50 Books like When a Killer Calls

The Profiler

by Pat Brown • 2010

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

3.08

2k+

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

The Profiler 96%

Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.

by Pat Brown 2010

3.08

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🧠 Forensic Psychology 👹 Psychopathy 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis ⚖️ Justice System Flaws

The Gates of Janus

by Ian Brady • 2001

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

3.61

511

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

The Gates of Janus 95%

From prison, the Moors Murderer argues morality is rigged, and his own crimes are the proof.

by Ian Brady 2001

3.61

511 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔪 Serial Murder 🎭 Offender Profiling ⚖️ Crime And Power 📺 Media Sensationalism

The Book of Murder

by Matt Murphy • 2024

The Hawks vanished selling their yacht. The missing anchor told a prosecutor everything.

4.43

3k+

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 🔍 Homicide Investigation 🔪 Serial Killers ❄️ Cold Cases 💔 Domestic Violence

The Book of Murder 95%

The Hawks vanished selling their yacht. The missing anchor told a prosecutor everything.

by Matt Murphy 2024

4.43

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Prosecution 🔍 Homicide Investigation 🔪 Serial Killers ❄️ Cold Cases 💔 Domestic Violence

The Dark Side of the Mind

by Kerry Daynes • 2019

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

4.02

8k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

The Dark Side of the Mind 94%

A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.

by Kerry Daynes 2019

4.02

8k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 🔍 True Crime Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 😈 Criminal Motivation 🚶 Stalking

Unmasked

by Paul Holes • 2022

A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.

4.09

30k+

🔬 Forensic Science 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🕵️ Offender Profiling 🧪 Dna Forensics

Unmasked 94%

A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.

by Paul Holes 2022

4.09

30k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Science 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🕵️ Offender Profiling 🧪 Dna Forensics

The Idaho Four

by James Patterson • 2025

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

4.15

30k+

🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

The Idaho Four 94%

Four students stabbed to death in a college town where no one locked their doors.

by James Patterson 2025

4.15

30k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Tragedy 🎓 Campus Crime 🧬 Forensic Genealogy 🚔 Police Investigation 📺 Media Coverage Of Crime

The Grim Sleeper

by Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

1k+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper 94%

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

by Christine Pelisek 2016

3.92

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

Forensics

by Val McDermid • 2014

How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.

4.09

13k+

🧬 Forensic Science 🕵️ Criminalistics 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis 💀 Death Investigation 🩺 Forensic Pathology

Forensics 94%

How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.

by Val McDermid 2014

4.09

13k+ ratings

🧬 Forensic Science 🕵️ Criminalistics 🔍 Crime Scene Analysis 💀 Death Investigation 🩺 Forensic Pathology

Written in Blood

by Colin Wilson • 1989

How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.

3.92

233

🧬 Forensic Science 🕰️ Crime History 🔍 Trace Evidence 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🆔 Criminal Identification

Written in Blood 94%

How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

233 ratings

🧬 Forensic Science 🕰️ Crime History 🔍 Trace Evidence 🩺 Forensic Pathology 🆔 Criminal Identification

Confessions Of A Cannibal

by Robert Keller • 2015

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

3.99

374

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

Confessions Of A Cannibal 93%

A detective planted a lie in the newspaper. The cannibal mailed back his recipe.

by Robert Keller 2015

3.99

374 ratings

🔪 Serial Killers 🍖 Cannibalism 📰 Classic True Crime 🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Insanity Defense

A Casebook of Murder

by Colin Wilson • 1969

Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.

3.63

🕰️ Murder History 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Forensic History 🚨 Sex Crimes 🔪 Serial Murder

A Casebook of Murder 93%

Gin soaked London bred one kind of killer. Chicago later produced a man who built a murder castle.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.63

41 ratings

🕰️ Murder History 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔬 Forensic History 🚨 Sex Crimes 🔪 Serial Murder

Criminal Psychology

by Ray Bull • 2006

A research-based tour of criminal justice: what works, what fails, and why television gets it wrong.

3.67

302

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🕵️ Offender Profiling 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🤥 Deception Detection 🔒 Correctional Psychology

Criminal Psychology 93%

A research-based tour of criminal justice: what works, what fails, and why television gets it wrong.

by Ray Bull 2006

3.67

302 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🕵️ Offender Profiling 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony 🤥 Deception Detection 🔒 Correctional Psychology

Inside the Criminal Mind

by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

3.77

2k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

Inside the Criminal Mind 93%

The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.

by Stanton E. Samenow 1984

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Forensic Psychology 🎭 Psychopathy 💭 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Cognitive Therapy

The Psychopath Whisperer

by Kent A. Kiehl • 2014

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

4.07

4k+

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

The Psychopath Whisperer 93%

Psychopaths share a brain deficit visible by childhood, discovered inside prison with a mobile MRI.

