Gwenda Sloane doesn't fit the typical mold of a murderer. We often think of murderers as displaying inconsistent behavior and having alternate motives to their actions. Many times, murderers show a history of crime and recklessness. Gwenda Sloane simply doesn't fit these criteria. In crimes that have taken place over the previous decade, the murder committed by Gwenda Sloane didn't garner as much attention as some others of a similar time period.

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Executioner's Song tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Norman Mailer's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This summary of The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer includes: • Historical context • Part-by-part summaries • Detailed timeline of key events • Profiles...

Misty Copsey was fourteen years old when she disappeared on September 17th, 1992 after a trip to the Puyallup Fair. Her case remains a showcase of administrative screw-ups and dropped balls. She was initially thought of as a runaway before foul play was finally suspected a month after the fact. Subsequently, there have been at least five people suspected of committing her abduction. But the Puyallup police did not get within sniffing distance of...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of In Cold Blood tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Truman Capote's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter summaries • Detailed timeline of important events...

They targeted their vicims...stalked them...then strangled them to death. Two of the most vicious serial killers in history are profiled in this psychological study of their lives and crimes. Timothy Spencer Wilson had an intense hatred of women and used his cat burglar skills to gain entry into his victim's homes during a reign of terror that lasted several years. Steven Wright looked to be an everyday bartender...he had a double life, however, as...

In this riveting, true crime story with a mystical twist, author Myra Mossman shares what she previously kept hidden from law enforcement about the violent crime and her experience with death. To the police it appeared to be a random event. It just happened. She didn't know the guy. He didn't know her. Less than an hour after the attack, Myra received five divine directives: move to the other side of the continent; learn to meditate; become skilled...

Darci Pierce was an accomplished liar. By the age of 19, she'd managed to convince her boyfriend to marry her and earned her family's respect by settling down and starting a family — but the pregnancy her new husband, Ray, and family were celebrating was a complete fabrication. Desperate to keep her husband, Pierce committed herself to the lie. She gained sixty pounds, stuffed her clothing to make her stomach appear larger, and even trained her...

It is 1888 and the foggy streets of Whitechapel, one of the poorest areas of Victorian London, are gripped by fear. Five women thought have been murdered by the same hand, all but one of their corpses terrifyingly mutilated. But who were these women? And who could the murderer be? This fascinating book contains over one hundred facts about the awful crimes of the serial killer we all know as Jack the Ripper. Organised into sections covering each individual...

Two True Crime tales of elderly women who didn't let old age keep them from creating mayhem. Nannie Doss - No matter how hard Nannie tried to find true romance her efforts failed. She seemed to find men who were a lot like her father, abusive, or they were skirt chasing alcoholics. Nannie couldn't handle it and began to kill her husbands and other members of her family.

The chilling true story of the Manhattan schoolteacher's murder that would become one of the most sensationalized crimes of the century. Fact and fiction collide in this true crime retelling of the homicide of Roseann Quinn, an Irish-Catholic schoolteacher murdered in New York City after being picked up at an Upper West Side bar during the sexual revolution. Fictionalized in Judith Rossner's novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar and adapted into the 1977...