Con Artists/ Hoaxes & Deceptions
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I Am Abigail: A Texas Woman’s Childhood Nightmare – And Her Escape From Hell as a Sex Slave/Survivor
$18.99 Add to cartONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING CASES OF SEXUAL ABUSE ON RECORD-AND THE INSPIRING TRUE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO SURVIVED TO SPEAK HER TRUTH
My name is Abigail Alvarado. When I was nine, Child Protecti
- Author: Collins, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0960086730
- Language: English
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood
$21.99 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller – Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime
The Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood st
- Author: Mann, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0062242199
- Language: English
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The Man Who Hacked the World: A Ghostwriter’s Descent Into Madness with John McAfee
$21.99 Add to cart*BASED ON ACCOUNTS FEATURED IN THE #1 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY FILM RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL*
A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best True Crime
John McAfee: internet pioneer, presidential ca… [more below]
- Author: Foster, Alex Cody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1684429218
- Language: English
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Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
$18.99 Add to cartIn this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the younges
- Author: Lake, Dianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0062695584
- Language: English
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Becoming Clark Rockefeller: Murder, Love, Deception, and the Con Man Behind It All
$26.99 Add to cartBECOMING CLARK ROCKEFELLER: Murder, Love, Deception, and the Con Man Behind It All delves into the life of a young immigrant entangled in a multi-generational murder investigation ensnaring some of th
- Author: Girardot, Frank C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1960332570
- Language: English
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Grifters, Frauds, and Crooks: True Stories of American Corruption
$22.95 Add to cartPower, Money, Sex: The Corrupt Trifecta! This captivating book uncovers the insidious web of deceit that infiltrates every facet of our nation’s past and present. Immerse yourself in the stories of 50… [more below]
- Series: Dark Minds True Crimes
- Author: Estep, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 157859796X
- Language: English
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American Cults: Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders
$22.95 Read moreAmerica has spawned hundreds of cults. Charismatic leaders periodically burst into the news for the most awful of reasons. We are awash with stories of brainwashed members’ struggles to leave. Meet th… [more below]
- Series: Dark Minds True Crimes
- Author: Willis, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1578598001
- Language: English
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Fate Deals a Hand: The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers
$35.99 Read moreA unique study into both the professional gamblers aboard Titanic and their individual backgrounds and fates
During the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoki- Author: Behe, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1803992387
- Language: English
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Notorious Arkansas Swindler Dr. John Kizer: Medicine and Murder
$24.99 Read moreA True Story of Murderous Greed. The John R. Kizer story is a riveting tale of deception, murder and anxiety in rural Arkansas. Kizer was a doctor who used his knowledge to drive his lustful greed and… [more below]
- Series: True Crime
- Author: Harris, Rodney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1467154962
- Language: English
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The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Science, and the Global Quest for Fossils
$21.99 Add to cartIn this 2018 New York Times Notable Book, Paige Williams “does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids” (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man’s reckless attempt to sell a dinosaur skele
- Author: Williams, Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0316382515
- Language: English
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A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen–America’s Most Damaging Russian Spy
$19.95 Read moreA legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the “worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history” the case of Robert Hanssen–a Russian spy who was embedde… [more below]
- Author: Wiehl, Lis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364579
- Language: English
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Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World’s Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud
$17.95 Add to cartFaster, Higher, Farther chronicles a corporate scandal that rivals those at Enron and Lehman Brothers–one that will cost Volkswagen more than $22 billion in fines and settlements. Through meticulo
- Author: Ewing, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0393355918
- Language: English
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Scams and Cons: A True Crime Collection: Manipulative Masterminds, Serial Swindlers, and Crafty Con Artists (Including Anna Sorokin, Elizabeth Holmes,
$15.95 Read moreTake a deep dive into the manipulative, messy world of con artists, embezzlers, fraudsters, swindlers, and grifters in this collection of true crime stories about scams and cons.
From mystifying cons- Author: Salters, Madison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1646044622
- Language: English
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Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
$16.99 Add to cartBy the age of nine, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. I’ll know how a document is forged, how to withstand an interrogation, and most … [more below]
- Author: Diamond, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1643752510
- Language: English
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Above the Ground
$32.99 Add to cart“It sounds like the fictional plot of a blockbuster thriller… [W]ith his lawyer’s eye and passion to expose injustice, Lawton makes this a timeless and borderless tale… [E]ssential reading for any
- Author: Lawton, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 506
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1960332260
- Language: English
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Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
$20.99 Add to cartPrevious books and films have emphasized the supposed glamour of America’s most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different–and far more … [more below]
- Author: Guinn, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 09 2010
- ISBN10: 1416557075
- Language: English
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Unmask Alice: Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries
$26.95 Read more“Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson goes a long way to showing what investigative journalism could be in the right hands . . . this book is undeniably buzzworthy.” —Portland Book Review
“An absorbing and un… [more below]- Author: Emerson, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1637740425
- Language: English
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Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy
$24.99 Add to cartThe explosive search for the truth about who killed JFK, “the final word until 2039-when government files on the case can be unlocked.” (Kirkus)
Will we ever know the truth about the Kennedy assassin- Author: Marrs, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 22 2013
- ISBN10: 0465031803
- Language: English
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The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch
$18.99 Add to cartThe “unputdownable” (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you’ve never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an is… [more below]
- Author: Harvey, Miles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 0316463604
- Language: English
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The Book of Criminal Minds: Forgeries, Robberies, Heists, Crimes of Passion, Murders, Money Laundering, Con Artistry, and More
$16.98 Add to cartA perfect gift for the true crime buff in your life, this book contains more than 300 absorbing stories about true crime.
- Includes stories both familiar and obscure, some macabre, some amusing, some st
- Series: Book of
- Author: Publications International Ltd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: May 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1645586340
- Language: English
