Behold The Monster

Author : Jillian Lauren
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781728267777

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Behold the Monster by Jillian Lauren Pdf

Jillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she wrote her first letter to prolific serial killer Samuel Little. All she knew was her research had led her to believe he was good for far more murders than the three for which he had been convicted. While the two exchanged dozens of letters and embarked on hundreds of hours of interviews, Lauren gained the trust of a monster. After maintaining his innocence for decades, Little confessed to the murders of ninety-three women, often drawing his victims in haunting detail as he spoke. How could one man evade justice, manipulating the system for over four decades? As the FBI, the DOJ, the LAPD, and countless law enforcement officials across the country worked to connect their cold cases with the confessions, Lauren's coverage of the investigations and obsession with Little's victims only escalated. New York Times bestselling author and lead of the Starz docuseries Confronting a Serial Killer Jillian Lauren delivers the harrowing report of her unusual relationship with a psychopath. But this is more than a deep dive into the actions of Samuel Little. Lauren's riveting and emotional accounts reveal the women who were lost to cold files, giving Little's victims a chance to have their stories heard for the first time.

Author : Jillian Lauren
Publisher : Dutton
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1524745685

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Behold the Monster by Jillian Lauren Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Jillian Lauren's personal, haunting account of confronting serial killer Samuel Little, and her determination to lift up the voices of his victims for the first time Jillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she asked LAPD homicide detective Mitzi Roberts about the case she was most proud of. It was when she put Samuel Little, the now seventy-nine-year-old serial killer, behind bars for killing three women in Los Angeles. In fact, Little had murdered approximately ninety women over six decades, but many were cold cases and Mitzi didn't have enough evidence (or jurisdiction) to prove it. After doing more digging, Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of two memoirs and a novel, was obsessed. Following months of exchanging letters with Little, Lauren finally got a face-to-face meeting. In the hundreds of hours of interviews that followed, Little confessed to dozens of murders for the first time. Lauren knew this harrowing journey was taking its toll, both psychologically and legally--but still, she couldn't stop. Little gave Lauren a powerful and terrifying window into the psyche of a serial killer, and as she delved deeper, she realized she needed a way to survive these encounters. To balance out his darkness, she would illuminate the lives of the women he killed, making sure they would be remembered as more than mere props in the drama of his life. She excavated their lives--visiting their hometowns, talking to their families, investigating all they left behind. Harrowing, insightful, and extraordinarily adept at giving Little's victims a chance to have their stories heard for the first time--including those of the four who survived--this is a truly unforgettable read.

Author : Jillian Lauren
Publisher : Random House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781473572256

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Behold the Monster by Jillian Lauren Pdf

Enter the mind of a serial killer and his victims. When researching a new crime novel, Jillian spoke to Mitzi Roberts, the famed LAPD homicide detective. During that conversation, Mitzi revealed that her greatest achievement was catching a murderer. But also that she was absolutely convinced that that killer had killed many more. So Jillian went to speak the murderer himself – and that’s where she fell into a rabbit hole. Over 40 hours of conversation, Samuel Little confessed killing after killing to Jillian Lauren. He told her of the marginalised and drug-addicted women he strangled to death. He sent her memorial ‘art’ of his victims. He talked and talked and talked. And when he finished talking, she realised she had been speaking to one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. Not only was Jillian astounded at how Samuel had opened up to her, uncovering his horrific deeds, but she also recognised herself in the stories of his victims. The vulnerable sex workers and drug addicts – just as she had previously been. This is a haunting parallel story of killer, author and victims, the journey into a disturbing mind and a murderer that shocked the world.

Author : Jillian Lauren
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780452296312

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Some Girls by Jillian Lauren Pdf

A jaw-dropping story of how a girl from the suburbs ends up in a prince's harem, and emerges from the secret Xanadu both richer and wiser At eighteen, Jillian Lauren was an NYU theater school dropout with a tip about an upcoming audition. The "casting director" told her that a rich businessman in Singapore would pay pretty American girls $20,000 if they stayed for two weeks to spice up his parties. Soon, Jillian was on a plane to Borneo, where she would spend the next eighteen months in the harem of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, youngest brother of the Sultan of Brunei, leaving behind her gritty East Village apartment for a palace with rugs laced with gold and trading her band of artist friends for a coterie of backstabbing beauties. More than just a sexy read set in an exotic land, Some Girls is also the story of how a rebellious teen found herself-and the courage to meet her birth mother and eventually adopt a baby boy.

