Author: Sean Branch
Publisher: Sean Branch
ISBN: 9780996433044
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Warrior State of Mind Winning the War Within invites you into the author's mind, heart and soul as she battles her own private war within. Sanjo's previous 5 books have all shared small pieces of herself with the world and encouraged many to empty their lives of all that didn¿t serve them in living their best life. This book will help others identify, confront and conquer the silent war that rages inside of most of us. You may not enter the battlefield of the mind with a Warrior State of Mind but you will definitely develop one as you slay your own thoughts and inner obstacles.

Author: Teresa R. Simpson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614234280
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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A journey through Memphis’ troubled past: the shocking crimes and the brutal killings that led to it being dubbed the “Murder Capital of the World.” With its alluring hospitality, legendary cuisine and transcendent music, Memphis is truly a quintessential Southern city. But lurking behind the barbeque and blue suede shoes is a dark history checkered with violence and disarray. Revisit the mass murder of 1866 that took more than fifty lives, the infamous Alice Mitchell case of the 1890s and a string of unthinkable twentieth-century sins. Author and lifelong Memphian Teresa Simpson explores some of the River City’s most menacing crimes and notorious characters in this riveting ride back through the centuries. Includes photos!

Author: Steve Fischer
Publisher: Berkline Press
ISBN: 9780977065844
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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What is it about Las Vegas that captivates us? Is it how the skim worked at the Stardust and how millions of dollars walked out the door uncounted? Or what really happened when Frank Sinatra threw a chair at the casino boss of the Sands? Did you ever hear the story about how some very bad Vegas guys rigged the gin rummy games at the Friars Club and took a bunch of famous people to the cleaners? Howard Hughes had some weird notions about the Silver Slipper and put his money where his paranoia was. It's all Vegas, and it is fascinating history. Vegas in the '50s and '60s was indeed another world. Those were the days when small-time gamblers like me, in town with my wife for a weekend of shows and great food, could ride down the elevator at one of the Strip hotels with Lucille Ball, have an A table at the Versailles Room at the Riviera to see Rowan and Martin, with Edie Adams opening, and laugh until it hurt when Buddy Hackett played the old Congo Room at the Sahara. Behind the scenes, the Mob ran Vegas in those days. And stories abound. Through years of study and interviews and just talking to people from all strata of Las Vegas comes this book, a glimpse into the money, mayhem, and murders of early Vegas.

Author: JD Chandler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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A shocking true chronicle of some of Portland, Oregon’s most infamous criminal cases—from its wild roots as a frontier town to post-war 20th century. Here are some of the most horrifying crimes that made headlines and shook Portland, Oregon. The brutal Ardenwald axe murders. The retribution killings by Chinatown tongs. The fiendish acts of the Dark Strangler. In this compelling account, author JD Chandler chronicles the coverups, false confessions, miscarriages of justice, and the investigative twists of Portland’s sordid past. From the untimely end of the Black Mackintosh Bandit to the convoluted hunt for the Milwaukie Monster, Murder & Mayhem in Portland, Oregon is a true crime account that acknowledges the officers who sought justice and remembers the victims whose lives were claimed by violence—all while providing important historical context.

Author: James Smallwood
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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In the states of the former Confederacy, Reconstruction amounted to a second Civil War, one that white southerners were determined to win. An important chapter in that undeclared conflict played out in northeast Texas, in the Corners region where Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, and Collin Counties converged. Part of that violence came to be called the Lee-Peacock Feud, a struggle in which Unionists led by Lewis Peacock and former Confederates led by Bob Lee sought to even old scores, as well as to set the terms of the new South, especially regarding the status of freed slaves. Until recently, the Lee-Peacock violence has been placed squarely within the Lost Cause mythology. This account sets the record straight. For Bob Lee, a Confederate veteran, the new phase of the war began when he refused to release his slaves. When Federal officials came to his farm in July to enforce emancipation, he fought back and finally fled as a fugitive. In the relatively short time left to his life, he claimed personally to have killed at least forty people--civilian and military, Unionists and freedmen. Peacock, a dedicated leader of the Unionist efforts, became his primary target and chief foe. Both men eventually died at the hands of each other's supporters. From previously untapped sources in the National Archives and other records, the authors have tracked down the details of the Corners violence and the larger issues it reflected, adding to the reinterpretation of Reconstruction history and rescuing from myth events that shaped the following century of Southern politics.

Author: Andrew K. Amelinckx
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626197989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1

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Murder and dark deeds shadowed the extravagance of the Gilded Age in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. In the summer of 1893, a tall and well-dressed burglar plundered the massive summer mansions of the upper crust. A visit from President Teddy Roosevelt in 1902 ended in tragedy when a trolley car smashed into the presidential carriage, killing a Secret Service agent. Shocking the nation, a psychotic millworker opened fire on a packed streetcar, leaving three dead and five wounded. From axe murders to botched bank jobs, author Andrew Amelinckx dredges up the forgotten underbelly of the Berkshires with unforgettable stories of greed, jealousy and madness from the Gilded Age.

Author: Rhys Ford
Publisher: Murder and Mayhem
ISBN: 9781634762229
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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To clear his name of a murder charge, former thief Rook Stevens must turn to the last man he'd expect to help him--Detective Dante Montoya.

Author: Minnesota Crime Wave (Group)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935666431
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Minnesota Crime Wave presents stories of mayhem by Minnesota’s finest mystery writers. Some will scare you. Some will make you cringe. All will put to rest the myth of Minnesota Nice! If you read these before bed, don’t expect sweet dreams.

Author: Fred Brown
Publisher: Street Knowledge Publishing
ISBN: 9780979955686
Category : Basketball players
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Money grew up in one of the most dangerous projects in Brooklyn. With the help of his right hand man, he became a boss of a multi-million dollar drug ring. He supplied over 70% of the cocaine in New York City and surrounding areas. The five boroughs, the streets... the grimest hoods and projects are familiar with his name however, it's only very small inter circle that recognize him by his face. His people raise the murder rate throughout the city. If you cross the line, have your casket and tombstone ready. A hard nose, relentless veteran NYPD detective refuses to retire, until he finds out who the invisible leader is, this powerful cartel that the streets are scared to talk about and law agencies can not infiltrate. Murder is the most sought after high school basketball player in the country. He is expected to be a 1st round draft pick in the NBA. He lives in a small town that puts up B.G. numbers in the drug trade. He refuses to stop balling in the streets. He has a decision to make, either way, Murder will be balling!! When Money and Murder meet "The Game" is played... The way the Game is supposed to be played and everybody eats!!!

Author: Tana L. H. Boerger
Publisher: A Lord and Lady Crosswick Mystery
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A glamorous, international mystery that follows Philip and Genevieve Warwick as they navigate their inheritance of a billion pounds and an earldom, from New York to the family seat in York, England.