SERIAL KILLERS / TRUE CRIME

In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of “madness” along which we all sit. Learn More

A collection of graphic but real stories and images of death, near death, murder, suicide and disease. Learn More

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. Learn More

Vampires have frightened and fascinated readers for centuries. This illustrated book examines real vampires whose crimes have contributed to the mythos. Learn More

On March 20, 1995, 5 members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult waged chemical warfare on the Tokyo subways system with sarin (a poisonous gas 26 times more deadly than cyanide). Learn More

Every murder is shocking, but few crimes shock society more than when the killer is a woman. There has been an explosion in female violence in the last ten years, and Women Who Kill brings to light some of the most horrific and compelling cases in this disturbing trend. Learn More

Former Baltimore City homicide detective Kelvin Sewell has seen it all. Gang members burned alive; a baby unceremoniously stuffed into the ground by its own mother; a sex offender who killed a child in a delusional jealous rage. The constant grind of bearing witness to violent death has given Sewell an unprecedented perspective into the minds of killers. Learn More

A shocking portrait of a small town crumbling—socially, morally, physically and emotionally—under the impact of the great depression of the 1890s. This "cult classic" is now available again in paperback. Learn More

This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of society—women driven to kill. Learn More