Author : Jillian Lauren
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101543702

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Pretty by Jillian Lauren Pdf

An electrifying debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Some Girls. Bebe Baker is an ex-everything: ex-stripper, ex-Christian, ex-drug addict, ex-pretty girl. It's been one year since the car accident that killed her boyfriend left her scarred and shaken. Flanked by an eccentric posse of friends, she is serving out a self-imposed sentence at a halfway house, while trying to finish cosmetology school. Amid the rampant diagnoses, over-medication, compulsive eating, and acrylic nails of Los Angeles, Bebe looks for something to believe in before something--her past, the dangerously magnetic men in her life, her own bad choices--knocks her off course again.

Author : Georg Friedrich Händel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11134906

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Handel's serenata, Acis and Galatea by Georg Friedrich Händel Pdf

Author : Timothy Appleby
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307888730

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A New Kind of Monster by Timothy Appleby Pdf

The horrific and astonishing true story of the double life of Russell Williams, who was at once a respected figure in the Canadian military and a ruthless sado-sexual serial criminal and murderer. A model officer and elite pilot, Colonel Russell Williams was trusted with flying international dignitaries including Queen Elizabeth, as well as commanding Canada's most important military airbase. Yet his dark and violent secret life included breaking into 82 homes of girls and women; thefts of vast amounts of lingerie (which he dressed in); two bizarre sexual assaults that left an uncomprehending Ontario village on a knife's-edge; and eventually, two rape-murders. In A New Kind of Monster, veteran Globe and Mail crime reporter Tim Appleby chronicles a true story that could have been lifted from the darkest pages of pulp fiction, one that offers fascinating--and troubling--insights on human psychopathology.

Author : George Frideric Handel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022752128

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Handel's Acis and Galatea by George Frideric Handel Pdf

Author : Jesse P. Pollack & Mark Moran
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467153003

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Death on the Devil's Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey by Jesse P. Pollack & Mark Moran Pdf

Four decades after Jeannette DePalma's tragic death, authors Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran present the definitive account of the shocking Springfield township cold case. As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its lowest in years. That mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the local woods, allegedly surrounded by strange objects. Some feared witchcraft was to blame, while others believed a serial killer was on the loose. Rumors of a police cover up ran rampant, and the case went unsolved - along with the murders of several other young women.

Author : Susan Jonusas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781984879844

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Hell's Half-Acre by Susan Jonusas Pdf

One of NPR's "Books We Love" New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022" "Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street Journal A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for decades, sparking an epic manhunt for the Benders. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders—one among the thousands relocating farther west in search of land and opportunity after the Civil War—were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" appalled and fascinated the nation. But who the Benders really were, why they committed such a vicious killing spree and whether justice ever caught up to them is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Set against the backdrop of postbellum America, Hell’s Half-Acre explores the environment capable of allowing such horrors to take place. Drawing on extensive original archival material, Susan Jonusas introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, many of whom have been previously missing from the story. Among them are the families of the victims, the hapless detectives who lost the trail, and the fugitives that helped the murderers escape. Hell’s Half-Acre is a journey into the turbulent heart of nineteenth century America, a place where modernity stalks across the landscape, violently displacing existing populations and building new ones. It is a world where folklore can quickly become fact and an entire family of criminals can slip through a community’s fingers, only to reappear in the most unexpected of places.

Author : Laini Taylor
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316192149

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Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Pdf

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Author : Glenn L. Wilson
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1449726399

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Behold Now Behemoth: Dinosaurs All Over the Bible! by Glenn L. Wilson Pdf

Have dinosaurs always lived with man? The Bible clearly shows the answer is yes! God created these great creatures and gave man dominion over them. Esau domesticated them. Nehemiah rode them. Ancient armies appear to have fought from them or along side them. People used them for labor and even ate them! Behemoth, Tanniyn, Yownah, Chamowr—the pages of the Bible in its original languages finally reveals the truth about dinosaurs and man in some incredibly wonderful ways! The lying doctrines of evolution claiming “billions of years” and “man never saw a dinosaur” are shown to be what they are—lies designed to deceive men into believing the Bible is not true. Men today see the bones of these creatures in museums and wonder, “If the Bible is true, why are there no dinosaurs found in its pages?”. After many centuries of the Bible existing in English, God gets the glory for His second-most magnificent creation next to man: the great dinosaurs!

