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Submerged: Ryan Widmer, his drowned wife and the justice system

A young bride drowns in her bathtub. Her husband of four months is accused of murder. What happened in their tiny suburban bathroom-and why-was never resolved. A compelling true-crime drama, based on exclusive new information, Submerged exposes hidden angles of a case that captivated and divided an ordinary American community, tore apart two families and tested the criminal justice system. Compelled by conscience and curiosity, former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Janice (Morse) Hisle-who covered the saga of Ryan and Sarah Widmer from the start-returns 10 years later to dig deep to tell the untold story: dozens of interviews, 6,000 pages of trial transcripts and previously unrevealed records such as: Ryan's first written statement about Sarah's death attorneys' notes and trial-preparation documents Ryan's personal journal, notes and correspondence more than a thousand pages of police notes and reports Submerged will draw you into the depths of a stranger-than-fiction story that you will ponder long after turning the final page.

Janice Hisle (Author), Janice Hisle, Mike Landis (Narrator)

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Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

On 20 June 1994, a vengeance-seeking gunman opened fire in an Air Force hospital.Four days later a rogue pilot crashed a B-52 bomber during an air-show practice flight.Both tragedies had been predicted and repeatedly warned about.The base psychiatrist warned his staff."This is the kind of patient who ... one day ... he's going to come back and kill you."Aircrews pleaded with leadership to ground the dangerous pilot."We predicted the worst air-show disaster in history when we found out that he was gonna fly."Have you ever heard someone say that a tragedy struck without warning?Read Warnings Unheeded and see the precursors of violence and tragedy in this page-turning true story of mental illness, mass murder and aviation disaster."In vivid and thoroughly researched detail, Andy Brown masterfully weaves two tragic stories ... this is an important and well-written read."--Gregory K. Moffatt, Ph.D.,Author of Blind-Sided: Homicide Where it is Least ExpectedThis unique true-crime book was written by Andy Brown, the man who ended the hospital killing spree. The suspenseful narrative is packed with details garnered from police reports, medical records, journal entries, letters and personal interviews. This powerful story details the warnings signs of violence and disaster, the heroic response to the tragedies, and the traumatic aftermath.

Andy Brown (Author), Michael F. Cochrane (Narrator)

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My Brother Jason: The untold story of Jason Corbett's life and brutal murder by Tom and Molly Marten

In August 2015 Limerick man Jason Corbett was murdered by his wife, Molly Martens, and her father, ex-FBI agent Tom Martens, in the bedroom of their luxury North Carolina home. He had been savagely beaten to death with a baseball bat and brick while his children slept nearby. For his sister, Tracey Corbett-Lynch, and the rest of his family in Ireland it was just the beginning of the nightmare that would involve a custody battle for his orphaned children, an online hate campaign by Molly Martens and, ultimately, the gripping trial that would lead to her conviction, alongside her father, for his murder. My Brother Jason is the story of how this seemingly all-American girl from a picture-perfect family targeted the widowed Jason Corbett, becoming nanny to his children in a desperate bid to create the family and security she craved, thus setting in motion a series of events that would lead to Jason's brutal killing by the woman he had once loved. Here, for the first time, Tracey Corbett-Lynch tells her family's side of the story in a book that contains shocking revelations about Molly Marten's history of strange behavior and the lengths she was willing to go to in order to get custody of Jason's children.

Ralph Riegel, Tracey Corbett-Lynch (Author), Mary Sarah (Narrator)

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Terror by Night

In one evening, Terry Caffey lost everything. His wife, Penny, and his sons, Matthew and Tyler, were brutally murdered; his home was burned to the ground, and his sixteen-year-old daughter, Erin, was in jail, charged with thiree counts of capital murder. In one year's time, God would restore it all. At 3:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008, Terry Caffey awoke to find his daughter’s former boyfriend standing in the bedroom doorway with a gun. An instant later the teen opened fire, killing Terry’s wife and wounding Terry six times. As he slipped toward unconsciousness, Terry heard his son crying upstairs. More gunfire followed. When he regained consciousness, he felt the searing heat of his burning house. Terry knew it was too late to save his family, but even in the midst of the flames, he assigned himself a new mission. He fought to stay awake and escaped the burning house through a bathroom window. As Terry stumbled and crawled four hundred yards through pitch darkness, he asked God to keep him alive long enough to identify the killer, and then to let him die. God allowed Terry to identify the murderer, but He didn’t let Terry die. What happened next is nothing short of miraculous.

