Evil folks! (non-fiction)
Explore a chilling list of non-fiction books about evil figures in history. Uncover true stories of notorious criminals, dictators, and dark personalities in these gripping reads.
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The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich
by Callum Macdonald
"If anyone warranted assassination during World War II, the man to know was Reinhard Heydrich (19041942)chief of the security police, rabid anti-Semite, architect of the …
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Pol Pot
by Philip Short
A portrait of the Cambodian despot whose rule saw the deaths of one-fifth of the country's population documents how Pol Pot's beliefs about moral purity, …
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Quisling
by Hans Fredrik Dahl
The word "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" or "treachery." The original Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a gifted Norwegian army officer who …
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The Reign Of Napoleon Bonaparte
by Robert Asprey
Robert Asprey completes his definitive, two-volume biography with an intimate, fast-paced look at Napoleon's daring reign and tragic demise with more of the personality and …
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Portrait of a Killer
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Now updated with new material that brings the killer's picture into clearer focus. In the fall of 1888, all of London was held in the …
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Richard III and the Murder in the Tower
by Peter A. Hancock
This text presents an analysis of the events and circumstances which precipitated the execution of William, Lord Hastings at the Tower of London on Friday …
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The Psychopathic God
by Robert Waite
The Psychopathic God is the definitive psychological portrait of Adolph Hitler. By documenting accounts of his behavior, beliefs, tastes, fears, and compulsions, Robert Waite sheds …
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Stalin
by Edvard Radzinsky
From the author of The Last Tsar, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has fully obtained: the facts. Granted …
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Ivan the Terrible
by Henri Troyat
Ivan IV, the first Grand Duke of Moscow to take the title Czar, was one of the most violent and demented rulers in history. Both …
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The Borden Tragedy
by Rick Geary
In graphic novel format, retells the story of Lizzie Borden who was accused of being an axe murderer.
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Bath Massacre
by Arnie Bernstein
"With the meticulous attention to detail of a historian and a storyteller's eye for human drama, Bernstein shines a beam of truth on a forgotten …
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The Ashes of Waco
by Dick J. Reavis
This is the story the daily press didn't give us. It may be the definitive book about what happened at Mt. Carmel, near Waco, Texas, …
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A Serial Killer
by Stephen Cender
This book of poetry is about the reality which goes on in our daily lives. Love and Hate, Life and Death, Truimph and Catastrophe, Dreams …
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Wicked Beyond Belief
by Michael Bilton
Bilton presents a revelatory investigation into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper Case which spanned over 14 years. For the first time the detectives …
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Papa Doc & the Tontons Macoutes
by Bernard Diederich
Originally published in 1970, this is the story of Haiti under the rule of Dr. François Duvalier. Bernard Diederich lived in Haiti for 14 years …
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Killer Clown
by Terry Sullivan
"Story of John Wayne Gacy, the depraved maniac who sodomized, tortured, and killed thirty-three young men and boys."--P [4] of cover.
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The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
by Don Davis
An account of the bizarre case of Jeffrey Dahmer--the son of middle-class parents whose ten-year murdering spree is possibly responsible for the deaths of more …
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Osama Bin Laden
by Thomas R. Mockaitis
A biography of Osama bin Laden, covering his life in Saudi society throughout the 1960s and 1970s, religious conversion, role as a jihadist leader, and …