| Title | : | True Crime Case Histories, Volume 2: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 |
| Publication | : | First published September 6, 2019 |
A sampling of the stories include:
The Girl in the Barrel - A homeowner finds a fifty-five gallon barrel in the crawl space beneath his home. What they find inside the barrel unlocks a murder mystery dating back thirty years.
The Dexter Wannabe - A young man obsessed with the TV show Dexter lures unsuspecting victims to his "kill room" and keeps a detailed diary of the dismemberment of his prey.
The Murder of Elizabeth Olten - A fifteen-year-old girl wants to know what it feels like to kill a person.
Interpol's Most Wanted - When fishermen pull up the dead body of a man in the English Channel, police stumble upon one of Interpol's Most Wanted criminals.
The Girl in the Box - An unbelievable story of a psychopath who kidnaps a young girl and keeps her as a slave locked beneath his bed for seven years.
The Green Chain Rapist - A beautiful young mother is butchered in broad daylight in a London park and the only witness is her two-year-old son. Police then waste three years chasing the wrong man while the real killer slaughters another woman.
Paige’s Secret Life - A young single-mother of three goes missing and police realize she's been living a secret life that her friends and family didn't know about.
A Walking Shadow - A suicidal teenager, frustrated with the bank threatening to foreclose on the family home, kidnaps the bank manager's ten-year-old son and holds him for ransom.
Plus three more disturbing true crime stories.
The stories included in this collection are dark and creepy and will leave you with a new understanding of just how fragile the human mind can be.
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True Crime Case Histories Volume 3 is coming December 2019 featuring 12 more short stories of; True Crime, Murder & Mayhem, Serial Killer Biographies, and True Murder Case Files.
Stories include: Mark Twitchell, Howard Elkins, Rick Valentini, Cameron Hooker, Alyssa Bustamante, Jamie Reynolds, Albert Johnson Walker, Lester Jones, Robert Napper, Mike Adams, Harvey Glatman, and Myles Fukunaga. Also included is the full text of Mark Twitchell's "SK Confessions" diary.
True Crime Case Histories, Volume 2: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories Reviews
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More real true crime
Although I have read about several of these cases, I enjoyed this book. The outstanding feature of this volume is the SK Confessions, a document written by serial killer Mark Twitchell reproduced in its entirety.
In my opinion, if you're going to write about true crime, tell the whole story, and that's what Mr. Neal does. If I wanted my reading material sugarcoated, I would still be reading Nancy Drew. I fail to understand why people choose to read true crime if they aren't interested in the details. Also I read many reviews which indicate the reader skipped the courtroom part. To me, that's the heart of the case, where the evidence comes into play, where the whole story comes together.
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Interesting cases, but not very well written.
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Love it
This is truly a great book to read I highly recommend it to everyone very well written and interesting. Can't wait to read more of your books. -
Couldn't put it down!
I love the way that as you read each chapter it's almost forgotten that it is true life and each story is so well wrote it's not such a brutal attack on the mind knowing the poor souls this actually happened to really went through it. Really hope that makes sense! -
Interesting Cases
The cases in this book were disturbing as the title says. They are well written and they don't get overly gory in the details of the crimes for those of you who are sensitive to that. -
A Step Up from the Previous Book
I read the first book of this series by Jason Neal and while it was informative, the sequel seemed to be more detailed. There were more stories included. There are color pictures of the killers and their victims. Putting a face on them makes it more realistic.
Then there were appendices that included killers' diaries explaining in grim details of their motivations, how they felt committing the crime, and why they remain a danger to the public. Jason Neal seems to be improving in his delivery of the crime vignette. He will keep your attention.
And as he warned if you don't want to read the gruesome details of these depraved killers don't read this book. But if you find True Crime fascinating this is an easy to read book that you ought to enjoy. -
Twelve quickly summarized true crimes. The amount of detail that an avid true crime reader wants isn't in this book -- these are more summaries than anything, but definitely could help a newer reader find out which crime(s) they may want to study further.
While I enjoy the brief summary of some of the crimes, a few fell flat and lacked any luster. The writing in some of these areas was bland. -
...fun things to read before you go to bed/the first thing in the morning?
the stories themselves weren't written /that/ well, but the uncensored SK confessions was,,,really interesting to read, albeit also really disturbing
I've heard of about half of the stories presented, and the author made a good effort to stick to the facts, but it just felt really bland and meh -
No complaints
I'm a big fan of true crime stories. I'm intrigued by psychopaths because I do wonder is it nurture or nature. Each of the cases was tragic due to the fact that an innocent person dies, but I love how justice prevails in each case, so the victims, I think, find peace. The author does a great job of compiling cases that are both intriguing and shocking. -
A real page turner
Very interesting book. Very disturbing cases, proving that there are some really sick people out there. Very well written, and will hold the reader's attention. -
That book is definiteley terrific.
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The book is absolutely wonderful
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Quick read
Read the book in a day. Very interesting information about human personality and what drives a person to kill another human. -
This book was really awesome.
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Thoroughly enjoyed. Dexter story especially good
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I love reading true crime and these stories are great. Since I didn't know about many of these I really enjoyed learning about them and the crimes they committed.
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Good anthology
This book is a quick read TC anthology and contains some obscure cases. It is well-written and reminds me of books by Robert Keller and Les MacDonald. I'm enjoying this series and am on to volume three! Just an aside, if you are interested in the Mark Twichell case you will probably enjoy the section on him and may I recommend further reading about him in Eileen Ormsby's book, "Psycho.com". -
It is hard to rate a book that is based on the trauma and murders of innocent victims so my rating is not based on the events themselves but of the way he told the stories. He writes in an unbiased tone and I enjoyed that some of the cases dated pre-1950’s.
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Writing is rather dry; each chapter is a story. Fast reading if true crime is your thing.
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Quick read. Does not really go into a lot of details about the crimes.
