“The Cleveland Strangler” Anthony Sowell was responsible for the death of at least eleven women between 2007 and 2009. This sadistic serial killer and rapist lured vulnerable women to his house of horrors with promises of drugs and alcohol. Law enforcement found the remains of his victims in various parts of his residence, including shallow […]
If you watched professional wrestling in the 1990’s, you were probably a fan of ECW – Extreme Championship Wrestling. A small independent promotion from Philadelphia that expanded across the nation, being briefly recognized as the number three promotion in the United States – behind WWF and WCW. In “Tod is God,” former ECW owner Tod
During the early 1960s, just as Beatlemania was exploding throughout the United Kingdom, a pair of psychopathic British killers began preying on the very young, innocent, and helpless of Greater Manchester. Between 1963 and 1965, Ian Brady and his lover and partner, Myra Hindley, were responsible for the abduction, rape, torture, and murder of five
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“Both Sides of the Line” is fascinating story about the undersized 1974 Bosco Bears in Massachusetts, with a strange twist, as a former player shares his appreciation for a former coach who was secretly connected to the mob. The former inner city technical school ended the long winning streak of Catholic Memorial, en route to
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Tris Speaker might be the best player never mentioned among the listed baseball greats. If not for Willie Mays, he may have been the greatest center fielder to play the game. Speaker, or “Spoke” as many called him, was a defensive wizard (recording a record 449 career outfield assists), but was also deadly with the
Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, tend to think of the Civil War as more glorious, less awful, than the reality. In Living Hell, Adams tries a different tack, clustering the voices of myriad actual participants on the firing line or in the hospital ward to create a virtual historical reenactment. Neither film nor
In “The Great Baseball Revolt,” Robert B. Ross examines the environment in the early days of professional baseball in the United States that led to the formation of the Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players organizing the Players’ League in 1890. The new league formed to counter National League’s and American Association’s control of the players,
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Warner Bros. Studio is best known as a media conglomerate with a broad range of intellectual property, spanning movies, TV shows, and streaming content. Despite popular interest in the origins of this empire, the core of the Warner Bros. saga cannot be found in its commercial successes. It is the story of four brothers-Harry, Albert,
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If you enjoy true crime stories, “Wrong Numbers” is packed with intriguing mob tales. The book opens with the history of prostitution in “Sin City.” As outlined by the authors, the number of brothel controllers dwindled as organized crime entered the fray. The focus of this work is on the calling diversion scheme that devastated
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Celebrated sports commentator Dan Patrick and comedy writer Joel H. Cohen team up with some of America’s greatest* comedy writers to tell you everything and nothing about America’s sport!** *“greatest” is actually just a bad type-o for “mediocre” **No, not darts, we mean pro football. (book on professional darts coming never) Did you know .
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