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Made Men: The True Rise-and-Fall Story of a New Jersey Mob Family

For years, the DeCavalcantes, the most powerful Mob family in Jersey, labored in the shadows of the more famous families in New York—the likes of the Gambinos and the Columbos. Dismissed by the big-city capos, the DeCavalcantes finally came into their own when they found their lives mirrored in the television hit, The Sopranos. Overnight it legitimized the made men of the Garden State. Now they were a familia to be reckoned with. Unfortunately with high profile came high risk. As member turned against member, as trusted friend turned terrified informant, the FBI put the brakes on the DeCavalcante’s explosive ride into infamy, hastening a fall from honor that would become as infamous as their notorious ascension into the annals of organized crime.Based on more than 1,000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, Made Men delivers, for the first time, the unprecedented and completely uncensored behind-the-scenes truth of a historically clandestine world—of violent life and sudden death inside and outside the mob, told by the very men who made it.

Greg B. Smith (Author), Peter Berkrot (Narrator)

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Mafia Hit Man: Carmine DiBiase, The Wiseguy Who Really Killed Joey Gallo

Who really killed 'Crazy Joe' Gallo? It wasn't Frank 'The Irishman' Sheeran as he claimed. 'Sober, he was nothing, but drunk he would blow your head off.' That's how Pete the Greek described Carmine 'Sonny' DiBiase, the Colombo crime family hitman who'd been terrorizing Manhattan's Little Italy since he was a kid. After beating and robbing a local tailor and doing time in reformatory, Sonny set up operations at the Mayfair Boys Civic and Social Club, an illegal poolroom where he shot and killed his best friend on Christmas day . . . A prime suspect of this and other crimes, Sonny went on the lam and off the grid for seven years. He then surrendered himself to police, was tried for murder and sentenced to death. But after a second trial, he walked away a free man-free to kill again. Joey 'Crazy Joe' Gallo and his President Street mob waged a deadly Mafia civil war with the Colombo crime family, and in particular, Carmine 'the Snake' Persico. And on that fateful night of April 7, 1972, in a Little Italy restaurant, Gallo was assassinated . . . by Carmine 'Sonny' DiBiasi . . . This is the true story of who really whacked Crazy Joey Gallo on that fateful night of April 7, 1972.

Frank Dimatteo, Michael Benson (Author), Eric Jason Martin (Narrator)

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Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro

From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of Masters of Sex, a True Story of Espionage and Mobsters, Based on the Never-Before-Released JFK Files, and Optioned by Warner Bros. Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America’s most remarkable espionage plots ever—with CIA agents, mob hitmen, “kompromat” sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly intrigue. In the early 1960s, two top gangsters, Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana, were hired by the CIA to kill Cuba’s Communist leader, Fidel Castro, only to wind up murdered themselves amidst Congressional hearings and a national debate about the JFK assassination. Mafia Spies revolves around the outlaw friendship of these two mob buddies and their fascinating world of CIA spies, fellow Mafioso in Chicago, Cuban exile commandos in Miami, beautiful Hollywood women, famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack in Las Vegas, Castro’s own spies in Havana and his double agents hidden in Florida, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI snooping, and the Kennedy administration’s “Get Castro” obsession in Washington. Thomas Maier is among the first to take full advantage of the National Archives’ 2017–18 release of the long-suppressed JFK files, many of which deal with the CIA’s top secret anti-Castro operation in Florida and Cuba. With several new investigative findings, Mafia Spies is a spy exposé, murder mystery, and shocking true story that recounts America’s first foray into the assassination business, a tale with profound impact for today’s Trump era. Who killed Johnny and Sam—and why wasn’t Castro assassinated despite the CIA’s many clandestine efforts?

Thomas Maier (Author), Fred Stella (Narrator)

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Magnetizado

A lo largo de una fantasmal semana de septiembre de 1982, se sucedieron en Buenos Aires cuatro asesinatos nocturnos, sobrios en el despliegue y curiosamente idénticos, a tal punto que se podría pensar en un mismo asesinato repetido cuatro veces.La policía buscó al asesino durante casi un mes, de manera tan intensa como inútil. Finalmente resultó ser un postadolescente de diecinueve años. Un muchacho raro y taciturno que, ya detenido, admitió los crímenes y los describió en detalle sin mostrar emoción alguna. No decía incoherencias, no deliraba, no daba la impresión de estar loco. Sin embargo, el acto mismo era lo loco. Los cuatro asesinatos eran tan específicos como carentes de motivo. No había ninguna razón ni secuencia lógica deducible que llevara a las muertes.Personalidad anómala. Trastorno esquizotípico de la personalidad. Síndrome esquizofrénico sobre personalidad psicopática. Trastorno de personalidad antisocial con núcleos esquizoides. Cuadro delirante crónico, compatible con parafrenia o paranoia. Psicópata esquizo perverso histérico. Autista. Estabilizado. Preso. Aquel muchacho raro de 1982 es hoy un hombre mayor que parece más un empleado público que un asesino en serie. En este libro, ese hombre habla con un escritor en el hospital psiquiátrico del complejo penal de Ezeiza. La conversación visita la nebulosa época de los crímenes y recorre distintos momentos de una historia llena de piezas faltantes, con una variable siempre presente: la extrañeza.Construido a partir de grabaciones de entrevistas, documentos forenses y recortes de diarios, Magnetizado es un texto raro y difícil de clasificar. Evita la interpretación y el juicio, dejando espacio para lo único que puede acercarnos a comprender la naturaleza de los crímenes: la voz de su protagonista. Acompañado por esa voz, el lector cruza la puerta del asesinato múltiple y se instala en la perturbadora habitación vacía que hay al otro lado.

