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Gangsters vs. Nazis

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Citadel
ISBN 13 : 0806541806
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Gangsters vs. Nazis written by Michael Benson and published by Citadel. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback! The stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the years leading to WWII—and the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back. With an intense cinematic style, acclaimed nonfiction crime author Michael Benson reveals the thrilling role of Jewish mobsters like Bugsy Siegel in stomping out the terrifying tide of Nazi sympathizers during the 1930s and 1940s. As Adolph Hitler rose to power in 1930s Germany, a growing wave of fascism began to take root on American soil. Nazi activists started to gather in major American cities, and by 1933, there were more than one-hundred anti-Semitic groups operating openly in the United States. Few Americans dared to speak out or fight back—until an organized resistance of notorious Jewish mobsters (Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Red Levine, and others) waged their own personal war against the Nazis in their midst, gangland-style . . . Packed with surprising, little-known facts, graphic details, and unforgettable personalities, Gangsters vs. Nazis chronicles the mob’s most ruthless tactics in taking down fascism—inspiring ordinary Americans to join them in their fight. The book culminates in one of the most infamous events of the pre-war era—the 1939 Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden—in which law-abiding citizens stood alongside hardened criminals to fight against the Nazis for the soul of America. This is the story of the mob that’s rarely told—one of the most fascinating chapters in American history and American organized crime.

Space Odyssey

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501163957
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Space Odyssey written by Michael Benson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke—“a tremendous explication of a tremendous film….Breathtaking” (TheWashington Post). Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion pictures ever made, 2001: A Space Odyssey depicted the first contacts between humanity and extraterrestrial intelligence. The movie was the product of a singular collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and science fiction visionary Arthur C. Clarke. Fresh off the success of his cold war satire Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick wanted to make the first truly first-rate science fiction film. Drawing from Clarke’s ideas and with one of the author’s short stories as the initial inspiration, their bold vision benefited from pioneering special effects that still look extraordinary today, even in an age of computer-generated images. In Space Odyssey, author, artist, and award-winning filmmaker Michael Benson “delivers expert inside stuff” (San Francisco Chronicle) from his extensive research of Kubrick’s and Clarke’s archives. He has had the cooperation of Kubrick’s widow, Christiane, and interviewed most of the key people still alive who worked on the film. Drawing also from other previously unpublished interviews, Space Odyssey provides a 360-degree view of the film from its genesis to its legacy, including many previously untold stories. And it features dozens of photos from the making of the film, most never previously published. “At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I’ve ever seen…Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service” (Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks).

Mommy Deadliest

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786031034
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Mommy Deadliest written by Michael Benson and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true crime story of a New York mother who killed and a daughter who wouldn’t die, from the author of A Killer’s Touch and Watch Mommy Die. Anti-Freeze For A Husband It looked like a suicide. A man’s corpse on the bathroom floor—next to a half-empty glass of anti-freeze. But fingerprints on the glass belonged to the deceased’s wife, Stacey Castor. And a turkey baster in the garbage had police wondering if she force-fed the toxic fluid down her husband’s throat. Pills For A Daughter In desperation, Stacey concocted a devious plan. She mixed a deadly cocktail of vodka and pills, then served it to her twenty-year-old daughter Ashley. The authorities would find Ashley with a suicide note, confessing to the anti-freeze murder. But Stacey’s plan backfired—because Ashley refused to die . . . A Killer For A Mother Charged with murdering her second husband—and attempting to kill her oldest daughter—Stacey Castor sparked a media frenzy. But when police dug up her first husband’s grave—and found anti-freeze in his body, too—this New York housewife earned a nickname that would follow her all the way to prison. They called her “The Black Widow.” And with good reason. The story that inspired the Lifetime film, Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, starring Nia Vardalos. Case Featured On 20/20 Includes Sixteen Pages of Shocking Photos

Dark Roses

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Dark Roses written by Michael Benson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen new insomnia inducing murder stories from True Crime master Michael Benson, including: Monster of the Low Country, Born to Raise Hell, The Hollywood Ripper, The Murder of Craig Rideout, Call Me Daddy, Savage Waitress, King Creep, A Dark Stretch of Road, Family of Terror, The Tell-Tale Knot, Vengeance is Mine, Breckenridge, and A Few Thoughts on the Black Dahlia. Dozens of photos! An excerpt from the book's final story: "It is the most famous American murder case not involving a celebrity-a crime so horrible that it changed the tone of an entire city. Before, throughout Los Angeles, women routinely walked home alone. After, they required escorts-and all because of the mind-bogglingly bizarre ordeal of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, a celebrity only in death. The twenty-two-year-old raven-haired beauty, a show-biz wannabe, was found on the morning of January 15, 1947. She was naked, severed into two pieces below the ribcage, and arranged on the ground like a piece of surreal art, arms above her head, legs spread, her upper body parallel but to the side of her lower body, a Sardonicus smile carved into her face with a knife, and portions of a breast and a thigh cut out. The missing piece of thigh flesh was found inserted in her rectum. The skin attached to that piece contained a rose tattoo.She's been tortured for days, tortured till dead, drained of blood and dumped, no presented, at the edge of a vacant lot, left foot only inches from the sidewalk, hair freshly washed, in the Leimert Park section of L.A. The cause of death was drowning. She'd drowned on her own blood."