by Kent A. Kiehl 2014

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 🧠 Neurocriminology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💔 Empathy Deficits 🧬 Affective Neuroscience

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry • 1987

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

3.87

2k+

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

The Ultimate Evil 93%

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

by Maury Terry 1987

3.87

2k+ ratings

😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

Hauptmann's Ladder

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

4.17

125

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Hauptmann's Ladder 92%

The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014

4.17

125 ratings

🕰️ Historical True Crime ⭐ Celebrity Crime 🔬 Forensic Evidence 🏛️ Trial Analysis ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar 92%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Under the Trestle

by Ron Peterson Jr. • 2018

Virginia never convicted anyone without a body. Then a girl vanished and a dog found him.

4.30

2k+

🏛️ No-Body Murder Trials 🔍 Circumstantial Evidence 🐕 Cadaver Dogs 🔮 Psychic Detectives ⚖️ Landmark Trials

Under the Trestle 92%

Virginia never convicted anyone without a body. Then a girl vanished and a dog found him.

by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018

4.30

2k+ ratings

🏛️ No-Body Murder Trials 🔍 Circumstantial Evidence 🐕 Cadaver Dogs 🔮 Psychic Detectives ⚖️ Landmark Trials

Stalling for Time

by Gary Noesner • 2010

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

3.93

6k+

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

Stalling for Time 92%

The FBI's lead negotiator reveals why listening beats raiding, and how Waco became the proof.

by Gary Noesner 2010

3.93

6k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoirs 🕵️ Fbi Memoirs 🤝 Hostage Negotiation 🧠 Negotiation Psychology 🚨 Crisis Management

If You Tell

by Gregg Olsen • 2019

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

3.98

360k+

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

If You Tell 92%

Oil made the Osage the richest people on earth. Then trusted friends began murdering them for it.

by Gregg Olsen 2019

3.98

360k+ ratings

📜 Historical True Crime 📰 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Institutional Corruption 🔍 Murder Investigation ⚖️ Racial Exploitation

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

by Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

3.77

230

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 92%

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

by Robert I. Simon 1996

3.77

230 ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits 👹 Dehumanization 🌑 Human Darkness

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

4.21

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

La psicopatia 92%

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

4k+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

While the City Slept 92%

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion 💜 Sexual Assault Survivor 🧠 Mental Health Crisis

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

4.27

36k+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan 92%

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981

4.27

36k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

9k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

True Crime Addict 92%

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016

3.65

9k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

A Criminal History of Mankind

by Colin Wilson • 1985

Why tyrants, murderers, and petty thieves all share the same stunted psychology.

3.90

777

🧠 Criminal Psychology 📜 Historical Criminology 🏙️ Social Pathology 👑 Dominance And Violence 🐀 Overcrowding And Aggression

A Criminal History of Mankind 92%

Why tyrants, murderers, and petty thieves all share the same stunted psychology.

by Colin Wilson 1985

3.90

777 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 📜 Historical Criminology 🏙️ Social Pathology 👑 Dominance And Violence 🐀 Overcrowding And Aggression

Predators

by Gregory M. Cooper • 2007

An ex-FBI profiler reveals what predators look for in a victim, and how to stop being one.

4.20

🧷 Personal Safety 🧠 Predator Psychology 🔍 Criminal Profiling 👀 Situational Awareness 👶 Child Safety

Predators 92%

An ex-FBI profiler reveals what predators look for in a victim, and how to stop being one.

by Gregory M. Cooper 2007

4.20

46 ratings

🧷 Personal Safety 🧠 Predator Psychology 🔍 Criminal Profiling 👀 Situational Awareness 👶 Child Safety

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

by Allison Hoover Bartlett • 2009

A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.

3.45

14k+

📚 Rare Book Collecting 📖 Bibliophilia 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Collector's Obsession 💼 White Collar Crime

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much 92%

A thief, a detective, and $100,000 in rare books stolen for something money can't buy: status.

by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009

3.45

14k+ ratings

📚 Rare Book Collecting 📖 Bibliophilia 🧠 Criminal Psychology 🔍 Collector's Obsession 💼 White Collar Crime

How to Solve a Crime

by Professor Angela Gallop • 2022

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

3.59

277

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

How to Solve a Crime 92%

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

by Professor Angela Gallop 2022

3.59

277 ratings

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

The Violence Project

by Jillian Peterson • 2021

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

4.45

1k+

🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🆘 Crisis Intervention 🦠 Social Contagion

The Violence Project 92%

Mass shootings are not random. They follow a pattern, and a layered defense can break it.