Carlos Busqued (Author), Juan Benito (Narrator)

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Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family

Joaquin Garcia, Michael Levine (Author), Dick Hill (Narrator)

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Malaysian Murders and Mysteries

A century of shocking cases that gripped the nation Malaysian Murders and Mysteries brings together 42 of the nation's most well-known and notorious cases – and investigates over a century of crimes and murders that have gripped the attention of the entire nation and beyond. The cases go as far back as 1875, beginning with colonial-era intrigues that remain unresolved to this day, to the swift and sudden demise of a North Korean man at KLIA in 2017 and a mysterious epidemic that killed 15 villagers in a remote Kelantan outpost in 2019. Based on the authors' meticulous research and consultations with several of Malaysia's most eminent historians and criminal lawyers, crime reporters and police officers, this compilation breathes new life into some of the cases and sheds new light on the notorious events. Martin Vengadesan is part of Malaysiakini's editorial team. He previously worked at The Star from 1996 to 2018. He specialises in historical and research-based articles and also spent many years in the digital section as editor of The Star's iPad app and popular news website, The Star Online. He wrote two columns for The Star, 'Music Myths & Legends' (2002–2012) and 'Watching The World' (2013–2018), which touched on music history and world politics respectively. He contributed chapters to the best-selling March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up and the KL Noir series. He has served as general treasurer of the National Union of Journalists and was formerly general secretary of the Youth Wing of Parti Rakyat Malaysia and a vice-president of the Youth Wing of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. A father of three, he is the son of former diplomat Ambassador R Vengadesan. Andrew Sagayam is part of Malaysiakini's editorial team. He was formerly press secretary in the Prime Minister's Department. He was also a crime reporter, news editor and TV producer between 1998 and 2019 with The Sun, Malay Mail, The Star and Bernama. He has covered many of the most prominent cases of the last two decades, giving him an insight few others enjoy. © 2020 by Andrew Sagayam & Martin Vengadesan. Published in paper format in Singapore by Marshall Cavendish International Asia, recorded by Storyside 2022.

Andrew Sagayam, Martin Vengadesan (Author), Hamish Alastair Gerard Brown (Narrator)

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Maldita entre todas las mujeres: el rostro de los feminicidas: Testimonios y reflexiones de feminici

No es maldita la mujer asesinada porque era malvada o perversa, sino porque cayó sobre ella la maldición de ser víctima de un feminicida; maldita porque sobre su muerte se abrieron las horas más trágicas y dolorosas para su familia. Más de una decena de mujeres es asesinada a diario en México. Y con cada muerte se abre una herida profunda en sus familias que nunca cierra ni deja de doler. ¿Por qué se mata a las mujeres en este país? ¿Cómo viven las familias después de esta tragedia? Saskia Niño de Rivera ofrece en este libro de testimonios y revelaciones sin precedentes las respuestas y las explicaciones para entender desde lo más hondo este delito y el purgatorio que desencadena. A partir de las confesiones de agresores de mujeres y feminicidas, podemos saber de forma directa las causas y contextos de estas muertes, cómo fue la infancia de los perpetradores, quién los educó, en qué momento la violencia que soportaron se convirtió en estigma. Y, en consecuencia, qué suplicio viven las madres de las mujeres violentadas, por qué el duelo se agudiza cuando empiezan las investigaciones y se enfrentan a la insensibilidad de juezas, ministerios públicos, policías, funcionarias o abogados: ¿por qué como sociedad nos hemos vuelto tan indiferentes? Maldita entre todas las mujeres es una obra terrible y enternecedora que ahonda en las vidas de los criminales y las acciones de quienes buscan la justicia para sus hijas, madres o hermanas muertas. Con una visión sensible y muy humana, el libro confirma que hoy más que nunca debemos entender intensamente el delito para evitarlo, no se trata de justificar ni revictimizar, urge una mirada consciente para también decir basta a la corrupción, impunidad e ineptitud del Sistema de Impartición de Justicia de México.

