Overview

Delve into the chillingly true world of murder and deceit. Explore the twisted paths of those driven by dark motives of control, money, social status, and revenge, and the unsuspecting victims who placed their trust in them. Discover the dark secrets that lurk behind closed doors in Family, Friends and Neighbors: Stories of Murder and Betrayal. You will be left questioning just how well you truly know those around you in this gripping true-crime collection. Dive into infamous cases such as Richard ""Alex"" Murdaugh, the Menendez Brothers, and Lizzie Borden, and also examine lesser-known crimes that will send shivers down your spine. You'll investigate thirty-four shocking tales of mind-boggling acts of violence, such as ... The captivating downfall of prestigious attorney and community figure Alex Murdaugh, whose addiction spiraled into a web of deceit, fraud, and murder. The heartbreaking story of Michael and Robert Bever, brothers driven to commit unspeakable acts due to a lifetime of torment inflicted by their own parents. The macabre case of Heather Mack and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, who were entangled in a web of greed and trust funds leading to a gruesome discovery inside a suitcase. The shocking crimes committed by Lyle and Erik Menendez, whose privileged lives culminated in the massacre of their own parents, forever shocking the nation. The accused Victorian-era serial poisoner, Mary Ann Cotton, and the mysterious deaths of her husbands and children. The troubled Florida teen Tyler Hadley and his wild house party that went on while his parents' bodies bled in the master bedroom. The bank vice-president-turned-embezzler Steven Sueppel, whose mounting debts compelled him to commit a desperate act of murder. And dozens of other intimate murders and webs of deceit! Murders committed to escape a marriage, or out of dire desperation, or from an insane separation from reality, these and other less comprehensible motivations fill the pages of Family, Friends and Neighbors. It's an unflinching look into humanity's dark side! Read the stories, investigate the facts, and meet the vicious killers who murder the people who should have been nearest and dearest to them.

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Author:   Richard Estep
Publisher:   Visible Ink Press
Imprint:   Visible Ink Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
ISBN:  

9781578598441

ISBN 10:   1578598443
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   15 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

About the Author Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. Death by Arsenic (Mary Ann Cotton) 2. Forty Whacks (Lizzie Borden) 3. Run for the Hills (Abel Clemmons) 4. Double Jeopardy (George Jefferson Hassell) 5. Striking Out (Marty Bergen) 6. Getting Away with Murder (John List) 7. The Green Beret Killer (Jeffrey MacDonald) 8. Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye Sr.) 9. Over the Edge (Elmer Crawford) 10. The Soap Opera Murder (Daniel Bartlam) 11. The Embezzler (Steven Sueppel) 12. Dark Christmas (Ronald Gene Simmons) 13. Killer Party (Tyler Hadley) 14. Slender Man (Various) 15. “That Bitch Is Dead!” (Gypsy Rose Blanchard) 16. Into the Water (Scott Peterson) 17. The Hudson Murders (William Balfour) 18. A Secret Life (Christopher Watts) 19. Killer Writer (Nancy Crampton Brophy) 20. “The Babysitter Stole Her!” (Casey Anthony) 21. “Kill or be Killed” (The Menendez Murders) 22. Doting Father (Neil Entwistle) 23. Body in a Suitcase (Mack & Schaefer) 24. The Medicine Hat Murders (Steinke & Richardson) 25. Beautiful Creatures (Parker & Hulme) 26. A Self-Made Man (Christopher Foster) 27. The Easter Sunday Massacre (James Ruppert) 28. Triggered (George Emil Banks) 29. The Foreign Officer (William Bradford Bishop) 30. Murder in Broken Bow (The Bever Family) 31. Did She, or Didn’t She? (Diane Downs) 32. The Pike County Massacre (Wagner Family) 33. The Spear Gun Killer (John Myles Sharpe) 34. Death Came to Amityville (The DeFeo Murders) 35. A Tangled Web (Richard “Alex” Mudaugh) Further Reading Index

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“Okay, if you are faint of heart, this book is probably not for you. … Family, Friends, and Neighbors has one chilling story after another. After the first page, I couldn't put this book down. If you love being creeped out, then this is the book for you!”—Unexplained-Mysteries.com

Author Information

Richard Estep is the author of more than twenty books, including Visible Ink Press’ Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers; The Serial Killer Next Door: The Double Lives of Notorious Murderers; and Grifters, Frauds, and Crooks: True Stories of American Corruption. Additionally, he’s written numerous paranormal nonfiction titles, including The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home. He is a regular columnist for Haunted Magazine and has also written for the Journal of Emergency Medical Services and appears regularly on TV shows such as Haunted Hospitals. He has had a lifelong fascination for true crime, the military, and ghosts. British by birth, Richard now makes his home in Colorado a few miles north of Denver, where he serves as a paramedic and lives with his wife and a menagerie of adopted animals.

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