by Jillian Peterson 2021

4.45

1k+ ratings

🔫 Mass Shootings 🛡️ Violence Prevention 🧠 Childhood Trauma 🆘 Crisis Intervention 🦠 Social Contagion

Manifest Injustice

by Barry Siegel • 2013

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

4.10

178

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Manifest Injustice 92%

The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.

by Barry Siegel 2013

4.10

178 ratings

🚨 Wrongful Conviction 🕊️ Innocence Movement 🔬 Flawed Forensics 🏛️ Politics And Justice 🗝️ Prison Survival

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

by Michelle Dresbold • 2006

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

4.01

1k+

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting 92%

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

by Michelle Dresbold 2006

4.01

1k+ ratings

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Last Chance in Texas

by John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

828

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Last Chance in Texas 92%

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

by John Hubner 2005

4.29

828 ratings

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

College Girl, Missing

by Shawn Cohen • 2024

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

3.54

18k+

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

College Girl, Missing 92%

She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.

by Shawn Cohen 2024

3.54

18k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Disappearances 🎓 College Campus Crime 📺 Media And Crime 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Advocates 🤫 Silence And Obstruction

Without Conscience

by Robert D. Hare • 1993

They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.

4.06

13k+

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💼 White Collar Crime 🕵️ Manipulation Detection

Without Conscience 92%

They process death and paper identically. The deficit that defines a psychopath.

by Robert D. Hare 1993

4.06

13k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🎭 Antisocial Personality 💼 White Collar Crime 🕵️ Manipulation Detection

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote • 1966

A Kansas family never locked its doors. Two drifters turned that trust into four graves.

4.09

736k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Death Penalty 🏘️ American Small Towns ✍️ New Journalism 💔 Community Trauma

In Cold Blood 92%

A Kansas family never locked its doors. Two drifters turned that trust into four graves.

by Truman Capote 1966

4.09

736k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology ⚖️ Death Penalty 🏘️ American Small Towns ✍️ New Journalism 💔 Community Trauma

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

103k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Art Thief 92%

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023

3.92

103k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective

by Robert Mann • 2006

A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.

3.91

851

🔎 Forensic Anthropology ⚰️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Science 🦴 Skeletal Analysis 🍂 Decomposition Research

Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary

Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective 92%

A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.

by Robert Mann 2006

3.91

851 ratings

🔎 Forensic Anthropology ⚰️ Death Investigation 🔬 Forensic Science 🦴 Skeletal Analysis 🍂 Decomposition Research

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

4.09

220

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Killing the Dream 91%

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998

4.09

220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

by Pagan Kennedy • 2025

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

3.89

10k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary

The Secret History of the Rape Kit 91%

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

by Pagan Kennedy 2025

3.89

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

Blind Injustice

by Mark Godsey • 2017

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

4.39

345

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

Blind Injustice 91%

How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.

by Mark Godsey 2017

4.39

345 ratings

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 👁️ Eyewitness Misidentification 🧠 Cognitive Bias 🏢 Banality Of Evil

The Phantom Prince

by Elizabeth Kendall • 1981

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

4.18

15k+

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

The Phantom Prince 91%

She loved him. She called the police on him anyway. His name was Ted Bundy.

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981

4.18

15k+ ratings

🕵️ True Crime Memoir 🧠 Psychological Abuse ⛓️ Coercive Control 🔗 Trauma Bonding ✊ Feminist True Crime

Dangerous Personalities

by Joe Navarro • 2014

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

3.88

3k+

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Dangerous Personalities 91%

An FBI profiler's checklist for spotting the personality types most likely to harm you.

by Joe Navarro 2014

3.88

3k+ ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛡️ Interpersonal Safety 🔍 Behavioral Profiling 🕵️ Manipulation Detection ☣️ Toxic Relationships

Hellhound on His Trail

by Hampton Sides • 2010

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

4.35

15k+

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

Hellhound on His Trail 91%

The prison break. The Memphis balcony. The 65-day international manhunt that followed one bullet.

by Hampton Sides 2010

4.35

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights History 🎯 Political Assassinations 🔍 Manhunt Narratives 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 📖 True Crime History

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

Silent No More 91%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚖️ Legal Trauma 📰 Media Sensationalism

Bitter Blood

by Jerry Bledsoe • 1988

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

4.04

10k+

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Bitter Blood 91%

A custody war. A fake doctor. A mother who saved her last bullets for her own children.

by Jerry Bledsoe 1988

4.04

10k+ ratings

🏠 Family Annihilation ⚖️ Custody Battles 🧠 Folie à Deux 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏕️ Survivalist Paranoia

Traces

by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

3.60

3k+

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Traces 91%

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

by Patricia Wiltshire 2019

3.60

3k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Insane

by Alisa Roth • 2018

Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.

4.07

1k+

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