Saskia Niño De Rivera, Saskia Niño De Rivera Cover (Author), Adriana Galindo, Dan Osorio, Gwendolyne Flores, Mauricio Pérez Castillo, Saskia Niño De Rivera Cover (Narrator)

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Man-Eater

In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater." After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and as Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime-a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.

Harold Schechter (Author), Eric G. Dove (Narrator)

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Manhunt: How I Brought Serial Killer Levi Bellfield To Justice

NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA STARRING MARTIN CLUNES What does it take to catch one of Britain's most feared killers? Levi Bellfield is one of the most notorious British serial killers of the last fifty years - his name alone evokes horror and revulsion, after his string of brutal murders in the early 2000s. At 3:07pm on 21st March, 2002, Milly Dowler left her school in Surrey for the last time. Less than an hour later, she was to be abducted and murdered in the cruellest fashion, sparking a missing person investigation that would span months before her body was found. In the two years that followed, two more young women - Marsha McDonnell and then Amélie Delagrange - were murdered in unspeakably brutal attacks. Yet with three murdered women on their hands, and few leads open to them, investigating officers were running out of ideas and options, until SIO Colin Sutton was drafted into the investigation for the murder of Delagrange. Seeing a connection between the three women, and thriving under the pressure of a serial killer hunt, Sutton was finally able to bring their murderer to justice after the case had begun to seem hopeless. Manhunt tells the story of how he led the charge to find a mystery killer, against the clock and against the odds - day by day and lead by lead. At once a gripping police procedural, and an insight into the life of an evil man, this is the story behind what it takes to track down a shockingly violent murderer before he strikes again.

Colin Sutton (Author), Peter Noble (Narrator)

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Mania and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong: Inside the Mind of a Female Serial Killer

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as "a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer." She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted in one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's strangest cases: the Pizza Bomber case, in which a pizza deliveryman died when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in 2003 near Erie, Pennsylvania, Diehl-Armstrong's hometown. Diehl-Armstrong's life unfolded in an enthralling portrait; a fascinating interplay between mental illness and the law. As a female serial killer, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was in a rare category. In the early 1970s, she was a high-achieving graduate student pursuing a career in education but suffered from bipolar disorder. Before her death, she was sentenced to serve life plus thirty years in federal prison.

Ed Palattella, Jerry Clark (Author), Paul Heitsch (Narrator)

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Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer

Harold Schechter, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Hell’s Princess, unearths a nearly forgotten true crime of obsession and revenge, and one of the first—and worst—mass murders in American history. In 1927, while the majority of the township of Bath, Michigan, was celebrating a new primary school—one of the most modern in the Midwest—Andrew P. Kehoe had other plans. The local farmer and school board treasurer was educated, respected, and an accommodating neighbor and friend. But behind his ordinary demeanor was a narcissistic sadist seething with rage, resentment, and paranoia. On May 18 he detonated a set of rigged explosives with the sole purpose of destroying the school and everyone in it. Thirty-eight children and six adults were murdered that morning, culminating in the deadliest school massacre in US history. Maniac is Harold Schechter’s gripping, definitive, exhaustively researched chronicle of a town forced to comprehend unprecedented carnage and the triggering of a “human time bomb” whose act of apocalyptic violence would foreshadow the terrors of the current age.

Harold Schechter (Author), Braden Wright (Narrator)

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Manipulation: How Narcissists and Sociopaths Use Dark Psychology to Manipulate and Control

These 12 books are included in this combo, into the following categories: Category 1: Personality disorders can be challenging. I personally know people who have some kind of disorder. It’s different when you interact with them. Not every moment, but the difference is in the details. Category 2: Many people try to get a grasp of what goes on in the mind of a serial killer. Today, we can at least show you a limited perspective and some solid insights in the workings of their brains. Their reasons, their background, and their murder stories will be exposed to a certain degree. Category 3: In this guide, we will focus on several topics. For one, we will explore the reasons why so many times, sociopaths and narcissists are elected as leaders of countries, cities, or companies. We will also study sociopaths’ seduction techniques and the ratio in the population as compare to earlier in history. Furthermore, you will learn more about the tips that sociopaths give each to manipulate their victims. And last but not least, we will show you some pointers to dealing with sociopathic children. Category 4: If you’ve been looking for a book about narcissism, you probably already have an idea of what it is. Still, we’ll define it in this book before we start expanding on the intricate details of such a personality. In part, because there are so many myths about it and the term gets tossed around like a diaper into a trash been, while most people don’t realize what it is all about.

Derrick Halfson, Matt Belster, Taylor Hench, Victor Higgins (Author), J. A. Lydick, Lily Northfield, Oskar Gundersen, Rory Young (Narrator)

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