David Berkowitz, who became infamously known as the 'Son of Sam', first struck on the morning of 29 July 1976. It was the beginning of many brutal attacks that were to terrorize New York City's citizens over a one-year period. During the summer of 1977 at the height of the killer's notoriety and with the city in a collective panic over who was going to be his next victim, bars and nightclubs were deserted. It seemed that the efforts of the NYPD and special task teams couldn't bring the serial killer, who indiscriminately shot his victims with a 44-caliber handgun, to justice. Today,...

Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Karpis, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy "Floyd, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, These 10 names will live throughout time; some will be remembered as heroes and others as villains. Each one made an impact on society that will not soon be forgotten. They are legends in American folklore. They are the topics of many campfires and nightly bedtime stories. They are The Good, The Bad and the Gunslingers.

Serial killers are people who, on multiple occasions spread over time, murder victims who are generally unknown to them beforehand. Their crimes are committed as a result of a compulsion that, in many but not all cases, has roots in the killer's (often dysfunctional) youth, as opposed to those who are motivated by financial gain or ideological/political motivations Many times this compulsion is linked to the individual's sexual drive. We will focus on the five most infamous serial killers that hunted down victims in the sunshine State of Florida. We will look at their crimes, the...

What makes a police officer disregard his oath and cross the Thin Blue Line. Some say that it may be caused by the stress of the job. While others say that they are just criminals themselves. We will take a look at four police officers, Richard Crafts, Drew Peterson, Lawrencia "Laurie" Bembenek, and Gerard Schaefer. We will try to figure out what caused them to murder and cross that Thin Blue Line.

No one can explain the strength of a mother's love. A woman who carries a child inside her for 9 months and nurtures them as infants..... Only to one day become their killer. Diane Downs, Andrea Yates, Marybeth Tinning and Susan Smith are mothers who crossed that line of love and killed their own children. We will explore their lives and their crimes and journey through the courtrooms, as we try to find out what made these mothers turn into MOMSTERS.

This book covers all the recipes of good old down south cooking. From Biscuits and gravy to good old fried chicken. It also includes an extra chapter on "A dozen ways to cook gator." This book is a "must have" for all the southern cooking lovers out there.

On Jan. 12, 1996, 9 year old Amber Hagerman was abducted riding her bike in her Grandmother small Texas town. Amber is just a faded news story in most parts of this country; the Amber alert program was named after her. Jessica Lunsford was 9 years old when she was abducted from her own home in central Florida. The authorities found her body in a neighbor's yard. She was held captive in a closet raped and buried alive. When they unearthed her body she was clutching a stuffed purple dolphin her daddy won for her just days earlier at the county fair. 12 year old Polly Klaas was having a sleep...

To countless millions the movie Shawshank redemption, was just that "a movie." It is actually one of my favorites so writing this story was more fun than a project. A lot of people don't know is that the prison that was used for the movie was also used in a couple other movies also. Such films as Harry and Walter Go to New York, Tango & Cash, and Air Force One have all had scenes filmed within the walls of The Ohio State Reformatory, better known as Stephen King's Shawshank prison. Let's look at some of the interesting history of the prison and journey through time to experience the...

For years, the mainstream media and tabloids put John and Patsy Ramsey on trial in the press for the murder of their daughter. Evidence of their involvement in JonBenet's death was not really necessary, the thinking went; any parent who would promote her daughter's participation in something as politically incorrect as a beauty contest was capable of well, anything. Rumor and innuendo snowballed, becoming increasingly absurd as the media frenzy fed upon the story: The Ramseys must be guilty because they had a lawyer advising them. Patsy's "motive" for killing her daughter was that she wet the...

Charles Manson is a convicted serial killer who has become an icon of evil. In the late 1960s, Manson founded a hippie cult group known as "the Family" whom he manipulated into brutally killing others on his behalf. Charles Manson was good at manipulating people. He took pieces from various religions to form his own philosophy. When the Beatles released their White Album in 1968, Manson believed their song "Helter Skelter" predicted an upcoming race war. "Helter skelter," Manson believed, was going to occur in the summer of 1969 when blacks were going to rise up and slaughter all the white...