Charles Manson and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Since that night "Charles Manson" has become a household name. Over 40 years later we will revisit the gruesome crime scene and the carnage of that deadly night. And then we will visit each one of the "Family members" to see where they are today. Warning: THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE MURDERS IN GRAPHIC DETAIL, AND SHOWS VERY GRAPHIC CRIME SCENE PHOTOS. IF YOU THINK THIS WILL UPSET YOU DO NOT...

In 1997, a court found Darlie Lynn Routier guilty of probably the worst of human crimes: killing two of her natural children in cold-blood. Motive is still a mystery, but the prosecution painted her as a shrewish, materialistic young woman who, sensing her lavish lifestyle crumbling, slew her two sons Damon and Devon in a mad attempt to resuscitate her and her husband's personal economy. The following story relates the events of the murder and those leading up to her sensational trial, resulting in her conveyance to death row in Dallas, where she awaits death through lethal injection. The...

We are often asked, "What exactly does paranormal mean?" The term paranormal is used to describe a wide variety of activity and phenomena. According to the Journal of Parapsychology (a quarterly publication devoted primarily to the original publication of experimental results and other research findings as published by the Parapsychological Association), the term paranormal describes "any phenomenon that in one or more respects exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according to current scientific assumptions." The actual word is derived from the Latin use of the prefix Para...

Bonnie and Clyde were meant for each other. And they clung to each other while they fought back against the elements. These elements were destitution and a government they took for its face value. They were children of a nationwide economic depression that not unlike France in the late 1700s had its upheavals and those who tried to keep small the size and impact of the upheavals. Anger dwelt within Clyde, having been born ragged and made more ragged by the Depression. He sometimes killed in cold blood, and always tried to justify the murders as if he had a right to pull that trigger, thus...

When Harriet Douglas visited her Uncle Sir William Douglas' residence, Gelston Castle, in Scotland as a young girl she vowed to one day build a replica of her own. As members of her family died, Harriett gained possession of the Henderson land in Jordanville N.Y. and resolved to make her lifelong dream a reality and had a stone mansion built next to her mother's cottage in 1833. To accomplish her unusual and unique design she insisted it be built with stone blocks to resemble the houses of Scotland, and had them carried all the way from Little Falls, "fourteen miles in the snow." It was...

Living in Central Florida at the time of the Casey Anthony trial, I was able to really get a feel for the energy that surrounded it. I remember the searches and the day that they found her body in the woods in Orlando. Every day the only conversations you heard where about Casey Anthony and the speculation that she killed her daughter Caylee. Like all cases that are tried in the media there is a lot of information that is misrepresented or just down right lied about. In this book we will go through the entire case and sit in the courtroom and study the case from the inside out. And when the...

We will explore the cases of 8 parents who decided to kill their own children. We will look deep inside the lives of the killers. We will find out what caused them to commit such a horrific crime against the very people that they were supposed to protect. We hope that this book will alert others to keep a vigilant eye on the children and parents in their communities and hopefully prevent the next killing from happening.

From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today's Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York's biggest families-and not for the better. In this book we will look at New York City's Five Families. All have bookmaking, loan-sharking, and extortion rackets. The Genovese family and, to a lesser degree, the Lucchese family (like the Gambinos) also have viable labor-racketeering endeavors that let them invest and launder their ill-gotten gains in "legitimate" industries. Every Family has declined as of late, some more than others.

Sit back and enjoy this magnificent journey as we follow the footsteps of retired General David H. Petraeus. From his early days at West Point, where he met his future wife: Hollister "Holly" Knowlton. Then throughout his Military career: from Second Lieutenant to 4 Star General. From the battlefields of the Middle East to the Congressional meetings in Washington D.C. We will also look at his life after the CIA. As you go through this journey you will come to realize that you are walking "In The Footsteps of a Hero."