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They looked like the All-American couple. Michael Severance was a decorated Air Force officer while Wendi Mae Davidson was a veterinarian with a growing practice. All seemed well with the couple until Wendi reported her husband missing. She stated that he had been acting "erratically" while going out to clubs and staying out late. Her husband's body would be found in a nearby pond, weighed down by cinderblocks and stabbed multiple times... A sloppy...
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I am Detective Christian Hues & this is my story on how i was a victim and got on the trail of one of Cleveland's worse serial killers, before Sowell and Michael Madison it was Gabriel Knight.
Cleveland has tallied 61 unsolved murders of woman dating back to 2004 most occurring in the 44105 zip code, which is the fourth district my jurisdiction my precinct.
Four patrolmen plus myself were handpicked to become part of a special drug and homicide...
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David Carpenter, also known as the Trailside Killer, stalked, sexually assaulted, and murdered mostly women on hiking trails near San Francisco, California, with a few victims in Santa Cruz, California. Most of his victims were shot in the head, execution-style, while a couple of them were stabbed to death. Carpenter's reign of terror lasted from 1979 into 1981 when he was subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted of death.
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Annie Monahan was arguably the most successful "black widow" of the early twentieth century when you factor in the time it took for authorities to finally catch up with her. She had killed three husbands and her own niece, garnering sizable payouts from life insurance companies as she acted as a beneficiary in all of the cases. She performed these acts of murder in the sleepy town of New Haven, Connecticut, dealing with police who always seem to be...
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A dark and riveting thriller that reimagines the life and mission of the Spanish nationalist enlisted to murder Leon Trotsky: Based on a true chapter of world history and ten years of research, here is the story of the real-life reluctant soldier and killer, Ramón Mercader-the obedient assassin Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets and conscripted to murder the great intellectual Leon Trotsky, a leader...
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For nearly seventy years, May and Jim Davidson shared a relentless drive to do "whatever it takes" to achieve success and happiness and, most importantly, to remain in their beloved Maine. They fell in love as teenagers, built their first house using twenty dollars worth of lumber, and set about creating the life of their dreams. They soon learned that optimism alone wouldn't sustain them. To make ends meet, they lobstered, fished, farmed sheep, started...
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In his inimitable New York voice, Pulitzer Prize winner Jimmy Breslin gives us a look through the keyhole at the people and places that define the Mafia-characters like John Gotti, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (named for his weapon of choice), and Jimmy "the Clam" Eppolito-interwoven with the remarkable true-crime saga of the good rat himself, Burt Kaplan of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the star witness in the recent trial of two NYPD...
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Popular natural history writer Richard Conniff received much acclaim for his earlier book, Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World. In the same vein, Every Creeping Thing is a fascinating look at some of nature's most misunderstood creatures. Traveling the world over, Conniff shatters popular myths and shares extraordinary truths about unfairly maligned animals. For instance, little brown bats help curb mosquito numbers by eating...
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Man's struggle against the sea is a theme that has created some of the world's most exciting stories. Now, in the tradition of Moby Dick comes a New York Times best-seller destined to become a modern classic. Written by journalist Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm combines an intimate portrait of a small fishing crew with fascinating scientific data about boats and weather systems. In late October, North Atlantic seas are unpredictable. Still, one...
12) The hollow kind
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"Andy Davidson's jaw-dropping, epic horror novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by an ancient evil"--
Nellie Gardner is looking for a way out of an abusive marriage when she learns that her long-lost grandfather, August Redfern, has willed her his turpentine estate. She throws everything she can think of in a bag and flees to Georgia with her eleven-year-old son, Max, in tow. It turns out that the estate is a decrepit...
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Tiller Press
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"The Five Forces (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) are derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy of how nature grows and evolves. It applies to the seasons, to farming, to human development, illness and healing, relationships, and serves as the seat of most of Chinese Medicine practice today. This simplified and practical guidebook uses these core forces as a basis for helping people navigate the tides of life-whether at your workplace,...
15) The small stuff
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Paul Davison
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[2022]
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"Josh Allen always dreamed of finding his soulmate, only to be told it wasn't ever going to happen. Maggie Mills found who she thought was hers, only for the relationship to end in disaster. Now, the two are struggling to make their way in the City of Angels, with zero faith they'll ever find that one true love. Fortunately, the universe has other plans, as Josh and Maggie will soon discover.Meet the village of people around them: family, friends,...
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Lionsgate
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[2016]
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Based on the inspirational true story, this all-American scripted saga charts the birth of this iconic bike during a time of great social and technological change beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Walter, Arthur, and Bill risked their entire fortunes and livelihoods to launch the budding enterprise. Each of these men faced very different challenges, but it was the motorcycle that united their dreams and ambitions.
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Summit Entertainment
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In ancient Greece, 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who is promised to his brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or fulfill his...
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[No Bird Press]
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[2021]
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He's a legend in the raking . . . The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind - Sierra Simone Peregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing--revenge against the Dartham family. And so when a robbery sends the second Dartham son and notorious rakehell Alexander Dartham tumbling to Peregrine's feet, it seems like fate has given Peregrine his vengeance at last. Except then Alexander offers him a desperate...
20) Dumb money
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2023]
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Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone...
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