James Pence, Terry Caffey (Author), Maurice England (Narrator)

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Hell in the Heartland

This stranger-than-fiction cold case is about to crack wide open! Perfect for fans of I’ll be Gone in the Dark and Zodiac On December 30th, 1999, in rural Oklahoma, 16-year-old Ashley Freeman and her best friend, Lauria Bible, were having a sleepover. The next morning, the Freeman family trailer was in flames and both girls were missing. While rumours of drug debts, revenge killings, and police corruption abounded in the years that followed, the case remained unsolved and the girls were never found. In 2016, crime writer Jax Miller travelled to Oklahoma to discover what really happened. What she unearthed was shocking. These forgotten towns were wild, lawless, and home to some very dark secrets. Finally, in April 2018, the first arrests were made… could justice finally be in sight for the girls and their families? ‘There is, in the best of us, a search for the truth, to serve the living and dead alike…Jax Miller is one of those people and Hell in the Heartland is one of those books’ Robert Graysmith,author of Zodiac ‘Every generation has its standout true-crime writer. Jax Miller does with Hell in the Heartland what Truman Capote did with In Cold Blood’ A.A. Dhand, author of Streets of Darkness ‘Mesmerizing, raw, evocative, unforgettable’ William Boyle, author of A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself ‘A captivating ride through the frustrating twists, turns, and dead ends of a horrifying murder case’ Publishers Weekly ‘Beautiful and devastating’ Crime Reads

Jax Miller (Author), Amy Landon (Narrator)

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The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles

For weeks, the body count of sexually violated, brutally murdered young women escalated. With increasing alarm, Los Angeles newspapers headlined the deeds of a serial killer they named the Hillside Strangler. The city was held hostage by fear. But not until January 1979, more than a year later, would the mysterious disappearance of two university students near Seattle lead police to the arrest of a security guard-the handsome, charming, fast-talking Kenny Bianchi-and the discovery that the strangler was not one man but two. Compellingly, O'Brien explores the symbiotic relationship between Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono, their lust for women as insatiable as their hate, before examining the crimes they remorselessly perpetrated and the lives of the unsuspecting victims they claimed. Equally riveting is O'Brien's account of the trial-one of the longest and most controversial criminal court cases in American history-with the defense team parading, one after another, expert witnesses who had been effectively duped by Bianchi's impersonation of a man suffering multiple personality disorder. It's one way a man might contrive to get away with murder. Darcy O'Brien weds the narrative skill of an award-winning novelist with the detailed observations of an experienced investigator to unravel this chilling true-crime story.

Darcy O'brien (Author), Perry Daniels (Narrator)

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El último infierno. Más historias negras desde Puente Grande (Los Malditos 2)

Regresa el desfile de los malditos con nuevas historias de los criminales más peligrosos de México. La estremecedora continuación de Los malditos (con más de 40 mil ejemplares vendidos), libro en el que Jesús Lemus contó su estancia en el penal federal de Puente Grande y cómo logró sobrevivir a condiciones extremas. El Chapo Guzmán - El Güero Palma - Caro Quintero (continúa) - Vera Palestina, homicida del Gato Félix - La Rana, asesino de Posadas Ocampo - Armando Amezcua, Rey de las anfetaminas - Sergio Villarreal, El Grande - Carlos Rosales, fundador de La Familia - Orlando Magaña, el asesino de Tlalpan. Durante su tiempo en prisión su labor de reportero fue la tabla de salvación de Jesús Lemus, la cual le permitió reunir por primera vez las historias de varios de los delincuentes más temibles. En esta ocasión, Lemus se propone seguir adelante en el recorrido, no sólo a partir de las confidencias de otros reos, sino por medio de un detallado testimonio de su vivencia personal. Con el alma en la mano, el periodista describe las emociones más atroces, como cuando recibió una sentencia, lo que representaba su entrada en el 'último infierno'. Desde la oscuridad de las mazmorras, descubrimos relatos como los del Grande, uno de los principales operadores de los Beltrán Leyva, quien aseguraba contar con la amistad de encumbrados políticos. Asimismo, Lemus encuentra anécdotas estrambóticas en torno a capos de la talla de Caro Quintero o el Güero Palma, quienes participaban en 'fugas imaginarias' o puestas en escena a las que los presos se tenían que sujetar para no morir en el encierro. Uno de los puntos climáticos es la narración en primera persona que hace Humberto Rodríguez Bañuelos, el homicida de Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, quien revela de dónde vino realmente la ordende matar al cardenal y expone los argumentos por los que en algún momento se consideró 'el mejor asesino de México'. La saga de 'Los malditos' constituye uno de los testimonios más inquietantes sobre la experiencia de la privación de la libertad, y al mismo tiempo un registro aplastante que deja ver la forma en que el gobierno usa las cárceles como auténticos centros de exterminio.

