Murder, madness and mayhem : twenty-five tales of true crime and dark history / Mike Browne.
"Mike Browne, host of the popular Canadian podcast Dark Poutine, chronicles some of his all-time favorite stories of true crime and dark history from Canada and around the world. Divided into four sections --Murders with a Twist, Perpetual Puzzles, The Madness of Crowds and Notable Disasters -- all the stories in this collection (except two) are brand new and haven't been covered by the podcast. In Murders with a Twist, Browne recounts seven true crime stories with atypical elements, including weird motives, unusual perpetrators and bizarre murder weapons. In one case, we meet a man who is willing to kill to possess a human voice. In another, two women play a deadly game to prove their love to each other. Perpetual Puzzles covers six stories that remain unresolved and will leave you with more questions than answers. They include the archaeological find of the century, which turns out to be something far more sinister, as well as the discovery of a dead man on the beach with a mysterious clue in his pocket. The Madness of Crowds reveals that murder and mayhem are sometimes a group effort. We meet two young Canadians who leave home one summer to find work and instead end up on a murder spree, and a bizarre California cult that asks its members to topple the Mormon church. The book concludes with Notable Disasters, which describes some of the most tragic and deadly events in history, including the deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, as well as the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017. The book includes a foreword by Alan R. Warren, bestselling true crime author and host of the House of Mystery Radio Show."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443461597
- ISBN: 1443461598
- Physical Description: xxii, 311 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Collins, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Murder with a twist. Girl gone -- Spell murder for me -- The boozing barber -- The elementary school murderer -- Bad apples -- Sing a song of murder -- Antifreeze and a cold heart -- Part 2: Perpetual puzzles. The Oak Island mystery -- Who was the Persian Princess? -- The love me tender murders -- Dark water -- The unknown man -- The Dyatlov Pass incident -- Part 3: The madness of crowds. Northern rampage -- The UFO cult -- Colonia Dignidad -- The ripper crew -- Los narcosàtnicos -- Children of thunder -- Part 4: Notable disasters. The great influenza pandemic of 1918 -- The eruption of Mount St. Helens -- The space shuttle Challenger explosion -- The Grenfell Tower fire -- The Boxing Day tsunami -- The Chilean mining accident. |
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Subject: | Murder. Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Disasters. True crime stories. |
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