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Alive by Piers Paul Read (May 1975) $3.00
The best-selling book about survival cannibalism in the Andes.
Includes sixteen pages of photographs.
Avon Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine. (Slight chipping on upper edge of spine.)

Bandits by Eric Hobsbawm (November 1971) $4.00
Heavily illustrated with B&W photographs and illustrations.
Dell Publishing #0421 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Big City Crimes by Harold R. Danforth & James D. Horan (March 1960) $4.00
"Revelations of Murder, Prostitution, Graft, Swindling, Perversion, Etc."
Pocket Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Chipping on upper spine.)

The Bloody Benders by Robert H. Adleman (June 1971) UNAVAILABLE
"A Non-Fiction Novel About a Female Devil in Kansas and Her Band of Sexual Slaves."
Includes eight pages of photographs, illustrations and news clippings.
Signet Books #Q-4652 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Some edge and spine wear.)

Body Snatchers, Stiffs and Other Ghoulish Delights by Frederick Drimmer (November 1981) $3.00
"Mummies, Mysteries, and Mayhem. Tantalizing True Stories for the Curious--and the Strong of Heart!"
Includes sixteen pages of photographs.
Fawcett Crest Books #4432 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Brainwashing by Edward Hunter (February 1968) $5.00
"The True and Terrible Story of the Men Who Endured
and Defied the Most Diabolical Red Torture."
Pyramid Books #R-759 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Brotherhood of Evil: The Mafia by Frederic Sondern, Jr. (February 1960) $3.00
Bantam Books #F2047 [First Printing]
Book is Good Plus. (General overall wear.)

Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone by John Kobler (June 1972) $10.00
Includes thirty-two pages of photographs.
Fawcett Crest Books #Q1704 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Confessions of the Boston Strangler by George William Rae (February 1967) $5.00
Includes eight pages of photographs.
Pyramid Books #X-1538 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (September 1960) $3.00
"The Great Modern Masterpiece About a Man's Brutal Trial by Terror."
Signet Books #D1638 [Twelfth Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Book is nice save for corner wear on top and bottom of spine.)

Deadly Intentions by William Randolph Stevens (October 1983) $3.00
"An Astounding Case... A Very Shrewd Criminal Meets an Even Shrewder Prosecutor!"
Includes eight pages of photographs.
Signet Books #AE-4031 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Desperate Men by James D. Horan (January 1974) $8.00
"The Rise, Reign and Fall of the West's Most Notorious Outlaws."
Includes eight pages of photographs.
Ballantine Books/Comstock #23728 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Deviant by Harold Schechter (May 1989) $5.00
A look at Ed Gein, one of the twentieth century's most notorious cannibal necrophile murderers.
Includes eight pages of photographs.
Pocket Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Door-to-Door Killer by Thomas Downs (March 1984) $3.00
"The Shoemaker and His Son--They Stalked Suburbia.
First They Robbed... Then Raped... Then Had to Kill!"
Dell Publishing #12132 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Evil Friendship by Vin Packer (August 1958) $24.00
"This Is the Horrifying Novel of Two Teen-Age Girls Whose Unnatural Love for Each Other
Led to an Even Greater Crime--the Crime of Matricide!"
Extremely rare book by the author of The Thrill Kids & The Young and Violent.
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #S797 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus. (Mild crushing to upper spine, mild edge wear.)

The Extortionists by Herbert Aller (1972) UNAVAILABLE
"The Only Remaining Witness to the Extortion Activities of the Crime Syndicate of Al Capone
and Nitti, the Enforcer, Lepke, Head of Murder, Inc. and Browne and Bioff."
Guild-Hartford Publishing Company, Inc. #BG-201 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Mild 1" crease lower front cover, very mild corner wear.)

Famous Trials 8 Edited by James H. Hodge (1963) $6.00
Includes coverage of Captain William Kidd, Dr. Thomas Smethurst,
Alfred Arthur Rouse, Patrick Carraher & John Thomas Straffen.
Penguin Books #C2041 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel (1981) $8.00
"A Woman's True Story of Auschwitz."
Originally published as Hitler's Ovens.
Granada Books UK [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Some spine wear, minor cover creasing.)

