Books like The mammoth book of celebrity murders by Chris Ellis

John Grisham’s first nonfiction book exposes a wrongful conviction that left a small‑town Oklahoma man on death row, revealing how faulty evidence and Justice System failures can turn a tragedy into a tragic misjudgment.

John Douglas reveals the hidden motives behind violent crime, examining the psychology of serial killers, mass murderers, and ordinary people who commit horrific acts.

A factual account of Harvey Glatman, an American serial killer convicted in 1958 for murders that involved rape, torture, and the use of rope.

A compendium of true‑crime stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes and photos that will keep crime enthusiasts hooked and test their knowledge of infamous cases.

Murder provided public entertainment for the Caesars of ancient Rome, and executions drew huge, enthusiastic crowds in Elizabethan England and at the Bastille in revolutionary France. The thirst for blood and cry for deadly vengeance lie deep in humankind, as criminologist Colin Wilson authoritatively illustrates in this millennial history of the most heinous of human crimes. Analyzing the tangle of motives behind murder and examining an astonishing variety of homicidal methods over the past twenty centuries, Wilson not only profiles infamous historical figures like Vlad the Impaler, Ivan the Terrible, Gilles de Rais, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, Marquis de Sade, and Jack the Ripper, but also studies particular categories of homicide and such phenomena as the Jacobean witch hunts and gangland killings of America's Jazz Age. Wilson's chronicle includes, too, the serial killings, random shooting sprees, and cult murders that have troubled more recent times. The comprehensive history and illuminating analysis of how humans kill, and why, make crime-expert Wilson's volume one that no true-crime fan or student of criminology will want to miss.

A former Chicago hospital volunteer turned Ruthless serial killer, John Gacy hid his crimes beneath clown makeup, terrorizing teens until a missing boy sparked an exhaustive hunt by prosecutor Terry Sullivan, who then documents the grim discoveries.

A true‑crime biography of Judias Buenoano, a Florida entrepreneur whose rise from poverty amid a series of mysterious deaths in Pensacola raises questions about ambition, substance abuse and murder.

A true‑crime examination of the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the famous Colorado beauty contest participant, exploring the investigation, media frenzy, and legal battles that followed.

A true crime investigation following the murder of nineteen‑year‑old Mark Fisher, a college football star from New York City.