eBooks british true crime

Jon Adamson Bizarre True Crime Cases

True Crime
English
48880 Words
Ages 16 and up
85
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A calvalcade of bizarre true crime cases! Chapters include the Hinterkaifeck axe murders, the lovesick man who secretly lived with the corpse of his romantic obsession, the mysterious and brutal broad daylight train murder of Debbie Linsley, alien and UFO encounters in New York, the puzzling and bizarre death of Elisa Lam in a hotel said to be haunted, the town that dreaded sundown, outrageously weird tales from Hollywood, macabre true stories from World War 2, lethal and clever serial killers who were never caught or identified, witchcraft, the Smiley face murder theory, and fantastical unexplained mysteries and hoaxes. This is merely the tip of the iceberg of what you will find in the fascinatingly strange, unnervingly mysterious, frequently frightening, and (of course) downright bizarre world of Bizarre True Crime Cases... [more]

Keywords: british true crime, crime cases, famous crime stories, bizarre crime, hollywod gossip, celebrity crime, serial killers murders

$3.49

Mason Ryan The 100 Deadliest British Serial Killers

True Crime
English
71760 Words
Ages 16 and up
117
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Lock the doors and bolt the windows once again, it's time to countdown the one hundred deadliest British [more]

Keywords: true crime, serial killers, british true crime murders, murder and mayhem murders killers, british true crime stories, uk crime, famous murders

$3.99

Katherine Smith SHANNON MATTHEWS

True Crime
English
52148 Words
Ages 14 and up
93
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The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they rarely have a happy ending. The police, media, and everyone who was anxiously looking on and following this case all The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they rarely have a happy ending. The police, media, and everyone who was anxiously looking on and following this case all feared the worst during the search for Shannon. They had braced themselves for a tragic outcome. When the police actually found Shannon alive there was indescribable relief and jubilation. As soon as the search for Shannon ended though a new criminal case began. To the surprise and genuine bafflement of the watching public, Karen Matthews, who had been a weepy fixture on the nightly news appealing for information about her missing daughter, was now implicated in Shannon's abduction. feared the worst during the search for Shannon. They had braced themselves for a tragic outcome. When the police actually found Shannon alive there was indescribable relief and jubilation. As soon as the search for Shannon ended though a new criminal case began. To the surprise and genuine bafflement of the watching public, Karen Matthews, who had been a weepy fixture on the nightly news appealing for information about her missing daughter, was now implicated in Shannon's abduction. [more]

Keywords: shannon matthews case, british true crime, women criminals, shannon matthews, karen matthews, kidnapping cases, british crime cases

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Mason Ryan The Vanishing of Tia Sharp

True Crime
English
50397 Words
Ages 14 and up
60
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The murder of Tia Sharp by Stuart Hazell in 2012 was such a sad and grim tale that even hardened court reporters were left shaken and upset at the conclusion of the Old Bailey trial. Why was Hazell so trusted by Tia's family? How much did the police suspect Hazell? Did the support of the Sharp family make Hazell less suspicious to the police? Was he always destined to kill Tia? What actually happened the night she died? All of these questions and more will be examined and discussed in The Vanishing of Tia Sharp. [more]

Keywords: tia sharp case, stuart hazell crime, murder & mayhem, british true crime, British murderers, murder serial killers, crime true stories

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Luke Evison The Strange Disappearance of Shannon Matthews

True Crime
English
55651 Words
Ages 14 and up
288
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The disappearance of Shannon Matthews in Dewsbury in 2008 is a true crime case that people still seem to be fascinated by. Rarely a year goes past without a new television documentary on the case or a battery of tabloid updates concerning the activities of the disgraced Karen Matthews. The reason why the Shannon Matthews case became so famous is that it didn't end in the way people expected. The missing child was found alive and there was an outrageous twist when it became apparent that the mother was involved and it had all been a strange sort of hoax. The Shannon Matthews case was like a black comedy written by a thriller writer. The fact it was true made it all the more astonishing. [more]

Keywords: shannon matthews case, karen matthews hoax kidnapping, british true crime, famous hoaxes, karen matthews true crime, karen shannon matthews, kidnapping hoaxes

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Joe Andries The Manchester Canal Pusher - Fact or Fiction?

True Crime
English
19795 Words
Ages 16 and up
75
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The Manchester Canal Pusher is what you might describe as modern day folklore in Manchester. Devon has big [more]

Keywords: british crime, british true crime, Manchester true crime murder, english ghost stories, english serial killers, murder and mayhem, manchester canal pusher

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Dylan Frost Britain's Strangest True Crime Cases

True Crime
English
53412 Words
Ages 16 and up
73
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The history of true crime in Britain is a long and, as we shall see, often stranger than fiction tale. The book that follows offers an eclectic stew of strange and perplexing British true crime cases. These cases are all disconcertingly odd and in many instances downright bizarre. We have the murder of an elderly famer brutally killed with a pitchfork in what may or may not have been a case involving witchcraft. Then there is a shocking train murder which took place in a closed carriage in broad daylight during an afternoon commuter run to London. We also have the baffling case of a retired spinster who was gruesomely killed for no apparent reason in her own home on Halloween night. We shall also be examining the modern legend of the alleged maniac said to randomly push his victims into Manchester's murky canals. Then we'll take a look at the monstrous Victorian terror known as Spring-Heeled Jack. We shall stop too to consider the unsolved murder of a young man in Sussex who was found dissected inside two abandoned suitcases. We shall also explore the high profile killing of Jill Dando - a case which surely ranks as one of the most shocking and baffling celebrity deaths ever to occur in Britain. As if that wasn't enough we also have grave robbers, cannibals, the Brighton trunk murders, a woman who staged a crackpot hoax abduction of her own daughter, a gruesome murderer who operated at the same time as Jack the Ripper and had the macabre signature of leaving torsos and body parts scattered around London, and a suave post-war con artist who in reality was a depraved sexual serial killer. So, draw the curtains, turn off the lights, make sure the doors are locked, and settle down to explore some of the strangest true crime cases Blighty has to offer... [more]

Keywords: british criminals, british police, true crime story, murder & mayhem, criminal women, life stories crime, english crime