The Great Train Robbery by John Gosling & Dennis Craig (October 1965) $5.00
"The Story Behind the Most Daring, the Most Incredible, the Greatest Theft
of the Twentieth Century: Britain's Seven-Million-Dollar Mail Heist!"
Includes eight pages of photographs.
Signet Books #P2752 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

A History of Secret Societies by Arkon Daraul (January 1969) $5.00
Offers an indepth history of cults and sects through the ages.
Pocket Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Chipping on lower spine and left front cover.)

A History of Torture by John Swain (1969) $8.00
"From Ancient Times to the 20th Century..."
Award Books #A431N [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Underlining and brackets in pen on several pages.)

The History of Torture by Daniel P. Mannix (July 1964) UNAVAILABLE
"From Pre-History to Dachau... the Most Complete Study Ever Written
About the Infliction of Pain for Punishment or Coercion!"
Dell Publishing #3613 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The History of Torture by Daniel P. Mannix (June 1966) $5.00
"From Pre-History to Dachau... the Most Complete Study Ever Written
About the Infliction of Pain for Punishment or Coercion!"
Dell Publishing #3613 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Hoodlum Empire by Richard Hammer (1975) $5.00
"Organized Crime--The Biggest Business in America Today."
Heavily illustrated with photographs.
Playboy Press #16286 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Several vertical creases on back cover.)

House of Dolls by Nina De-Nur aka Ka-Tzetnik 135633 (July 1968) UNAVAILABLE
"As Real as The Diary of Anne Frank... Far More Relentless Than The Wall..."
Cover art by Larry Lurin.
Pyramid Books #X-1838 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine.

House of Dolls by Nina De-Nur aka Ka-Tzetnik 135633 (December 1969) UNAVAILABLE
"As Real as The Diary of Anne Frank... Far More Relentless Than The Wall..."
Cover art by Larry Lurin.
Pyramid Books #X-1838 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

House of Dolls by Nina De-Nur aka Ka-Tzetnik 135633 (January 1977) $5.00
Pyramid Books #A4201 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

Inquest by Edward Jay Epstein (July 1966) $3.00
"Is One of the Murderers of John F. Kennedy Still on the Loose?"
Bantam Books #NZ3419 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

KKK by Ben Haas (1963) $20.00
Regency Books #RB-319 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

The Law Enforcers Edited by Phil Hirsch (June 1969) $3.00
"G-Men! T-Men! Narco Cops! Twelve True Stories of the Bold Men Who Risk Death for You!"
Pyramid Books #X-2047 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

The Life, Times and Treacherous Death of Jesse James by Frank Triplett (circa 1970s) $8.00
"Jesse James Was the Most Famous Outlaw in American History."
Leisure Books #432ZK [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint save for small, shallow chip on upper spine.

The Lonely Hearts Murders by Wenzell Brown (November 1952) $16.00
"Mail Order Love and Its Victims."
Originally published as Introduction to Murder.
Signet Books #981 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Light ink smudging on back.)

Long Pig by Russell Foreman (1958) $10.00
Rare historically based novel dealing with cannibalism in the Fiji Islands.
Ace Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Mafia! by Fred J. Cook (April 1973) $4.00
Includes thirty-two pages of photographs.
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #P2695 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Nice save for spine cracking.)

The Men Who Robbed Brinks by Specs O’Keefe & Bob Considine (March 1964) $3.00
"A Fascinating Close-Up of the Crime of the Decade!"
Crest Books #D-694 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Creasing and thumb marks.)

Mortal Consequences by Julian Symons (1973) $3.00
"A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel."
Schocken Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-Fifth Street by William S. Baring-Gould (February 1970) $4.00
Bantam Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

One Man's Freedom by Edward Bennett Williams (January 1964) $2.00
"A Renowned Lawyer Writes (About) His Most Celebrated Cases."
Includes insight into Jimmy Hoffa, Joseph McCarthy, Frank Costello and Adam Clayton Powell.
Popular Library #M2047 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party by George R. Stewart (1960) $5.00
"The Epic of the Most Famous Wagon Train."
Ace Books #K-138 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Portrait of a Sadist by Paull Hill (1960) UNAVAILABLE
"He Was Tall, Swaggering, Curly-Haired--A Magnet for Beautiful Women Everywhere.
Few Man Had His Charm. Fewer, Thank God, Had His Perverted Psychopathic Lusts."
Examines the twisted case of murderer George Neville Heath, executed in 1946.
Avon Books #T-514 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Fairly nice save for ˝" tear/chipping lower spine.)