Killer Twins

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786031859
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Killer Twins written by Michael Benson and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chilling true story of the Spahalski brothers, who looked alike, acted alike—and killed alike . . . Robert Bruce Spahalski and Stephen Spahalski were identical twins. Same hair, same eyes, same thirst for blood. Stephen was the first brother to kill—by viciously bashing in storeowner Ronald Ripley’s head with a hammer. Unlike Stephen, Robert didn’t stop with just one victim. With the cord of an iron, Robert strangled prostitute Morraine Armstrong during sex. With his bare hands, he choked his girlfriend Adrian Berger. He brutally bludgeoned to death businessman Charles Grande. Even his friend Vivian Irizarry didn’t escape his lurid killing spree. Robert ultimately confessed to the four murders in vivid detail. But police suspected there were many more. The twins’ twisted story became even more bizarre as the true nature of their sick psyches came to light. In Killer Twins, through extensive interviews, Michael Benson reveals for the first time the horrific details of Robert Spahalski’s life and crimes in a disturbing look at the inner workings of a homicidal mind.

Evil Season

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786032839
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Evil Season written by Michael Benson and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Benson is a master of true crime." --Robert Scott Deadly Dreams Joyce Wishart was living out her life's dream, running her own art gallery in sunny Sarasota, Florida. But that dream ended in nightmare when a deranged drifter named Elton Brutus Murphy walked through the door with a knife in his hand and a voice in his head commanding him to rape and kill. In the space of half an hour, Joyce was dead--brutally mutilated--and the tony arts enclave plunged into terror as a frenzied manhunt ensued. Told in the convicted murderer's own words, a chilling tale of one life spiraling into madness--and another gruesomely cut short. "Difficult to put down. . .. This is one that I highly recommend." --True Crime Book Reviews on Watch Mommy Die "Brisk pacing. . .shocking details." --Publishers Weekly on The Burn Farm Includes the exclusive confession of Elton Brutus Murphy

Watch Mommy Die

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0786028564
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Watch Mommy Die written by Michael Benson and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Hands Of A Sadist. . . First, he bound and beat his girlfriend, a 43-year-old librarian. Then he went after her teenaged daughter--warning her, "Scream and I will kill you both"--before knocking her unconscious. When the teenager awoke, he proceded to rape her. And in a final horrifying act of depravity, he forced the girl to watch as he slit her mother's throat. But the killing didn't stop there. . . In The Crosshairs Of A Killer. . . Stephen Stanko was described as "a perfect gentleman" who "seemed so pleasant. . .and so normal." But behind Stanko's mild-mannered appearance, round spectacles, and quiet intelligence was a coldblooded ex-convict who kept a grisly scrapbook on serial killers--and convinced everyone he was a nice guy--until he killed and killed again. On The Trail Of A Psycho. . . A well-orchestrated manhunt caught up with Stanko, who tried to get away with his crimes by pleading insanity. But the jury saw through his ruse and the ruthless killer was sentenced to death. Case Seen On 48 Hours Includes 16 Pages of Shocking Photos

Michael Benson

Author : Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher : Cherry Lake
ISBN 13 : 1534141057
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Michael Benson written by Virginia Loh-Hagan and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you survive inside a volcano's crater? Michael Benson: Trapped in a Volcano in the True Survival series explores Benson's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading at lower levels. Clear visuals, colorful photographs (including images of the survivors!), and considerate text help with comprehension and wild facts hold the readers' interest from the first page to the last. This book includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars.

Crime and the Lifecourse

Author : Michael L. Benson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415994926
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Crime and the Lifecourse written by Michael L. Benson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cosmigraphics

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781419713873
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Cosmigraphics written by Michael Benson and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual history of the discovery of the universe, told through illustrations, maps, diagrams, speculative works of representation, and data visualizations.

Why the Grateful Dead Matter

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611689244
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Why the Grateful Dead Matter written by Michael Benson and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock-and-roll band but a phenomenon central to American culture. He defends the proposition that the Grateful Dead are, in fact, a musical movement as transformative as any -ism in the artistic history of this century and the last. And a lot more fun than most. From the street festivals of Haight-Ashbury to the cross-country acid tests with the Merry Pranksters, and from the sound-and-light show at the Great Pyramid at Giza to the ecstatic outpouring of joy at Soldier Field in the summer of '15, the Grateful Dead have been at the center of American life, music, and karmic flow for fifty years. In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, Michael Benson brings it all back to life and makes a compelling case for the band's lasting cultural importance.

