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No Surrender!: Seven Japanese WWII Soldiers Who Refused to Surrender After the War 

7/16/2014

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The Imperial Japanese Army deployed hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers across the islands across the Southwest Pacific. As the Allied island-hopping campaign encircled Japan, thousands of Japanese soldiers were cut off from their command and were presumed killed-in-action. Faced with a desperate decision between dying in suicidal charges and going into hiding, most Japanese soldiers chose suicide. 

The holdouts, on the other hand, chose to live, even if that meant suffering deprivation, hardship and shame.  Most of the holdouts gradually emerged from hiding during the late 1940s and 1950s. A few holdouts—the most famous of the lot—only came down from the mountains ten to thirty years after the war. 

The legacy of the holdouts is a complicated one. It would easy to dismiss men like Yokoi, Onoda and Nakamura as fanatic soldiers, or simply deluded men. That simply was not the case, as this book will show.


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A History of Torture: From Iron Maidens to Vlad's Impalin

6/28/2014

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For thousands of years man has been perfecting the gruesome art of torture. There have been many ways to execute and torture a person--some make the electric chair look like a paper cut. 

This book describes some of the most infamous methods of torture ever devised, devices that will turn your stomach and make you thankful that they no longer exist.


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MIYUKI ISHIKAWA

3/11/2014

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What kind of person murders innocent babies? Worse yet, what kind of person murders over 100 of them? Find out in our latest FREE crime short, which you can read here.
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Stranger Than Fiction

2/2/2014

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If you are enjoying our Hitchcock series, but want to save money, then check out our anthology! If features all six of our Hitchcock true crime books for the low price of $9.99. 
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The True Story Behind Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho

1/29/2014

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For movie buffs Alfred Hitchcock will always be associated with a long list of Hollywood classics. Between 1921 and 1976 the English director known as the Master of Suspense released 52 feature films, many of which are still thrilling new audiences today. To most people, though, he’s best known for a film that was very different – Psycho.

The most fascinating part of movie, however, is actually the real story behind it. This book tells the chilling true story behind of the movie.



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Miscarriage of Justice: The Murder of Teresa de Simone

9/24/2013

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The murder was brutal--raped and strangled. The case was open and shut--a man had confessed to the murder, and he was easily convicted. There was a problem with the man's testimony, however...he was a pathological liar who had confessed to over 200 other crimes--many of which never happened.

For over 27 years, Sean Hodgson, the convicted murderer, sat in prison for a crime he didn't committ. The real killer, 17-year-old David Lace, had also confessed to the crime, but police didn't believe him.

This gripping short book takes the reader on the hunt for the real killer, and reveals the creation of Operation Iceberg--the operation that led to the DNA review of over 240 other convictions.

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The Real Life Fugitive: Sam Sheppard and the Original Trial of the Century

9/18/2013

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The crime was unthinkable: a respected doctor is convicted of brutally murdering his pregnant wife. The trial that followed was a media circus--one often compared to the O.J. Simpson trial. The popularity of the case would go on to be one of the alleged inspirations of the TV show "The Fugitive" (and later the Harrison Ford movie of the same name)—something the creators deny, but fans insist is true.

This book proves that truth is always more interesting than fiction. It looks at the murder, the suspects, and the ultimate outcome of one of the most notorious murders of all time.


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Exposing Jack the Stripper: A Biography of the Worst Serial Killer You've Probably Never Heard Of

8/31/2013

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Jack the Ripper may get all the fame, but his 1960s counterpart, Jack the Stripper, will really send shivers down your spine. At least six women, all prostitutes, were murdered at his hand--possibly more. Most intriguing of all...he was never caught.

The crimes, though often forgotten today, inspired the crime novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square," which Alfred Hitchcock turned into the 1972 movie, "Frenzy."

Go inside the hunt for this brutal killer in this gripping short biography.


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The Real Gangs of New York

8/19/2013

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The subject of a classic history by Herbert Asbury and an Academy Award nominated film by Martin Scorsese, the gangs of The Five Points in New York have become the stuff of legend. But how much is legend and how much is fact? 

In this short book we examine the original gangs of the Five Points in New York and see how accurate the film was (spoiler alert: not very) and what Asbury may have gotten wrong in his original research on this era. From the Bowery Boys to the Dead Rabbits, we look at the gangs that operated not just in the Five Points, but also those who wanted a piece of the action there and engaged in gang wars that would leave even modern thugs quivering in their boots!


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The Trail's End: The Story of Bonnie and Clyde

7/17/2013

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In the world of outlaws, few are as famous as Bonnie and Clyde. Their legend has become a folktale in American history, and their crimes have been exploited as heroic.

The real story of Bonnie and Clyde does not carry the glamour of the Hollywood movies that have helped cement their names in American history while portraying them as victims and idealistic lovers. This is the real story of Bonnie and Crime—the brutal, gripping, page-turning story.


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