John Glatt
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for more than a decade by Ariel Castro. Their incredible escape in May 2013 made headlines all over the world. Now John Glatt reveals what it was like as they waited, hoping to be saved, even watching the vigils their families held for them on TV, while their captor sat...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"To their family, neighbors, and online friends, Louise and David Turpin presented a picture of domestic bliss: dressing their thirteen children in matching outfits and buying them expensive gifts. But what police discovered when they entered the Turpin family home would eclipse the most shocking child abuse cases in history. For years, David and Louise had kept their children in increasing isolation, trapping them in a sinister world of torture,...
4) The perfect father: the true story of Chris Watts, his all-American family, and a shocking murder
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Colorado family whose storybook life turned into a nightmare. In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
ix, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lacey Spears made international headlines in January 2015 when she was charged with the "depraved mind" murder of her five-year-old son Garnett. Prosecutors alleged that the 27-year old mother had poisoned him with high concentrations of salt through his stomach tube. To the outside world Lacey had seemed like the perfect mother, regularly posting dramatic updates on her son's harrowing medical problems. But in reality, Lacey was a text book case...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Doomsday Mother, bestselling true crime author John Glatt tells the twisted tale of Lori Vallow, accused of having her two children murdered to start a new life with her new husband, doomsday prepper Chad Daybell. At first, the residents of Kauai Beach Resort took little notice of their new neighbors. The glamorous blonde and her tall husband fit the image of the ritzy gated community. The couple seemed to keep to themselves-- until the police...
8) Depraved
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and...
10) The prince of paradise: the true story of a hotel heir, his seductive wife, and a ruthless murder
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the '50's and '60's, and when the...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"She paralyzed her prey...but she was playing with fire...A beautiful nurse. A lethal injection. A gruesomely charred corpse. Nothing could have shocked the sleepy community of Morgantown, West Virginia, more than the lurid details that surfaced after a house fire claimed the life of Shelly Michael's husband, Jimmy. Local authorities suspected possible arson. Then they discovered that Jimmy had been dead before the fire even started--paralyzed by...
