Las grandes mentiras de la Historia se han recopilado en este libro que presenta fraudes notorios, hábiles estafas e intrigantes falsificaciones que fueron famosas y que aún hoy cautivan al lector porque, a pesar de su ilegalidad, son fascinantes y fueron creadas por mentes brillantes: desde la mujer que se hizo pasar por una hija del zar Nicolas II durante decadas, hasta el hombre que vendio la torre Eiffel dos veces.
INNES, BRIANLa resolución de un crimen pasa por aspectos forenses y policiales que en este libro se explican desde cada caso en concreto: qué ocurrió, cuáles eran las pruebas, cómo se investigó, qué tecnicas cientificas se usaron(huellas, ADN, grafologia, reconstruccion de la escena, etc.). Todo ello para saciar la curiosidad del lector CSI.
The Terrifying Story of the Most Monstrous Serial Killers through History.Serial Killers are the most notorious and disturbing of all criminals, representing the very darkest side of humanity. Yet they endlessy fascinate and continue to capture the publics attention with their strange charisma and deadly deeds. From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy and the Moors Murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, these killers transfix us with their ability to commit utterly savage acts of cruelty and depravity. Only with modern police detection methods and psychological profiling, have these figures that have existed throughout human history finally been identified in the deadliest category: serial killers. These methods, the killers characters and their crimes are described here in fascinating and terrifyingly gripping detail. The whole history of serial killers is brought to life in 50 chapters, including:Herman Webster Mudget, Devil in the White CityJohn Christie, 10 Rillington Place murdersZodiac KillerIan Brady and Myra Hindley, The Moors MurderersTed BundyFred and Rosemary WestJeffrey DahmerAileen WuornosHarold Shipman, Dr Death