White-Collar Crime

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791094138
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book White-Collar Crime written by Michael Benson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White-Collar Crime explains the common types of crime committed, ranging from simple fraud to embezzling to insider trading, notes the famous cases, and discusses how law enforcement agencies identify and fight these crimes.

Escape from Dannemora

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 151260044X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Escape from Dannemora written by Michael Benson and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was one of the biggest crime stories of the decade - two deadly killers, desperate and on the run. After months of planning, Ricky Matt and David Sweat cut, chopped, coerced, and connived their way out of a maximum-security prison in the wilderness of upstate New York and managed to elude police for three weeks, sending the region into lockdown and keeping the entire country on edge. The media called it "a bold escape for the ages," and veteran true-crime writer Michael Benson leads us along the story's every wild path to dig out a tale of adventure, psychology, sex, and brutality. Escape from Dannemora examines the strange case of Joyce Mitchell, the long-time prison employee who had a sexual relationship with at least one of the killers, and who smuggled them tools and aided in the escape, while they cooked up a plan to kill her husband. In the end, Benson looks closely at conditions at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, a crumbling Gothic pile now under investigation for charges of drug trafficking and brutality.

Betrayal in Blood

Author : Louise Wellington
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462839991
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Betrayal in Blood written by Louise Wellington and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young couple has just been assaultedthe young man murdered, and his girlfriend raped, severely beaten and left for dead An unscrupulous town chief cop, with ties to the murder and assault, attempts to cover it upalong with the mayor, chief judge and town newspaper publisher. Why? What is their connection to this crime? The deep secret they share? The price theyll pay if the crime is solved? But an indignant, determined cop and a civil rights minister are determined to uncover what happenedat all costs. Good crossesand battleswith evil in this story of greed, deception and betrayal.

A Killer's Touch

Author : Michael Benson
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0786029137
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book A Killer's Touch written by Michael Benson and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN . . . Denise Amber Lee was a 21-year-old happily married mother of two little boys. She had her whole life ahead of her. . .until an intruder broke into her Florida home. Within a few short hours she was savagely terrorized, murdered, and buried naked in a shallow grave near a desolate swamp. A DEPRAVED KILLER . . . Michael King, a 38-year-old out-of-work plumber, was a ticking time bomb. For years, neighbors called the police on King, complaining that, among other things, he'd thrown battery acid in their pool and slashed their tires. Denise's fate was far worse. In a horrifying act of cruelty, King bound her with duct tape, raped her repeatedly, then shot her dead. A TRAGIC FAILURE. . . Incredibly, Denise managed to call 911 twice during her abduction. Eyewitnesses and her distraught husband also called, but a slow, inefficient system tragically failed her. As a result, Florida passed the Denise Lee Law, setting voluntary standards for 911 systems. King was sentenced to death. But for Denise and her loving family, it was too late. Includes 16 Pages of Shocking Photos

Carmine the Snake

Author : Frank Dimatteo
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 080653883X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Carmine the Snake written by Frank Dimatteo and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime biography by a Mafia insider chronicles the hair-raising life of the notorious Colombo crime family boss. In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine “The Snake” Persico was the King of the Streets. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw major rackets and legendary gang wars. Suspected of committing scores of murders and ordering hundreds more, he was sentenced to 139 years in federal prison. Yet even behind bars he continued to exert power over a vast criminal empire with the help of his brother, Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico. In this blistering street-level account, “Mafia survivor” Frank Dimatteo teams up with veteran true-crime author Michael Benson to reveal the inside story of Carmine’s criminal career. Growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, Carmine got an early start as the leader of the fearsome Garfield Boys. He was recruited into the Profaci and Colombo crime families before his bloody betrayal of the Gallo brothers. This volume captures all the drama of Carmine’s infamous exploits—including his role in the ambush-slaying of Albert Anastasia—and the many courtroom trials where witnesses against him came down with sudden cases of amnesia.

Ronald Reagan

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1615309519
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Ronald Reagan written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty and charming, Ronald Reagan could as easily enchant political assemblies as he could movie-goers. As the first U.S. president to reach the White House by way of Hollywood, Reagan may have seemed an unlikely candidate. But throughout his life, Reagan had demonstrated a talent and passion for politics, even during his time as an actor, and his combination of knowledge and charisma won over voters. Readers examine Ronald Reagans life and career, from his boyhood to the successes and challenges connected to his administration to his final days.