Dark Webs True Crime

True tales of serial killers who went viral. Serial killers have been with us for decades. The internet has put them in our pockets. The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs: A pair of teens go on a murderous spree, filming themselves along the way. When their deadly rampage is finished, more than twenty are dead and their exploits are immortalized in the most shocking video ever to circulate the internet, "3 Guys, 1 Hammer." Pedro Rodrigues Filho, a.k.a. "Killer Petey": A serial killer with over 100 kills to his name prides himself on killing only murderers, rapists, and pedophiles. When he walks free, he becomes a Youtube sensation. Mark Twitchell, a.k.a. the "Dexter" Serial Killer: A psychopath lures victims through online dating to use as "research" for his twisted film project. Psycho.com is a chilling look at what happens when murderous minds meet modern technology. Contains mature themes.

A look into the dark side of the internet's secret underbelly The dark web is the internet's evil twin, where anything can be bought and sold. Drugs, weapons, and hackers-for-hire are available at the touch of a button. Most who visit merely look around, happy to satisfy their curiosity before leaving, never to return. But some are sucked into the criminal underworld and find themselves doing things they would never have contemplated in the real world-ordering a hit on a love rival or bidding on an auction for a sex slave-like the people in this book. A Minnesota dog trainer is found dead of an apparent suicide after detectives find her details on a dark web murder-for-hire site. But who paid $13,000 in Bitcoin to kill this devout Christian and beloved wife and mother? A Page-3 glamour model is drugged, kidnapped and listed for sale on a dark web human trafficking site. A secret society called Black Death demands a ransom for her safe return, or else she will be sold to sadistic millionaires to use before feeding to the tigers. These are extraordinary true tales of infidelity, betrayal, and shadowy hitmen and human traffickers who may not be that they seem. Contains mature themes.

Deluded narcissists. Obsessed fans. Sinister internet trolls. Stalkers who turned deadly. A Hollywood starlet on a smash-hit sitcom enjoys rising fame, unaware that her greatest fan is hell-bent on meeting his crush. When she films a love scene, his adoration turns into a quest to see her punished. A gameshow winner turns to writing books. When one is given a scathing review, he tracks down the reviewer with bloody results. A teenage boy enjoys online chatrooms. When he meets a sexy Secret Service operative, she convinces him he has been chosen to be a spy with a license to kill... and his first target is his own best friend. Men keep turning up at a newlywed's home convinced that she has placed a Craigslist ad for a rough fantasy roleplay. Things turn violent before police are able to unravel a twisted and diabolical scheme. Stalkers takes you into the twisted world of cyberstalking, catfishing, rejected suitors, jealous exes, and celebrity stalkers, and the devastating impact their obsessions can have on their victims. Contains mature themes.

Four shocking crimes. Four lives lost. Countless lives shattered. An eleven-year-old girl never makes it home from a Halloween party. When the people of the tight-knit Oil City discover what was done to her, they cancel Halloween until the real monsters who roam their streets can be caught. A fourteen-year-old girl is excited to attend her first evening party with local teens. What happens there is every parent's nightmare, but it is made infinitely worse when the residents of the town close ranks around the perpetrators. A schoolgirl comes to the aid of a middle-aged woman who has lost her puppy and becomes the victim of the most hated couple in Australian history. Police tell gang members a sixteen-year-old girl has agreed to testify against them, with predictable results. When they make an arrest for her murder, a Hollywood sitcom plays a surprising role in the outcome. Four shocking tales of young lives cut brutally short that will make you want to hug your daughter and never let her go. Contains mature themes.

It takes just seconds for someone to die. Sometimes questions remain: was it an accident, suicide, or something more sinister? An elderly couple having an illicit affair disappeared into the bush, their campsite destroyed by fire but their vehicle untouched. Who are the mysterious "Hill People" and does a missing drone hold the key to the mystery? A skydiver plunges to his death and investigators soon discover his parachute had been tampered with. But with a hundred potential murder weapons and just as many suspects who are used to the adrenaline rush of a high-stakes sport, can anyone uncover who did it? A young mother heads out for a night on the town to celebrate her new car and never comes home. Her text messages and car tracking system tell a story right up to the moment she disappears. Did she disconnect the GPS herself or was someone in the car with her? An entire town is wary of a hard-living man, and none more so than his battered wife. When he disappears and she starts selling his possessions, nobody cares to interfere, until his sister starts asking questions. Did he really leave his wife and children, or do the mineshafts hold more secrets than gold? Contains mature themes.