Pros and Cons Edited by Art Moger (May 1975) $4.00
"Incredible True Tales About Famous Con Men, Frauds, Hoaxers and Beguiling Swindlers."
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #M3227 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Real Bonnie and Clyde by Miriam Allen de Ford (1968) $5.00
"The Surprising Truth Behind the Legend of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow
--A Tale Written in Blood Across Our Country's Most Violent Era!"
Includes twelve pages of photographs.
Ace Books #H-63 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge wear, cover creasing.)

The Real Ma Barker by Miriam Allen de Ford (1970) $8.00
"Mastermind of a Whole Family of Killers!"
Includes sixteen pages of photographs.
Ace Books #51200 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

Retrial: Murder and Dr. Sam Sheppard by Paul Holmes (November 1966) $6.00
"The Sensational Courtroom Story Newspapers and TV Were Not Allowed to Tell!"
Includes sixteen pages of photographs.
Bantam Books #SZ3472 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Sacco-Vanzetti: The Murder and the Myth by Robert H. Montgomery (1965) $6.00
Western Islands AL-005 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine save for some mild crushing upper spine.

The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns (May 1973) $10.00
"The Best Selling Book on the Robin Hood of the West."
Ballantine Books/Comstock #13272 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

The Shook-Up Generation by Harrison E. Salisbury (September 1959) $3.00
"A Headline-Making Book on Juvenile Delinquency by a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author."
Crest Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Chip on upper right corner of cover, some spine wear.)

The Slave by Micheline Maurel (1958) $8.00
Originally published as An Ordinary Camp.
"Were You Raped? Were You Beaten? Were You Tortured? The Soul
Cries Out... the Camps of Fear Have a Spokesperson."
Belmont Books #208 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear.)

The Spies Edited by Robert G. Deindorfer (1969) $4.00
True stories of espionage, with an introduction by Ladislas Farago.
Fawcett Gold Medal Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Strange Case of Patty Hearst by John & Francine Pascal (July 1974) $7.00
"From Heiress to Revolutionary..."
Signet Books #W-6301 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Suicide Cult by Ron Javers and Marshall Kilduff (December 1978) $5.00
"The Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect and the Massacre in Guyana."
An exclusive look at cult leader Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy.
Includes thirty-two pages of photographs.
Bantam Books [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

They Never Came Back by Allen Churchill (1960) $5.00
"Authentic Accounts of People Who Disappeared Without Trace...
Cases That Have Baffled the world's Greatest Detectives."
Ace Books #F-218 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Spine roll, creasing on front cover along spine.)

Those About to Die by Daniel P. Mannix (August 1963) UNAVAILABLE
"The Truth About the Sadistic Roman Games--The Cruelest Spectacles of All Time."
Ballantine Books [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

Torture Through the Ages by Bernhardt J. Hurwood (May 1969) $16.00
"The Infamous History of Man's Cruelty to Man."
Paperback Library #65-102 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

The Trial of William Freeman by Earl Conrad (1956) $3.00
Originally published as Mr. Seward for the Defense.
Lancer Books [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine. (Mild creasing.)

Web of the City by Harlan Ellison (February 1983) $3.00
Originally published as Rumble.
Cover art by Barclay Shaw.
Ace Books #87718 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Creasing on front cover along spine.)

Why Did They Kill? by John Bartlow Martin (August 1966) $7.00
"Superior to Capote's In Cold Blood in Almost Every Way."
Bantam Books #H3258 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Why Have They Taken Our Children? by Jack W. Baugh & Jefferson Morgan (April 1979) $4.00
"Thirty Hours of Terror--The Eye-Witness Story of the California School-Bus Kidnapping That Enraged the Nation!"
Includes sixteen pages of photographs.
Dell Publishing #19468 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

The Wild Bunch by James D. Horan (circa 1970s) $3.00
"The True Story of the Incredible Gang of Outlaws Who Shot Their Way Into History!"
Signet Books #Y6164 [Sixth Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

Witness to Evil by George Bishop (June 1972) $12.00
"The Uncensored Inside Story of Charles Manson and His Murderous Family."
Includes eight pages of courtroom illustrations.
Dell Books [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Edge wear.)

Women of the Swastika by Hal Vetter (1963) $8.00
"Hausfrau or Harlot, Innocent Teenager or World-Weary Sophisticate,
Hitler Turned Them All Into Hell's Valkyries!"
Regency Books #RB-312 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Some wear bottom spine, some tanning.)


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