J. Jesús Lemus (Author), Rafa Serrano (Narrator)

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Jimmy Two Guns: The Life and Crimes of a Gangland Lawyer

The astonishing true story of Glasgow gangland confidant James McIntyre, aka Jimmy Two Guns James 'Jimmy Two Guns' McIntyre was Glasgow's go-to gangland lawyer and consigliere to one of Scotland's foremost crime families. His maverick approach to the law and a client list that included some of the most feared gangland figures of the time - including the McGoverns and Paul Ferris - ensured that he was always in demand but under the constant scrutiny of the authorities. Now Jimmy Two Guns recounts the cases he handled, the strokes he pulled, plus his arrests, a high-speed car chase with the drug squad, his time in 'the cooler' for allegedly attempting to murder a cop and much more. He tells how he bounced back after being the target of a near-fatal underworld hit, before being arrested by an armed response unit for possession of two pistols, and reveals with wit and a sharp pen what it's really like being a lawyer for the underdog. Whatever you thought you knew about crime and justice, think again - because for Jimmy Two Guns, the truth has always been stranger than fiction. 'Crooked judges, bent cops and hypocrites in high places - the most truthful legal memoir you'll ever read. Superb.' Matthew Hall, bestselling novelist and BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Keeping Faith 'James McIntyre was a legal barracuda swimming both sides of the line; this memoir is his modus operandi.' G.F. Newman, creator of Law & Order and Judge John Deed

James J Mcintyre (Author), James J Mcintyre (Narrator)

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An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the listener from a free-love community in upstate New York to the shocking assassination of President James Garfield. It was heaven on earth—and, some whispered, the devil’s garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place—especially the women, with their queer cropped hair and shamelessly short skirts. The men and women of this strange outpost worked and slept together—without sin, they claimed. From 1848 to 1881, a small utopian colony in upstate New York—the Oneida Community—was known for its shocking sexual practices, from open marriage and free love to the sexual training of young boys by older women. And in 1881, a one-time member of the Oneida Community—Charles Julius Guiteau—assassinated President James Garfield in a brutal crime that shook America to its core. An Assassin in Utopia is the first book that weaves together these explosive stories in a tale of utopian experiments, political machinations, and murder. This deeply researched narrative—by bestselling author Susan Wels—tells the true, interlocking stories of the Oneida Community and its radical founder, John Humphrey Noyes; his idol, the eccentric newspaper publisher Horace Greeley, founder of the New Yorker and the New York Tribune; and the gloomy, indecisive President James Garfield—who was assassinated after his first six months in office.

Susan Wels (Author), Kitty Hendrix (Narrator)

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Crime Classics, Vol. 1

Here are twelve episodes from Crime Classics, a true-crime radio docudrama that aired on CBS from 1953 to 1954. Created, produced, and directed by Elliott Lewis, the program examined crimes and murders throughout history. Founded in Lewis’ own personal interest in famous murder cases, the program meticulously recreated the facts, atmosphere, and personages of the era in which the crime took place. Very little dramatic license was taken with the facts, but a touch of humor was added to the narration of the story to soften the tragedy. The crimes dramatized spanned from ancient Greece to late nineteenth-century America. Some were famous assassinations, such as Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar, and others were more obscure cases, such as Bathsheba Spooner, who became the first woman tried and executed in America after killing her husband in 1778. Actor Lou Merrill played the host, Thomas Hyland, and the series featured radio’s finest supporting players.

Hollywood 360, Various Authors (Author), Others, Thomas Hyland, Various, Various Narrators (Narrator)

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A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime

The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turner seemed to have it all--a thriving film career, a beautiful daughter, and the kind of fame and fortune that most people could only dream of. But when the famous femme fatale began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato, thug for the infamous west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen, her personal life became violent and unpredictable. Lana's teenage daughter, Cheryl, watched her beloved mother's life deteriorate as Stompanato's intense jealousy took over. Eventually, the physical and emotional abuse became too much to bear, and Lana attempted to break it off with Johnny--with disastrous consequences. The details of what happened that fateful night remain foggy, but it ended in a series of frantic phone calls and Stompanato dead on Lana's bedroom floor, with Cheryl claiming to have plunged a knife into his abdomen in an attempt to protect her mother. The subsequent murder trial made for the biggest headlines of the year, its drama eclipsing every Hollywood movie. New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman pulls back Tinseltown's velvet curtain to reveal the dark underbelly of celebrity, rife with toxic masculinity and casual violence against women, and tells the story of Lana Turner and her daughter, who finally stood up to the abuse that plagued their family for years. A Murder in Hollywood transports us back to the golden age of film and illuminates one of the 20th century's most notorious true crime tales.

Casey Sherman (Author), Casey Sherman, TBD (Narrator)

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Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel . . . and Beyond

After forty years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to retire. As president of the high-profile Ventura charter of the club, he had been the yin to Sonny Barger's yang. Barger was the reckless figurehead and de facto world leader of the Hells Angels. Christie was the negotiator, the spokesman, the thinker, the guy who smoothed things out. He was the one who carried the Olympic torch and counted movie stars, artists, rock musicians, and police chief captains among his friends. But leaving the Hells Angels isn't easy, and within two weeks of retirement, he was told he was "out bad"-blackballed by his fellow Angels, prohibited from wearing the club patch, and even told he should remove his Death Head tattoo. Now Christie sets out to tell his story. Exile on Front Street is the tale of how a former Marine gave up a comfortable job with the Department of Defense and swore allegiance to the Hells Angels. In this revealing, hard-hitting memoir, he recounts his life as an outlaw biker with the world's most infamous motorcycle club.

George Christie (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator)

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