Author : Marques Vickers
Publisher : Marquis Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Murder in Washington: Notorious Crime Sites by Marques Vickers Pdf

Murder in Washington: Notorious Crime Sites is a visual return to 80+ infamous murder scenes profiling the shocking and detailed narratives behind each tragedy. The State of Washington has been the residence of three internationally prominent serial killers including Ted Bundy, Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer) and Lee Boyd Malvo (DC Sniper). Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure murder sites and stories remain buried awaiting rediscovery. The Murder in Washington edition is segmented into eight categories including assassinations, historical legacies, premeditated homicides, chance encounters and impulse killings, law enforcement fatalities and controversies, unsolved murders, rampage and serial killers. The edition provides the precise location of each crime site, fatality victims, perpetrators and for those still living, the penal institution where they are incarcerated. Cases profiled include: Ted Bundy: The Serpent who loved to kill women Gary Ridgway: The Green River Prostitute Killer Uncle Joe Kondro: A family or friend’s worst nightmare Lee Boyd Malvo: Under the spell and shadow of the DC Sniper Rodney Alcala: Stalking and strangling beauty Donna Perry: Transgender prostitute killer Maurice Clemmons: His four police officer shooting spree Legacy hex of serial killer Jake Bird Disappearing investment trail of Doug Carlile Seattle’s underpass Jungle killings Mysterious assassination of Federal Judge Tom Wales Ann Marie Burr’s kidnapping and linkage to Ted Bundy DNA tracing genealogies condemn two Tacoma child killers forty-years later Billy Gohl and the floating cadavers of Aberdeen Tacoma’s missing Puyallup Avenue streetwalkers A botched experimental attempt at homicide Kidnapping and murder of little Charles Mattson Everett Union protest dockside massacre Incestuous killing of Sylvia Gaines. Trash talk shooting by rapper Lil Danger Unsolved Civil Rights advocate Edwin Pratt shooting Recording artist Little Willie John’s afterhours party homicide The Gits lead singer Mia Zapata abduction and murder The disappearance of radio activist Mike Webb The Hangman’s noose too light to support Mitchell Rupp The savage beating of Seattle’s Tuba Man Wilson, Anderson, Goldmark and Rafay Family killings Post Mount Saint Helens Volcano hitchhiker discovery The detonation of Oleg Babichenko’s car The seducer and killer with a thousand identities Dragging vehicle death of Susette Werner. Aurora Bridge public transport murder-suicide Gay hate crime shooting from a back seat driver Sweltering summer night bludgeoning of Geneva MacDonald Wah Mee Gambling Club massacre The therapist who crossed professional boundaries with his life Bizarre odyssey of Starvation Height A homicidal impatience by a police offer over a DUI Capitol Hill district post-Rave killing Marysville High School cafeteria shooting The clueless Spokane leach and killer Red Barn Door Tavern bloodbath Seattle Pacific University lone gunman Death and rape in Seattle’s South Park residential district Changing identity and getting away with your wife’s shooting Seattle’s Café Racer murder-suicide spree A legitimate example of Killer’s remorse Stalking and slaying an Elementary school teacher fixation Hate crime assault on the Jewish Federation Building The dredged Mahoney trunk murder Pang Frozen Foods arson fire Patrick Drum’s armed vendetta against pedophiles Survivalist Peter Keller’s attempt to erase his personal history Tacoma’s Trang Dai restaurant gang slaying A Seattle police officer ambush fueled by extreme hatred Charming George Russell, Junior's fatal voyeurism An overzealous police beating of a simple man Otto Zehm Freighter pilot’s collision with the West Seattle Bridge and a duplicitous Wife And Even More Murder Narratives….

Author : Emil Ferris
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606999592

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My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Pdf

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

Author : David LaRochelle
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452139647

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Monster & Son by David LaRochelle Pdf

Romp along with parent and child yetis, werewolves, giant lizards, and more as they stir up some monster-sized fun! Readers big and small, young and old, wild and tame, will roar with laughter and take this book by the horns, teeth, and fur...discovering that monsters and humans aren't so different—especially in the ways they love each other. Plus, this is the fixed-format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition!