we become their friend. We know what
they wear. Where they eat. What TV shows they like. For seven young
adults, it wasn't enough to be the social networking friends of a
celebrity. They wanted to know what it was like to be the
celebrity. And for a one-year period they stole a piece of
Hollywood. Their story is more than a poor person who desired.
Their story is about spoiled kids who did have it all...but they
wanted more. They were the Bonnie and Clyde of Generation Adderall.
Young, spoiled, and reckless. Collectively they were known as "The
Bling Ring." This is the incredibly true story of how they stole
Hollywood.
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