The Pizza Connection Paperback – June, 1989 by Shana Alexander (Author)

The Pizza Connection: Lawyers, Drugs and the Mafia

Politics & Social Sciences

Shana Alexander

Social Sciences

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22nd November 1963 is forever in the history books as the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Reissued exactly 30 years later, this book recounts the theory that the Mafia killed President Kennedy, unearthing documents from a ten-year search for the truth.

The Mafia Killed President Kennedy

David E. Scheim

Colleen Stan was a sweet-natured, lively twenty-year-old when she set out to hitchhike from her home in Washington to Southern California. Seven years later she emerged from hell, the victim of a bizarre and chilling crime. Cameron and Janice Hooker had literally made her their slave - and forced her to endure all of Cameron's twisted sexual perversions. During these seven years the Hookers had two children, entertained their friends at home and held down jobs - while Colleen was held captive in a coffin-like box under their bed. This is also the story of Christine McGuire, a young, inexperienced deputy district attorney who prosecuted Cameron Hooker for kidnapping and successfully explained why Colleen - who had numerous chances to escape - stayed captive for so many years.

Perfect Victim

Christine McGuire

Literature & Fiction

Gangland figures cannot function without their lawyers - their mouthpieces - who speak for them in court, obtain bail, throw doubt on the evidence and, if all that fails, try to obtain a reduced sentence. However, in the underworld, this is only half the job. Although many lawyers are honest, possibly the best type of lawyer for gangland figures is dishonest - a shyster - who will act as a go-between with the police, provide false alibis, bribe and intimidate witnesses, jurors and judges and, from time to time, finance and set up robberies and burglaries. Occasionally these lawyers - who may by then have even become judges - will kill on their own or their client's behalf, or may be killed themselves. This book is a worldwide history of these individuals and their tawdry stories, looking at mob lawyers such as Frank Ragan, the Florida lawyer who acted for three mob leaders, Santos Trafficante, "Three Fingers" Lucchese and Carlos Marcello. It covers a wide range of characters from James Sawyer, the barrister and forger who was involved in the First Great Train Robbery to the American Judge Joseph Peel, who had his co-judge killed; from New South Wales's Murray Farquhar, involved with the state's top drug dealers to Illinois judge Thomas J. Maloney, sentenced to 16 years for corruption.

Gangland

JAMES MORTON

Crossing the Line

Bruce Reynolds

Damsel of Death: the Inside Story of the World's First Female Serial Killer

Sue Russell

The shocking true story of the Russian serial who brutally murdered more than fifty victims—and evaded capture for over a decade. By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had killed more than fifty women and children, often sexually abusing them and leaving their bodies mutilated beyond recognition. Although he was initially arrested in 1984, the police lacked enough evidence to pin the unsolved murders on him and he was able to torture and kill dozens more before his eventual conviction. Compiling exclusive interviews and trial transcripts, journalist and editor at London’s Sunday Times Peter Conradi reveals how the grandfather and former teacher carried out a horrific twelve-year killing spree right under the nose of authority.   Based on extensive research into Chikatilo’s past and the elements of Soviet society that allowed his crimes to go unsolved for so long, Conradi delves into the life of one of history’s most prolific and disturbing serial killers. Interviews with Moscow police detectives detail the fervent hunt for the man who preyed on young children, prostitutes, and runaways—a search that turned up many dead ends and false convictions before a massive undercover surveillance effort ultimately nabbed Chikatilo.   A chilling look into the deranged mind of a monster, The Red Ripper is a comprehensive and shocking true crime account—plus photos—of one of the twentieth century’s deadliest killers and the manhunt to catch him.  

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Conradi, Peter

Year after year, one after another, the babies of Marybeth Tinning died - nine children in 14 years. Incredibly, neither police nor coroners, doctors, social workers or neighbours suspected anything. The vague verdicts of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome fooled even Marybeth's husband. On 4th February 1986, however, six weeks after the last baby's death, even he had to face the unthinkable - as his wife was charged with their murder. This book tells the story of Marybeth Tinning's children, her arrest and subsequent trial.

From Cradle to Grave

Egginton, Joyce

On 19 April 1993 the world was shocked when a compound in the little-known Texas town of Waco was engulfed in flames. Inside were 87 members of the Branch Davidians, an offshoot cult of the Seventh Day Adventists, and their charismatic and fanatical leader, David Koresh, who had survived a 51-day siege by federal agents. All of them men, women and children - died horribly. This book analyzes this siege, a seige that dominated the headlines for weeks and had the world breathlessly watching and waiting for an outcome. The book is an inside story of the deadly raid and tense stand-off between an elite US government SWAT team and a heavily armed cult - and gives a startling insight into the bizarre world of a religious fanatic and his disciples.

Massacre at Waco: The Shocking True Story of Cult Leader David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

Linedecker, Clifford L.

Written by Tom Jackman, the local investigative journalist who covered the story, and Troy Cole, the chief investigating officer, Rites of Burial tells the gruesome true story of Robert Berdella, a serial killer whose inhuman crimes of murder and dismemberment might have served to inspire Jeffrey Dahmer's Milwaukee slaughter.

Rites of Burial: The Horrific Account of a Sadistic Serial Sex Killer

TOM JACKMAN, TROY COLE

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