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En 2014, Elizabeth Holmes, fundadora de Theranos, parecía destinada a tomar el relevo de Steve Jobs. Su empresa, que llegó a valorarse en nueve mil millones de dólares, prometía revolucionar la industria médica a partir de una gota de sangre, lo único que, junto a la máquina de Theranos, haría falta para poner la sanidad al alcance de todos. El problema era uno solo: la tecnología no funcionaba. Cuando John Carreyrou, periodista del Wall Street Journal, empezó a hacer preguntas, lo que recibió fueron amenazas judiciales. Aun así, el diario publicó el primero de numerosos artículos sobre Theranos.

True crime is not for everyone. However, there is a small subset of us that, for some reason or another, finds themselves drawn to true crime stories. Perhaps it’s a desire for truth and justice, an obsession with understanding the criminal mind, or just curiosity about how the cases were solved.

Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world’s biggest companies—and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. He spent years skipping through cyberspace, always three steps ahead and labeled unstoppable.

The six true-crime stories included in this collection are dark and chilling, and will leave you with a new understanding of just how fragile the human mind can be.

Actual true crime is not like watching an episode of CSI. Even television true crime documentaries can skim over the sticky details. Real true crime can be unsettling for many people. However, I do my best not to leave out any details in my audiobooks. My intention isn’t to shock but rather to give the listener a glimpse into the killer’s mind. I don’t begin to think that I can understand the mind of a diabolical monster, but I can guarantee that curiosity will keep us listening and endlessly searching for answers.

Hermann Goering, capo della Luftwaffe, l'aviazione tedesca nella seconda guerra mondiale, il maresciallo del Reich, il vice di Adolf Hitler, è una delle figure più affascinanti e inquietanti tra tutti i gerarchi nazisti. Simona Teodori è nata a Roma il 5 ottobre 1975. Nel 2001 si laurea in Giurisprudenza all'Università "La Sapienza" di Roma ed esercita attualmente la professione forense nella Capitale. Scrive da sempre: la prima frase sensata che uscì dalla sua penna - lei aveva 7 anni - è ancora conservata in un diario chiuso con un lucchetto di cui, però, ha perso la chiave.

Il caso della morte di Simona Cinà, trovata morta nella piscina di una villa di Bagheria durante una festa di laurea, sottoposto al vaglio della Procura di Termini Imerese è solo l’ultimo esempio, in ordine di tempo, a dimostrarcelo. Una ragazza di 21 anni muore in una piscina, dunque. Il suo cadavere resta in acqua per diversi minuti prima che qualcuno si accorga dell’accaduto.

During the American Revolution and the border conflicts that followed, Simon Girty's name struck terror into the hearts of U.S. settlers in the Ohio Valley and the territory of Kentucky. Girty (1741-1818) had lived with the Natives most of his life. Scorned by his fellow white frontiersmen as an "Indian lover," Girty became an Indian agent for the British. He accompanied Native raids against Americans, spied deep into enemy territory, and was influential in convincing the tribes to fight for the British.

Prison Days: Screw’d Up is a confronting retelling of a career where murder, assaults, and suicides are considered just another part of the workday.

Get ready to continue the real-life drama from behind the walls of one of the country’s worst maximum-security facilities. Experience horrific assaults, blood-thirsty murders, and the kind of drama that needs to be heard to be believed. Simon King shares a raw and uncensored look beyond the razor wire, giving you the opportunity to see how life really runs inside a place filled with those whom society would rather forget.

Get ready to experience the real-life drama from behind the walls of one of the country’s worst maximum-security facilities. Experience horrific assaults, bloodthirsty murders, and the kind of drama that needs to be heard to be believed. Simon King shares a raw and uncensored look beyond the razor wire, giving you the opportunity to see how life really runs inside a place filled with those the society would rather forget.

Simon McCoy smuggled cocaine for longer than Pablo Escobar. An outlaw more than a criminal, he never handled a gun nor dealt with those who did. Finding My Mojo is the first audiobook in the To Live Outside the Law series of nonfiction crime trilogies--an adventure that ran from the 1980s to the 2000s. Up until this point, Simon had gotten by through sheer balls and good luck. This true crime book marks the place where he decides to up his game. Simon has a method that works consistently and with reliable contacts (to a degree).

It was a Roaring Twenties fatal attraction. Nettie Herskovitz was wealthy and widowed when she met Harry Diamond. The attentive, irresistibly sexy twenty-three-year-old suitor would become Nettie's fifth husband. He was also a bootlegger, pimp, and first-class hustler who thought he'd wed a goldmine. What Harry found instead was a fiercely independent older woman who was nobody's fool for long.

A possible genius, a smidgen of madness, a twist of science, and an invention that very nearly changed the world - all collide in a giddy, unbelievably true mystery set in turn-of-the-century Paris.

It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals - too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state's attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the ruthless killers from the gallows.

Moglie di Karl Otto Koch, comandante del campo di concentramento di Buchenwald dal 1937 al 1941, Ilse è una ragazza modello, non fosse per quella passione morbosa per i soldati delle SS. Nel 1936 viene nominata sorvegliante e segretaria presso il campo di concentramento di Sachsenhausen Ispirata dalle pratiche del marito, sviluppa una macabra pratica: scuoia la pelle dei detenuti e utilizza i tatuaggi delle vittime per fare paralumi, quadri e tavoli decorativi e imbandisce le tavole con teschi umani.

Mary Ann Cotton, nata Robson, è considerata la prima serial killer inglese, vissuta tra il 1832 e il 1873. Ha ucciso quasi 20 persone con l'arsenico, i cui effetti erano mascherati sotto forma di febbri gastriche. Tra le vittime, 4 mariti e numerosi amanti, oltre a diversi figli avuti dalle sue relazioni. Viene condannata a morte per impiccagione nel penitenziario di Durham Gaol, il 24 marzo 1873 all'età di 40 anni.

During his life and even after his death, Captain William Kidd’s name was known around England and the American colonies. He was infamous for the very crime for which he was hanged, piracy. This book by Rebecca Simon dives into the details of the two-year manhunt for Captain Kidd and the events that ensued afterward. Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701, and from that sprung a massive hunt for all pirates led by the British during a period known as the Golden Age of Piracy. Ironically, public executions only led to pirates’ growth in popularity and interest.

Minnie was just 16 when she stood trial for the wrongful death of her first husband, a successful businessman and politician almost 40 years her senior. Despite overwhelming witness testimony that the Creole beauty from New Orleans had purchased the arsenic that killed him, Minnie's own testimony brought the entire courtroom to tears. She was acquitted. Minnie returned to New Orleans with James Walkup's fortune, but she still didn't have enough cash for her liking, so she successfully targeted, seduced, and murdered two more wealthy older men while evading justice in the courtroom.

Siamo a Firenze nel 1921, le squadracce fasciste imperversano in città e si organizzano i gruppi di autodifesa socialisti e comunisti. Gli scontri sono all’ordine del giorno e il giovane fascista Giovanni Berta viene prima malmenato e poi gettato da un ponte nell’Arno. Immediatamente i fascisti trasformarono questo fatto in un martirio, enfatizzando la brutalità e la ferocia delle masse operaie. A queste dovevano porre un argine l’indomita fede e il senso di sacrificio dei sostenitori del fascismo.