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In 2005, Kenia Maxi Jose—known in the streets as La Reina—vanished after a mysterious trip to St. Martin. There was no body, no passport, and no answers. They said she drowned, but her son never believed the story. Who Killed Kenia Maxi Jose is a gripping true story of loss, silence, and the relentless search for truth.

From FBI: Most Wanted’s Dylan McDermott and former FBI Special Agent Christopher Whitcomb, a revealing investigation into the disappearance of the Springfield Three, a cold case that has bewildered police officers, the FBI, and avid true crime followers for three decades On June 7, 1992, in...

An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as “N.H.I.” – “No Humans...

Four Years in a Cave documents a painful, real life-experience of an elementary school teacher who survives a brutal, barbaric, and tribally-charged military purge of the 1980s in Zimbabwe. A secretly selected and specially trained brigade abducts the teacher from a minority tribe, falsely accusing him of collaborating with dissidents seeking to destabilize the regime dominated by the majority tribe. The teacher is savagely tortured but he manages to escape and hide in a remote cave for four years.

True stories of death and desperation One survivor chooses loneliness. One chooses exile. One chooses oblivion. Some have violent tendencies, ruining lives indiscriminately. Some seal their own fate in slow motion; others do so in the blink of an eye. In The Survivors, award-winning true-crime...

The Momster Diaries shines the light on riveting and compelling survival stories with intimacy and candor.

Bien qu'heureuse chez son parrain et sa marraine, Catherine rêve de connaître ses vrais parents. À 6 ans, à la sortie de l'école, une femme qui se présente comme étant sa mère l'emmène chez elle. La petite Cathy ne peut croire au miracle que quelques heures car, dès l'arrivée dans sa nouvelle maison, l'enfer commence pour elle. Pendant six années, elle sera humiliée, torturée mentalement et physiquement. Esclave de sa mère et de ses frères et sœurs, jouet sexuel du compagnon de sa mère, elle n'a d'autre choix que de se taire. Elle devra sa survie à la Ddass, qui la place à l'âge de 12 ans.

In the second book of the PATHS CROSSED series, the listener shadows the author as he sheds the uniform of a trooper for the plainclothes of a detective to take a closer look at unsolved crimes. These true cases, ranging from murders, to a serial kidnapper of children, to organized crime, to police shootings, and more, are full of twists and turns that often sound like fiction.

Edward Theodore Gein was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history. The particularly bizarre and morbid nature of his crimes shocked the world, even though it may never be known if he committed more than two murders. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under mysterious circumstances, six people disappeared from Wisconsin towns of La Crosse and Plainfield between 1947 and 1957. Gein was conclusively linked to only two, though it is suspected there were more.

El 26 de enero de 2016, Omar y Luis Viñas, dos hermanos de origen canario afincados en Venezuela, son secuestrados por una de las bandas más peligrosas de Sudamérica. Este secuestro, que se prolongará durante 38 días, movilizará a la Guardia Civil, al FBI, a la policía panameña y a las unidades antisecuestro venezolanas, y será uno de los más complejos a los que han tenido que enfrentarse estos cuerpos policiales.

THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE VANISHED ON KAUAI Experience the bizarre, unusual, and heartbreaking stories of those who have gone missing on Kaua’i, never to be seen again. In recent years, this Pacific paradise has been plagued by a series of disappearances and unexplained occurrences that have left families shattered, communities stunned, and authorities baffled. Through meticulous research and intimate storytelling, we'll explore the cases of those who have vanished from the island without a trace.

One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy's car slides off the road in rural Vermont. Her car is discovered. She is not. Twenty-one years later, Robert Kirby, Brooke's stepbrother, is paid a visit from a young woman (Lily), claiming to be Brooke's daughter. Since a tumultuous upbringing, Robert, formerly known as "Bobby," has enjoyed considerable success. Now an esteemed professor at a private Upstate New York university, Robert has just received a significant NEH grant. After Lily's visit, Robert's life is upended.

Fue la mujer encargada de limpiar el apartamento que se alquilaba por días en el barrio de Gràcia de Barcelona, quien la mañana del 21 de febrero del 2008 descubrió el cuerpo sin vida de Ana María Páez Capitán. La joven, de treinta y seis añ...

El periodista, escritor y académico méxicano, José Miguel Tomasena, nos ofrece en este audiolibro un retrato de la impunidad y la violencia desde el punto de vista de las víctimas. Una novela con una sólida base de investigación sobre la realidad del...

En 29 balas y una nota de amor, Alfonso Egea relata todos los pormenores de un crimen real, pero que parece sacado de la ficción. Un asesinato que ocurrió en el seno de la Guardia Urbana y que acabó con el encarcelamiento de Rosa Peral y Albert López, detenidos como...

Some crimes refuse to fade into history. Others harden into legend. But what does the evidence actually show? Anthrax to Zodiac examines seven of America’s most enduring unsolved crimes—not to sensationalize them, but to look closely at documented evidence, investigative gaps, and disputed conclusions that continue to divide investigators, experts, and the public.

From the hosts of the criminally popular podcast Criminalia, a dangerously delicious cocktail and mocktail book inspired by history’s most notorious (and notoriously overlooked) criminals. Every month, over 200,000 listeners download Criminalia to hear stories of history’s wildest and most...

A Gangsters Guide to Alvin Karpis dives into the life of America's most methodical and elusive criminals. As the brains behind the Barker-Karpis Gang, Karpis masterminded daring robberies and high-profile kidnappings, outwitting the FBI for years. Unlike his more reckless contemporaries, he relied on strategy and patience-until the law finally caught up with him. From his rise in the underworld to his years in Alcatraz and beyond, this book separates fact from myth, revealing the true story of the last Public Enemy No. 1 ever captured alive.

EL TRUE CRIME DE MAYOR CRECIMIENTO EN ESPAÑA. Los procesos judiciales más mediáticos e impactantes de la historia reciente: Caso Pelicot . Caso Bruno Hernández . Caso Cheryl Araujo. Caso Eva Blanco . Caso Daniel Sancho . Caso Luca Varani. Casos Wanninkhof y Carabantes . Caso Aileen Wuornos. Caso Amanda Knox. Caso Joaquín Ferrándiz. Una mujer sentada en el banquillo frente a 51 hombres. Los mira cara a cara con firmeza. Han sido sus agresores sexuales durante más de diez años. Es el primer juicio de violación múltiple por sumisión química jamás visto en la historia. Es el caso Pelicot.

A Gangsters Guide to Machine Gun Kelly dives into the life of one of America's most infamous criminals. From small- time bootlegger to notorious kidnapper, George "Machine Gun" Kelly built a fearsome reputation-though much of it was exaggerated by the press and his own wife. This book separates myth from reality, exploring his rise in the criminal underworld, the high-profile kidnapping that led to his downfall, and his lasting impact on the gangster era. Packed with daring heists, betrayals, and a dramatic capture, this is the ultimate guide to the man behind the legend.